The 2022 Snooker Shoot Out (officially the 2022 BetVictor Snooker Shoot Out) was a professional ranking
snooker
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tournament that took place from 20 to 23 January 2022 at the
Morningside Arena
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in
Leicester
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, England. It was the eighth
ranking
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event of the
2021–22 snooker season
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, played under a
variation of the standard rules of snooker. The event was the fourth of eight events sponsored by
BetVictor
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History
The company was founded by William Chand ...
, making up the
2022 European Series.
Ryan Day was the defending champion, having defeated
Mark Selby
Mark Anthony Selby (born 19 June 1983) is an English professional snooker player, who is a four-time World Snooker Champion. Ranked world number one on multiple occasions, he has won a total of 21 ranking titles, placing him eighth on the ...
67–24 in the
2021 final, but he was defeated in the first round by
Jak Jones
Jak Jones (born 29 July 1993) is a Welsh professional snooker player.
Jones was born in Cwmbran, Wales. He became a professional in 2010 at the age of 16, by winning the 2010 European Under 19 Snooker Championship in Malta.
Career Professio ...
.
Hossein Vafaei
Hossein Vafaei ( fa, حسین وفایی ایوری; born 15 October 1994) is an Iranian professional snooker player. He is the first professional player from Iran. He won his first professional title at the 2022 Snooker Shoot Out, beating Mar ...
won the first professional title of his career, beating
Mark Williams 71–0 in the final.
Tournament format
The draw was randomised before each round. Each match consisted of one frame, played over a maximum of ten minutes, with a shot clock of 15 seconds for the first five minutes and just ten seconds for the last five.
Prize fund
The total prize fund for the event was £171,000 with the winner receiving £50,000. The breakdown of prize money is shown below:
* Winner:
£50,000
* Runner-up: £20,000
* Semi-final: £8,000
* Quarter-final: £4,000
* Last 16: £2,000
* Last 32: £1,000
* Last 64: £500
* Last 128: £250
(prize money at this stage did not count towards the world rankings)
* Highest break: £5,000
* Total: £171,000
Tournament draw
All times in
Greenwich Mean Time
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. Times for quarter-finals, semi-finals and final are approximate. Players in bold denote match winners.
Round 1
20 January – 13:00
* 23–50
* 103–3
* 15–21
* 45–48
* 27–53
* 81–0
* 44–19
* 20–39
* 16–64
* 3–49
* 32–36
* 40–46
* 64–35
* 14–71
* 33–35
* 50–51
20 January – 19:00
* 43–38
* 59–50
* 22–29
* 6–64
* 24–29
* 75–1
* 50–8
* 1–59
* 32–89
* 27–54
* 38–1
* 7–89
* 38–33
* 40–22
* 1–100
* 3–52
21 January – 13:00
* 4–74
* 55–1
* 1–67
* 47–7
* 90–0
* 45–69
* 32–21
* 33–49
* 21–27
* 93–30
* 47–39
* 78–61
* 17–66
* 38–10
* 35–17
* 5–56
21 January – 19:00
* 40–20
* 37–2
* 24–27
* 124–7
* 31–26
* 61–23
* 82–0
* 48–20
* 38–24
* 67–1
* 21–64
* 1–49
* 26–32
* 23–76
* 66–36
* 58–27
Round 2
22 January – 13:00
* 20–36
* 23–64
* 33–56
* 67–18
* 31–55
* 39–16
* 12–20
* 61–25
* 22–43
* 11–2
* 17–29
* 36–86
* 54–35
* 14–40
* 27–26
* 50–26
22 January – 19:00
* 26–77
* 29–18
* 17–12
* 76–5
* 42–9
* 38–33
* 26–57
* 1–53
* 27–9
* 70–8
* 23–43
* 16–57
* 37–30
* 30–5
* 0–32
* 18–68
Round 3
23 January – 13:00
* 22–63
* 17–36
* 23–29
* 4–89
* 1–63
* 92–1
* 27–48
* 46–3
* 63–47
* 22–54
* 20–30
* 70–15
* 50–52
* 7–32
* 37–35
* 57–1
Round 4
23 January – 19:00
* 57–1
* 28–56
* 44–36
* 50–17
* 21–46
* 39–14
* 42–16
* 6–79
Quarter-finals
23 January – 21:00
* 97–0
* 49–21
* 71–3
* 69–0
Semi-finals
23 January – 22:15
* 124–1
* 92–48
Final
Century breaks
Total: 2
* 123
Hossein Vafaei
Hossein Vafaei ( fa, حسین وفایی ایوری; born 15 October 1994) is an Iranian professional snooker player. He is the first professional player from Iran. He won his first professional title at the 2022 Snooker Shoot Out, beating Mar ...
* 103
Allan Taylor
Notes
References
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