2022 European Masters
The 2022 European Masters, referred to as the BetVictor European Masters for sponsorship purposes, is an upcoming professional ranking snooker tournament that will take place from 22 to 27 February 2022 at the Stadthalle Fürth in Fürth, Germany.[1] It will be the 11th ranking event of the 2021–22 season and a part of the European Series.
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| Dates | 22–27 February 2022 |
| Venue | Stadthalle Fürth |
| City | Fürth |
| Country | Germany |
| Organisation | World Snooker Tour |
| Format | Ranking event |
| Total prize fund | £407,000 |
| Winner's share | £80,000 |
| Defending champion |  Mark Selby (ENG) |
← 2020 (2) | |
Qualifying for the event took place between 27 and 31 October 2021 at the Chase Leisure Centre in Cannock, England.[2] The defending champion will be Mark Selby, who defeated Martin Gould in the final of the September 2020 edition 9–8.[3]
Prize fund
The breakdown of prize money for this event is shown below:
- Winner: £80,000
- Runner-up: £35,000
- Semi-final: £17,500
- Quarter-final: £11,000
- Last 16: £6,000
- Last 32: £4,000
- Last 64: £3,000
- Highest break: £5,000
- Total: £407,000
Main draw
Top half
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| Yan Bingtao (12) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Li Hang | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Joe Perry (21) | ||||||||||||||||||
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| David Gilbert (20) | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Anthony Hamilton | ||||||||||||||||||
| Barry Hawkins (13) | ||||||||||||||||||
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Bottom half
| Last 64 Best of 9 frames | Last 32 Best of 9 frames | Last 16 Best of 9 frames | Quarter-finals Best of 9 frames | Semi-finals Best of 11 frames | ||||||||||||||
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| Jack Lisowski (14) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Ashley Hugill | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Ali Carter (19) | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Louis Heathcote | ||||||||||||||||||
| Martin Gould (22) | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Zhang Jiankang | ||||||||||||||||||
| Fraser Patrick | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Jamie Clarke | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Liang Wenbo (26) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Duane Jones | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Yuan Sijun | ||||||||||||||||||
| Stuart Carrington | ||||||||||||||||||
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Qualifying
Qualifying for the event took place between 27 and 31 October 2021 at the Chase Leisure Centre in Cannock, England. Qualifying matches which involve the top 4 ranked players are held over and played at the Stadthalle Fürth.[4]
Mark Williams was due to take part in qualifying, but withdrew from the event due to a positive COVID-19 test and was replaced by Mark Lloyd.[5] Sam Craigie withdrew due to injury, his place was taken in the draw by James Cahill, but Cahill produced a positive lateral flow COVID-19 test so Soheil Vahedi received a bye.[6] Michael White also withdrew and was replaced by Simon Blackwell.
- Mark Selby (ENG) (1) – Matthew Selt (ENG)[nb 1]
- Jordan Brown (NIR) 5–2
Alexander Ursenbacher (SUI) - Xiao Guodong (CHN) (32) 5–0
Lukas Kleckers (GER) - Craig Steadman (ENG) 4–5 Andy Hicks (ENG)
- Zhou Yuelong (CHN) (16) 5–2 Jimmy White (ENG)
- David Lilley (ENG) 2–5 Gao Yang (CHN)
- Graeme Dott (SCO) (17) 5–3 Scott Donaldson (SCO)
- Mark Davis (ENG) 5–3 Robert Milkins (ENG)
- Luca Brecel (BEL) 5–1 Barry Pinches (ENG)
- Gary Wilson (ENG) (24) 5–1 Sanderson Lam (ENG)
- David Grace (ENG) 3–5 Jackson Page (WAL)
- Mark Allen (NIR) (9) 4–5 Sunny Akani (THA)
- Jamie O'Neill (ENG) 5–1 Hammad Miah (ENG)
