On December 21, 2021, the Snooker Champions League concluded its first matchday match, with China winning 3 and losing 3 and Liang Wenbo beating Ryan. Dai, Gary. Wilson, losing to Lissovsky, Zhou Yuelong defeated Tom. Ford, lost to Gary. Wilson, Lisovsky, the first in the provisional group is Graeme. Dort, three rounds of group stage keep winning, Tom. Ford played one less round at the bottom.
The Champions League is an invitation-level event, the prize money is not counted in the world ranking, using a 5-game 3-win single-round round robin system, winning a game to accumulate 3 points, and finally calculating the total score, only one person can stand out and enter the championship group, the last two players are eliminated, the other four come to the next group to continue the game, and so on, and finally 7 players are promoted to compete for the championship.
There are six Chinese players invited, but this year only played two groups of competitions, Zhou Yuelong, Liang Wenbo in the first group, Lu Ning, Xiao Guodong in the second group, the British Championship champion Zhao Xintong temporarily withdrew, Xiao Guodong was shortlisted as a substitute, after the End of the World Grand Prix, most of the players ushered in a small long holiday, the Champions League prize money is not high, Ding Junhui this time is three years after the second participation.
Zhou Yuelong and Liang Wenbo have five competitors in the same group, namely Graeme. Dot, Ryan. Day, Lisovsky, Tom. Ford, Gary. Wilson, all seven of them have reached the final, and the winner is Graeme. Dot, Ryan. Dai, Liang Wenbo, among them Graeme. Dort won one World Championship, Ryan. Dai won the ranking tournament three times, and Liang Wenbo won the English Open.
44-year-old Graeme. Dort accumulated nine points in three rounds of wins, ranking first in the group, scoring a single 71 points, 65 points 3-1 to beat Tom. Forde, who scored a single 59 points, 58 points, 56 points, defeated Zhou Yuelong 3-1 and played a single 70 points to win 3-1 against Sowski.
Liang Wenbo accumulated 6 points with 2 wins and 1 loss, and played a single 99 points, 70 points to beat Ryan 3-1. Day, who scored a 61- pointer, 57 points, 52 points, 3-2 to beat Gary. Wilson, who lost 2-3 to Lissovsky, suffered his first defeat in the group stage.
Zhou Yuelong accumulated three points with 1 win and 2 losses, losing 1-3 to Graeme in the first game. Dortmund, who lost 3-1 to Lissovsky in the second game, finally found some form and blasted a single shot of 116 points, 81 points, 61 points and 3-1 victory over Tom. Ford, just at the World Grand Prix Tom. Ford won consecutive victories over Higgins and Trump, and in the end he lost to Selby and missed out on the final four.
At present, Liang Wenbo still has a chance, Zhou Yuelong began to play badly, and then lost another game is basically determined to have no chance to advance, as long as the two avoid becoming the group countdown, they have a chance, at least they can join the second group to continue the game, looking forward to the next performance of Chinese players.