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2022 BetVictor Championship League Invitational
Tournament information
Dates20 December 2021 – 4 February 2022 (2021-12-20 – 2022-02-04)
VenueMorningside Arena
CityLeicester
CountryEngland
OrganisationMatchroom Sport
FormatNon-ranking event
Total prize fund£184,400
Winner's share£10,000 (plus bonuses)
Highest break Zhao Xintong (CHN) (143)
Final
Champion John Higgins (SCO)
Runner-up Stuart Bingham (ENG)
Score3–2

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]

  • 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

Table

Pos Team Pld W L FF FA FD
1 Scotland Graeme Dott 6 6 0 18 8 +10 Qualification to Group 1 play-off
2 China Liang Wenbo 6 3 3 15 13 +2
3 Wales Ryan Day 6 3 3 13 14 −1
4 England Jack Lisowski 6 3 3 11 13 −2
5 England Gary Wilson 6 2 4 12 14 −2 Advances into Group 2
6 England Tom Ford 6 2 4 11 14 −3 Eliminated from the competition
7 China Zhou Yuelong 6 2 4 11 15 −4
Source: 2022 Championship League Snooker Group 1

Play-offs

 
Semi-finals
Best of 5 frames		Final
Best of 5 frames
 
      
 
 
 
 
Scotland Graeme Dott1
 
 
 
England Jack Lisowski3
 
England Jack Lisowski1
 
 
 
China Liang Wenbo3
 
China Liang Wenbo3
 
 
Wales Ryan Day2
 

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

Table

Pos Team Pld W L FF FA FD
1 Wales Ryan Day 6 4 2 16 9 +7 Qualification to Group 2 play-off
2 China Lu Ning 6 4 2 15 10 +5
3 England Joe Perry 6 4 2 12 13 −1
4 Scotland Graeme Dott 6 3 3 14 12 +2
5 China Xiao Guodong 6 3 3 13 15 −2 Advances into Group 3
6 England Jack Lisowski 6 2 4 13 15 −2 Eliminated from the competition
7 England Gary Wilson 6 1 5 8 17 −9
Source: 2022 Championship League Snooker Group 2

Play-offs

 
Semi-finals
Best of 5 frames		Final
Best of 5 frames
 
      
 
 
 
 
Wales Ryan Day2
 
 
 
Scotland Graeme Dott3
 
Scotland Graeme Dott3
 
 
 
China Lu Ning1
 
China Lu Ning3
 
 
England Joe Perry2
 

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

Table

Pos Team Pld W L FF FA FD
1 China Zhao Xintong 6 6 0 18 4 +14 Qualification to Group 3 play-off
2 England Mark Selby 6 4 2 14 9 +5
3 China Xiao Guodong 6 4 2 14 13 +1
4 England Stuart Bingham 6 3 3 14 13 +1
5 China Lu Ning 6 2 4 12 14 −2 Advances into Group 4
6 England Joe Perry 6 1 5 9 17 −8 Eliminated from the competition
7 Wales Ryan Day 6 1 5 6 17 −11
Source: 2022 Championship League Snooker Group 3

Play-offs

 
Semi-finals
Best of 5 frames		Final
Best of 5 frames
 
      
 
 
 
 
China Zhao Xintong3
 
 
 
England Stuart Bingham1
 
China Zhao Xintong3
 
 
 
China Xiao Guodong2
 
England Mark Selby1
 
 
China Xiao Guodong3
 

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

Table

Pos Team Pld W L FF FA FD
1 England Kyren Wilson 6 6 0 18 8 +10 Qualification to Group 4 play-off
2 England Mark Selby 6 5 1 17 8 +9
3 England Stuart Bingham 6 3 3 13 12 +1
4 Scotland Scott Donaldson 6 3 3 11 12 −1
5 China Lu Ning 6 2 4 11 16 −5 Advances into Group 5
6 England Judd Trump 6 2 4 10 13 −3 Eliminated from the competition
7 China Xiao Guodong 6 0 6 7 18 −11
Source: 2022 Championship League Snooker Group 4

