The Crucible Theatre in Sheffield, England, will host the 46th Snooker World Championship 2022 from 16 April to 2 May 2022, making it the venue's 46th straight World Snooker Championship. Organisers are calling it the Betfred World Snooker Championship.
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| Winner | £500,000 |
| Runner-up | £200,000 |
| Semi-finalists | £100,000 |
| Quarter-finalists | £50,000 |
| Last 16 | £30,000 |
| Last 32 | £20,000 |
| Last 48 | £15,000 |
| Last 80 | £10,000 |
| Last 112 | £5,000 |
| Highest break | £15,000 |
Professional and invited amateur players make up the 128 participants. The 32 players that will compete in the event's main stage include the top 16 snooker players in the global rankings and the 16 players who qualified for the competition. You might be curious about the snooker world championship participants discussed below.
Snooker World Championship 2022 Participants
| 1 | Mark Selby |
| 2 | Ronnie O'Sullivan |
| 3 | Neil Robertson |
| 4 | Judd Trump |
| 5 | Kyren Wilson |
| 6 | John Higgins |
| 7 | Zhao Xintong |
| 8 | Mark Williams |
| 9 | Barry Hawkins |
| 10 | Shaun Murphy |
| 11 | Luca Brecel |
| 12 | Stuart Bingham |
| 13 | Anthony McGill |
| 14 | Jack Lisowski |
| 15 | Mark Allen |
| 16 | Yao Bingtao |
| 17 | Scott Donaldson |
| 18 | Lyu Haotian |
| 19 | Stephen Maguire |
| 20 | Michael White |
| 21 | Thepchaiya Un-Nooh |
| 22 | Jamie Jones |
| 23 | Ding Junhui |
| 24 | Ashley Hugill |
| 25 | David Gilbert |
| 26 | Chris Wakelin |
| 27 | Noppon Saengkham |
| 28 | Liam Highfield |
| 29 | Matthew Stevens |
| 30 | Jackson Page |
| 31 | Jamie Clarke |
| 32 | Hossein Vafaei |
Mark Selby
The English professional snooker player Mark Selby is the four-time and reigning World Snooker Champion;
Ronnie O'Sullivan
He is the current world number one snooker player, Ronald Antonio O'Sullivan OBE;
Neil Robertson
A professional snooker player from Australia, Neil Robertson is a former champion and world number one;
Judd Trump
Snooker player Judd Trump is a former world champion and world number one from Bristol, England;
Kyren Wilson
Snooker player from Kettering, England, Kyren Wilson is a four-time ranking event champion and a professional player;
Bet on Snooker World Championship 2022John Higgins
An 18-year-old Scottish professional snooker player known as John Higgins, with four World Championship victories since going professional;
Zhao Xintong
Zhao Xintong is a snooker player from China. He has always been regarded as one of the game's brightest prospects;
Mark Williams
Professional snooker player Mark James Williams is a three-time World Champion from Wales;
Barry Hawkins
From Ditton, Kent, Barry Hawkins is an English professional snooker player;
Shaun Murphy
An English professional snooker player, Shaun Murphy, won the 2005 World Championship in his home country of England;
Bet on Snooker World Championship 2022Luca Brecel
Belgian professional snooker player Luca Brecel won the European Under-19 Championships when he was only 14 years old;
Stuart Bingham
A former world and masters snooker champion, Stuart Bingham is a professional snooker player from England. Bingham won the 1996 World Amateur Championship;
Anthony McGill
Professional snooker player Anthony McGill hails from Glasgow, Scotland;
Jack Lisowski
Snooker player Jack Lisowski is from Churchdown, Gloucestershire, England;
Mark Allen
Snooker player Mark Allen is from Antrim, Northern Ireland. At the 2004 World Amateur Sports Championships, he emerged victorious;
Yao Bingtao
Professional snooker player Yan Bingtao is from China. He has the distinction of becoming the world's youngest Amateur World Snooker Championship victor;
Bet on Snooker World Championship 2022Scott Donaldson
Professional snooker player Scott Donaldson is from Glasgow, Scotland. After winning the 2012 EBSA European Snooker Championship, Donaldson went professional;
Lyu Haotian
Snooker player Lyu Haotian is from the People's Republic of China and is the youngest player ever to compete in a professional competition at 14;
Stephen Maguire
Snooker player Stephen Maguire is from Scotland. Six major ranking events, including the 2004 UK Championship, have been won by this player;
Michael White
Michael White hails from Neath, Glamorgan. He broke the record for the youngest player to make a century break aged nine and was the world amateur champion at 14;
Thepchaiya Un-Nooh
Thepchaiya Un-Nooh plays snooker in Thailand. He won the 2019 Snooker Shoot-Out and placed second in the 2019 World Open;
Jamie Jones
Jamie Jones is a Neath snooker professional. He was the youngest player ever to make a 147 break in competition at 14;
Ding Junhui
Ding Junhui is a Chinese snooker player and the sport's most successful Asian player;
Ashley Hugill
Snooker player Ashley Hugill is from England;
David Gilbert
David Gilbert plays snooker in England. He was a World Snooker Young Player of the Year;
Chris Wakelin
Chris Wakelin hails from Rugby, Warwickshire;
Bet on Snooker World Championship 2022Noppon Saengkham
Noppon Saengkham plays snooker in Thailand;
Liam Highfield
Liam Highfield is an English snooker professional and the 2009/2010 PIOS runner-up who went pro in 2010;
Matthew Stevens
Matthew Stevens is Welsh snooker professional. He had two Triple Crown victories;
Jackson Page
Jackson Page is a snooker professional from Wales. Former European U-21 and Under-18 World Snooker Champion and the Under-18 European Snooker Championship in 2017;
Jamie Clarke
Snooker player Jamie Clarke is from Wales;
Hossein Vafaei
Hossein Vafaei is Iranian snooker professional. He's the first Iranian to play professionally;
Bet on Snooker World Championship 2022Snooker World Championship 2022 Favourites
The Snooker World Championship 2022 Favourites are mentioned below:
- Mark Williams - 33/1;
- Ding Junhui - 28/1;
- Yan Bingtao - 26/1;
- Zhao Xintong - 21/1;
- Kyren Wilson - 16/1;
- John Higgins - 12/1;
- Mark Selby -11/1;
- Ronnie O’Sullivan - 6/1;
- Judd Trump - 29/5;
- Neil Robertson - 22/5;