2018 Champion of Champions

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ManBetX Champion of Champions
Tournament information
Dates5–11 November 2018 (2018-11-05 2018-11-11)
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  Mark Selby  (ENG) (147)
Final
ChampionFlag of England.svg  Ronnie O'Sullivan  (ENG)
Runner-upFlag of England.svg  Kyren Wilson  (ENG)
Score10–9
2017
2019

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]

Contents

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:

Qualification

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]

TournamentDate of tournament finalWinnerQualified playersDate qualification confirmed
2017 Champion of Champions 12 November 2017 Flag of England.svg Shaun Murphy Flag of England.svg Shaun Murphy
Flag of England.svg Ronnie O'Sullivan
Ulster Banner.svg Mark Allen
Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Mark Williams
Flag of Scotland.svg John Higgins
Flag of England.svg Mark Selby
Flag of England.svg Jimmy Robertson
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Neil Robertson
Flag of England.svg Stuart Bingham
Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Ryan Day
Flag of England.svg Kyren Wilson
Flag of Cyprus.svg Michael Georgiou
Flag of England.svg Judd Trump
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Ding Junhui
Flag of England.svg Barry Hawkins
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg 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 Flag of England.svg Ronnie O'Sullivan
2018 Masters 21 January 2018 Ulster Banner.svg Mark Allen
2018 World Championship 7 May 2018 Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Mark Williams
2017 Shanghai Masters 18 November 2017 Flag of England.svg Ronnie O'Sullivan
2018 German Masters 4 February 2018 Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Mark Williams
2018 World Grand Prix 25 February 2018 Flag of England.svg Ronnie O'Sullivan
2018 Players Championship 25 March 2018 Flag of England.svg Ronnie O'Sullivan
2018 Championship League 29 March 2018 Flag of Scotland.svg John Higgins
2018 China Open 8 April 2018 Flag of England.svg Mark Selby
2018 World Open 12 August 2018 Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Mark Williams
2018 Shanghai Masters 16 September 2018 Flag of England.svg Ronnie O'Sullivan
2018 China Championship 30 September 2018 Flag of England.svg Mark Selby
2018 European Masters 7 October 2018 Flag of England.svg Jimmy Robertson
2018 International Championship 4 November 2018 Ulster Banner.svg Mark Allen
2017 Northern Ireland Open 26 November 2017 Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Mark Williams
2017 Scottish Open 17 December 2017 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Neil Robertson
2018 Welsh Open 4 March 2018 Flag of Scotland.svg John Higgins
2018 English Open 21 October 2018 Flag of England.svg Stuart Bingham
2018 Gibraltar Open 11 March 2018 Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Ryan Day
2018 World Championship runner-up7 May 2018 Flag of Scotland.svg John Higgins
2018 Riga Masters 29 July 2018 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Neil Robertson
2018 Paul Hunter Classic 26 August 2018 Flag of England.svg Kyren Wilson
2018 Shoot Out 11 February 2018 Flag of Cyprus.svg Michael Georgiou
2018 Romanian Masters 18 March 2018 Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Ryan Day
2018 Six-red World Championship 8 September 2018 Flag of England.svg 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
            
Flag of England.svg Shaun Murphy (1)4
Flag of England.svg Jimmy Robertson 2
Flag of England.svg Shaun Murphy (1)6
Group 1 (5 November)
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Ding Junhui (8) 3
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Ding Junhui (8)4
Flag of Cyprus.svg Michael Georgiou 2
Flag of England.svg Shaun Murphy (1) 3
Flag of England.svg Ronnie O'Sullivan (4)6
Flag of Scotland.svg John Higgins (5)4
Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Ryan Day 3
Flag of Scotland.svg John Higgins (5) 3
Group 4 (6 November)
Flag of England.svg Ronnie O'Sullivan (4)6
Flag of England.svg Ronnie O'Sullivan (4)4
Flag of England.svg Stuart Bingham 2
Flag of England.svg Ronnie O'Sullivan (4)10
Flag of England.svg Kyren Wilson 9
Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Mark Williams (3) 1
Flag of England.svg Kyren Wilson 4
Flag of England.svg Kyren Wilson 6
Group 3 (7 November)
Flag of England.svg Judd Trump (6) 1
Flag of England.svg Judd Trump (6)4
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Luca Brecel 1
Flag of England.svg Kyren Wilson 6
Ulster Banner.svg Mark Allen 5
Flag of England.svg Barry Hawkins (7) 2
Ulster Banner.svg Mark Allen 4
Ulster Banner.svg Mark Allen 6
Group 2 (8 November)
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Neil Robertson 1
Flag of England.svg Mark Selby (2) 3
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Neil Robertson 4

Final

Final: Best of 19 frames. Referee: Paul Collier.
Ricoh Arena, Coventry, England, 11 November 2018.
Ronnie O'Sullivan (4)
Flag of England.svg  England
10–9 Kyren Wilson
Flag of England.svg  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)
131Highest break104
3Century breaks1
850+ breaks8

Century breaks

Total: 31

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