2013 Champion of Champions

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2013 888casino Champion of Champions
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Tournament information
Dates19–24 November 2013 (2013-11-19 – 2013-11-24)
Venue Ricoh Arena
City Coventry
CountryEngland
Organisation Matchroom Sport
FormatNon-ranking event
Total prize fund £270,000
Winner's share£100,000
Highest breakFlag of England.svg  Ronnie O'Sullivan  (ENG) (130)
Final
ChampionFlag of England.svg  Ronnie O'Sullivan  (ENG)
Runner-upFlag of England.svg  Stuart Bingham  (ENG)
Score10–8
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The 2013 Champion of Champions (officially the 2013 888casino Champion of Champions) was a professional non-ranking snooker tournament held between 19 and 24 November 2013 at the Ricoh Arena in Coventry, England. [1] This was the first time that 888casino sponsored the event, [2] which was broadcast live on ITV4. [3]

Contents

The event was last held in 1980, [4] when Doug Mountjoy won in the final 10–8 against John Virgo. [5]

Ronnie O'Sullivan won his 52nd professional title by defeating Stuart Bingham 10–8 in the final. [6] [7]

Prize fund

The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below: [8]

Players

Players qualified for the event by winning important tournaments from the start of the 2012-13 season to the 2013 Indian Open. The important events included all rankings events and winners the following non-rankings events: 2012 Premier League Snooker, 2013 Masters, 2013 Players Championship Grand Final and 2013 Championship League. With only 14 different players winning one of the qualifying events, the remaining two places were allocated to the highest ranked players who had not already qualified. [9]

The following 16 players qualified for the tournament: [10]

SeedPlayerQualified asRef.
1 Flag of England.svg Ronnie O'Sullivan Winner of 2013 World Snooker Championship [11]
2 Flag of England.svg Mark Selby Winner of 2012 UK Championship and 2013 Masters [12]
3 Flag of England.svg Judd Trump Winner of 2012 International Championship [13]
4 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Neil Robertson Winner of 2013 China Open and 2013 Wuxi Classic [14]
5 Ulster Banner.svg Mark Allen Winner of 2013 World Open [15]
6 Flag of England.svg Ricky Walden Winner of 2012 Wuxi Classic [16]
7 Flag of Scotland.svg John Higgins Winner of 2012 Shanghai Masters [17]
8 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Ding Junhui Winner of 2013 Players Championship Grand Final, 2013 Shanghai Masters and 2013 Indian Open [18]
9 Flag of England.svg Barry Hawkins Winner of 2012 Australian Goldfields Open [19]
10 Flag of Scotland.svg Stephen Maguire Winner of 2013 Welsh Open [20]
11 Flag of England.svg Stuart Bingham Winner of 2012 Premier League Snooker [21]
12 Flag of England.svg Ali Carter Winner of 2013 German Masters [22]
13 Flag of England.svg Martin Gould Winner of 2013 Championship League [23]
14 Flag of Hong Kong.svg Marco Fu Winner of 2013 Australian Goldfields Open [24]
15 Flag of England.svg Shaun Murphy World ranking of 4. Highest ranked player after the 2013 Shanghai Masters [25]
16 Flag of England.svg Mark Davis World ranking of 13. Highest ranked player after the 2013 Indian Open [26]

Main draw

[27] [28] [29]

Group semi-finals (last 16)
Best of 7 frames 		Group finals (quarter-finals)
Best of 11 frames 		Semi-finals
Best of 11 frames 		Final
Best of 19 frames
            
1 Flag of England.svg Ronnie O'Sullivan 4
16 Flag of England.svg Mark Davis 0
1 Flag of England.svg Ronnie O'Sullivan 6
Group 1
8 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Ding Junhui 5
8 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Ding Junhui 4
9 Flag of England.svg Barry Hawkins 2
1 Flag of England.svg Ronnie O'Sullivan 6
4 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Neil Robertson 5
5 Ulster Banner.svg Mark Allen 3
12 Flag of England.svg Ali Carter 4
12 Flag of England.svg Ali Carter 5
Group 4
4 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Neil Robertson 6
4 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Neil Robertson 4
13 Flag of England.svg Martin Gould 3
1 Flag of England.svg Ronnie O'Sullivan 10
11 Flag of England.svg Stuart Bingham 8
3 Flag of England.svg Judd Trump 4
14 Flag of Hong Kong.svg Marco Fu 1
3 Flag of England.svg Judd Trump 2
Group 3
11 Flag of England.svg Stuart Bingham 6
6 Flag of England.svg Ricky Walden 0
11 Flag of England.svg Stuart Bingham 4
11 Flag of England.svg Stuart Bingham 6
2 Flag of England.svg Mark Selby 4
7 Flag of Scotland.svg John Higgins 3
10 Flag of Scotland.svg Stephen Maguire 4
10 Flag of Scotland.svg Stephen Maguire 3
Group 2
2 Flag of England.svg Mark Selby 6
2 Flag of England.svg Mark Selby 4
15 Flag of England.svg Shaun Murphy 2

Final

Final: Best of 19 frames. Referee: Paul Collier.
Ricoh Arena, Coventry, England, 24 November 2013. [29] [30]
Ronnie O'Sullivan (1)
Flag of England.svg  England 		10–8 Stuart Bingham (11)
Flag of England.svg  England
Afternoon: 26–109 (109), 82–48 (66), 66–47 (55), 53–57, 1–72 (72), 1–66 (52), 76–4 (76), 0–133 (109), 130–0 (130)
Evening:99–1 (93), 64–54 (Bingham 54), 37–64, 35–65, 91–8 (62), 96–34 (96), 38–74 (66), 65–29, 83–0
130Highest break109
1Century breaks2
750+ breaks6

Century breaks

[31]

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