The 2022 Betfred World Snooker Championship second round matches are scheduled to begin today, we take a look at the latest results, schedule, venue, tickets, draw, format, prize money, dates, time, TV coverage, live score
The 2022 Betfred World Snooker Championship is a professional snooker tournament that will take place from April 16 to May 2, 2022, at the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield, England. The tournament will be the venue’s 46th World Snooker Championship. The tournament, which is the 16th and final ranking event of the 2021–22 snooker season, is hosted by the World Snooker Tour.
2022 World Snooker Championship Tournament Schedule, Dates, Tickets And Venue
The tournament is taking place at the Crucible Theatre, Sheffield, England with the final is slated for Monday, May 2nd. The same venue is hosting the World Snooker Championship for the 46th consecutive year. Tickets for the fixtures can be bought here.
The tournament matches will take place in the following manner:
- April 16- April 21: First Round Matches
- 21st April- 25th April: Second Round Matches
- April 26- April 27: Quarter-final Matches
- April 28- April 30: Semi-final Matches
- May 1- May 2: Final
Tournament Format And Rules
The best of 19 frames will be present in the first round of the main draw, the best of 25 frames in the second round and quarter-finals, and the best of 33 frames in the semi-finals. The final will be a best-of-35-frames competition played over two days.
Betfred World Snooker Championship 2022 Day 5 Results, Live Score, Schedule, Date, Time, Draw, Tickets, Players, Prize Money, Odds
Judd Trump gained a 3–0 lead over Hossein Vafaei in his match, boosted by a 110 break, before Vafaei battled back to square the score at 3–3. Trump subsequently won three more frames in a row to take a 6–3 lead in the session.
Kyren Wilson, the 2020 runner-up, took the first three frames with breaks of 64, 110, 51, and 55, defeating Ding, the 2016 runner-up. However, Wilson seized a 9–8 lead after a solid evening session and won the match 10–8 with a 62 break in the 18th. With this win, Wilson advanced to the second round of 2022 World Snooker Championship, where he will face Stuart Bingham.
Luca Brecel, the winner of the Scottish Open this season, took on Saengkham, who elected to stay in the event after his wife gave birth to their first child the day before his first-round match. Saengkham won six of the first seven frames, including breaks of 110 and 127, but Brecel won the final two frames of the session to cut his deficit to 6–3.
First Round Latest Results and Scores
Mark Selby 10-7 Jamie Jones
Zhao Xintong 10-2 Jamie Clarke
Barry Hawkins 7-10 Jackson Page
Ronnie O’Sullivan 10-5 David Gilbert
Shaun Murphy 8-10 Stephen Maguire
Mark Williams 10-3 Michael White
Anthony McGill 10-7 Liam Highfield
Neil Robertson 10-5 Ashley Hugill
Stuart Bingham 10-5 Lyu Haotian
Mark Allen 10-6 Scott Donaldson
Yan Bingtao 10-6 Chris Wakelin
Jack Lisowski 10-8 Matthew Stevens
John Higgins 10-7 Thepchaiya Un-Nooh
Kyren Wilson 10-8 Ding Junhui
Judd Trump 6-3 Hossein Vafaei
Luca Brecel 3-6 Noppon Saengkham
Upcoming Second Round Fixtures
Mark Allen v Ronnie O’Sullivan: 22nd-23rd April
Zhao Xintong v Stephen Maguire: 21st-23rd April
Jackson Page v Mark Williams: 21st-22nd April
Mark Selby v Yan Bingtao: 22nd-23rd April
Neil Robertson v Jack Lisowski: 23rd-25th April
Kyren Wilson v Stuart Bingham: 24th-25th April
Prize Money Pool Distribution
The champion of the 2022 Snooker World Championship will take home £500,000 in prize money, while the losing finalist will take home £200,000. The tournament’s total prize pool will be 2,395,000 pounds.
A maximum break at the Crucible is worth £40,000, whereas a maximum break in the qualification rounds is worth £10,000. These incentives come on top of the £15,000 top prize for the most spectacular break.
- Winner: £500,000
- Runner-up: £200,000
- Semi-final: £100,000
- Quarter-final: £50,000
- Best 16: £30,000
- Last 32: £20,000
- Final 48: £15,000
- Last 80: £10,000
- Best 112: £5,000
- Highest break (Including Qualifying Stage): £5,000
- Total: £2,395,000
Betting Odds
According to the bookmakers, Neil Robertson is the most likely player to win 2022 World Snooker Championship due to his superb form in recent times and dominant first round win against Ashley Hugill.
Neil Robertson- 18/5
Judd Trump- 6/1
Ronnie O’ Sullivan- 5/1
Mark Selby- 19/2
When And Where To Watch: Live Stream And On TV Coverage Telecast
It will be live on the BBC in the United Kingdom, Eurosport in Europe (including the United Kingdom), and Matchroom Sport and other broadcasters throughout the world.
The tournament will be live in China on Liaoning TV, Rigour; in the Philippines on Premier Sports Network; on Now TV in Hong Kong; on Truevision in Thailand; in Taiwan on Sports Cast; and in Malaysia on Astro SuperSports.
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