June 28, 2022 , World Snooker Tour (WST) 2022/23 season is about to begin. The Champions League (ranking match) will be the opening match. The European Masters will be the first regular season ranking match for the new season. Chinese player Fan Zhengyi as the defending champion will start his defense journey in August. The new season will be reformed to varying degrees in many places. At present, in addition to the first half of the season (2022), the three major competitions + local competitions have been scheduled. The specific schedule of is as follows:
This schedule has the biggest change from in previous years is , British Championship +4 major local competitions have resumed the qualifying competition system, among which the British Championship is therefore originally planned to be 8. The schedule of the day has been added to the World Championships, and the top 32 main competitions will be set, the top 16 are directly shortlisted, and the remaining 16 seats will be decided by the qualifying round; the four major local competitions ( Northern Ireland , Scotland, England and Wales ) have also resumed the qualifying rounds. The new schedule has reserved the qualifying rounds, and the venues have been determined, namely Belfast, Edinburgh, Brentwood and Llandudno.
ranking version of the Champions League is still held as the opening match, and the invitation version of the Champions League is still ranked in the second half of the season as a "warm-up match" for some major events. In addition, the main framework of the entire schedule is unshakable, and it is still around November, December, January and April of each year. The Six Red Ball World Championships returned to the spotlight after two seasons. They will compete in Bangkok, Thailand in September. After the Six Red Ball World Championships, WST reserved a pending invitational tournament in mid-to-late September. Originally, Shanghai Masters was worth looking forward to, but after this round of domestic epidemic, this schedule will face two possibilities, and move to other places or directly deleted.
It is reported that in the first round of the new season, the Champions League, Zhao Xintong led 23 Chinese Legion players, Fu Jiajun , Zhou Yuelong and other players are on the list of participating, Ding Junhui , Fan Zhengyi and Browning did not register, Yan Bingtao withdrew, Liang Wenbo is in the suspension period. Among them, Liang Wenbo will be lifted from ban in early August and can participate in the British Open. A few players including Ding Junhui are still in China and are expected to leave for the UK soon. There are as many as 27 Chinese troops in the new season, and I wish you good results.
