WST has published the schedule for the 2022 Players Championship:

Cazoo Players Championship Match Schedule

The match schedule for next week’s Cazoo Players Championship in Wolverhampton is now available.

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Ronnie O’Sullivan will face Judd Trump in the stand-out first round tie at the tournament, which runs from February 7 to 13 at Aldersley Leisure Village in Wolverhampton.

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Here’s the schedule:

Monday February 7
7pm
Neil Robertson v Kyren Wilson
Mark Williams v Gary Wilson

Tuesday February 8
1pm
Zhao Xintong v Barry Hawkins
Yan Bingtao v David Gilbert

7pm
Ronnie O’Sullivan v Judd Trump
Mark Allen v Ricky Walden

Wednesday February 9
1pm
John Higgins v Hossein Vafaei
Luca Brecel v Jimmy Robertson

7pm
Quarter-final 2
(Allen / Walden v Williams / G Wilson)

Thursday February 10
1pm
Quarter-final 1
(Zhao / Hawkins v Yan / Gilbert)

7pm
Quarter-final 3
(O’Sullivan / Trump v N Robertson / K Wilson)

Friday February 11
1pm
Quarter-final 4
(Higgins / Vafaei v Brecel / J Robertson)

7pm
Semi-final 1

Saturday February 12
7pm
Semi-final 2

Sunday February 13
1pm
Final

7pm
Final

Only the top 16 on the one-year ranking list are in the draw, so it’s an elite field of the best players of the season so far.

Zhao Xintong is the runaway rankings leader and number one seed, so he will face 16th seed Barry Hawkins in the first round. O’Sullivan is third on the list so will face 14th-placed Trump in a blockbuster clash.

Cazoo Masters champion Neil Robertson will be up against Kyren Wilson, while defending champion John Higgins will meet new BetVictor Shoot Out king Hossein Vafaei.

The tournament will be televised by ITV4 and a range of other broadcasters worldwide.

It’s a very long shot but Ronnie could be World number one again at the end of this event … he just needs to win it! Easy …