Play-offs

 
Semi-finals
Best of 5 frames		Final
Best of 5 frames
 
      
 
 
 
 
England Kyren Wilson3
 
 
 
Scotland Scott Donaldson0
 
England Kyren Wilson2
 
 
 
England Stuart Bingham3
 
England Mark Selby2
 
 
England Stuart Bingham3
 

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

Table

Pos Team Pld W L FF FA FD
1 Northern Ireland Jordan Brown 6 5 1 16 9 +7 Qualification to Group 5 play-off
2 Scotland Scott Donaldson 6 4 2 16 7 +9
3 England Kyren Wilson 6 3 3 12 11 +1
4 England Ali Carter 6 3 3 11 13 −2
5 England Martin Gould 6 3 3 10 13 −3 Advances into Group 6
6 England David Gilbert 6 2 4 12 14 −2 Eliminated from the competition
7 China Lu Ning 6 1 5 8 17 −9
Source: 2022 Championship League Snooker Group 5

Play-offs

 
Semi-finals
Best of 5 frames		Final
Best of 5 frames
 
      
 
 
 
 
Northern Ireland Jordan Brown3
 
 
 
England Ali Carter0
 
Northern Ireland Jordan Brown2
 
 
 
Scotland Scott Donaldson3
 
Scotland Scott Donaldson3
 
 
England Kyren Wilson2
 

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

Table

Pos Team Pld W L FF FA FD
1 China Yan Bingtao 6 5 1 17 5 +12 Qualification to Group 6 play-off
2 England Martin Gould 6 4 2 14 13 +1
3 China Ding Junhui 6 4 2 13 13 0
4 England Kyren Wilson 6 3 3 13 10 +3
5 England Ali Carter 6 2 4 10 12 −2 Advances into Group 7
6 Northern Ireland Jordan Brown 6 2 4 10 15 −5 Eliminated from the competition
7 England Matthew Selt 6 1 5 8 17 −9
Source: 2022 Championship League Snooker Group 6

Play-offs

 
Semi-finals
Best of 5 frames		Final
Best of 5 frames
 
      
 
 
 
 
China Yan Bingtao3
 
 
 
England Kyren Wilson0
 
China Yan Bingtao3
 
 
 
England Martin Gould1
 
England Martin Gould3
 
 
China Ding Junhui2
 

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

Table

Pos Team Pld W L FF FA FD
1 England Ali Carter 6 5 1 16 8 +8 Qualification to Group 7 play-off
2 Scotland John Higgins 6 5 1 15 8 +7
3 England Kyren Wilson 6 4 2 15 7 +8
4 China Ding Junhui 6 3 3 13 13 0
5 England Ronnie O'Sullivan 6 2 4 10 16 −6 Eliminated from the competition
6 England Ricky Walden 6 1 5 9 17 −8
7 England Martin Gould 6 1 5 8 17 −9
Source: 2022 Championship League Snooker Group 7

Play-offs

 
Semi-finals
Best of 5 frames		Final
Best of 5 frames
 
      
 
 
 
 
England Ali Carter2
 
 
 
China Ding Junhui3
 
China Ding Junhui2
 
 
 
Scotland John Higgins3
 
Scotland John Higgins3
 
 
England Kyren Wilson1
 

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

Table

Pos Team Pld W L FF FA FD
1 England Stuart Bingham 6 5 1 15 9 +6 Qualification to Winners' Group play-off
2 China Yan Bingtao 6 4 2 16 6 +10
3 Scotland John Higgins 6 4 2 14 12 +2
4 China Liang Wenbo 6 2 4 10 12 −2
5 Scotland Graeme Dott 6 2 4 10 15 −5 Eliminated from the competition
6 China Zhao Xintong 6 2 4 10 15 −5
7 Scotland Scott Donaldson 6 2 4 8 14 −6
Source: 2022 Championship League Snooker Winners' Group

Play-offs

 
Semi-finals
Best of 5 frames		Final
Best of 5 frames
 
      
 
 
 
 
England Stuart Bingham3
 
 
 
China Liang Wenbo[nb 1]2
 
England Stuart Bingham2
 
 
 
Scotland John Higgins3
 
China Yan Bingtao2
 
 
Scotland John Higgins3
 
  1. ^ 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]

Bold: highest break in the indicated group.

