2022 Championship League
Tournament information | |
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Dates | 20 December 2021 – 4 February 2022 |
Venue | Morningside Arena |
City | Leicester |
Country | England |
Organisation | Matchroom Sport |
Format | Non-ranking event |
Total prize fund | £184,400 |
Winner's share | £10,000 (plus bonuses) |
Highest break | ![]() |
Final | |
Champion | ![]() |
Runner-up | ![]() |
Score | 3–2 |
The 2022 Championship League (officially the 2022 BetVictor Championship League Snooker Invitational) was a professional non-ranking snooker tournament that took place from 20 December 2021 to 4 February 2022 at the Morningside Arena in Leicester, England. It was the 18th staging of the Championship League.[1]
Kyren Wilson was the defending champion, having beaten Mark Williams 3–2 in the final of the previous invitational edition of the tournament.[2] His defence of the title ended in the Group 7 semi-finals, where he was beaten 3–1 by John Higgins.
John Higgins went on to win the tournament for the third time, beating Stuart Bingham 3–2 in the final.
Prize fund[]
The breakdown of prize money for the 2022 Championship League is shown below.[3]
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- Tournament total: £184,400
Group 1[]
Group 1 was played on 20 and 21 December 2021. Liang Wenbo won the group and qualified for the Winners' Group.[4]
Matches[]
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Table[]
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | FF | FA | FD | |
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6 | 6 | 0 | 18 | 8 | +10 | Qualification to Group 1 play-off |
2 | ![]() |
6 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 13 | +2 | |
3 | ![]() |
6 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 14 | −1 | |
4 | ![]() |
6 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 13 | −2 | |
5 | ![]() |
6 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 14 | −2 | Advances into Group 2 |
6 | ![]() |
6 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 14 | −3 | Eliminated from the competition |
7 | ![]() |
6 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 15 | −4 |
Play-offs[]
Semi-finals Best of 5 frames | Final Best of 5 frames | |||||
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Group 2[]
Group 2 was played on 22 and 23 December 2021. Graeme Dott won the group and qualified for the Winners' Group.[5]
Matches[]
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Table[]
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | FF | FA | FD | |
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6 | 4 | 2 | 16 | 9 | +7 | Qualification to Group 2 play-off |
2 | ![]() |
6 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 10 | +5 | |
3 | ![]() |
6 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 13 | −1 | |
4 | ![]() |
6 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 12 | +2 | |
5 | ![]() |
6 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 15 | −2 | Advances into Group 3 |
6 | ![]() |
6 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 15 | −2 | Eliminated from the competition |
7 | ![]() |
6 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 17 | −9 |
Play-offs[]
Semi-finals Best of 5 frames | Final Best of 5 frames | |||||
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Group 3[]
Group 3 was played on 3 and 4 January 2022. Mark Williams was due to take part in this group, but withdrew and was replaced by Zhao Xintong. Zhao won the group and qualified for the Winners' Group.[6]
Matches[]
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Table[]
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | FF | FA | FD | |
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6 | 6 | 0 | 18 | 4 | +14 | Qualification to Group 3 play-off |
2 | ![]() |
6 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 9 | +5 | |
3 | ![]() |
6 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 13 | +1 | |
4 | ![]() |
6 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 13 | +1 | |
5 | ![]() |
6 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 14 | −2 | Advances into Group 4 |
6 | ![]() |
6 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 17 | −8 | Eliminated from the competition |
7 | ![]() |
6 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 17 | −11 |
Play-offs[]
Semi-finals Best of 5 frames | Final Best of 5 frames | |||||
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Group 4[]
Group 4 was played on 5 and 6 January 2022. Barry Hawkins was due to take part in this group, but withdrew and was replaced by Scott Donaldson. Stuart Bingham won the group and qualified for the Winners' Group.[7]
Matches[]
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Table[]
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | FF | FA | FD | |
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1 | ![]() |
6 | 6 | 0 | 18 | 8 | +10 | Qualification to Group 4 play-off |
2 | ![]() |
6 | 5 | 1 | 17 | 8 | +9 | |
3 | ![]() |
