1. The champion will receive a prize of 80,000 pounds and the runner-up will receive a prize of 35,000 pounds;
2. The qualifying competition system is 9 rounds and 5 wins;
3. 22 Chinese players participated: all of them participated in the qualifying round
At 18 o'clock on December 18, Beijing time, the German Snooker Masters will officially start, and 128 players will compete for 64 seats in the main tournament through the qualifying round, which means that as long as the qualifiers pass the first hurdle, they will advance to the main stage of the competition held from January 29 to February 4;
Defending champion - Ali Carter
The biggest change in this event compared with previous years is that the number of players in the main match has increased from the previous 32 to 64, relatively speaking, the probability of players participating in the main match has been greatly improved, and all 22 Chinese players with professional qualifications have signed up to participate in the championship again;
On the first day of qualifying, a total of 3 players played, including a Chinese derby Jiahui against Lu Haotian at 18 o'clock, and Liu Hongyu against Dominier Dale at 10:30 p.m.;