In the early morning of January 5, the 2022 Snooker Champions League actually ended the third group competition, and the Chinese team performed well and almost dominated the entire tournament. Zhao Xintong, Xiao Guodong and Lu Ning played three, and finally Zhao Xintong performed well, winning all 6 games and maintaining an unbeaten record to win the first place in the group, while Xiao Guodong was ranked third with 4 wins and 2 losses, the two advanced to the final four, and in the semi-finals, they defeated Bingham and Selby respectively, and met the final. In the end, Zhao Xintong narrowly defeated Xiao Guodong 3-2, and won the group championship with a record of 8 total victories and advanced to the winner group. In the competition, Zhao Xintong scored 3 strokes to break the hundred, achieving the milestone of breaking the hundred in his career to 100 strokes.
The Champions League is open to all professional players as an invitational tournament in the mid-season, but registration is required to start with high qualifying. In the two group stages that have been concluded before, China's liang Wenbo performed well, winning the championship of the first group and successfully advancing to the winner group. In the second group of competition, Ronin reached the final, but unfortunately lost to Dort and did not qualify. In addition to Lu Ning, zhao xintong and Xiao Guodong joined the third group, which also created the first time in the history of the Champions League that three Chinese players competed in the same group.
On the first day of the round robin, Zhao Xintong performed well, winning consecutive world champions Selby and Bingham, and achieving a record of 3 wins. Entering the next day's competition, Zhao Xintong continued to perform with full firepower, especially against Ryan Day, playing an extremely gorgeous attack, with a single shot of 122, 98 and 100 points, an average of 13.7 seconds to play, a 3-0 quick win, and the opponent only scored 1 point in the whole game! The single-shot breaker in this game is the 100th shot of Zhao Xintong's career, becoming the 75th professional player in history to achieve this milestone. With Zhao Xintong's 3-1 victory over Lu Ning in the last round, he won the first place in the group with a record of 6 wins and advanced to the semi-finals, Selby and Xiao Guodong both won 4 and lost 2, ranking second and third, and Bingham ranked fourth with 3 wins and 3 losses.
In the semi-finals, Zhao Xintong fought Again again against Bingham, Xiao Guodong again against Selby, Zhao Xintong continued the fiery feel, single 52 points, 138 points, 92 points, strong 3-1 win again to advance to the final. Xiao Guodong also performed well, playing 4 shots 50+, 3-1 victory over Selby, revenge for the loss of the group stage. The meeting of the two Chinese players in the final also became another highlight moment in the Champions League. In the final battle, Zhao Xintong and Xiao Guodong let go of the fight and attacked with all their might, Zhao Xintong won the first set with a single par of 90 points and a clean sheet, and won the first 60-47 in the second set, taking the lead in winning the match point 2-0, while Xiao Guodong withstood the pressure, continuously played a single 95 points and a single par 96 points, equalized in two sets, dragged into the decider, and finally Zhao Xintong single-shot 66 points to achieve a dead end, won 3-2, achieved 8 consecutive wins to win the championship, and advanced to the winner group.