Ronnie O’Sullivan and Judd Trump are both playing in Championship League Snooker (Picture: Getty Images) The new snooker season is underway and bit names are involved in the very first event, with Judd Trump and Ronnie O’Sullivan the bookmakers’ favourites for the Championship League. The first tournament of the campaign is a lengthy one, with the Championship League played over three group stages before a final on 29 July. Dave Gilbert is the defending champion and the short format matches are liable to create unpredictable winners, but it is obviously the sport’s biggest stars who are shortest priced with the bookies. The men who contested the World Championship final in May have the very shortest prices, although it is runner-up Trump who is favoured ahead of world champ O’Sullivan. Not every top player is involved, with the likes of Neil Robertson and John Higgins not playing, but Mark Selby, Zhao Xintong and Mark Williams also fancied to do well. 2022 Championship League Snooker draw, groups, schedule, TV channel, live stream and prize money Free Sports will be showing the event live on TV in the UK, with streaming available on Matchroom. Live and Table 2 coverage on Matchroom Multi Sport’s YouTube. Championship League Snooker odds Judd Trump 11/2Ronnie O’Sullivan 13/2Mark Selby 10/1Kyren Wilson 14/1Zhao Xintong 16/1Mark Williams 16/1Mark Allen 18/1Stuart Bingham 22/1David Gilbert 28/1 Dave Gilbert is defending champion this year (Picture: Matchroom) Shaun Murphy 28/1Ricky Walden 28/1Luca Brecel 28/1Jack Lisowski 28/1Barry Hawkins 28/1Joe Perry 40/1Ali Carter 40/1Zhou Yuelong 50/1Ryan Day 66/1Graeme Dott 66/1Hossein Vafaei 66/1Stephen Maguire 66/1Matthew Selt 66/1Tom Ford 66/1Jamie Jones 125/1Noppon Saengkham 125/1Jimmy Robertson 125/1Thepchaiya Un-Nooh 125/1Robert Milkins 125/1Cao Yupeng 125/1Jordan Brown 125/1Scott Donaldson 125/1 Lu Ning 150/1Matthew Stevens 150/1Marco Fu 175/1Michael White 175/1Lyu Haotian 175/1Jackson Page 175/1Zhang Anda 175/1Chris Wakelin 175/1Liam Highfield 175/1Jak Jones 175/1Gary Wilson 175/1Li Hang 200/1Xiao Guodong 200/1Tian Pengfei 200/1Yuan Sijun 200/1Ben Woollaston 200/1Kurt Maflin 200/1Sam Craigie 200/1Joe O’Connor 250/1Pang Junxu 250/1Oliver Lines 250/1Mark Davis 250/1Elliot Slessor 250/1Robbie Williams 250/1David Grace 300/1Ashley Hugill 300/1Si Jiahui 300/1Wu Yize 300/1Mark King 300/1Dominic Dale 300/1Michael Holt 300/1 Michael Holt is back in the Championship League despite falling off tour at the end of last season (Picture: Getty Images) Stuart Carrington 300/1Anthony Hamilton 300/1Alexander Ursenbacher 300/1Chang Bingyu 300/1Mark Joyce 300/1James Cahill 300/1Jamie Clarke 300/1Steven Hallworth 300/1Fergal O’Brien 500/1Xu Si 500/1Ken Doherty 500/1Daniel Wells 500/1Duane Jones 500/1Louis Heathcote 500/1Craig Steadman 500/1Allan Taylor 500/1Lei Peifan 500/1Zhao Jianbo 500/1Lukas Kleckers 1000/1Ian Burns 1000/1Aaron Hill 1000/1Julien Leclercq 1000/1Farakh Ajaib 1000/1David Lilley 1000/1Sean O’Sullivan 1000/1Andrew Pagett 1000/1Mitchell Mann 1000/1Himanshu Dinesh Jain 1000/1Barry Pinches 1000/1Fraser Patrick 1000/1Zhang Jiankang 1000/1Zak Surety 1000/1Ross Muir 1000/1Reanne Evans 1000/1Thanawat Thirapongpaiboon 1000/1Ben Mertens 1000/1Hammad Miah 1000/1Peter Lines 1000/1Adam Duffy 1000/1Jenson Kendrick 1000/1Nutcharut Wongharuthai 1000/1Dechawat Poomjaeng 1000/1Sanderson Lam 1000/1Muhammad Asif 1000/1Chen Zifan 1000/1Anton Kazakov 1000/1Ryan Thomerson 1000/1John Astley 1000/1Andy Lee 1000/1Gerard Greene 1000/1Rebecca Kenna 1000/1Dylan Emery 1000/1Rod Lawler 1000/1Ian Martin 1000/1Jimmy White 1000/1Oliver Brown 1000/1Andy Hicks 1000/1Alfie Burden 1000/1Michael Judge 1000/1Yisong Peng 1000/1On Yee Ng 1000/1Haydon Pinhey 1000/1Ben Hancorn 1000/1 Pre-tournament odds courtesy of Betfair MORE : 2022 Championship League Snooker draw, groups, schedule, TV channel, live stream and prize money MORE : Fergal O’Brien explains how Ronnie O’Sullivan has ‘become everything we thought he could’ For more stories like this, check our sport page. Follow Metro Sport for the latest news on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. .