2021 English Open (snooker) draft.

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2021 BetVictor English Open
Tournament information
Dates1-7 November 2021
VenueMarshall Arena
CityMilton Keynes
CountryEngland
OrganisationWPBSA
FormatRanking 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

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The 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

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2022 Turkish Masters (draft)

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2022 Turkish Masters
Tournament information
Dates14–20 March 2022
CityAntalya
CountryTurkey
OrganisationWPBSA
FormatRanking 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

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The 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

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The 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

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2021 Scottish Open (snooker) (draft)

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2021 Scottish Open
Tournament information
Dates6–12 December 2021
VenueVenue Cymru
CityLlandudno
CountryWales
OrganisationWPBSA
FormatRanking 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

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The 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

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Qualification 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]


Notes

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r Match will be held over and played in Llandudno.

References

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  1. ^ a b "BetVictor Scottish Open to be Staged in Llandudno". World Snooker Tour. 17 August 2021.
  2. ^ "2021-22 Snooker Calendar Announced". World Snooker Tour. 7 May 2021.
  3. ^ "BetVictor Scottish Open Draw". World Snooker Tour. 26 August 2021

2022 Players Championship (snooker) (draft)

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2022 Cazoo Players Championship
Tournament information
Dates7–13 February 2022
VenueAldersley Leisure Village
CityWolverhampton
CountryEngland
OrganisationWPBSA
FormatRanking 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

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  1. ^ "Cazoo Launches Partnership With World Snooker Tour". World Snooker Tour. 2 February 2021
  2. ^ a b "Updated 2021–22 Snooker Calendar". World Snooker Tour. 18 August 2021
  3. ^ "WST, Matchroom and ITV Agree New Two Year Deal for Broadcast of Four Events". World Snooker Tour. 18 January 2021
  4. ^ "Wonderful Higgins Thrashes O'Sullivan". World Snooker Tour. 28 February 2021


2021–22 Championship League (draft)

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2021–22 Championship League
Tournament information
DatesDecember 20, 2021 – February 3, 2022 (2021-12-20 – 2022-02-03)
VenueMorningside Arena
CityLeicester
CountryEngland
OrganisationMatchroom Sport
FormatNon-ranking event
Total prize fund£205,000
Defending champion  David Gilbert (ENG)

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

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Group 1 will be played on 20 and 21 December 2021.

Table

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Pos Team Pld W L FF FA FD
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
Source: [1]

Play-offs

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Semi Finals
Best of 5 frames
Final
Best of 5 frames
 
      
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Group 2

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Group 2 will be played on 22 and 23 December 2021.

Table

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Pos Team Pld W L FF FA FD
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
Source: [2]

Play-offs

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Semi Finals
Best of 5 frames
Final
Best of 5 frames
 
      
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Group 3

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Group 3 will be played on 3 and 4 January 2022.

Table

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Pos Team Pld W L FF FA FD
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
Source: [3]

Play-offs

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Semi Finals
Best of 5 frames
Final
Best of 5 frames
 
      
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Group 4

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Group 4 will be played on 5 and 6 January 2022.

Table

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Pos Team Pld W L FF FA FD
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
Source: [4]

Play-offs

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Semi Finals
Best of 5 frames
Final
Best of 5 frames
 
      
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Group 5

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Group 5 will be played on 7 and 8 January 2022.

Table

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Pos 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
Source: [5]

Play-offs

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Semi Finals
Best of 5 frames
Final
Best of 5 frames
 
      
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Group 6

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Group 6 will be played on 17 and 18 January 2022.

Table

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Pos Team Pld W L FF FA FD
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
Source: [6]

Play-offs

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Semi Finals
Best of 5 frames
Final
Best of 5 frames
 
      
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Group 7

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Group 7 will be played on 17 and 18 January 2022.

Table

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Pos Team Pld W L FF FA FD
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
Source: [7]

Play-offs

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Semi Finals
Best of 5 frames
Final
Best of 5 frames
 
      
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

References

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  1. ^ "BetVictor Championship League Returns". World Snooker Tour. 16 November 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  2. ^ "Championship League Snooker 2021: David Gilbert Ends 22-Year Ranking Title Droughtg With Victory Over Mark Allen". Eurosport.co.uk. 13 August 2021. Retrieved 18 August 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)

2022 UK Seniors Championship (draft)

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2022 UK Seniors Championship
Tournament information
DatesJanuary 4–7, 2022 (2022-01-04 – 2022-01-07)
VenueBonus Arena
CityHull
CountryEngland
OrganisationWorld Seniors Tour
FormatSeniors 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

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Below 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

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Final: Best of 7 frames. Referee: .
Bonus Arena, Hull, England, 7 January 2022


Frame Scores:
Highest break
Century breaks
50+ breaks

References

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  1. ^ "UK Seniors Snooker Moves to January 2022". seniorssnooker.com. 28 July 2021. Retrieved 29 December 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  2. ^ "Judge Victorious at ROKiT UK Seniors Snooker Championship". WPBSA. 26 October 2019. Retrieved 29 December 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  3. ^ "UK Seniors Championship 2022 | Last 16 Draw". seniorssnooker.com. 14 October 2021. Retrieved 29 December 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)

2022 Champion of Champions (draft)

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2022 Champion of Champions
Tournament information
DatesOctober 31 – November 6, 2022 (2022-10-31 – 2022-11-06)
OrganisationMatchroom Sport
FormatNon-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.