China News Agency, Beijing, December 13, China Billiards Association issued an announcement on the 13th, deciding to stop Yan Bingtao’s qualification for all domestic billiards competitions.
According to the announcement, according to the Bulletin of the World Professional Snooker Association (WPBSA), as well as the disciplinary guidelines and punishment measures of China Billiards Association and the management regulations of professional players Committee of China Billiards Association, after research, it was decided to stop Yan Bingtao’s qualification for all domestic billiards competitions from December 12, 2022.
The announcement said that the Chinese Billiards Association firmly opposed the manipulation of competitions, gambling and other behaviors that violated the integrity and morality of sports, and would make further punishment based on the final investigation results of the World Professional Snooker Association.
On the evening of 12th Beijing time, the World Professional Snooker Association issued a statement saying that Jason Ferguson, the president of the association, had decided to suspend Yan Bingtao’s participation in the World Snooker Tour, and this decision took effect immediately.
The statement said that the reason why this decision was made was that some players were suspected of manipulating the results of the game for the purpose of gambling, and the World Professional Snooker Association was investigating this. The statement stressed that the ban would continue until the investigation concluded that whether there was any subsequent punishment would also depend on the investigation results. Yan Bingtao has the right to appeal against the ban.
Before that, Liang Wenbo, Lu Ning, Li Xing, Zhao Jianbo, Bai langning and Chang Bingyu were all banned for “allegedly manipulating the results of the game for the purpose of gambling. So far, the number of Chinese snooker players suspected of “gambling” has reached 7. The China Billiards Association issued an announcement on December 11, deciding to stop all domestic billiards competitions of Liang Wenbo, Li Xing, Lu Ning, Zhao Jianbo, Bai langning and Chang Bingyu from that day.
The above seven people are all the new forces of Chinese snooker. Among them, Yan Bingtao was once called the strongest “after 00”. In 2019, at the age of 19, he won the championship in Riga Masters, which was the first “after 00” to win the ranking championship “. In 2021, he won the championship in snooker Masters, becoming the youngest Master champion after Ronny O’Sullivan, who was 19 years old in 1995.
At present, Yan Bingtao, the 16th in the world, is the second TOP16 player in the Chinese Legion except Zhao Xintong (the 9th in the world).
The 35-year-old Liang Wenbo once won the championship in the 2016 England open. He was the third Chinese player to win the ranking championship after Ding Junhui and Fu Jiajun, the famous Chinese premier in Hong Kong. The 28-year-old Luning won the second place in this year’s Champions League (ranking edition).
32-year-old Li Xing is a Liaoning player, ranking 62th in the latest world. Bai langning and Chang Bingyu were both born in 2002, and they are Chinese snooker stars with great development potential.
Seven players were banned at the same time, and Chinese snooker was hit hard. (Finished)
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