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
TournamentDate of tournament finalWinner
2021 Champion of Champions21 November 2021Judd Trump (ENG)
2021 UK Championship5 December 2021Zhao Xintong (CHN)
2022 Masters16 January 2022Neil Robertson (AUS)
2022 World Championship2 May 2022Ronnie O'Sullivan (ENG)
2021 World Grand Prix19 December 2021Ronnie O'Sullivan (ENG)
2022 German Masters30 January 2022Zhao Xintong (CHN)
2022 Players Championship13 February 2022Neil Robertson (AUS)
2022 European Masters (2021−22 season)27 February 2022Fan Zhengyi (CHN)
2022 Championship League Invitational4 February 2022John Higgins (SCO)
2022 Tour Championship28 March 2022Neil Robertson (AUS)
2022 Championship League (ranking)29 July 2022Luca Brecel (BEL)
2022 Turkish Masters13 March 2022Judd Trump (ENG)
2022 European Masters (2022–23 season)21 August 2022Kyren Wilson (ENG)
2021 Scottish Open12 December 2021Luca Brecel (BEL)
2022 Welsh Open6 March 2022Joe Perry (ENG)
2022 Northern Ireland Open23 October 2022Mark Allen (NIR)
2022 British Open2 October 2022Ryan Day (WAL)
2022 Gibraltar Open26 March 2022Robert Milkins (ENG)
2022 World Championship (runner-up)2 May 2022Judd Trump (ENG)
2022 Shoot Out23 January 2022Hossein Vafaei (IRN)
2022 Hong Kong Masters9 October 2022Ronnie O'Sullivan (ENG)
2022 Women's World Championship14 February 2022Mink Nutcharut (THA)
2022 World Seniors Championship8 May 2022Lee Walker (WAL)
Qualified through the world rankings9 October 2022Mark Selby (ENG)

Player also qualified by winning another tournament

Tournament draw

Group semi-finals (last 16) Best of 7 framesGroup finals (quarter-finals) Best of 11 framesSemi-finals Best of 11 framesFinal Best of 19 frames
1Judd Trump (ENG)4
Luca Brecel (BEL)2
1England Judd Trump6
Group 1
8Northern Ireland Mark Allen1
8Mark Allen (NIR)4
Joe Perry (ENG)2
1England Judd Trump6
4England Mark Selby3
4Mark Selby (ENG)4
Lee Walker (WAL)0
4England Mark Selby6
Group 4
5Scotland John Higgins4
5John Higgins (SCO)4
Hossein Vafaei (IRN)2
1England Judd Trump6
2England Ronnie O'Sullivan10
3Neil Robertson (AUS)3
Fan Zhengyi (CHN)4
China Fan Zhengyi6
Group 3
Wales Ryan Day5
6Kyren Wilson (ENG)3
Ryan Day (WAL)4
China Fan Zhengyi2
2England Ronnie O'Sullivan6
7Zhao Xintong (CHN)4
Mink Nutcharut (THA)2
7China Zhao Xintong1
Group 2
2England Ronnie O'Sullivan6
2Ronnie O'Sullivan (ENG)4
Robert Milkins (ENG)2

Final

Final: Best of 19 frames. Referee: Marcel Eckardt Bolton Whites Hotel, Bolton, England, 6 November 2022
Judd Trump (1) England6–10Ronnie O'Sullivan (2) England
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)
147Highest break124
2Century breaks3
550+ breaks9

Century breaks

A total of 24 century breaks were made during the tournament.

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