The 2023 Snooker Champions League signing schedule, O'Sullivan led the game, Ding Junhui was absent
On the 26th of this month, the first event of the new season, the Snooker Champions League (ranked version), will begin.
【Top 16 Players】
According to the signing schedule announced by the World Snooker WST, 128 people participated. There are currently 10 players in the world ranking who have signed up, including world number one Rocket O'Sullivan. Teacher Huo also signed up for the Champions League last year, stopping at the second stage. In this competition, Teacher Huo estimates that it is also a substitute for training, come to practice hands, don't expect to get any good results. Australian artillery Robertson also signed up, a bit rare. In the past, Robertson's first two or three events of the season were mostly absent, and this time Robertson signed up so early, it is estimated that it is also because of the poor results of last season, three red envelope races, only the lowest level of the World Grand Prix qualified. Robertson has to work hard this season, otherwise the top 16 will be a bit dangerous.
The TOP16 who did not register, except for the suspended Zhao Xintong, including the new world champion Luca (it is estimated that Luca is on vacation everywhere in a Ferrari; Luca was also the winner of the last Champions League), Allen, world number three, Selby in world fifth, as well as Higgins and Lisovski. The top three of them are also players who reached the semi-finals of this year's World Championships.
【Chinese Players】
Of China's 22 professional players (excluding suspended players), 20 registered, including Si Jiahui, who reached the semifinals of the World Championships. Si Jia Hui is still very clear about his understanding, and only by working hard can he improve his comprehensive strength and achieve better results. The players who did not sign up were Ding Junhui and the newly promoted professional He Guoqiang. Director Ding's absence from the competition at the beginning of the season is also the norm, I don't know which is the first event that Ding Junhui signed up for in the new season? After the Champions League, it was the European Masters qualification tournament in late July. He Guoqiang did not register, it may be that the time to obtain the professional qualification is relatively late, so it will take some time to apply for the visa.
【Signing Form + Schedule】
This year, the competition was divided into four phases, the first three (June 26-July 14) were the first phase of the competition, and the fourth phase was held in five days (July 17-21), and all the competitions were completed.
【Format Prize】
The ranked version of the Champions League was established in 2020, during the pandemic, to fill the gaps.
The competition is divided into three stages plus the final.
In the first stage, 128 players were divided into 32 groups and played a round-robin match, and the top of the group advanced to the second stage.
In the second stage, 32 players were divided into 8 groups, and the top of the group advanced to the third stage.
In the third stage, the eight players were divided into two groups, and the top of the group advanced to the final.
Final, 3 wins in 5 games.
A three-stage round-robin tournament with a maximum of 4 rounds per match. The winner (3-0 or 3-1) earns 3 points, the draw (2-2) gets 1 point, and the loser gets 0 points. Cycle the bad race, look at the points first; The points are the same, first look at the net win, then look at the win-to-head win, and finally look at the highest score in a single stroke.
The total prize pool is £328,000. Prize distribution:
Stage 1: £3,000 for first place, £2,000 for second place, £1,000 for third place. There is no prize for the fourth place.
Stage 2: £4,000 for first place, £3,000 for second place, £2,000 for third place. Fourth place £1,000.
Stage 3: £6,000 for first place, £4,000 for second place, £2,000 for third place. Fourth place £1,000.
Final: £20,000 for the winner, £10,000 for the runner-up.
Prize money is accumulated at each stage, and the winner wins £33,000 at the end.
The prize money of the Champions League is relatively cold, but it is also meat, the prize money is counted in the ranking, and the champion can get a ticket to the crown.
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