htmlOn May 13, the official website of World Snooker officially announced that the Snooker World Championship competition system will undergo major adjustments from 2023. At the same time, the prize money for some ranking competitions will be increased. All these reforms are aimed at popularizing and promoting snooker and increasing the influence of the competition.
World Championship qualifiers will be changed to a long game
According to the announced plan, the 2023 Snooker World Championship qualifiers will be changed to a 10-winning system for 19 games. As we all know, the annual Snooker World Championships are divided into two stages: the main competition and the qualifying round. Before the reform, four rounds of the qualifying round, including the qualifying round that just ended this year, were 11 games and 6 wins in the first three rounds, and only the fourth round was a long game system of 10 wins in 19 games, the same as the first round of the main competition.
Ding Junhui and O'Sullivan
According to the established competition system, only the top 16 players in the world ranked first in the world are directly shortlisted for the World Championships. The rest of the players must start from the qualifying round, and finally 16 places will be generated to enter the main competition. Compared with the long game system, short game games are more likely to be upset, which is not conducive to strong players going further. The most typical example is this year's World Championships Qualification Championship. The 17th-ranked Walton was eliminated in a sad way because she lost to Taylor 4-6 in the qualifying round, which is very regrettable. After adopting the long-distance system, this situation will be greatly reduced and will increase the excitement and attractiveness of the game.
O'Sullivan
While reforming the World Championship qualifying competition system, the World Taiwan Federation also announced that the prize money for several events in 2023 will definitely increase. What can be confirmed at present are: , the total prize of , will become 525,000 pounds, and the total prize of , the British Open, , will be increased to 478,000 pounds. England, Northern Ireland , Scottish and Welsh Open 8Champion winners will be the same as the championship prizes of Hand Masters and European Masters .
Trump and O'Sullivan
Although the bonus after the snooker competition is still relatively small compared to other sports events, the increase in the bonus will undoubtedly increase the enthusiasm of players to participate. Before this, big-name players like O'Sullivan were selective in the competition and often gave up the competition for games with less bonuses. In the future, this phenomenon should be reduced.
