2022 Championship League (invitational)

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]

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

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 Graeme Dott 6 6 0 18 8 +10 Qualification to Group 1 play-off
2 Liang Wenbo 6 3 3 15 13 +2
3 Ryan Day 6 3 3 13 14 −1
4 Jack Lisowski 6 3 3 11 13 −2
5 Gary Wilson 6 2 4 12 14 −2 Advances into Group 2
6 Tom Ford 6 2 4 11 14 −3 Eliminated from the competition
7 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
 
      
 
 
 
 
 Graeme Dott1
 
 
 
 Jack Lisowski3
 
 Jack Lisowski1
 
 
 
 Liang Wenbo3
 
 Liang Wenbo3
 
 
 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 Ryan Day 6 4 2 16 9 +7 Qualification to Group 2 play-off
2 Lu Ning 6 4 2 15 10 +5
3 Joe Perry 6 4 2 12 13 −1
4 Graeme Dott 6 3 3 14 12 +2
5 Xiao Guodong 6 3 3 13 15 −2 Advances into Group 3
6 Jack Lisowski 6 2 4 13 15 −2 Eliminated from the competition
7 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
 
      
 
 
 
 
 Ryan Day2
 
 
 
 Graeme Dott3
 
 Graeme Dott3
 
 
 
 Lu Ning1
 
 Lu Ning3
 
 
 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 Zhao Xintong 6 6 0 18 4 +14 Qualification to Group 3 play-off
2 Mark Selby 6 4 2 14 9 +5
3 Xiao Guodong 6 4 2 14 13 +1
4 Stuart Bingham 6 3 3 14 13 +1
5 Lu Ning 6 2 4 12 14 −2 Advances into Group 4
6 Joe Perry 6 1 5 9 17 −8 Eliminated from the competition
7 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
 
      
 
 
 
 
 Zhao Xintong3
 
 
 
 Stuart Bingham1
 
 Zhao Xintong3
 
 
 
 Xiao Guodong2
 
 Mark Selby1
 
 
 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 Kyren Wilson 6 6 0 18 8 +10 Qualification to Group 4 play-off
2 Mark Selby 6 5 1 17 8 +9
3 Stuart Bingham 6 3 3 13 12 +1
4 Scott Donaldson 6 3 3 11 12 −1
5 Lu Ning 6 2 4 11 16 −5 Advances into Group 5
6 Judd Trump 6 2 4 10 13 −3 Eliminated from the competition
7 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
 
      
 
 
 
 
 Kyren Wilson3
 
 
 
 Scott Donaldson0
 
 Kyren Wilson2
 
 
 
 Stuart Bingham3
 
 Mark Selby2
 
 
 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 Jordan Brown 6 5 1 16 9 +7 Qualification to Group 5 play-off
2 Scott Donaldson 6 4 2 16 7 +9
3 Kyren Wilson 6 3 3 12 11 +1
4 Ali Carter 6 3 3 11 13 −2
5 Martin Gould 6 3 3 10 13 −3 Advances into Group 6
6 David Gilbert 6 2 4 12 14 −2 Eliminated from the competition
7 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
 
      
 
 
 
 
 Jordan Brown3
 
 
 
 Ali Carter0
 
 Jordan Brown2
 
 
 
 Scott Donaldson3
 
 Scott Donaldson3
 
 
 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 Yan Bingtao 6 5 1 17 5 +12 Qualification to Group 6 play-off
2 Martin Gould 6 4 2 14 13 +1
3 Ding Junhui 6 4 2 13 13 0
4 Kyren Wilson 6 3 3 13 10 +3
5 Ali Carter 6 2 4 10 12 −2 Advances into Group 7
6 Jordan Brown 6 2 4 10 15 −5 Eliminated from the competition
7 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
 
      
 
 
 
 
 Yan Bingtao3
 
 
 
 Kyren Wilson0
 
 Yan Bingtao3
 
 
 
 Martin Gould1
 
 Martin Gould3
 
 
 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 Ali Carter 6 5 1 16 8 +8 Qualification to Group 7 play-off
2 John Higgins 6 5 1 15 8 +7
3 Kyren Wilson 6 4 2 15 7 +8
4 Ding Junhui 6 3 3 13 13 0
5 Ronnie O'Sullivan 6 2 4 10 16 −6 Eliminated from the competition
6 Ricky Walden 6 1 5 9 17 −8
7 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
 
      
 
 
 
 
 Ali Carter2
 
 
 
 Ding Junhui3
 
 Ding Junhui2
 
 
 
 John Higgins3
 
 John Higgins3
 
 
 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 Stuart Bingham 6 5 1 15 9 +6 Qualification to Winners' Group play-off
2 Yan Bingtao 6 4 2 16 6 +10
3 John Higgins 6 4 2 14 12 +2
4 Liang Wenbo 6 2 4 10 12 −2
5 Graeme Dott 6 2 4 10 15 −5 Eliminated from the competition
6 Zhao Xintong 6 2 4 10 15 −5
7 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
 
      
 
 
 
 
 Stuart Bingham3
 
 
 
 Liang Wenbo[nb 1]2
 
 Stuart Bingham2
 
 
 
 John Higgins3
 
 Yan Bingtao2
 
 
 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 John Higgins (7) 6,300 14,600 20,900
2 Stuart Bingham (14) 3,200 6,100 9,500 18,800
3 Kyren Wilson (5) 5,300 2,800 2,550 2,800 13,450
4 Yan Bingtao (16) 6,500 6,800 13,300
5 Liang Wenbo (37) 6,550 5,600 12,150
6 Graeme Dott (19) 3,100 6,200 2,000 11,300
7 Scott Donaldson (35) 2,100 6,900 1,600 10,600
8 Zhao Xintong (9) 6,600 3,000 9,600
9 Lu Ning (31) 4,700 1,200 1,600 800 8,300
10 Ding Junhui (27) 2,900 4,800 7,700
11 Ryan Day (26) 2,900 3,700 600 7,200
12 Ali Carter (22) 2,100 1,250 3,700 7,050
13 Xiao Guodong (30) 1,300 4,900 700 6,900
14 Martin Gould (21) 1,000 4,600 800 6,400
15 Jordan Brown (28) 5,100 1,000 6,100
16 Mark Selby(a) (1) 2,700 3,300 6,000
17 Jack Lisowski (13) 4,300 1,300 5,600
18 Joe Perry (32) 2,800 900 3,700
19 Gary Wilson (25) 1,200 800 2,000
20 Zhou Yuelong (17) 1,350 1,350
21 David Gilbert (20) 1,200 1,200
22 Tom Ford (24) 1,100 1,100
23 Judd Trump (2) 1,000 1,000
= Ronnie O'Sullivan (3) 1,000 1,000
25 Ricky Walden (23) 900 900
26 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.

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