2018 Champion of Champions

2018 ManBetX Champion of Champions

Tournament information
Dates	5–11 November 2018 (2018-11-05 – 2018-11-11)
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	Mark Selby  (ENG) (147)
Final
Champion	Ronnie O'Sullivan  (ENG)
Runner-up	Kyren Wilson  (ENG)
Score	10–9
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The 2018 Champion of Champions (officially the 2018 ManBetX Champion of Champions) was a professional non-ranking snooker tournament which took place from 5 to 11 November 2018 at the Ricoh Arena in Coventry, England. ^[1]

Shaun Murphy was the defending champion, but lost 3–6 in the semi-finals to Ronnie O'Sullivan in a repeat of the final of the previous edition of the tournament.

Ronnie O'Sullivan defeated Kyren Wilson 10–9 in the final to capture his third Champion of Champions title. ^[2]

Prize fund

The breakdown of prize money for 2018 is shown below:

• Winner: £100,000
• Runner-up: £50,000
• Losing semi-finalist: £25,000
• Group runner-up: £17,500
• First round losers: £12,500
• Total: £370,000

Qualification

Qualification for the 2018 Champion of Champions tournament was determined by the winners of (at most) 26 tournaments over one year, from the 2017 Champion of Champions to the 2018 International Championship, thereby including tournaments from both the 2017/2018 and 2018/2019 snooker seasons. The winners of the first 16 tournaments on the list were guaranteed qualification. The winners of the next tournaments on the list – in the order shown in the table – would also take a place in the Champion of Champions if other players win more than one of the tournaments higher on the list. ^[1]

In case less than 16 different tournament winners qualified, the remaining spots would be awarded based on the world rankings after the 2018 English Open. ^[3]

Tournament	Date of tournament final	Winner		Qualified players	Date qualification confirmed
2017 Champion of Champions	12 November 2017	Shaun Murphy		Shaun Murphy Ronnie O'Sullivan Mark Allen Mark Williams John Higgins Mark Selby Jimmy Robertson Neil Robertson Stuart Bingham Ryan Day Kyren Wilson Michael Georgiou Judd Trump Ding Junhui Barry Hawkins Luca Brecel	12 November 2017 18 November 2017 21 January 2018 10 December 2017 4 March 2018 8 April 2018 7 October 2018 25 February 2018 21 October 2018 29 March 2018 26 August 2018 12 August 2018 7 October 2018 21 October 2018 21 October 2018 3 November 2018
2017 UK Championship	10 December 2017	Ronnie O'Sullivan
2018 Masters	21 January 2018	Mark Allen
2018 World Championship	7 May 2018	Mark Williams
2017 Shanghai Masters	18 November 2017	Ronnie O'Sullivan
2018 German Masters	4 February 2018	Mark Williams
2018 World Grand Prix	25 February 2018	Ronnie O'Sullivan
2018 Players Championship	25 March 2018	Ronnie O'Sullivan
2018 Championship League	29 March 2018	John Higgins
2018 China Open	8 April 2018	Mark Selby
2018 World Open	12 August 2018	Mark Williams
2018 Shanghai Masters	16 September 2018	Ronnie O'Sullivan
2018 China Championship	30 September 2018	Mark Selby
2018 European Masters	7 October 2018	Jimmy Robertson
2018 International Championship	4 November 2018	Mark Allen
2017 Northern Ireland Open	26 November 2017	Mark Williams
2017 Scottish Open	17 December 2017	Neil Robertson
2018 Welsh Open	4 March 2018	John Higgins
2018 English Open	21 October 2018	Stuart Bingham
2018 Gibraltar Open	11 March 2018	Ryan Day
2018 World Championship runner-up	7 May 2018	John Higgins
2018 Riga Masters	29 July 2018	Neil Robertson
2018 Paul Hunter Classic	26 August 2018	Kyren Wilson
2018 Shoot Out	11 February 2018	Michael Georgiou
2018 Romanian Masters	18 March 2018	Ryan Day
2018 Six-red World Championship	8 September 2018	Kyren Wilson

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
	Shaun Murphy (1)		4
	Jimmy Robertson		2
						Shaun Murphy (1)		6
	Group 1 (5 November)
						Ding Junhui (8)		3
	Ding Junhui (8)		4
	Michael Georgiou		2
											Shaun Murphy (1)		3
											Ronnie O'Sullivan (4)		6
	John Higgins (5)		4
	Ryan Day		3
						John Higgins (5)		3
	Group 4 (6 November)
						Ronnie O'Sullivan (4)		6
	Ronnie O'Sullivan (4)		4
	Stuart Bingham		2
																Ronnie O'Sullivan (4)		10
																Kyren Wilson		9
	Mark Williams (3)		1
	Kyren Wilson		4
						Kyren Wilson		6
	Group 3 (7 November)
						Judd Trump (6)		1
	Judd Trump (6)		4
	Luca Brecel		1
											Kyren Wilson		6
											Mark Allen		5
	Barry Hawkins (7)		2
	Mark Allen		4
						Mark Allen		6
	Group 2 (8 November)
						Neil Robertson		1
	Mark Selby (2)		3
	Neil Robertson		4

Final

Final: Best of 19 frames. Referee: Paul Collier. Ricoh Arena, Coventry, England, 11 November 2018.
Ronnie O'Sullivan (4)   England	10–9	Kyren Wilson   England
Afternoon: 16–71 (50), 77–0 (61), 94–19 (94), 107–29 (107), 97–8 (86), 60–48, 38–79, 41–86 (86), 131–0 (131) Evening: 23–64, 46–72 (52), 94–0 (94), 88–2, 16–76 (56), 52–58 (52, 56), 16–104 (104), 24–65 (65), 71–61 (Wilson 61), 118–6 (110)
131	Highest break	104
3	Century breaks	1
8	50+ breaks	8

Century breaks

Total: 31

• 147, 100 – Mark Selby
• 140, 123, 119, 109, 102, 102 – Mark Allen
• 139 – Ding Junhui
• 137, 131, 129, 127, 116, 114, 110, 109, 109, 107, 101 – Ronnie O'Sullivan
• 131, 125, 125, 104 – Kyren Wilson
• 123, 118, 110, 102 – Shaun Murphy
• 106, 100 – John Higgins
• 106 – Ryan Day

References

1. "Champion of Champions Qualifying Criteria Confirmed". Champion of Champions Snooker. 15 February 2018. Retrieved 29 March 2018.
2. "O'Sullivan Edges Classic Wilson Final". World Snooker. 11 November 2018. Retrieved 12 November 2018.
3. "European Masters Winner Robertson Earns Place In Champion of Champions". Champion of Champions Snooker. 8 October 2018. Retrieved 22 October 2018.

External links

• Official website