On May 3, 2022, the Snooker World Championship came to a successful conclusion, with the conclusion of the most important event of the season, the 2021/22 season was fully concluded, and the schedule of the first half of the new season of the 2022/23 new season has also been released, according to the 2022 event plan announced by the World Snooker Tour (WST), the first half of the new season will end 10 events, one of which is the pending invitational tournament in September, and the two are confirmed invitationals. The September invitational is speculated to be the Shanghai Masters in Shanghai, China, with China's Zhao Xintong defending his title in November, and the British Championship being the first stop of the season.
Compared to the same period last season, the new season has changed more than the European Masters forward, the World Grand Prix has moved back, and the six red balls have been restarted, and the scheduled invitational tournament in Bangkok, Thailand, is one of the few events outside the UK mainland in the new season. In addition, according to the comparison with the schedule of the past few seasons, the invitational tournament in September can only be the Shanghai Masters, which is also an expectation of the WST for Chinese events, but according to the current epidemic situation in Shanghai, restarting this event has become extremely extravagant. In many post-match interviews at this year's World Championships, many big-name players, including Ding Junhui and O'Sullivan, said they were very much looking forward to the restart of Chinese matches.
The ranking version of the Champions League is still the opening event of the new season, with the British Open moving from Leicester City to Milton Keynes, the English Open from Milton Keynes to Brentwood, and the Scottish Open remaining the latest home-grown series to be determined. The Championship will take place in early November, with at least five more tournaments to offer qualification to the Crown. It should be noted that according to the WST's latest announcement of a plan for the reform of the British Championship, the new season of the British Championship will set up a qualification tournament, and the main tournament will be held on November 12-20, and this schedule does not indicate the qualification schedule, so the Schedule of the British Championship may be slightly adjusted at that time.
According to the current professional list, the Chinese legion will have at least 25 people to compete in the professional competition next season, of which the post-00s young player Peng Yisong entered the professional for the first time, and Scarlett has returned to the profession. In addition, there are a number of Chinese players who will compete for professional qualifications in Q School, and if anyone succeeds, then the Chinese team will set the latest record for the total number of professionals in a single season. Looking forward to the performance of the Chinese legion next season, let's cheer for them together!