The 2022 Cazoo snooker Tour Championship line-up is set and will feature world’s best eight snooker players, we take a look at the schedule, draw, prize money, dates, time, TV coverage
The 2022 Cazoo Tour Championship is a professional snooker competition held at Venue Cymru in Llandudno, Wales, from March 28 to April 3, 2022. It is the fourth edition of the Tour Championship, which is organized by the World Snooker Tour.
2022 Cazoo Tour Championship Dates, Tickets, Players And Venue
The tournament is being held at the Venue Cymru, Llandudno, Wales. The final is slated for Sunday, April 3rd. The Tour Championship field is made up of the top eight players from the single-year ranking list. The event seedings are determined using a one-year ranking list up to and including the 2022 Gibraltar Open. Fans can purchase their tickets from here. The tickets start from only 15 pounds and provide the opportunity to watch the top snooker players in action.
If Kyren Wilson had defeated Robert Milkins in the final in Gibraltar, he would have won a position in the field, but Wilson’s defeat meant that John Higgins retained the eighth and final spot. So the line-up of 2022 Tour Championship is as follows:
Seed | Player | Total Points |
1 | Zhao Xintong (CHN) | 311,500 |
2 | Neil Robertson (AUS) | 261,000 |
3 | Ronnie O’Sullivan (ENG) | 232,500 |
4 | Judd Trump (ENG) | 216,000 |
5 | Luca Brecel (BEL) | 205,500 |
6 | Mark Williams (WAL) | 166,500 |
7 | Mark Allen (NIR) | 160,000 |
8 | John Higgins (SCO) | 147,500 |
2022 Cazoo Snooker Tour Championship Results, Format, Rules, Draw, Time And Schedule
All matches will be played over two sessions with a best-of-nineteen frame format. The afternoon sessions begin at 1 p.m. and evening sessions begin at 7:30 p.m.
2022 Tour Championship March 28 Results
The quarter-finals are scheduled to be played between March 28 and March 31. In the first quarter-final, top-seed Zhao Xintong won the opening frame over John Higgins in his Cazoo Tour Championship debut, but Higgins took the next two frames with three breaks of over 50, before Zhao won the fourth frame. Zhao won the next three games with breaks of 108 and 124, and led 5-3 after the opening session.
Higgins, on the other hand, staged an incredible comeback in the evening session, winning 7 of 11 frames to win the match by a score of 10-9. With this win, eighth seed John Higgins marched into the semi-finals of the 2022 Cazoo Tour Championship, where he will face the winner of the quarter-final clash between Judd Trump and Luca Brecel.
Zhao Xintong 9-10 John Higgins
Tournament Schedule
Tuesday March 29
Neil Robertson (2) v Mark Allen (7)
Wednesday March 30
Ronnie O’Sullivan (3) v Mark Williams (6)
Thursday March 31
Judd Trump (4) v Luca Brecel (5)
Friday April 1
Semi-final
Saturday April 2
Semi-final
Sunday April 3
FinalL
Betting Odds
After his superb win against top-seed Xintong, John Higgins has joined Judd Trump and Neil Roberston as one of the favorites to win the tournament.
Judd Trump- 11/4
Neil Robertson- 3/1
John Higgins- 10/3
Ronnie O’ Sullivan -7/2
Mark Allen- 12/1
Prize Money Pool Distribution
The winner of 2022 Cazoo Tour Championship will receive £150,000 in prize money, while the losing finalist will receive 60,000 Pounds. The net prize pool of the tournament will be 380,000 Pounds.
- Winner: £150,000
- Runner-up: £60,000
- Semi-final: £40,000
- Quarter-final: £20,000
- Highest break: £10,000
- Total: £380,000
When And Where To Watch: Live Stream And On TV Coverage Telecast
The tournament is being broadcast in China on Liaoning TV, Superstar online, Kuaishou, Migu, Youku, and Huya.com; in the Philippines on Premier Sports Network; in Hong Kong on Now TV; in Thailand on True Sport; in Taiwan on Sports Cast; and in Malaysia on Astro SuperSports.
Matchroom Sport will stream the event live in all other territories.
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