2017 Six-red World Championship

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Six-red World Championship
Tournament information
Dates4–9 September 2017 (2017-09-04 2017-09-09)
Venue Bangkok Convention Center
City Bangkok
Country Thailand
Organisation WPBSA
Total prize fund10,000,000 baht
Winner's share3,500,000 baht
Highest break Flag of Thailand.svg Noppon Saengkham (75)
Flag of England.svg Stuart Bingham (75)
(Note: A maximum break in six-red snooker is 75)
Final
Champion Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Mark Williams
Runner-up Flag of Thailand.svg Thepchaiya Un-Nooh
Score8–2
2016
2018

The 2017 SangSom Six-red World Championship was a six-red snooker invitational tournament held between 4 and 9 September 2017 at the Bangkok Convention Center in Bangkok, Thailand. [1] The tournament was reduced from 48 players to 32.

Contents

Ding Junhui was the defending champion, but he lost 1–6 to Marco Fu in the last 16.

Mark Williams won the title, beating Thepchaiya Un-Nooh 8–2 in the final. [2]

Prize money

The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below: [3]

Round-robin stage

The top two players from each group qualified for the knock-out stage. All matches were best of 9 frames. [4]

Group A

Group B

Group C

Group D

Group E

Group F

Group G

Group H

Knockout stage

Last 16
Best of 11 frames
Quarter-finals
Best of 11 frames
Semi-finals
Best of 13 frames
Final
Best of 15 frames
            
Flag of Thailand.svg Noppon Saengkham 5
Flag of England.svg David Gilbert 6
Flag of England.svg David Gilbert 4
Flag of Scotland.svg Anthony McGill 6
Flag of Scotland.svg Anthony McGill 6
Flag of England.svg Mark King 5
Flag of Scotland.svg Anthony McGill 3
Flag of Thailand.svg Thepchaiya Un-Nooh 7
Flag of Thailand.svg Thepchaiya Un-Nooh 6
Flag of England.svg Stuart Bingham 5
Flag of Thailand.svg Thepchaiya Un-Nooh 6
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Liang Wenbo 4
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Liang Wenbo 6
Flag of England.svg Ben Woollaston 3
Flag of Thailand.svg Thepchaiya Un-Nooh 2
Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Mark Williams 8
Flag of Thailand.svg Sunny Akani 2
Flag of England.svg Michael Holt 6
Flag of England.svg Michael Holt 2
Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Mark Williams 6
Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Mark Williams 6
Flag of England.svg Kyren Wilson 3
Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Mark Williams 7
Flag of Hong Kong.svg Marco Fu 3
Flag of Scotland.svg Graeme Dott 6
Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Ryan Day 5
Flag of Scotland.svg Graeme Dott 5
Flag of Hong Kong.svg Marco Fu 6
Flag of Hong Kong.svg Marco Fu 6
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Ding Junhui 1

Final

Final: Best of 15 frames. Referee: ?
Bangkok Convention Center, Bangkok, Thailand, 9 September 2017.
Thepchaiya Un-Nooh
Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand
2–8 Mark Williams
Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg  Wales
71–0 (71), 0–49, 1–55, 37–32, 0–39, 9–38, 0–54, 0–50 (50), 6–49, 15–43
71Highest break50
150+ breaks1

Maximum breaks

(Note: A maximum break in six-red snooker is 75.)

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