2017 Champion of Champions

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2017 188BET Champion of Champions
Tournament information
Dates6–12 November 2017 (2017-11-06 2017-11-12)
Venue Ricoh Arena
City Coventry
CountryEngland
Organisation Matchroom Sport
FormatNon-ranking event
Total prize fund £370,000
Winner's share£100,000
Highest breakFlag of England.svg  Ronnie O'Sullivan  (ENG) (138)
Final
ChampionFlag of England.svg  Shaun Murphy  (ENG)
Runner-upFlag of England.svg  Ronnie O'Sullivan  (ENG)
Score10–8
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]

Contents

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]

Prize fund

The breakdown of prize money for 2017 is shown below: [4]

Players

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]

SeedPlayerQualified asDate of tournament finalDate qualification confirmed
1 Flag of Scotland.svg John Higgins 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 Flag of England.svg Mark Selby 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
Flag of England.svg Ronnie O'Sullivan Winner of 2017 Masters
Winner of 2017 English Open
22 January 2017
22 October 2017
22 January 2017
Flag of England.svg Anthony Hamilton Winner of 2017 German Masters 5 February 20175 February 2017
Flag of England.svg Barry Hawkins Winner of 2017 World Grand Prix 12 February 201712 February 2017
Flag of England.svg Judd Trump Winner of 2017 Players Championship
Winner of 2017 European Masters
12 March 2017
8 October 2017
12 March 2017
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Luca Brecel Winner of 2017 China Championship 22 August 201722 August 2017
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Ding Junhui Winner of 2017 World Cup
Winner of 2017 World Open
9 July 2017
24 September 2017
24 September 2017
Flag of England.svg Mark King Winner of 2016 Northern Ireland Open 20 November 201620 November 2016
Flag of Hong Kong.svg Marco Fu Winner of 2016 Scottish Open 18 December 201618 December 2016
Flag of England.svg Shaun Murphy Winner of 2017 Gibraltar Open 5 March 201729 April 2017
Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Ryan Day Winner of 2017 Riga Masters 25 June 201716 September 2017
Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Michael White Winner of 2017 Paul Hunter Classic 27 August 20177 October 2017
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Liang Wenbo Winner of 2017 World Cup 9 July 201722 October 2017
Flag of Scotland.svg Anthony McGill Winner of 2017 Snooker Shoot Out 26 February 201724 October 2017
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Neil Robertson Winner of 2017 Hong Kong Masters 22 July 20175 November 2017
Notes

Main draw

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
            
Flag of Scotland.svg John Higgins (1)4
Flag of Scotland.svg Anthony McGill 0
Flag of Scotland.svg John Higgins (1) 0
Group 4 (9 November)
Flag of England.svg Ronnie O'Sullivan 6
Flag of England.svg Ronnie O'Sullivan 4
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Neil Robertson 1
Flag of England.svg Ronnie O'Sullivan 6
Flag of England.svg Anthony Hamilton 2
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Ding Junhui 2
Flag of England.svg Anthony Hamilton 4
Flag of England.svg Anthony Hamilton 6
Group 1 (6 November)
Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Ryan Day 4
Flag of England.svg Barry Hawkins 2
Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Ryan Day 4
Flag of England.svg Ronnie O'Sullivan 8
Flag of England.svg Shaun Murphy 10
Flag of Hong Kong.svg Marco Fu 3
Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Michael White 4
Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Michael White 4
Group 2 (7 November)
Flag of England.svg Shaun Murphy 6
Flag of England.svg Shaun Murphy 4
Flag of England.svg Mark King 2
Flag of England.svg Shaun Murphy 6
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Luca Brecel 4
Flag of England.svg Judd Trump 0
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Luca Brecel 4
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Luca Brecel 6
Group 3 (8 November)
Flag of England.svg Mark Selby (2) 4
Flag of England.svg Mark Selby (2)4
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Liang Wenbo 3

Final

Final: Best of 19 frames. Referee: Paul Collier.
Ricoh Arena, Coventry, England, 12 November 2017.
Ronnie O'Sullivan
Flag of England.svg  England
8–10 Shaun Murphy
Flag of England.svg  England
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
108Highest break86
1Century breaks0
850+ breaks7

Century breaks

Total: 20

References

  1. 1 2 "2017 Qualifying Criteria Announced - Champion of Champions Snooker". 30 January 2017.
  2. "Champion of Champions: John Higgins beats Ronnie O'Sullivan". BBC Sport. 12 November 2016.
  3. "Champion of Champions: Shaun Murphy beats Ronnie O'Sullivan in final". BBC Sport. 12 November 2017. Retrieved 5 February 2018.
  4. "Prize Fund - Champion of Champions Snooker".
  5. "Champion of Champions returns to Ricoh". World Snooker. Retrieved 21 March 2017.
  6. "Provisional calendar for the 2017/18 World Snooker Tour" (PDF).
  7. 1 2 "Qualifying List 2017 - Champion of Champions Snooker". 1 November 2017.
  8. "188BET CHAMPION OF CHAMPIONS DRAW ANNOUNCED - Champion of Champions Snooker". 2 November 2017.
  9. "Stuart Bingham banned over betting on snooker matches". BBC Sport. 24 October 2017.