On April 27, 2022, the World Taiwan Federation announced an important decision, starting from next season, the British Championship will adopt new rules, and at the same time issue professional wild cards to Hendry and Dahdi to ensure that the two world champions can continue to be active in the arena, causing heated discussion among outside fans.
The British Championship is one of the three major competitions of snooker, second only to the World Championships, the Masters, the gold content is extremely high, Chinese players have won the championship four times, of which Ding Junhui is the first triple crown after the 80s, three times to win the final, Ding Junhui's most recent champion, is three years ago in the British Championship victory over Maguire to win the championship, in addition, in last year's British Championship, Zhao Xintong defeated Brechel and won the first personal championship.
The Masters only have the top 16 players in the world ranking to participate, the top 16 players in the World Championship ranking are seeded players, starting directly from the main game, but the British Championship is not the same, and there is not much difference from the regular ranking competition, in response to this situation, the World Taiwan Federation decided to adopt new rules, while increasing the prize money, so that the British Championship becomes one of the three major competitions in the true sense, on par with the World Championships.
According to the World Taiwan Federation, starting from this year, the British Championship will follow the example of the World Championships, the top 16 players in the world ranking become seeded players, directly advanced to the main tournament, other players need to pass the qualification tournament, compete for 16 regular seats, in other words, only 32 people participate in the main tournament, and the number of professional players is not enough, and amateur players will be invited to gather 128 people in the qualification stage.
At the same time, the prize money has also increased, the total prize money has increased by 200,000 pounds, the championship prize money has increased by 50,000 pounds, but the format has not changed, or 11 rounds and 6 wins, the final 19 rounds and 10 wins, it is impossible to be exactly the same as the World Championships, the two major competitions still have to be distinguished, and the Masters will maintain the status quo, still inviting the top 16 players to participate, and only Zhao Xintong and Yan Bingtao are eligible for Chinese players.
In response to the professional qualification next season, the World Taiwan Federation announced the issuance of wild cards, so that Hendry and Dahedi can continue to participate, Hendry is the seven champions of the World Championships, a legendary player in the history of snooker, deeply loved and supported by outside fans, whether he signs up for the competition, as long as he continues to be active, it has positive significance for the promotion of snooker sports, Anderson is now focusing on participation.
Dahdi once defeated Hendry, won the World Championship, this season's results are not good, and finally was relegated, this time with Hendry once won a professional wild card, the same is the official affirmation of him, other wild cards to be determined, to wait for the World Taiwan Federation to arrange, the Chinese Taiwan Association has a recommended quota every year, it is currently determined that Peng Yisong has obtained professional qualifications, and he can be seen next season.