On December 14, 2021, the World Taiwan Federation announced the list of Champions League players, six Chinese players participated, Ding Junhui did not qualify for the World Grand Prix and Masters, clearly stated that he would work hard to train, strive to find the state as soon as possible, and make important decisions, continuous registration for single limited time and champions league, he also hopes to sharpen himself through actual combat, bring more wonderful games to outside fans.
The Champions League is an invitational tournament, although the prize money is very low and does not count towards the ranking, but the top sixteen players usually participate, because before the start of the World Championships, this is the best opportunity to exercise, the World Taiwan Federation will be invited according to the ranking, the best result of the Chinese players is the champion, Ding Junhui won the championship in the final victory over Trump, Zhou Yuelong won a runner-up, and lost to Higgins in the final.
Unlike previous competitions, the Champions League is more special, the schedule spans three months, 25 players are divided into seven groups, the first group of 7 people, the other six groups of 3 people, a round-robin knockout round, the overall score of the first place to advance to the champion group, the bottom two players out, the remaining 3 people into the next group to continue the game, and so on to produce 7 players to compete for the championship.
The first group of contestants was played in January, and the seven contestants were Liang Wenbo, Zhou Yuelong, and Graeme. Dot, Gary. Wilson, Lisovsky, Tom. Ford, Ryan. Dai, three of whom won the ranking tournament, Graeme. Dort has won the World Championship, the short-term system who has a chance to stand out, but also depends on the on-field play, Zhou Yuelong is worth looking forward to, he is better at playing this kind of game.
British Champion Zhao Xintong is in the second group, the other two are Lu Ning and Joe Perry, and the third group Selby, Bingham and Mark. Williams, world champions, fourth group Trump, Hawkins, Karen. Wilson, Fifth Group Carter, Martin. Gould, Gilbert, Ding Junhui, Yan Bingtao, Ritchie. Wharton, only the contestants in the seventh group have not yet been determined.
In the past, like the single limited time game, the Champions League such a game with a low prize money, Ding Junhui is absent, and now the situation is different, the world ranking continues to decline, about to fall out of the top 30, many Chinese fans have lost confidence in Ding Junhui, in the face of everyone's doubts, he also hopes to prove himself through the results, find his state as soon as possible, get the seed seat of the World Championship, and do not play the qualifiers.
This is Ding Junhui's second participation in the single limited time competition after nine years, and the second time to participate in the Champions League after three years, no matter what, he expressed a positive attitude, and finally looked forward to the performance of the six Chinese players, and wished them good results in advance.