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2022 Snooker Shoot Out

{{short description|Snooker tournament}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2021}}

{{Infobox individual snooker tournament

|tournament_name=2022 BetVictor Snooker Shoot Out

|logo=Snooker Shoot Out 2020 Logo.png

|dates={{Start and end dates|2022|1|20|2022|1|23|df=y}}

|venue=Morningside Arena

|location=Leicester

|country=England

|organisation=World Snooker Tour

|format=Ranking event

|Total prize fund=£171,000

|winners_share=£50,000

|defending_champion=

|highest_break={{flagathlete|Hossein Vafaei|IRN}} (123)

|winner={{flagathlete|Hossein Vafaei|IRN}}

|runner_up={{flagathlete|Mark Williams|WAL}}

|score=71–0 (one frame)

|previous=2021

|next=2023 (Jan)

}}

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.{{Cite web|url=https://wst.tv/betvictor-extends-involvement-with-wst/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210628111424/https://wst.tv/betvictor-extends-involvement-with-wst/|url-status=dead|archive-date=28 June 2021|title=BetVictor Extends Involvement with WST|publisher=World Snooker|date=28 June 2021}}

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.{{cite news |title=Hossein Vafaei becomes first Iranian to win a snooker ranking title with victory over Mark Williams |work=BBC Sport |date=23 January 2022 |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/snooker/60106607 |access-date=18 March 2025}}

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 {{cuegloss|frame}}, each of which lasted up to 10 minutes. The event featured a variable {{cuegloss|shot clock}}; shots played in the first five minutes were allowed 15 seconds while the final five had a 10-second timer. All {{cuegloss|foul shots}} awarded the opponent a {{cuegloss|ball in hand}}. Unlike traditional snooker, if a ball did not hit a {{cuegloss|cushion}} on every shot, it was a foul. Rather than a coin toss, a lag was used to choose which player {{cuegloss|break off|breaks}}. In the event of a draw, each player received a shot at the {{cuegloss|blue ball}}. This is known as a "blue ball shootout". The player who {{cuegloss|pots|potted}} the ball with the {{cuegloss|cue ball}} from inside the {{cuegloss|D}} 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:

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  • 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

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  • 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==

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==20 January – 19:00==

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==21 January – 13:00==

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==21 January – 19:00==

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=Round 2=

==22 January – 13:00==

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==22 January – 19:00==

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=Round 3=

==23 January – 13:00==

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=Round 4=

==23 January – 19:00==

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=Quarter-finals=

==23 January – 21:00==

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=Semi-finals=

==23 January – 22:15==

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=Final=

class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%; margin: 1em auto 1em auto;"
colspan="3" align="center" bgcolor="#ffd700" | Final: 1 frame. Referee: Tatiana Woollaston
Morningside Arena, Leicester, England, 23 January 2022 – 22:45
width="230" align="right" | Mark Williams
{{WAL}}

| width="100" align="center" |0–71

| width="230" | Hossein Vafaei
{{IRN}}

Century breaks

Total: 2{{cite web |url=https://livescores.worldsnookerdata.com/Centuries/CenturyBreaks/14495/betvictor-shoot-out-2022 |title=BetVictor Shoot Out 2022 {{!}} Centuries |publisher=World Snooker Tour |date=20–23 January 2022 |access-date=20 January 2022 |archive-date=27 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220527222448/https://livescores.worldsnookerdata.com/Centuries/CenturyBreaks/14495/betvictor-shoot-out-2022 |url-status=dead }}

Notes

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References

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{{Snooker Shoot Out}}

{{2021–22 snooker season}}

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2022

Category:2022 in snooker

Category:2022 in English sport

2022

Category:January 2022 sports events in the United Kingdom

Category:European Series