The 2021-2022 snooker Champions League group competition is all over, the defending champion and the world's fifth-ranked Karen Wilson failed to go ashore early, although barely reached the final four, but in the semi-finals upset 2:3 to the same "post-90s" player Donaldson, did not qualify for the final and did not qualify for the winning group, in order to successfully defend the Champions League title, Karen Wilson needs to work in the sixth group, otherwise it will be gradually distant from the defending champion. Donaldson, who defeated the defending champion, then withstood the pressure in the final to defeat the world number one Selby veteran Jordan Brown 3:2 to win the championship of this group and directly qualify for the winning group, so far, the snooker Champions League has produced five places to participate in the winning group, they are Liang Wenbo, Dort, Zhao Xintong, Bingham and Donaldson. Lu Ning, a Chinese player who competed in this group, did not perform well, he only won one win and five losses in this group of matches, ranking at the bottom of the points ranking, and regrettably bid farewell to this season's snooker Champions League.
Defending champion Karen Wilson, who only finished fifth on the first day, still performed poorly on the second matchday, except for the first game 3-0 victory over China's Ronin, he then lost 2:3 to Gilbert, 1:3 to "Captain" Carter, and only achieved three wins and three losses in the group stage, the same record as Carter and Goodetty, and finally ranked third in the semifinals with the advantage of winning sets. Donaldson, who finished first after the first day of the match, played normally on the second matchday, unexpectedly losing 2:3 to China's Lu Ning in the first match, but swept Carter 3-0 in the final match to win four and lose two to advance to the final four in the group. Jordan Brown, who replaced Selby, played well on the second matchday, winning 3-0 against Carter, narrowly beating Gilbert 3-2, and sweeping "Glasses Man" Gould 3-0 to win five and lose one in the group stage to advance to the final four with the first place in the group. World runner-up Carter beat Karen Wilson 3-1 in the first match of the second matchday, and although he subsequently lost back-to-back losses to Brown and Donaldson, he advanced to the semifinals fourth in the group.
The first game of the semifinals was faced by veteran Jordan Brown against the world runner-up, known as the "captain" Of Carter, Jordan Brown continued the fiery feel of the group round robin, he single shot 80 points, 67 points and then won three consecutive sets, the total score of 3:0 swept Carter, high to the final. Another semi-final was played between two "post-90s" players, by the defending champion to meet Donaldson, the overall strength gap between the two is still very large, Karen Wilson ranked fifth in the world, won a number of ranking championships, and Donaldson only won the Champions League in his career the previous year, but in the short game everything is possible, and sure enough, in the first game Donaldson blasted a single shot 130 points after the first city, the second game Karen Wilson won a city with 85 points, In the third set, Donaldson scored 75 points to exceed the score again, and the defending champion stubbornly equalized in the fourth set, the decider, Donaldson single shot 77 points and ended the battle, the total score of 3:2 upset victory over Wilson, strong to advance to the final.
The final was met by Brown against Donaldson, the first game Donaldson took the lead, he singled out 88 points and then took the lead in the next city, in the second game Jordan Brown steadily played a single 52 points and then won a set 61:27, in the third game Jordan Brown continued to work hard to win 98:5 and get the match point, in the fourth game Donaldson withstood the pressure to blast a single shot 60 points and struggled to equalize the total score, the decider game Donaldson single shot 88 points and won, the total score was 3:2 against Brown, won the fifth group game championship , directly qualified for the winning group.
And Jordan Brown, Karen Wilson, Carter, Gould four qualified to continue to participate in the sixth group of competitions, China's Ronin in this group of the game did not play well, the first day of the game 1:3 lost to Gilbert, 2:3 lost to Jordan Brown, 1:3 lost to "Captain" Carter, the second game match day, Ronin came up 0:3 to Wilson, 3:2 after a difficult victory over Donaldson and then lost to Gould in the last game, ending the group with a win-five loss at the bottom of the score. Also ended the season in the Snooker Champions League. Lu ning has been okay in the Champions League this season, playing from the second group to the fifth group, although he did not qualify for the winning group, but he is full of tenacity in the competition and looks forward to his better performance in the Champions League next season.