2021 English Open (snooker) draft.
editTournament information | |
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Dates | 1-7 November 2021 |
Venue | Marshall Arena |
City | Milton Keynes |
Country | England |
Organisation | WPBSA |
Format | Ranking Event |
Defending champion | Judd Trump (ENG) |
← 2020 2022 → |
The 2021 English Open (also known as the BetVictor English Open, for the purposes of sponsorship[1]), is an upcoming ranking snooker tournament that will take place from 1-7 November 2021 at the Marshall Arena in Milton Keynes, England[2]. It will be the possible 7th ranking event of the 2021–22 season, and the 2nd event in the Home Nations Series. The event will be broadcast on Eurosport and across the United Kingdom and Europe.
Judd Trump will be the defending champion, having defeated Neil Robertson in the previous year's final 9-8, from 4-7 down[3].
Qualifying
editThe qualifying stage will take place from 19 to 24 September 2021 at the Metrodome in Barnsley, England[4]. Qualifying matches which involve top 16 players will be held over and played at the Marshall Arena.
References
edit- ^ "BetVictor extends involvement with WST". wst.tv. 2021-06-28.
- ^ "Tickets for UK events on sale". wst.tv. 2021-05-28.
- ^ "Trump beats Robertson in fantastic final". wst.tv. 2010-10-18.
- ^ "English Open Qualifiers (2021)". snooker.org.
2022 Turkish Masters (draft)
editTournament information | |
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Dates | 14–20 March 2022 |
City | Antalya |
Country | Turkey |
Organisation | WPBSA |
Format | Ranking event |
Total prize fund | £500,000 |
Winner's share | £100,000 |
← First 2023 → |
The 2022 Turkish Masters is an upcoming professional ranking snooker tournament which was originially planned to be played from September 27 to October 3 2021, in Antalya, Turkey[1], however, on 11 August 2021, World Snooker Tour announced that the tournament was postponed, and intsead will be played from 14 to 20 March 2022. This postponing also affected the qualifying round, which will be held in 2022[2]. The venue has not yet been announced. It will be the potential 14th ranking event of the season, and all matches up to and including the quarter-finals will be played as best-of-9-frame matches, the semi-finals will be played as best-of-11-frame matches, and the final will be played as a best-of-17-match[3]. The tournament will use a regular knockout elimination format.
Prize Fund
editThe breakdown of prize money for the event is shown below:[3]
- Winner: £100,000
- Runner-Up: £45,000
- Semi-Final: £20,000
- Quarter-Final: £12,500
- Last 16: £7,500
- Last 32: £5,500
- Last 64: £3,500
- Highest Break: £5,000
- Total: £500,000
Qualifying
editThe qualifying stage will take place in 2022 and will consist of one round of best-of-9-frame matches. The venue for qualifying has also not been announced.
References
edit- ^ "Snooker Heads to New Territory with Turkish Masters" .wst.tv. 2021-05-11.
- ^ "Turkish Masters Snooker Postponed". wst.tv. 2021-08-11.
- ^ a b "Turkish Masters Prize Money". wst.tv. 2021-07-11.
2021 Scottish Open (snooker) (draft)
editTournament information | |
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Dates | 6–12 December 2021 |
Venue | Venue Cymru |
City | Llandudno |
Country | Wales |
Organisation | WPBSA |
Format | Ranking event |
Total prize fund | £405,000 |
Winner's share | £70,000 |
Defending champion | Mark Selby (ENG) |
← 2020 |
The 2021 Scottish Open (also referred to as the BetVictor Scottish Open for the purposes of sponsorship) is an upcoming professional ranking snooker tournament which will be played from 6 to 12 December 2021 at Venue Cymru, in Llandudno, Wales.[1] It will be the sixth ranking event of the 2021-22 season, and the third event in the Home Nations Series, following the Northern Ireland, and English Opens, and preceding the Welsh Open. The tournament will be sponsored by BetVictor, and broadcast by Eurosport in the UK and Europe. Originally, the tournament was planned to take place at the Emirates Arena, in Glasgow, however, a "contractual issue" meant that the event had to be relocated to another venue.[1] The qualiifying stage of the tournament will take place from 24 to 29 September 2021 at the Metrodome, in Barnsley, England, however, qualifying matches which involve top 16 players, and two other wild card players chosen from the home nation, will be held over and played at the final venue.[2]
Mark Selby will be the defending champion, as he defeated Ronnie O'Sullivan, 9–3 in the 2020 final.
