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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The arena has a seating capacity for 3,000 spectators and its main tenants are the Leicester ...
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 ...
, 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. Ranked List of world number one snooker players, world number one on multiple occasions, he has won a total of 24 ranking titles, placing him eighth on the all ...
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.
He is from Cwmbran, Torfaen, in South Wales. He became a professional in 2010 at the age of 16 after winning the 2010 European Under-19 Snooker Championship in Malta.
As a ...
.
Hossein Vafaei
Hossein Vafaei (; born 15 October 1994) is an Iranian professional snooker player. He is the first professional player from Iran. He won his first ranking title at the 2022 Snooker Shoot Out, beating Mark Williams 1–0 (71–0) in the final.
...
won the first professional title of his career, beating
Mark Williams 71–0 in the final.
Tournament format
The tournament was played using a variation of the traditional snooker rules. The draw was randomised before each round. All matches were played over a single , each of which lasted up to 10 minutes. The event featured a variable ; shots played in the first five minutes were allowed 15 seconds while the final five had a 10-second timer. All awarded the opponent a . Unlike traditional snooker, if a ball did not hit a on every shot, it was a foul. Rather than a
coin toss
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, a
lag
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Lag
* Łąg, Poland
* Lag (company), a French guitar maker
* Lag (cue sports), a brief pre-game competition to determine which player will go first
* Latency (engineering), a slower response time in computing, co ...
was used to choose which player . In the event of a draw, each player received a shot at the . This is known as a "blue ball shootout". The player who the ball with the from inside the and the blue ball on its spot with the opponent missing won the match.
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 (; born 15 October 1994) is an Iranian professional snooker player. He is the first professional player from Iran. He won his first ranking title at the 2022 Snooker Shoot Out, beating Mark Williams 1–0 (71–0) in the final.
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* 103
Allan Taylor
Notes
References
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