The third group of the 2021-2022 Snooker Champions League is over, and the Chinese players continue to soar in the second match day after winning the first day of the competition, and the new Keying Championship champion Zhao Xintong and the famous player Xiao Guodong both eliminated the world champion in the semi-finals after eliminating the world champion and the final, of which Zhao Xintong defeated the world champion Bingham 3:1, while Xiao Guodong defeated the four-time world champion and now the world number one Selby 3:1. In the final championship and runner-up final, Zhao Xintong, who is now ranked ninth in the world, played well, defeating teammate Xiao Guodong with a total score of 3:2, winning the championship of the group and qualifying for the final winner group competition, before another Chinese player Liang Wenbo had successfully qualified for the winning group.
There are three Chinese players participating in the third group competition, of which Zhao Xintong and Xiao Guodong successfully advanced to the final four, and on the first day of the competition, Zhao Xintong defeated world champion Selby 3:0 in the first game, world champion Bingham 3:1 in the second game, and narrowly defeated teammate Xiao Guodong 3:2 in the third match. In the second matchday competition, Zhao Xintong swept Joe Perry 3-0 in the first match, followed by a 3-0 victory over Ryan Dai in the second match, and in the final game of the group stage, Zhao Xintong defeated teammate Lu Ning 3:1, and won all six games in the group round robin to advance to the final four with the first place in the group. Xiao Guodong also performed well in the group stage, on the first day of the game, Xiao Guodong defeated world champion Bingham, the famous Joe Perry, but lost to teammate Zhao Xintong. On the second matchday, Xiao Guodong played steadily, beating teammate Lu Ning 3:2 in the first match, followed by a 3:1 victory over the famous Ryan Dai, and in the final match 3:0 to Selby, the group stage four wins and two losses to advance to the group third to advance to the final four. Another famous player in China, Lu Ning, did not play well on the second matchday, losing three consecutive games to miss the final four.
The first match of the semi-finals was played by Zhao Xintong against world champion Bingham, who performed well on the second matchday and finally advanced to the final four with a fourth place in the group. In the first game, the two sides played very fiercely, world champion Bingham took the lead in breaking the deadlock, after a single shot blast of 52 points, 74:67 narrowly defeated Zhao Xintong, the second game Zhao Xintong was full of firepower, he played a single 138 points and then strongly equalized, in the third game Zhao Xintong continued to play a single 92 points after winning, the big score was 2:1, the fourth game the two sides did not play a single high score, Zhao Xintong won 70:22 after many starts, the total score was 3:1 reverse to beat Bingham, the first to advance to the final.
The second game of the semi-final was met by Xiao Guodong against the world's first Selby, the two had just met in the last game of the group stage, Xiao Guodong lost to Selby, and then met in the semifinals, Xiao Guodong was eager for revenge. In the first game Xiao Guodong performed well, a single shot of 70 points after the next city to take the lead, in the second game Selby single shot 97 points after winning a city, the third game Xiao Guodong was not affected by the loss of the second set, a single shot of 52 points, 79 points and then won a game to get the match point, the fourth game Xiao Guodong did not give Selby any chance, single shot 89 points after winning the fourth set, the total score of 3:1 victory over Selby, and Zhao Xintong division final.
The final was played between China's Zhao Xintong and Xiao Guodong, this competition Zhao Xintong was in a state of explosion, the first seven games were all won, and Xiao Guodong had just defeated the world's first Selby in the semi-finals, morale was high, and the final was destined to be very fierce. Zhao Xintong, who was in a state of explosion in the first set, scored a single shot of 90 points and then won the first game, and in the second set, the two sides entered a bitter battle, and Zhao Xintong finally seized the opportunity to win 60:47 and then the next city, leading 2:0. Xiao Guodong, who fought against the water, then launched a crazy counterattack, in the third game Xiao Guodong played a single 95 points and kept a clean sheet Zhao Xintong and pulled back a city, in the fourth game Xiao Guodong played a single 96 points again and equalized the total score, xiao Guodong took the lead in the decider game to get a point and then handed over the offensive right, Zhao Xintong resisted the pressure to play a single 66 points and won the game, the total score was 3:2 to win Xiao Guodong, and the third group of competitions also won the snooker Champions League winning group qualification for this season.