Prize fund
editThe breakdown of prize money for the event is shown below:
- Winner: £70,000
- Runner-up: £30,000
- Semi-final: £20,000
- Quarter-final: £10,000
- Last 16: £7,500
- Last 32: £4,000
- Last 64: £3,500
- Highest Break: £5,000
- Total: £405,000
Qualifying
editQualification for the tournament will take place from 24 to 29 September 2021 at the Metrodome, in Barnsley, but the matches which involve top 16 players and the two wild card players will be played at Venue Cymru.[3]
- Mark Selby (ENG) (1) – Sean Maddocks (ENG)[nb 1]
- Gerard Greene (NIR) – Oliver Lines (ENG)
- Xiao Guodong (CHN) (32) – Fraser Patrick (SCO)
- Duane Jones (WAL) – Ian Burns (ENG)
- Anthony McGill (SCO) (16) – Jamie Wilson (ENG)[nb 1]
- Chris Wakelin (ENG) – Mark Joyce (ENG)
- Zhou Yuelong (CHN) (17) – Lee Walker (WAL)
- Jamie O'Neill (ENG) – Jimmy Robertson (ENG)
- Mark Davis (ENG) – Michael White (WAL)
- Tom Ford (ENG) (24) – Peter Lines (ENG)
- Sunny Akani (THA) – Lukas Kleckers (GER)
- Stephen Maguire (SCO) (9) – Yuan Sijun (CHN)[nb 1]
- Soheil Vahedi (IRN) – Robbie Williams (ENG)
- Zhao Xintong (CHN) (25) – Lei Peifan (CHN)
- Sanderson Lam (ENG) – Jamie Clarke (WAL)
- Mark Williams (WAL) (8) – Ben Woollaston (ENG)[nb 1]
- Kyren Wilson (ENG) (5) – Andy Hicks (ENG)[nb 1]
- Fergal O'Brien (IRL) – David Grace (ENG)
- Gary Wilson (ENG) (28) – Cao Yupeng (CHN)
- Tian Pengfei (CHN) – Anthony Hamilton (ENG)
- Barry Hawkins (ENG) (12) – Pang Junxu (CHN)[nb 1]
- Louis Heathcote (ENG) – Iulian Boiko (UKR)
- Joe Perry (ENG) (21) – Andrew Pagett (WAL)
- Luca Brecel (BEL) – Alexander Ursenbacher (SUI)
- Jackson Page (WAL) – Aaron Hill (IRL)
- Graeme Dott (SCO) (20) – Michael Judge (IRL)
- Ashley Hugill (ENG) – Matthew Selt (ENG)
- Stuart Bingham (ENG) (13) – Andrew Higginson (ENG)[nb 1]
- Scott Donaldson (SCO) – Jak Jones (WAL)
- Ricky Walden (ENG) (29) – Steven Hallworth (ENG)
- Matthew Stevens (WAL) – Si Jiahui (CHN)
- Neil Robertson (AUS) (4) – Ben Hancorn (ENG)[nb 1]
- Ronnie O'Sullivan (ENG) (3) – Dominic Dale (WAL)[nb 1]
- Farakh Ajaib (PAK) – Michael Georgiou (CYP)
- Liang Wenbo (CHN) (30) – Elliot Slessor (ENG)
- Stephen Hendry (SCO) – Allan Taylor (ENG)
- Jack Lisowski (ENG) (14) – Stuart Carrington (ENG)[nb 1]
- Joe O'Connor (ENG) – Jamie Jones (WAL)
- Thepchaiya Un-Nooh (THA) (19) – Sam Craigie (ENG)
- Liam Highfield (ENG) – Zhao Jianbo (CHN)
- Lu Ning (CHN) – Xu Si (CHN)
- Ali Carter (ENG) (22) – Ken Doherty (IRL)
- Mark King (ENG) – Rory McLeod (JAM)
- Mark Allen (NIR) (11) – Martin O'Donnell (ENG)[nb 1]
- Hossein Vafaei (IRN) – Fan Zhengyi (CHN)
- Kurt Maflin (NOR) (27) – Wu Yize (CHN)
- Li Hang (CHN) – Nigel Bond (ENG)
- Shaun Murphy (ENG) (6) – Ng On-yee (HKG)[nb 1]
- John Higgins (SCO) (7) – Alfie Burden (ENG)[nb 1]
- Amman Iqbal (SCO) – Noppon Saengkham (THA)[nb 1]
- Ryan Day (WAL) (26) – Lyu Haotian (CHN)
- Gao Yang (CHN) – Peter Devlin (ENG)
- Ding Junhui (CHN) (10) – Zhang Anda (CHN)[nb 1]
- Mitchell Mann (ENG) – Reanne Evans (ENG)
- Martin Gould (ENG) (23) – Zhang Jiankang (CHN)
- Barry Pinches (ENG) – Jordan Brown (NIR)
- Jimmy White (ENG) – Chang Bingyu (CHN)
- David Gilbert (ENG) (18) – Simon Lichtenberg (GER)
- Ashley Carty (ENG) – Hammad Miah (ENG)
- Yan Bingtao (CHN) (15) – Zak Surety (ENG)[nb 1]
- Igor Figueiredo (BRA) – Dean Young (SCO)
- Michael Holt (ENG) (31) – Liam Graham (SCO)[nb 1]
- Chen Zifan (CHN) – Craig Steadman (ENG)
- Judd Trump (ENG) (2) – Robert Milkins (ENG)[nb 1]
Notes
editReferences
edit- ^ a b "BetVictor Scottish Open to be Staged in Llandudno". World Snooker Tour. 17 August 2021.
