The draw for the 2022 Championship League ranking event has been made, with top stars including Ronnie O’Sullivan, Mark Selby, Judd Trump, Mark Williams, Shaun Murphy Kyren Wilson, Zhao Xintong and defending champion David Gilbert in the field.
CLICK HERE for the stage one draw.
Stage one of the event at the Morningside Arena in Leicester runs from June 27 to July 21, followed by stages two and three from July 25 to 29.
Groups are made up of four players, with players seeded according to World Rankings and one player from each seeding pool (1-32, 33-64, 65-96, 97-128) in each group.
Players will be awarded three points for a win and one point for a drawn match.
The group table standings will be determined by the following criteria, in this order:
1) Most points
2) Net frame difference
3) Result of match between the two players in question (should three or more players be tied then a mini table will be produced using the criteria above).
4) Highest break in the group.
5) If the highest break is also tied, the next highest break made by the players in question will be used.