The 2022 World Snooker Championship was a professional snooker tournament that took place from 16 April to 2 May 2022 at the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield, England, the 46th consecutive year the World
Marco Fu (pictured in 2014) played his first professional match in over two years in the first round of qualifying.
Nigel Bond (pictured in 2012), runner-up in 1995, announced his retirement from the professional tour after losing in the second qualifying round to Lukas Kleckers.
Graeme Dott (pictured in 2011) made a maximum break in his third-round match.
Michael White became the second amateur player to progress through qualifying for a World Championship, defeating Jordan Brown 10–8.
The 2021 World Snooker Championship was a professional snooker tournament that took place from 17 April to 3 May 2021 at the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield, England. It was the 45th consecutive year th
2022 World Snooker Championship
…were debutants at the Crucible, Vafaei being the first Iranian player to reach the main stage. Mark Selby was the defending champion, having won the 2021 final 18–15 against Shaun Murphy. He lost 10–13 to Yan Bingtao in a second-round match that produced what was then the longest frame ever played at the…
The event was sponsored by sports betting company Betfred, who also presented the trophy (trophy presentation pictured).
Mark Joyce progressed through qualifying for the first time.
Jamie Jones qualified for the second round for the first time since completing a ban in 2018.
Jack Lisowski won his first round match 10–9 over two-time finalist Ali Carter.