- ^ "2021-22 Snooker Calendar Announced". World Snooker Tour. 7 May 2021.
- ^ "BetVictor Scottish Open Draw". World Snooker Tour. 26 August 2021
2022 Players Championship (snooker) (draft)
editTournament information | |
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Dates | 7–13 February 2022 |
Venue | Aldersley Leisure Village |
City | Wolverhampton |
Country | England |
Organisation | WPBSA |
Format | Ranking event |
Defending champion | John Higgins (SCO) |
← 2021 2023 → |
The 2022 Players Championship (also called the Cazoo Players Championship for the purposes of sponsorship[1]), is an upcoming professional ranking snooker tournament which is set to take place from 7 to 13 February 2022 at Aldersley Leisure Village, in Wolverhampton, England.[2] It will be the tenth ranking event of the 2021–22 season, and the second event of the Cazoo Cup, following the World Grand Prix, and preceding the Tour Championship.[2] It will feature the top 16 ranked players on the one-year ranking list. The event will be broadcast by ITV4 in the United Kingdom,[3] and Eurosport in the rest of Europe.
John Higgins is the defending champion, after his 10–3 victory over Ronnie O'Sullivan in the 2021 final.[4]
References
edit- ^ "Cazoo Launches Partnership With World Snooker Tour". World Snooker Tour. 2 February 2021
- ^ a b "Updated 2021–22 Snooker Calendar". World Snooker Tour. 18 August 2021
- ^ "WST, Matchroom and ITV Agree New Two Year Deal for Broadcast of Four Events". World Snooker Tour. 18 January 2021
- ^ "Wonderful Higgins Thrashes O'Sullivan". World Snooker Tour. 28 February 2021
2021–22 Championship League (draft)
editTournament information | |
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Dates | December 20, 2021 – February 3, 2022 |
Venue | Morningside Arena |
City | Leicester |
Country | England |
Organisation | Matchroom Sport |
Format | Non-ranking event |
Total prize fund | £205,000 |
Defending champion | David Gilbert (ENG) |
← 2021 (2) |
The 2021–22 Championship League is an upcoming professional non-ranking snooker tournament, which will take place from 20 December 2021 to 3 February 2022 at the Morningside Arena in Leicester, England. It will be the 18th staging of the Championship League.[1]
David Gilbert will be the defending champion, having defeated Mark Allen 3–1 in the final of the previous edition of the tournament to win his first ranking title.[2]
Group 1
editGroup 1 will be played on 20 and 21 December 2021.
Table
editPos | Team | Pld | W | L | FF | FA | FD | |
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1 | Gary Wilson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Qualification to Group 1 play-off |
2 | Graeme Dott | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
3 | Jack Lisowski | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
4 | Liang Wenbo | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
5 | Tom Ford | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Advances into Group 2 |
6 | Zhou Yuelong | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Eliminated from the competition |
7 | Ryan Day | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Play-offs
editSemi Finals Best of 5 frames | Final Best of 5 frames | |||||
Group 2
editGroup 2 will be played on 22 and 23 December 2021.
Table
editPos | Team | Pld | W | L | FF | FA | FD | |
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1 | Zhao Xintong | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Qualification to Group 1 play-off |
2 | Lu Ning | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
3 | Joe Perry | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
4 | tbc | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
5 | tbc | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Advances into Group 2 |
6 | tbc | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Eliminated from the competition |
7 | tbc | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Play-offs
editSemi Finals Best of 5 frames | Final Best of 5 frames | |||||
Group 3
editGroup 3 will be played on 3 and 4 January 2022.
Table
editPos | Team | Pld | W | L | FF | FA | FD | |
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1 | Mark Selby | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Qualification to Group 1 play-off |
2 | Mark Williams | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
3 | Stuart Bingham | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
4 | tbc | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
5 | tbc | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Advances into Group 2 |
6 | tbc | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Eliminated from the competition |
7 | tbc | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Play-offs
editSemi Finals Best of 5 frames | Final Best of 5 frames | |||||
Group 4
editGroup 4 will be played on 5 and 6 January 2022.
Table
editPos | Team | Pld | W | L | FF | FA | FD | |
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1 | Judd Trump | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Qualification to Group 1 play-off |
2 | Barry Hawkins | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
3 | Kyren Wilson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
4 | tbc | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
5 | tbc | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Advances into Group 2 |
6 | tbc | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Eliminated from the competition |
7 | tbc | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Play-offs
editSemi Finals Best of 5 frames | Final Best of 5 frames | |||||
Group 5
editGroup 5 will be played on 7 and 8 January 2022.
