Crown qualification analysis: Ding Junhui needs 3 giants and 3 Gerenra two, he has 3 key opponents; Maguire is bound to be shortlisted.
The annual Champions league is about to kick off at Bolton on November 15-21, and the players that have been identified are 4-time Champion Trump, 2-crown Robertson, Selby and Mark Williams, defending champion and Northern Ireland champion Allen, Masters champion Yan Bingtao, Players Champion Higgins, League champions David Gilbert and Karen Wilson, Veterans Champion Lilly, Limited Time Champion Ryan Day, World Championship runner-up Murphy, and Wales Open Champion Jordan Brown.
There are still three places left, with roño Sullivan, the third in the world, getting the ticket with a high ranking, and Maguire and Ding Junhui and other players who have not yet qualified will compete for the "last two seats". The championship competition is approaching, but the 16-place quota has not yet been determined, thanks to the fact that the Big Three and the 75 Three masters have won most of the events. From this point of view, Ding Junhui has a high probability of qualifying, thanks to the dominant performance of their 6.
Small events such as the World Championship runners-up, the Seniors, the Single Time Limit, and the Champions League have almost occupied a small number of places (6 seats), and it does not require a high level to win these events, these events are the cradle for low-ranking players to realize their championship dreams. On the other hand, this means that the fewer opportunities for the top players who have not yet won a seat will be squeezed.
Currently, the world's top 8 have all been qualified. Players ranked from 9th to 15th in the TOP16 have the opportunity to compete for the last two tickets. Whether all the players after the 16th place win the championship without a round will have little impact on Ding Junhui and Maguire, because these low-ranking players cannot surpass them even if they earn 70,000 pounds in the championship prize money, and Xiaoding and Maguire can guarantee at least one of them to qualify.
Maguire is 9th with £338,500, Ding Junhui is 10th with £330,500, Bingham is 12th with 286,000, Yan Bingtao is 13th with 274,000 (shortlisted), Hawkins is 14th with 267,500 and driver is 15th with 265,000.
The English Open will decide the last two seats. Maguire has almost stepped on the threshold of the crown with one foot. He has the following circumstances to qualify: first, any one of the top 16 people wins the championship; second, Ding Junhui stops before the semi-finals; third, in addition to the above two conditions, in any case, he is stable to qualify.
Ding Junhui will trigger the following situations can also be shortlisted: first, the qualified player or Maguire wins the championship; second, he wins the championship himself; third, any other low-ranking player wins the championship and at least reaches the semi-finals to surpass Maguire.
It can be seen that Maguire's qualification is almost a foregone conclusion, unless Ding Junhui at least reaches the semi-finals and produces a dark horse champion who is not popular at the same time; but this is almost impossible to happen. After Ding Junhui indirectly received the help of the big names, he still needed any of them to win the championship and help him again to have a chance to qualify. As long as Bingham, the driver and Hawkins 3 TOP16 players and other low-ranking players win the championship, Ding Junhui will not be able to qualify.