- Ryan Day (WAL) (25) 5–2 Dominic Dale (WAL)
- James Cahill (ENG) w/d–w/o Soheil Vahedi (IRN)
- Stephen Maguire (SCO) (8) 1–5 Ashley Carty (ENG)
- Kyren Wilson (ENG) (5) 5–2 Lyu Haotian (CHN)
- Jamie Jones (WAL) 5–4 Tian Pengfei (CHN)
- Zhao Xintong (CHN) (28) 4–5 Aaron Hill (IRL)
- Fan Zhengyi (CHN) 5–3
Rory McLeod (JAM) - Yan Bingtao (CHN) (12) 5–2 Ben Woollaston (ENG)
- Stephen Hendry (SCO) 3–5 Li Hang (CHN)
- Joe Perry (ENG) (21) 5–4 Steven Hallworth (ENG)
- Cao Yupeng (CHN) 5–3
Michael Georgiou (CYP) - Chang Bingyu (CHN) 0–5 Liam Highfield (ENG)
- David Gilbert (ENG) (20) 5–4 Jimmy Robertson (ENG)
- Anthony Hamilton (ENG) 5–3 Mark King (ENG)
- Barry Hawkins (ENG) (13) 5–0
Iulian Boiko (UKR) - Xu Si (CHN) 5–1 Lee Walker (WAL)
- Lu Ning (CHN) (29) 4–5 Pang Junxu (CHN)
- Alfie Burden (ENG) 5–0 Peter Lines (ENG)
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Neil Robertson (AUS) (4) – Lei Peifan (CHN)[nb 1]- Ronnie O'Sullivan (ENG) (3) – Nigel Bond (ENG)[nb 1]
- Andrew Pagett (WAL) 3–5 Zhang Anda (CHN)
- Michael Holt (ENG) (30) 4–5 Wu Yize (CHN)
- Robbie Williams (ENG) 3–5 Fergal O'Brien (IRL)
- Jack Lisowski (ENG) (14) 5–2 Simon Lichtenberg (GER)
- Bai Langning (CHN) 1–5 Ashley Hugill (ENG)
- Ali Carter (ENG) (19) 5–2 Martin O'Donnell (ENG)
- Sean Maddocks (ENG) 5–0 Jamie Wilson (ENG)
- Reanne Evans (ENG) 2–5 Louis Heathcote (ENG)
- Martin Gould (ENG) (22) 5–0
Ng On-yee (HKG) - Zhang Jiankang (CHN) 5–4 Mark Joyce (ENG)
- Stuart Bingham (ENG) (11) 3–5 Fraser Patrick (SCO)
- Ben Hancorn (ENG) 1–5 Ian Burns (ENG)
- Tom Ford (ENG) (27) 5–3 Ross Muir (SCO)
- Jamie Clarke (WAL) 5–3
Farakh Ajaib (PAK) - John Higgins (SCO) (6) 5–4 Chris Wakelin (ENG)
- Shaun Murphy (ENG) (7) 5–2 Simon Blackwell (ENG)
- Noppon Saengkham (THA) 5–0 Si Jiahui (CHN)
- Liang Wenbo (CHN) (26) 5–2 Joe O'Connor (ENG)
- Dean Young (SCO) 2–5 Duane Jones (WAL)
- Mark Lloyd (ENG) 4–5 Yuan Sijun (CHN)
- John Astley (ENG) 3–5 Stuart Carrington (ENG)
- Ricky Walden (ENG) (23) 5–4 Elliot Slessor (ENG)
- Zak Surety (ENG) 0–5 Matthew Stevens (WAL)
- Zhao Jianbo (CHN) 4–5 Mitchell Mann (ENG)
- Thepchaiya Un-Nooh (THA) (18) 5–3 Chen Zifan (CHN)
- Peter Devlin (ENG) 0–5 Hossein Vafaei (IRN)
- Anthony McGill (SCO) (15) 5–0 Oliver Lines (ENG)
- Gerard Greene (NIR) 0–5 Andrew Higginson (ENG)
- Kurt Maflin (NOR) (31) 5–2 Allan Taylor (ENG)
- Jak Jones (WAL) 5–2 Ken Doherty (IRL)
- Judd Trump (ENG) (2) – Michael Judge (IRL)[nb 1]
Notes
- Match will be held over and played in Fürth.
Century breaks
Qualifying stage centuries
Total: 35[7]
- 144 – Thepchaiya Un-Nooh
- 141, 131 – Ryan Day
- 141 – Kurt Maflin
- 138 – Mark Davis
- 138 – Jack Lisowski
- 136 – Mark Allen
- 136 – Lu Ning
- 135 – Sunny Akani
- 134, 127 – Shaun Murphy
- 134, 106 – Xu Si
- 134 – Liam Highfield
- 132 – Yuan Sijun
- 131 – Ken Doherty
- 129 – Elliot Slessor
- 123 – John Higgins
- 122 – Jamie Clarke
- 120 – Mitchell Mann
- 118 – Jordan Brown
- 117 – Graeme Dott
- 115 – Michael Holt
- 112 – Ashley Hugill
- 112 – Zhang Anda
- 111 – Mark Lloyd
- 110 – Zhao Jianbo
- 108, 104 – Barry Hawkins
- 108 – David Grace
- 104, 100 – David Gilbert
- 102 – Noppon Saengkham
- 101 – Jackson Page
- 101 – Ben Woollaston
References
- "2021 Northern Ireland Open". World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Retrieved 10 June 2021.
- "BetVictor European Masters Qualifiers Draw". World Snooker Tour. 20 October 2021.
- "Mark Selby holds off Martin Gould fightback to win European Masters". Eurosport UK. Retrieved 28 September 2020.
- "BetVictor European Masters Qualifiers Draw". World Snooker Tour. 20 October 2021.
- "Williams Withdraws From European Masters And Engish Open". World Snooker Tour. 27 October 2021.
- "Craigie Withdraws From BetVictor European Masters Qualifying". World Snooker Tour. 27 October 2021.
- "BetVictor European Masters 2022 Qualifiers | Centuries". World Snooker Tour. 27–31 October 2021.
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