 For the new season , he improved his ranking to number 21 , which would not usually guarantee qualification for ranking events . However , as world champion he qualified automatically for every tournament in the season as the number two seed ( and number one seed for the 2006 World Championship ) . He was invited to play in the Premier League Snooker , a non @-@ ranking tournament with a 25 @-@ a @-@ second shot clock , but he went out in the round @-@ robin stage . 