6 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 12 | +1 | |
4 | ![]() |
6 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 12 | −1 | |
5 | ![]() |
6 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 16 | −5 | Advances into Group 5 |
6 | ![]() |
6 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 13 | −3 | Eliminated from the competition |
7 | ![]() |
6 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 18 | −11 |
Play-offs[]
Semi-finals Best of 5 frames | Final Best of 5 frames | |||||
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Group 5[]
Group 5 was played on 7 and 8 January 2022. Mark Selby was due to take part in this group, but withdrew and was replaced by Jordan Brown. Scott Donaldson won the group and qualified for the Winners' Group.[8]
Matches[]
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Table[]
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | FF | FA | FD | |
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1 | ![]() |
6 | 5 | 1 | 16 | 9 | +7 | Qualification to Group 5 play-off |
2 | ![]() |
6 | 4 | 2 | 16 | 7 | +9 | |
3 | ![]() |
6 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 11 | +1 | |
4 | ![]() |
6 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 13 | −2 | |
5 | ![]() |
6 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 13 | −3 | Advances into Group 6 |
6 | ![]() |
6 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 14 | −2 | Eliminated from the competition |
7 | ![]() |
6 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 17 | −9 |
Play-offs[]
Semi-finals Best of 5 frames | Final Best of 5 frames | |||||
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Group 6[]
Group 6 was played on 17 and 18 January 2022. Ricky Walden was due to take part in this group, but withdrew and was replaced by Matthew Selt. Yan Bingtao won the group and qualified for the Winners' Group.[9]
Matches[]
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Table[]
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | FF | FA | FD | |
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6 | 5 | 1 | 17 | 5 | +12 | Qualification to Group 6 play-off |
2 | ![]() |
6 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 13 | +1 | |
3 | ![]() |
6 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 13 | 0 | |
4 | ![]() |
6 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 10 | +3 | |
5 | ![]() |
6 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 12 | −2 | Advances into Group 7 |
6 | ![]() |
6 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 15 | −5 | Eliminated from the competition |
7 | ![]() |
6 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 17 | −9 |
Play-offs[]
Semi-finals Best of 5 frames | Final Best of 5 frames | |||||
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Group 7[]
Group 7 was played on 1 and 2 February 2022. Neil Robertson was due to take part in this group, but withdrew and was replaced by Ricky Walden. John Higgins won the group and qualified for the Winners' Group.[10]
Matches[]
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Table[]
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | FF | FA | FD | |
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1 | ![]() |
6 | 5 | 1 | 16 | 8 | +8 | Qualification to Group 7 play-off |
2 | ![]() |
6 | 5 | 1 | 15 | 8 | +7 | |
3 | ![]() |
6 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 7 | +8 | |
4 | ![]() |
6 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 13 | 0 | |
5 | ![]() |
6 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 16 | −6 | Eliminated from the competition |
6 | ![]() |
6 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 17 | −8 | |
7 | ![]() |
6 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 17 | −9 |
Play-offs[]
Semi-finals Best of 5 frames | Final Best of 5 frames | |||||
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Winners' Group[]
The Winners' Group was played on 3 and 4 February 2022. John Higgins won the Championship League for a third time, beating Stuart Bingham 3–2 in the final.[11]
Matches[]
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Table[]
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | FF | FA | FD | |
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1 | ![]() |
6 | 5 | 1 | 15 | 9 | +6 | Qualification to Winners' Group play-off |
2 | ![]() |
6 | 4 | 2 | 16 | 6 | +10 | |
3 | ![]() |
6 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 12 | +2 | |
4 | ![]() |
6 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 12 | −2 | |
5 | ![]() |
6 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 15 | −5 | Eliminated from the competition |
6 | ![]() |
6 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 15 | −5 | |
7 | ![]() |
6 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 14 | −6 |
Play-offs[]
Semi-finals Best of 5 frames | Final Best of 5 frames | |||||
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- ^ Liang Wenbo was docked the first frame for being late, so only four frames were officially played.