Table
editPos | Team | Pld | W | L | FF | FA | FD | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Martin Gould | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Qualification to Group 1 play-off |
2 | Ali Carter | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
3 | David Gilbert | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
4 | tbc | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
5 | tbc | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Advances into Group 2 |
6 | tbc | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Eliminated from the competition |
7 | tbc | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Play-offs
editSemi Finals Best of 5 frames | Final Best of 5 frames | |||||
Group 6
editGroup 6 will be played on 17 and 18 January 2022.
Table
editPos | Team | Pld | W | L | FF | FA | FD | |
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1 | Yan Bingtao | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Qualification to Group 1 play-off |
2 | Ding Junhui | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
3 | Ricky Walden | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
4 | tbc | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
5 | tbc | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Advances into Group 2 |
6 | tbc | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Eliminated from the competition |
7 | tbc | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Play-offs
editSemi Finals Best of 5 frames | Final Best of 5 frames | |||||
Group 7
editGroup 7 will be played on 17 and 18 January 2022.
Table
editPos | Team | Pld | W | L | FF | FA | FD | |
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1 | tbc | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Qualification to Group 1 play-off |
2 | tbc | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
3 | tbc | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
4 | tbc | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
5 | tbc | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Advances into Group 2 |
6 | tbc | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Eliminated from the competition |
7 | tbc | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Play-offs
editSemi Finals Best of 5 frames | Final Best of 5 frames | |||||
References
edit- ^ "BetVictor Championship League Returns". World Snooker Tour. 16 November 2021.
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2022 UK Seniors Championship (draft)
editTournament information | |
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Dates | January 4–7, 2022 |
Venue | Bonus Arena |
City | Hull |
Country | England |
Organisation | World Seniors Tour |
Format | Seniors event |
Defending champion | Michael Judge (IRL) |
← 2019 |
The 2022 UK Seniors Championship is an upcoming seniors' snooker tournament, which will take place from 4–7 January 2021 at the Bonus Arena in Hull, England. It will be the first seniors' event in the 2021–22 season.[1]
Michael Judge will be the defending champion, after defeating Jimmy White 4–2 in the 2019 edition of the event.[2]
Main Draw
editBelow are the results for the main draw. Seedings are shown in the leftmost boxes, and match winners are denoted in bold.[3]
Last 16 Best of 5 frames | Quarter–finals Best of 5 frames | Semi–finals Best of 5 frames | Final Best of 7 frames | ||||||||||||||||
1 | Michael Judge (IRL) | ||||||||||||||||||
Peter Lines (ENG) | |||||||||||||||||||
8 | Cliff Thorburn (CAN) | ||||||||||||||||||
Kuldesh Johal (ENG) | |||||||||||||||||||
5 | Stephen Hendry (SCO) | ||||||||||||||||||
Barry Pinches (ENG) | |||||||||||||||||||
4 | Ken Doherty (IRL) | ||||||||||||||||||
Lee Walker (WAL) | |||||||||||||||||||
3 | Jimmy White (ENG) | ||||||||||||||||||
Tony Drago (MLT) | |||||||||||||||||||
6 | John Parrott (ENG) | ||||||||||||||||||
Wayne Cooper (ENG) | |||||||||||||||||||
7 | Joe Johnson (ENG) | ||||||||||||||||||
Rod Lawler (ENG) | |||||||||||||||||||
2 | David Lilley (ENG) | ||||||||||||||||||
Philip Williams (WAL) |
Final
editFinal: Best of 7 frames. Referee: . Bonus Arena, Hull, England, 7 January 2022 | ||
– | ||
Frame Scores: | ||
Highest break | ||
Century breaks | ||
50+ breaks |
References
edit- ^ "UK Seniors Snooker Moves to January 2022". seniorssnooker.com. 28 July 2021. Retrieved 29 December 2021.
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Judge Victorious at ROKiT UK Seniors Snooker Championship". WPBSA. 26 October 2019. Retrieved 29 December 2021.
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "UK Seniors Championship 2022 | Last 16 Draw". seniorssnooker.com. 14 October 2021. Retrieved 29 December 2021.
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2022 Champion of Champions (draft)
editTournament information | |
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Dates | October 31 – November 6, 2022 |
Organisation | Matchroom Sport |
Format | Non-ranking event |
Defending champion | Judd Trump (ENG) |
← 2021 |
The 2022 Champion of Champions (officially the 2022 Cazoo Champion of Champions) is an upcoming professional snooker tournament scheduled to take place between 31 October and 6 November 2022. The tournament will feature 16 participants, with places given to the winners of World Snooker Tour events since the 2021 event.