World Snooker Championship 2018
World Snooker Championship 2018 Betfred World Snooker Championship 2018
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Tournament type: | World ranking tournament |
Venue: | Crucible Theater , Sheffield , England |
Opening: | April 21, 2018 |
Endgame: | May 6-7, 2018
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Winner: | Mark Williams |
Finalist: | John Higgins |
Highest Break: | 146 ( John Higgins ) |
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The 2018 Betfred World Snooker Championship was held from April 21 to May 7, 2018 at the Crucible Theater in Sheffield . It was the most important tournament on the Snooker Main Tour and ended the 2017/18 season .
World number one Mark Selby had secured the world title in the past two years and, as in the previous year, also won the last tournament before the World Cup with the China Open . He could have won the Crucible three times in a row as the third player after Steve Davis and Stephen Hendry , but was eliminated in the first main round against Joe Perry .
Welshman Mark Williams won his third world title , 15 years after his last World Cup victory. At the age of 43 he is the second oldest winner in the Crucible after his compatriot Ray Reardon in 1978. He defeated John Higgins , who was almost the same age, in the final 18:16.
Prize money
The prize money increased by more than 200,000 pounds and remained only slightly below the 2 million mark. The bonus for the winner alone increased by £ 50,000, but all other players got more as well, down to the winners of the first qualifying round, who each received £ 1,000 more than last year. The premiums for a maximum break were raised by the organizer shortly before the start of the tournament because the jackpot of the "Rolling 147 Prize" was cracked in the previous tournament and otherwise only 5000 pounds would have been in the pot.
Prize money | |
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winner | £ 425,000 |
finalist | £ 180,000 |
Semi-finalist | £ 85,000 |
Quarter finalist | £ 42,500 |
Round of 16 | £ 27,500 |
Last 32 | £ 18,000 |
Last 48 | £ 13,500 |
Last 80 | £ 9,000 |
Highest break (qualification / main round) |
£ 1,000 £ 10,000 |
Maximum break a (qualification / main round) |
£ 10,000 £ 40,000 |
All in all | £ 1,968,000 |
Main round
Tournament schedule
16 players were placed due to their world rankings . Your 16 first-round opponents had previously prevailed in the qualification.
The big surprise of the first round was Joe Perry's clear victory over last year's winner Mark Selby . Of the sixteen seeded players, six were eliminated in the first round.
final
Finale: Best of 35 Frames Referee: Brendan Moore Crucible Theater , Sheffield , England , May 6-7, 2018 |
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John Higgins | 16: 18 | Mark Williams |
1st session: 23: 75 , 15: 65 , 35: 72 , (55) 60: 70 , (119) 120 : 4, 0: 133 (95), (52) 98 : 0, (59) 82 : 21 2nd session: 46: 81 (72), (51) 75 : 31, (127) 127 : 8, 12:76, (56) 85 : 9, (117) 123 : 15, 0: 123 (118), 35: 64 (64), 43: 80 |
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131 | Highest break | 118 |
4th | Century breaks | 2 |
17th | 50+ breaks | 14th |
qualification
The top 16 of the world rankings were set for the main tournament, their 16 challengers were determined through qualification. The 128 participants included the professional players from 17th place, except for the two Thai Boonyarit Keattikun and Kritsanut Lertsattayatthorn , who canceled their participation. For the 15 remaining places, the WPBSA selected amateur players who were successful in continental and junior championships or who qualified according to other criteria.
The three qualifying rounds took place from April 11-18, 2018 at the English Institute of Sport in Sheffield . All games were played in best-of-19 mode .
