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Tournament information | |
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Dates | 6–12 November 2017 |
Venue | Ricoh Arena |
City | Coventry |
Country | England |
Organisation | Matchroom Sport |
Format | Non-ranking event |
Total prize fund | £370,000 |
Winner's share | £100,000 |
Highest break | ![]() |
Final | |
Champion | ![]() |
Runner-up | ![]() |
Score | 10–8 |
← 2016 2018 → |
The 2017 Champion of Champions (officially the 2017 188BET Champion of Champions) was a professional non-ranking snooker tournament that took place between 6 and 12 November 2017 at the Ricoh Arena in Coventry, England. [1]
John Higgins was the defending champion, but was whitewashed 0–6 by Ronnie O'Sullivan in the second round. [2]
Ronnie O'Sullivan made his 900th century in the semi-final against Anthony Hamilton.
Shaun Murphy won the tournament, defeating Ronnie O'Sullivan 10–8 in the final. [3]
The breakdown of prize money for 2017 is shown below: [4]
Qualification for the 2017 188BET Champion of Champions tournament is determined by the winners of 24 tournaments over a one-year period, from the 2016 Champion of Champions to the 2017 International Championship, thereby including tournaments from both the 2016/2017 and 2017/2018 snooker seasons. The tournaments have been split into groups to determine the order of qualification, with the winners of the first sixteen listed tournaments guaranteed a place. [1] [6]
The following players qualified for the tournament: [7] [8]
Seed | Player | Qualified as | Date of tournament final | Date qualification confirmed |
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1 | ![]() | Winner of 2016 Champion of Champions Winner of 2017 Championship League Winner of 2017 Indian Open Runner-up of 2017 World Snooker Championship | 12 November 2016 2 March 2017 16 September 2017 1 May 2017 | 12 November 2016 |
2 | ![]() | Winner of 2016 UK Championship Winner of 2017 China Open Winner of 2017 World Snooker Championship Winner of 2017 International Championship | 4 December 2016 2 April 2017 1 May 2017 5 November 2017 | 4 December 2016 |
![]() | Winner of 2017 Masters Winner of 2017 English Open | 22 January 2017 22 October 2017 | 22 January 2017 | |
![]() | Winner of 2017 German Masters | 5 February 2017 | 5 February 2017 | |
![]() | Winner of 2017 World Grand Prix | 12 February 2017 | 12 February 2017 | |
![]() | Winner of 2017 Players Championship Winner of 2017 European Masters | 12 March 2017 8 October 2017 | 12 March 2017 | |
![]() | Winner of 2017 China Championship | 22 August 2017 | 22 August 2017 | |
![]() | Winner of 2017 World Cup Winner of 2017 World Open | 9 July 2017 24 September 2017 | 24 September 2017 | |
![]() | Winner of 2016 Northern Ireland Open | 20 November 2016 | 20 November 2016 | |
![]() | Winner of 2016 Scottish Open | 18 December 2016 | 18 December 2016 | |
![]() | Winner of 2017 Gibraltar Open | 5 March 2017 | 29 April 2017 | |
![]() | Winner of 2017 Riga Masters | 25 June 2017 | 16 September 2017 | |
![]() | Winner of 2017 Paul Hunter Classic | 27 August 2017 | 7 October 2017 | |
![]() | Winner of 2017 World Cup | 9 July 2017 | 22 October 2017 | |
![]() | Winner of 2017 Snooker Shoot Out | 26 February 2017 | 24 October 2017 | |
![]() | Winner of 2017 Hong Kong Masters | 22 July 2017 | 5 November 2017 |
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 | ||||||||||||||||
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Final: Best of 19 frames. Referee: Paul Collier. Ricoh Arena, Coventry, England, 12 November 2017. | ||
Ronnie O'Sullivan ![]() | 8–10 | Shaun Murphy ![]() |
Afternoon:103–31 (97), 98–27 (98), 63–68, 1–70 (70), 27–92 (85), 7–82 (53), 134–0 (65, 61), 105–32 (72), 54–57 Evening: 39–92 (86), 37–83, 0–134 (74, 56), 83–46, 17–83 (71), 76–31 (54), 132–0 (108), 106–1 (68), 71–74 | ||
108 | Highest break | 86 |
1 | Century breaks | 0 |
8 | 50+ breaks | 7 |
Total: 20