Tournament information | |
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Dates | 5–11 November 2018 |
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 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]
The breakdown of prize money for 2018 is shown below:
Qualification for the 2018 Champion of Champions tournament was determined by the winners of (at most) 26 tournaments over a one-year period, 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 would 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]
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: 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 |
Total: 31
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