2014 Champion of Champions

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Dafabet Champion of Champions
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Tournament information
Dates3–9 November 2014 (2014-11-03 – 2014-11-09)
Venue Ricoh Arena
City Coventry
CountryEngland
Organisation Matchroom Sport
FormatNon-ranking event
Total prize fund £270,000
Winner's share£100,000
Highest breakFlag of England.svg  Ronnie O'Sullivan  (ENG) (139)
Final
ChampionFlag of England.svg  Ronnie O'Sullivan  (ENG)
Runner-upFlag of England.svg  Judd Trump  (ENG)
Score10–7
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The 2014 Dafabet Champion of Champions was a professional non-ranking snooker tournament that took place between 3 and 9 November 2014 at the Ricoh Arena in Coventry, England. [1]

Contents

Ronnie O'Sullivan successfully defended his title beating Judd Trump 10–7 in the final. [2] [3]

Prize fund

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

Players

Players qualified for the event by winning important tournaments since the previous Champion of Champions. Entry was guaranteed for the defending champion, winners of rankings events and winners of the following non-rankings events: 2014 Masters, 2014 Championship League, 2015 World Grand Prix and 2014 Players Championship Grand Final. Remaining places were then allocated to winners of European Tour events (in the order they were played) and then to winners of Asian Tour events and then, winners of the 2014 Six-red World Championship, 2014 Snooker Shoot-Out and 2013 World Seniors Championship. [5]

Only 13 different players won one the 24 qualifying tournaments. The remaining three places were allocated to the three highest ranked players who had not already qualified, based on the world rankings after the 2014 Bulgarian Open. [6]

The following 16 players qualified for the tournament: [7]

SeedPlayerQualified asRef.
1 Flag of England.svg Ronnie O'Sullivan Winner of 2013 Champion of Champions, 2014 Masters and 2014 Welsh Open [8]
2 Flag of England.svg Mark Selby Winner of 2014 World Snooker Championship and 2014 Riga Open [9]
3 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Neil Robertson Winner of 2013 UK Championship and 2014 Wuxi Classic [10]
4 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Ding Junhui Winner of 2014 German Masters, 2014 China Open and 2014 Yixing Open [11]
Flag of England.svg Judd Trump Winner of 2014 Championship League and 2014 Australian Goldfields Open [12]
Flag of England.svg Shaun Murphy Winner of 2014 Gdynia Open, 2014 World Open and 2014 Bulgarian Open [13]
Flag of England.svg Barry Hawkins Winner of 2014 Players Championship Grand Final [14]
Flag of England.svg Stuart Bingham Winner of 2014 Dongguan Open, 2014 Shanghai Masters and 2014 Haining Open [15]
Flag of England.svg Ricky Walden Winner of 2014 International Championship [16]
Ulster Banner.svg Mark Allen Winner of 2014 Paul Hunter Classic [17]
Flag of Scotland.svg Stephen Maguire Winner of 2014 Six-red World Championship [18]
Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Dominic Dale Winner of 2014 Snooker Shoot-Out [19]
Flag of England.svg Steve Davis Winner of 2013 World Seniors Championship [20]
Flag of Hong Kong.svg Marco Fu World ranking of 9 [21]
Flag of Scotland.svg John Higgins World ranking of 12 [22]
Flag of England.svg Ali Carter World ranking of 13 [n 1] [24]

Main draw

[25] [26] [27] [28]

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
            
1 Flag of England.svg Ronnie O'Sullivan 4
  Flag of England.svg Stuart Bingham 2
1 Flag of England.svg Ronnie O'Sullivan 6
Group 1(5 November)
  Flag of Hong Kong.svg Marco Fu 0
  Flag of England.svg Shaun Murphy 1
  Flag of Hong Kong.svg Marco Fu 4
1 Flag of England.svg Ronnie O'Sullivan 6
4 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Ding Junhui 4
  Flag of England.svg Barry Hawkins 4
  Flag of Scotland.svg John Higgins 1
  Flag of England.svg Barry Hawkins 5
Group 4(3 November)
4 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Ding Junhui 6
4 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Ding Junhui 4
  Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Dominic Dale 2
1 Flag of England.svg Ronnie O'Sullivan 10
  Flag of England.svg Judd Trump 7
3 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Neil Robertson 4
  Flag of England.svg Ali Carter 0
3 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Neil Robertson 6
Group 3(7 November)
  Flag of England.svg Ricky Walden 3
  Flag of England.svg Ricky Walden 4
  Ulster Banner.svg Mark Allen 0
3 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Neil Robertson 4
  Flag of England.svg Judd Trump 6
  Flag of England.svg Judd Trump 4
  Flag of Scotland.svg Stephen Maguire 1
  Flag of England.svg Judd Trump 6
Group 2(4 November)
2 Flag of England.svg Mark Selby 1
2 Flag of England.svg Mark Selby 4
  Flag of England.svg Steve Davis 1

Final

Final: Best of 19 frames. Referee: Brendan Moore.
Ricoh Arena, Coventry, England, 9 November 2014. [28] [29]
Ronnie O'Sullivan (1)
Flag of England.svg  England 		10–7 Judd Trump
Flag of England.svg  England
Afternoon:137–0 (137), 82–0 (78), 25–100, 63–73, 137–0 (50, 87), 80–0 (80), 34–89 (58), 139–0 (139), 134–0 (134)
Evening:70–61 (70, 56), 114–23 (70), 9–113 (102), 0–100 (100), 0–70 (69), 0–90 (90), 82–46 (63), 109–0 (109)
139Highest break102
4Century breaks2
1150+ breaks6

Century breaks

[30]

Notes

  1. ↑ Due to his absence for medical reasons from all World Snooker Tour events until this tournament in the 2014/2015 season, Ali Carter's seeding position will be determined as if he would be ranked 13th. [23]

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