The 2022 Champion of Champions (officially the 2022 Cazoo Champion of Champions) was a professional snooker tournament that took place between 31 October and 6 November 2022 at the University of Bolton Stadium in Bolton, England. The 12th edition of the Champion of Champions since the tournament was first staged in 1978, it featured 16 participants, primarily winners of significant tournaments since the previous year's event. As an invitational tournament, it carried no world ranking points. The winner received £150,000 from a total prize fund of £440,000.
Judd Trump was the defending champion, having defeated John Higgins 10–4 in the 2021 final. Ronnie O'Sullivan defeated Trump 10–6 in the final to win his fourth Champion of Champions title. Trump made a maximum break in the eighth frame of the final, the seventh of his professional career and the second in the tournament's history.
Format Prize fund Winner: £150,000 Runner-up: £60,000 Semi-final: £30,000 Group runner-up: £17,500 First round loser: £12,500 Total: £440,000
Qualification Players qualified for the event by winning events throughout the previous year. Events shown below in grey are for players who had already qualified for the event. Remaining participants were the highest ranked players in the world rankings. +Qualification table Tournament Date of tournament final Winner 2021 Champion of Champions 21 November 2021 2021 UK Championship5 December 2021 2022 Masters16 January 2022 2022 World Championship2 May 2022 2021 World Grand Prix19 December 2021 2022 German Masters30 January 2022 2022 Players Championship13 February 2022 2022 European Masters (2021−22 season)27 February 2022 2022 Championship League Invitational4 February 2022 2022 Tour Championship 28 March 2022 2022 Championship League (ranking)29 July 2022 2022 Turkish Masters13 March 2022 2022 European Masters (2022–23 season)21 August 2022 2021 Scottish Open12 December 2021 2022 Welsh Open6 March 2022 2022 Northern Ireland Open23 October 2022 2022 British Open2 October 2022 2022 Gibraltar Open26 March 2022 2022 World Championship (runner-up) 2 May 2022 2022 Shoot Out23 January 2022 2022 Hong Kong Masters 9 October 2022 2022 Women's World Championship 14 February 2022 2022 World Seniors Championship 8 May 2022 Qualified through the world rankings 9 October 2022 {|class="wikitable" span = 50 style="font-size:85%; |- |style="background:lightgrey": #cfc;" width=10| |Player also qualified by winning another tournament
Tournament draw
Final Final: Best of 19 frames. Referee: Marcel Eckardt Bolton Whites Hotel, Bolton, England, 6 November 2022 Judd Trump (1) 6–10 Ronnie O'Sullivan (2) Afternoon: 0–130 (96), 0–117 (103), 67–52 (O'Sullivan 52, Trump 51), 55–73, 14–78, 32–95 (52), 31–96 (88), 147–0 (147), 96–32 (96)Evening: 0–106 (106), 63–0, 82–0 (82), 100–0 (100), 6–124 (124), 1–85 (85), 18–82 (81) 147 Highest break 124 2 Century breaks 3 5 50+ breaks 9
Century breaks A total of 24 were made during the tournament.
147, 114, 104, 100 Judd Trump 141, 118 John Higgins 140, 105 Mark Selby 135, 131, 124, 117, 108, 106, 103 Ronnie O'Sullivan 135, 130, 123 Fan Zhengyi 132 Zhao Xintong 122 Neil Robertson 118, 110, 103 Mark Allen 102 Robert Milkins
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