2022 WORLD POOL CHAMPION TO TAKE HOME RECORD $60,000

The 2022 World Pool Championship, taking place at Marshall Arena, Milton Keynes from Wednesday, 6 April to Sunday, 10 April 2022 will see a new format for the first round, following an increase in total prize fund.

The group stage will be replaced with a Double Elimination Stage as a view to standardise the Nineball multi-table events where double elimination exists to identify the Last 64 field. The tournament will return to Single Elimination at Last 64 stage.

The Nineball World Rankings will structure and seed the event. 64 players will be seeded as follows:

• 40 off the 2022 Nineball World Rankings

• 24 determined by the Nineball Rankings Committee

New Structure for Days 1 & 2

Round 1 (Day 1 – Wednesday 6th April)

Seeded 64 will play unseeded 64 with the with winner progressing to Winners’ Qualification and Losers going to Losers’ Round 1

Winners’ Qualification (Day 1 – Wednesday 6th April)

64 winners from Round 1 face off to make Last 64 for a guaranteed $1,500.

32 Losers go to Losers’ Qualification

Losers’ Round 1 (Day 2 – Thursday 7th April)

The 64 losers from Round 1 face off to move into Losers’ Qualification

Winners progress to Winners’ Qualification whilst Losers are eliminated

Losers’ Qualification (Day 2 – Thursday 7th April)

32 Losers from Winners’ Qualification meet 32 Winners from Losers’ Round 1

32 Winners move into Last 64