The 2021-2022 snooker Finale World Championship will be held from April 16 to May 2, and the qualifiers are currently in full swing, with 23 members of the Chinese team in addition to Yan Bingtao and Zhao Xintong directly advancing to the main tournament, and 23 people will compete in the qualifiers to attack the main tournament places. The World Championships is the highest level of snooker in the field of events, these years including the British Championships and masters including many snooker ranking tournaments have undergone some reforms, only the world championships of the game has not changed, all the competitions are long game format, even the last round of the qualification round is also through the long round also determines the winner or loser, because of this, the snooker World Championship has been much attention, only the players who won the world championship can be called the world champion, so far the Chinese players have never climbed the top in the world championship, The best result was that Ding Junhui had reached the final six years ago and finally lost to Selby to finish second.
This year's snooker World Championship champion will spend who and whether Chinese players have the opportunity to win the championship is the focus of attention from the outside world, because the World Championships use a long-term format, so compared to other events, the chance of the World Championship upset is actually not large, the history of the qualification status of the final champion is rare, this year is probably no exception, no accident, then the 2022 World Championship should still be among the top 16 seeded players in the world rankings. Judging from the performance of all the players this season, "Melbourne Machine" Neil Robertson, "Rocket" O'Sullivan, Trump, "Wizard" Higgins and defending champion Selby should be the favorites to win the championship, other players are either limited in overall strength or in poor form at this stage, it is difficult for them to have a chance to attack the championship at this year's World Championships, including China's Yan Bingtao, Zhao Xintong and Ding Junhui. While Chinese fans are looking forward to a Chinese player reaching the top of Crucible, as things stand, this year is clearly not the best opportunity.
The biggest favourite to win this year's Snooker World Championships is none other than Neil Robertson, who has been praised by O'Sullivan as the strongest player in snooker at this stage, winning four championships in five finals, including three ranking champions and a Masters title, and also winning a world grand prix runner-up, three ranking champions are the Players Championship, the Tour Championship and the English Open, knowing that the Players Championship and the Tour Championship are the best performers of the season to qualify.
In addition, the Masters championship is only available to the top 16 players in the world rankings, Neil Robertson was able to win all three major tournaments, indicating his great strength and excellent state, in the tour final, facing Higgins, who is known for his stability, Neil Robertson won six consecutive sets when he was 4:9 behind to win the championship, which is probably not impossible for O'Sullivan and Hendry at the peak of the year. Neil Robertson is currently ranked no. 1 in the world this season and third in the world rankings, behind O'Sullivan and Selby, but in terms of performance this season, Robertson is far better than O'Sullivan and Selby.
Neil Robertson is the biggest favourite to win this year's World Championships, of course, everything is possible in competitive sports, other players also have the opportunity to "pull teeth out", world number one O'Sullivan, defending champion Selby, "Wizard" Higgins are also popular candidates. O'Sullivan has always attached more importance to large competitions, O'Sullivan has frankly said that playing is for the prize money, from this point of view alone, O'Sullivan should attach great importance to the World Championships, after all, the world championship prize money is as high as 500,000 pounds, most of the general ranking champions are about 100,000 pounds, and O'Sullivan has always been eager to equal the "Emperor of Billiards" Hendry seven World Championship championship records, and is still one crown away from this record, this year is a very good opportunity for O'Sullivan.
"Wizard" Higgins is also a favorite to win the championship, although Higgins did not win a ranking championship this season, but the record of six finals is unmatched, indicating that Higgins' stability is very good, which is very advantageous in the snooker long game format, in the past five years, Higgins has reached the world championship final three times but finally won the runner-up, this year he is eager to go further. Defending champions Selby and "President" Trump are also among the favourites, Selby has been in poor form this season, a round trip has become commonplace, not long ago he announced early that he was withdrawing from the rest of the season and going all out to prepare for the World Championships, Selby is the most successful player in the last decade of the World Championships, and he is still one of the hottest this year. Trump's recovery this season is evident, and while he is not as invincible as he was two years ago, he is certainly a favourite for the World Championships in his current year.