Winnings

No. Player 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 W TOTAL
1 Scotland John Higgins (7) 6,300 14,600 20,900
2 England Stuart Bingham (14) 3,200 6,100 9,500 18,800
3 England Kyren Wilson (5) 5,300 2,800 2,550 2,800 13,450
4 China Yan Bingtao (16) 6,500 6,800 13,300
5 China Liang Wenbo (37) 6,550 5,600 12,150
6 Scotland Graeme Dott (19) 3,100 6,200 2,000 11,300
7 Scotland Scott Donaldson (35) 2,100 6,900 1,600 10,600
8 China Zhao Xintong (9) 6,600 3,000 9,600
9 China Lu Ning (31) 4,700 1,200 1,600 800 8,300
10 China Ding Junhui (27) 2,900 4,800 7,700
11 Wales Ryan Day (26) 2,900 3,700 600 7,200
12 England Ali Carter (22) 2,100 1,250 3,700 7,050
13 China Xiao Guodong (30) 1,300 4,900 700 6,900
14 England Martin Gould (21) 1,000 4,600 800 6,400
15 Northern Ireland Jordan Brown (28) 5,100 1,000 6,100
16 England Mark Selby(a) (1) 2,700 3,300 6,000
17 England Jack Lisowski (13) 4,300 1,300 5,600
18 England Joe Perry (32) 2,800 900 3,700
19 England Gary Wilson (25) 1,200 800 2,000
20 China Zhou Yuelong (17) 1,350 1,350
21 England David Gilbert (20) 1,200 1,200
22 England Tom Ford (24) 1,100 1,100
23 England Judd Trump (2) 1,000 1,000
= England Ronnie O'Sullivan (3) 1,000 1,000
25 England Ricky Walden (23) 900 900
26 England Matthew Selt (29) 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

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  2. ^ "BetVictor Championship League Snooker Invitational Returns In December". championshipleaguesnooker.co.uk. 16 November 2021. Retrieved 18 November 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  3. ^ "Home - Championship League Snooker". Matchroom.
  4. ^ "Liang Into Winners' Group". World Snooker Tour. 21 December 2021.
  5. ^ "Dott Wins Group Two". World Snooker Tour. 24 December 2021.
  6. ^ "Zhao Wins Group Three". World Snooker Tour. 4 January 2022.
  7. ^ "Bingham Wins Group Four". World Snooker Tour. 6 January 2022.
  8. ^ "Donaldson Wins Group Five". World Snooker Tour. 8 January 2022.
  9. ^ "Yan Secures Spot In Winners' Group". World Snooker Tour. 18 January 2022.
  10. ^ "Higgins Into Winners' Group". World Snooker Tour. 2 February 2022.
  11. ^ "Higgins In A League Of His Own". World Snooker Tour. 4 February 2022.
  12. ^ "BetVictor Championship League Group 1 | Centuries". World Snooker Tour. 20–21 December 2021.
  13. ^ "BetVictor Championship League Group 2 | Centuries". World Snooker Tour. 22–23 December 2021.
  14. ^ "BetVictor Championship League Group 3 | Centuries". World Snooker Tour. 3–4 January 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  15. ^ "BetVictor Championship League Group 4 | Centuries". World Snooker Tour. 5–6 January 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
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  17. ^ "BetVictor Championship League Group 6 | Centuries". World Snooker Tour. 17–18 January 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  18. ^ "BetVictor Championship League Group 7 | Centuries". World Snooker Tour. 1–2 February 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  19. ^ "BetVictor Championship League Winners' Group | Centuries". World Snooker Tour. 3–4 February 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
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