Recently, the snooker Champions League came to a successful end, the three Chinese players zhao xintong, Yan Bingtao and Liang Wenbo who entered the winner group failed to win the final championship, Yan Bingtao and Liang Wenbo doubled in the semi-finals, john Higgins reached the final 5 times this season and finally won the championship, and also qualified for the championship next season. With Higgins' finalists, 7 of the 16 seats for the 2022 Crown have been identified, as follows:
Trump, Zhao Xintong, Robertson, O'Sullivan, Higgins, Bretchell, Wafi
Trump took the lead in qualifying as the defending champion of the Championship, Zhao Xintong was shortlisted with the British Championship and the German Masters, Zhao Xintong is the only double champion among the 7 players currently shortlisted, Robertson qualified for the championship after the Masters, O'Sullivan was shortlisted through the World Grand Prix, Higgins was shortlisted through the Champions League, in addition to Scottish Open champion Brechel and single-time limited time champion Hussein Waffy also successfully qualified, of which Zhao Xintong and Wafi participated in the crown for the first time in their careers.
It is worth mentioning that the 7-man list accounts for the largest proportion of post-90s, China's Zhao Xintong, Belgium's Brechel and Iran's Wafi, they are all post-90s, and after the 80s only Trump and Robertson, O'Sullivan and Higgins are post-70s, accounting for 43% of the post-90s, although the British post-90s are still flat, but this side reflects that from a worldwide perspective, the overall performance of the post-90s is on the rise, if Karen Wilson continues to be strong, Lissovsky can break the ice, Then the impact of the post-90s on the post-80s and 75 Sanjie will be greatly improved.
It should be emphasized that with 9 places remaining, many famous players have not yet been shortlisted. Including the world's no. 1 Selby, China's snooker iconic Ding Junhui, the strongest post-90s Karen Wilson, the world's 7th Murphy, Mark Williams, etc., they will fight for the rest of the season and the beginning of next season to compete for the 16-man squad in the 2022 crown.