Century breaks[]
A total of 127 century breaks were made during the tournament.[12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19]
- 143 (W), 138, 125, 122, 100 – Zhao Xintong
- 142, 138, 138, 135, 128, 114, 111, 110 – Yan Bingtao
- 142 (2), 132, 122, 113, 110, 101, 101, 100 – Ryan Day
- 141 (7), 140 (6) – Ali Carter
- 141, 139 (3), 137, 133, 130, 119, 110, 108, 104, 102, 100 – Stuart Bingham
- 140 (6), 135, 134, 129, 128, 128, 121, 119, 118, 112, 102, 100 – Kyren Wilson
- 140, 131, 117, 116, 113, 112, 111, 101 – Xiao Guodong
- 140, 118, 112, 106, 103, 100 – Jack Lisowski
- 138, 134, 134, 131, 131, 127, 105, 101 – Ding Junhui
- 138 (4), 114, 111, 104, 101 – Lu Ning
- 136 (1), 119, 116 – Zhou Yuelong
- 136 (1), 108, 106, 101 – Liang Wenbo
- 134, 112, 112, 112, 102, 102, 100, 100 – John Higgins
- 132 (5), 130, 129, 118, 103 – Scott Donaldson
- 132, 110, 108 – Ricky Walden
- 131, 129, 127, 125, 108, 100 – Mark Selby
- 127 – David Gilbert
- 123, 123, 103 – Joe Perry
- 123 – Tom Ford
- 122, 115, 101 – Martin Gould
- 118, 117, 111, 105 – Gary Wilson
- 117, 108, 101, 101 – Jordan Brown
- 116, 106 – Ronnie O'Sullivan
- 111, 101, 100, 100 – Graeme Dott
- 110 – Matthew Selt
- 107, 103 – Judd Trump
Bold: highest break in the indicated group.
Winnings[]
No. | Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | W | TOTAL |
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1 | ![]() |
6,300 | 14,600 | 20,900 | ||||||
2 | ![]() |
3,200 | 6,100 | 9,500 | 18,800 | |||||
3 | ![]() |
5,300 | 2,800 | 2,550 | 2,800 | 13,450 | ||||
4 | ![]() |
6,500 | 6,800 | 13,300 | ||||||
5 | ![]() |
6,550 | 5,600 | 12,150 | ||||||
6 | ![]() |
3,100 | 6,200 | 2,000 | 11,300 | |||||
7 | ![]() |
2,100 | 6,900 | 1,600 | 10,600 | |||||
8 | ![]() |
6,600 | 3,000 | 9,600 | ||||||
9 | ![]() |
4,700 | 1,200 | 1,600 | 800 | 8,300 | ||||
10 | ![]() |
2,900 | 4,800 | 7,700 | ||||||
11 | ![]() |
2,900 | 3,700 | 600 | 7,200 | |||||
12 | ![]() |
2,100 | 1,250 | 3,700 | 7,050 | |||||
13 | ![]() |
1,300 | 4,900 | 700 | 6,900 | |||||
14 | ![]() |
1,000 | 4,600 | 800 | 6,400 | |||||
15 | ![]() |
5,100 | 1,000 | 6,100 | ||||||
16 | ![]() |
2,700 | 3,300 | 6,000 | ||||||
17 | ![]() |
4,300 | 1,300 | 5,600 | ||||||
18 | ![]() |
2,800 | 900 | 3,700 | ||||||
19 | ![]() |
1,200 | 800 | 2,000 | ||||||
20 | ![]() |
1,350 | 1,350 | |||||||
21 | ![]() |
1,200 | 1,200 | |||||||
22 | ![]() |
1,100 | 1,100 | |||||||
23 | ![]() |
1,000 | 1,000 | |||||||
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1,000 | 1,000 | |||||||
25 | ![]() |
900 | 900 | |||||||
26 | ![]() |
800 | 800 | |||||||
Total prize money | 20,500 | 20,800 | 20,100 | 20,100 | 19,900 | 19,600 | 20,300 | 43,100 | 184,400 |
Green: won the group. Bold: highest break in the group. All prize money in GBP.
Parenthesis: World rankings 2021/2022 (Cut-off point 5) prior to tournament start, 19 December 2021.
Notes
(a) Mark Selby withdrew from the tournament prior to group 5 play.
References[]
- ^ "BetVictor Championship League Returns". World Snooker Tour. 16 November 2021.
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- ^ "Liang Into Winners' Group". World Snooker Tour. 21 December 2021.
- ^ "Dott Wins Group Two". World Snooker Tour. 24 December 2021.
- ^ "Zhao Wins Group Three". World Snooker Tour. 4 January 2022.
- ^ "Bingham Wins Group Four". World Snooker Tour. 6 January 2022.
- ^ "Donaldson Wins Group Five". World Snooker Tour. 8 January 2022.
- ^ "Yan Secures Spot In Winners' Group". World Snooker Tour. 18 January 2022.
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