Northern Ireland Open snooker 2022 - Latest scores, results, schedule, order of play, Ronnie O'Sullivan stars

The 2022 Home Nations series kicks off with the Northern Ireland Open, with snooker's top players set to battle it out for the Alex Higgins trophy. Three-time champion Judd Trump will be hoping to reclaim the title he vacated in 2021, while Ronnie O'Sullivan, Neil Robertson, Mark Selby and John Higgins also have their eyes on the top prize.

Ad The 2021 Northern Ireland Open was a thriller, capped with Mark Allen roaring back from 8-6 behind in the final to stun John Higgins 9-8 and clinch his first title on home soil. Northern Ireland Open'Federer, Nadal and Djokovic of snooker' – Robertson salutes Class of '92 icons14/10/2022 AT 08:13 When and where is the 2022 Northern Ireland Open? The Northern Ireland Open will be held at the Waterfront Hall in Belfast from October 16 to October 23.

The trophy is named the Alex Higgins Trophy, in honour of the popular two-time world champion. What is the format at the 2022 Northern Ireland Open? As is the case for all of the Home Nations events, the matches will be best of seven frames up to and including the fourth round.

The quarter-finals will be best of nine frames, the semi-finals best of 11 frames and the final will be best of 17. What is the Northern Ireland 2022 schedule? (UK time) Sunday October 16: Three sessions at 10:00, 13:00 and 19:00 – Held-over Round 1 matches Monday October 17: Three sessions at 10:00, 13:00 and 19:00 – Held-over Round 1 matches and Round 2 Tuesday October 18: Three sessions at 10:00, 13:00 and 19:00 – Round 2 Wednesday October 19: Three sessions at 10:00, 13:00 and 19:00 – Round 2 and 3 Thursday October 20: Three sessions at 10:00, 13:00 and 19:00 – Round 3 and 4 Friday October 21: Two sessions at 12:00 and 19:00 – Two quarter-finals in the