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2017 Champion of Champions

The 2017 Champion of Champions (officially the 2017 188BET Champion of Champions) was a professional non-ranking snooker tournament that took place between 6 and 12 November 2017 at the Ricoh Arena in Coventry, England.[1]

2017 188BET Champion of Champions
Tournament information
Dates6–12 November 2017 (2017-11-06 – 2017-11-12)
VenueRicoh Arena
CityCoventry
CountryEngland
OrganisationMatchroom Sport
FormatNon-ranking event
Total prize fund£370,000
Winner's share£100,000
Highest break Ronnie O'Sullivan (ENG) (138)
Final
Champion Shaun Murphy (ENG)
Runner-up Ronnie O'Sullivan (ENG)
Score10–8
← 2016
2018 →

John Higgins was the defending champion, but was whitewashed 0–6 by Ronnie O'Sullivan in the second round.[2]

Ronnie O'Sullivan made his 900th century in the semi-final against Anthony Hamilton.

Shaun Murphy won the tournament, defeating Ronnie O'Sullivan 10–8 in the final.[3]

Prize fund

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The breakdown of prize money for 2017 is shown below:[4]

  • Winner: £100,000[5]
  • Runner-up: £50,000
  • Losing semi-finalist: £25,000
  • Group runner-up: £17,500
  • First round losers: £12,500
  • Total: £370,000

Players

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Qualification for the 2017 188BET Champion of Champions tournament is determined by the winners of 24 tournaments over a one-year period, from the 2016 Champion of Champions to the 2017 International Championship, thereby including tournaments from both the 2016/2017 and 2017/2018 snooker seasons. The tournaments have been split into groups to determine the order of qualification, with the winners of the first sixteen listed tournaments guaranteed a place.[1][6]

The following players qualified for the tournament:[7][8]

Seed Player Qualified as Date of tournament final Date qualification confirmed
1   John Higgins Winner of 2016 Champion of Champions
Winner of 2017 Championship League
Winner of 2017 Indian Open
Runner-up of 2017 World Snooker Championship		 12 November 2016
2 March 2017
16 September 2017
1 May 2017		 12 November 2016
2   Mark Selby Winner of 2016 UK Championship
Winner of 2017 China Open
Winner of 2017 World Snooker Championship
Winner of 2017 International Championship		 4 December 2016
2 April 2017
1 May 2017
5 November 2017		 4 December 2016
  Ronnie O'Sullivan Winner of 2017 Masters
Winner of 2017 English Open		 22 January 2017
22 October 2017		 22 January 2017
  Anthony Hamilton Winner of 2017 German Masters 5 February 2017 5 February 2017
  Barry Hawkins Winner of 2017 World Grand Prix 12 February 2017 12 February 2017
  Judd Trump Winner of 2017 Players Championship
Winner of 2017 European Masters		 12 March 2017
8 October 2017		 12 March 2017
  Luca Brecel Winner of 2017 China Championship 22 August 2017 22 August 2017
  Ding Junhui Winner of 2017 World Cup
Winner of 2017 World Open		 9 July 2017
24 September 2017		 24 September 2017
  Mark King Winner of 2016 Northern Ireland Open 20 November 2016 20 November 2016
  Marco Fu Winner of 2016 Scottish Open 18 December 2016 18 December 2016
  Shaun Murphy Winner of 2017 Gibraltar Open 5 March 2017 29 April 2017
  Ryan Day Winner of 2017 Riga Masters 25 June 2017 16 September 2017
  Michael White Winner of 2017 Paul Hunter Classic 27 August 2017 7 October 2017
  Liang Wenbo Winner of 2017 World Cup 9 July 2017 22 October 2017
  Anthony McGill Winner of 2017 Snooker Shoot Out 26 February 2017 24 October 2017
  Neil Robertson Winner of 2017 Hong Kong Masters 22 July 2017 5 November 2017
Notes

Main draw

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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
            
  John Higgins (1) 4
  Anthony McGill 0
  John Higgins (1) 0
Group 4 (9 November)
  Ronnie O'Sullivan 6
  Ronnie O'Sullivan 4
  Neil Robertson 1
  Ronnie O'Sullivan 6
  Anthony Hamilton 2
  Ding Junhui 2
  Anthony Hamilton 4
  Anthony Hamilton 6
Group 1 (6 November)
  Ryan Day 4
  Barry Hawkins 2
  Ryan Day 4
  Ronnie O'Sullivan 8
  Shaun Murphy 10
  Marco Fu 3
  Michael White 4
  Michael White 4
Group 2 (7 November)
  Shaun Murphy 6
  Shaun Murphy 4
  Mark King 2
  Shaun Murphy 6
  Luca Brecel 4
  Judd Trump 0
  Luca Brecel 4
  Luca Brecel 6
Group 3 (8 November)
  Mark Selby (2) 4
  Mark Selby (2) 4
  Liang Wenbo 3

Final

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Final: Best of 19 frames. Referee: Paul Collier.
Ricoh Arena, Coventry, England, 12 November 2017.
Ronnie O'Sullivan
  England 		8–10 Shaun Murphy
  England
Afternoon: 103–31 (97), 98–27 (98), 63–68, 1–70 (70), 27–92 (85), 7–82 (53), 134–0 (65, 61), 105–32 (72), 54–57
Evening: 39–92 (86), 37–83, 0–134 (74, 56), 83–46, 17–83 (71), 76–31 (54), 132–0 (108), 106–1 (68), 71–74
108 Highest break 86
1 Century breaks 0
8 50 breaks 7

Century breaks

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Total: 20

References

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  1. ^ a b "2017 Qualifying Criteria Announced - Champion of Champions Snooker". 30 January 2017.
  2. ^ "Champion of Champions: John Higgins beats Ronnie O'Sullivan". BBC Sport. 12 November 2016.
  3. ^ "Champion of Champions: Shaun Murphy beats Ronnie O'Sullivan in final". BBC Sport. 12 November 2017. Retrieved 5 February 2018.
  4. ^ "Prize Fund - Champion of Champions Snooker".
  5. ^ "Champion of Champions returns to Ricoh". World Snooker. Retrieved 21 March 2017.
  6. ^ "Provisional calendar for the 2017/18 World Snooker Tour" (PDF).
  7. ^ a b "Qualifying List 2017 - Champion of Champions Snooker". 1 November 2017.
  8. ^ "188BET CHAMPION OF CHAMPIONS DRAW ANNOUNCED - Champion of Champions Snooker". 2 November 2017.
  9. ^ "Stuart Bingham banned over betting on snooker matches". 24 October 2017 – via www.bbc.com.
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