On December 15, Beijing time, the snooker invitational version of the Champions League officially announced the complete lineup and grouping of 25 people, of which the Chinese team has 6 participants, they are Zhao Xintong, Yan Bingtao, Zhou Yuelong, Ding Junhui, Lu Ning and Liang Wenbo, in addition to Zhao Xintong and Yan Bingtao, TOP16 also includes Trump, O'Sullivan and other 9 people to participate, the world's top six all played, the lowest ranking participant is Liang Wenbo, ranked 33rd, the specific group and schedule are as follows.
According to the grouping, we can see that the first group does not have top 16 participation, Zhou Yuelong and Liang Wenbo will compete with Players such as Lisovsky for the first championship group place, Zhao Xintong and Lu Ninghou are in the second group, plus the 4 players who have been extended down from the first group, Zhao Xintong's signing position is very good, Selby, Uncle Ma, Bingham 3 world champions are in the third group, Trump and Hawkins, 囧 Ge are in the 4th group, the overall strength of the fifth group is slightly lower, and Ding Junhui and Yan Bingtao are in the 6th group, in the current special background, Such a civil war is full of points to watch, the 7th group is a bit of a fairy fight, the wizards and rockets who have recently fought frequently are in the same group, plus Robertson, and the last championship group is the most competitive.
All the pending players in the second to seventh groups are the 4 players in the previous group who did not qualify and have the highest points, taking the first group as an example, if Zhou Yuelong is the group champion, Liang Wenbo, Lisovsky, Dort and Fude are ranked 2-5, G. Wilson and Dai are 6-7th, then Zhou Yuelong advances to the championship group, Liang Wenbo, Lisovsky, Dort and Fude are extended to the second group to continue the competition. G. Wilson and Day are eliminated, and so on, all competitions take a grab 3 format, the group champion is £3,000, the champion of the champion group will receive £10,000 and the next season's crown qualification.
It is worth mentioning that this is the second time that Ding Junhui has signed up for the Champions League after 3 years, and Ding Junhui has won the invitational tournament by beating Trump 3-1 in 2012. For Ding Junhui, who has lost a number of qualifications, although the Champions League can not give himself a promotion of ranking, but it is an opportunity to train instead of a race, the state is so depressed, Ding Junhui urgently needs to find the feel through more official matches, through the overall schedule, the participation of the 6th group is also to prepare for the single limited time competition, hoping that Ding Junhui will find his state in time and find the feeling of winning as soon as possible.