2022 Snooker Shoot Out Explained

The 2022 Snooker Shoot Out (officially the 2022 BetVictor Snooker Shoot Out) was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place from 20 to 23 January 2022 at the Morningside Arena in Leicester, England. It was the eighth ranking event of the 2021–22 snooker season, played under a variation of the standard rules of snooker. The event was the fourth of eight events sponsored by BetVictor, making up the 2022 European Series.^[1]

Ryan Day was the defending champion, having defeated Mark Selby 67–24 in the 2021 final, but he was defeated in the first round by Jak Jones.

Hossein Vafaei 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, a lag 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. 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

Final: 1 frame. Referee: Tatiana Woollaston Morningside Arena, Leicester, England, 23 January 2022 – 22:45
Mark Williams	0–71	Hossein Vafaei

Century breaks

Total: 2^[2]

• 123 Hossein Vafaei
• 103 Allan Taylor

Notes and References

1. Web site: BetVictor Extends Involvement with WST. https://web.archive.org/web/20210628111424/https://wst.tv/betvictor-extends-involvement-with-wst/. dead. 28 June 2021. World Snooker. 28 June 2021.
2. Web site: BetVictor Shoot Out 2022 Centuries . World Snooker Tour . 20–23 January 2022 . 20 January 2022 . 27 May 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220527222448/https://livescores.worldsnookerdata.com/Centuries/CenturyBreaks/14495/betvictor-shoot-out-2022 . dead .