2017 Champion of Champions

2017 188BET Champion of Champions

Tournament information
Dates	6–12 November 2017 (2017-11-06 – 2017-11-12)
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	Ronnie O'Sullivan (ENG) (138)
Final
Champion	Shaun Murphy (ENG)
Runner-up	Ronnie O'Sullivan (ENG)
Score	10–8
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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]

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

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

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

• On 24 October 2017, Stuart Bingham, who had qualified as a winner of the 2017 Welsh Open, was banned for six months for betting breaches.[9]
• Mark Williams, the winner of the 2017 Six-red World Championship, was the tournament reserve player.[7]

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
	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

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

Total: 20

• 138, 134, 124, 109, 108, 101 – Ronnie O'Sullivan
• 133 – Anthony Hamilton
• 131, 123, 121, 101 – Shaun Murphy
• 125, 112 – Mark Selby
• 110, 103 – Ryan Day
• 108 – Barry Hawkins
• 105, 103 – Luca Brecel
• 102 – Michael White
• 100 – Marco Fu

References

1. "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. "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.

External links

• Official website