Round 1
game | Player (seat) | Result | Player (seat) | game | Player (seat) | Result | Player (seat) | |
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1 | Ryan Day (17) | 10 : 2 | Igor Figueiredo (A) | 33 | Liang Wenbo (19) | 10 : 2 | Rod Lawler (123) | |
2 | Mitchell Man (80) | 10 : 5 | Peter Lines (94) | 34 | Zhao Xintong (78) | 10 : 8 | Aditya Mehta (82) | |
3 | Robbie Williams (48) | 10 : 8 | Jak Jones (81) | 35 | Yu Delu (46) | 10 : 8 | Sean O'Sullivan (122) | |
4th | Peter Ebdon (49) | 10 : 4 | James Wattana (85) | 36 | Jamie Jones (51) | 10 : 5 | Craig Steadman (87) | |
5 | Zhou Yuelong (32) | 10 : 1 | Ian Preece (83) | 37 | Jack Lisowski (30) | 10 : 4 | Christopher Keogan (119) | |
6th | Daniel Wells (65) | 10 : 6 | Kurt Dunham (117) | 38 | David Grace (67) | 10 : 6 | Wang Yuchen (91) | |
7th | Tom Ford (33) | 10 : 2 | Leo Fernandez (124) | 39 | Alan McManus (35) | 10 : 2 | Rhys Clark (125) | |
8th | Liam Highfield (64) | 10 : 3 | Chen Zhe (104) | 40 | Oliver Lines (62) | 10 : 6 | Harvey Chandler (A) | |
9 | Matthew Selt (57) | 10 : 1 | Ng On Yee (A) | 41 | Andrew Higginson (59) | 10 : 4 | David John (126) | |
10 | Mark Joyce (40) | 4: 10 | Adam Duffy (99) | 42 | Cao Yupeng (38) | 7: 10 | Robin Hull (110) | |
11 | Mei Xiwen (72) | 10 : 8 | Basem Eltahhan (128) | 43 | Lee Walker (70) | 10 : 6 | Kristján Helgason (A) | |
12 | Xiao Guodong (25) | 10 : 3 | Chris Totten (108) | 44 | Ricky Walden (27) | 10 : 8 | Joe Swail (120) | |
13 | Stuart Carrington (56) | 10 : 9 | Nigel Bond (103) | 45 | Michael Georgiou (54) | 10 : 4 | Matthew Bolton (129) | |
14th | Ben Woollaston (41) | 10 : 5 | Kacper Filipiak (A) | 46 | Mark Davis (43) | 10 : 1 | Sanderson Lam (121) | |
15th | Zhang Anda (73) | 10 : 6 | Zhang Yong (93) | 47 | Sam craigie (75) | 6: 10 | Jimmy White (101) | |
16 | Martin Gould (24) | 10 : 4 | Paul Davison (112) | 48 | Joe Perry (22) | 10 : 1 | Ross Muir (118) | |
17th | Graeme Dott (21) | 10 : 1 | Adrian Ridley (A) | 49 | Yan Bingtao (23) | 10 : 7 | Jackson Page (A) | |
18th | Sunny Akani (76) | 10 : 4 | Lukas Kleckers (127) | 50 | Tian Pengfei (74) | 10 : 1 | Li Yuan (95) | |
19th | Dominic Dale (44) | 10 : 7 | Reanne Evans (A) | 51 | Kurt Maflin (42) | 10 : 7 | Hamza Akbar (116) | |
20th | Mike Dunn (53) | 10 : 8 | Duane Jones (98) | 52 | Chris Wakelin (55) | 10 : 4 | Xu Si (89) | |
21st | Michael Holt (28) | 10 : 7 | Thor Chuan Leong (97) | 53 | David Gilbert (26) | 10 : 8 | Billy Castle (114) | |
22nd | Elliot Slessor (69) | 10 : 7 | Eden Sharav (109) | 54 | Alfie Burden (71) | 10 : 6 | Jamie Curtis-Barrett (115) | |
23 | Robert Milkins (37) | 10 : 1 | Aaron Canavan (A) | 55 | Gary Wilson (39) | 8 10 | Adam Stefanów (A) | |
24 | Scott Donaldson (60) | 10 : 5 | Tyler Rees (A) | 56 | Thepchaiya Un-Nooh (58) | 10 : 8 | Alexander Ursenbacher (86) | |
25th | Rory McLeod (61) | 10 : 8 | Ian Burns (92) | 57 | Sam Baird (63) | 10 : 5 | Soheil Vahedi (113) | |
26th | Li Hang (36) | 10 : 9 | Ashley Hugill (106) | 58 | Jimmy Robertson (34) | 10 : 2 | Alex Borg (102) | |
27 | Lü Haotian (68) | 10 : 8 | Fang Xiongman (88) | 59 | John Astley (66) | 10 : 1 | Marvin Lim (A) | |
28 | Anthony Hamilton (29) | 7: 10 | Martin O'Donnell (84) | 60 | Michael White (31) | 10 : 9 | Niu Zhuang (107) | |
29 | Matthew Stevens (52) | 10 : 5 | Ryan Thomerson (A) | 61 | Noppon Saengkham (50) | 10 : 1 | Chen Zifan (105) | |
30th | Fergal O'Brien (45) | 5: 10 | Yuan Sijun (100) | 62 | Hossein Vafaei (47) | 10 : 8 | Jamie Cope (A) | |
31 | Ken Doherty (77) | 10 : 8 | Josh Boileau (111) | 63 | Hammad Miah (79) | 10 : 9 | Jordan Brown (A) | |
32 | Mark King (20) | 9: 10 | Gerard Greene (90) | 64 | Stephen Maguire (18) | 10 : 5 | Allan Taylor (96) |
round 2
Round 3
game | Player (seat) | Result | Player (seat) | game | Player (seat) | Result | Player (seat) | |
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97 | Ryan Day (17) | 10 : 6 | Peter Ebdon (49) | 105 | Liang Wenbo (19) | 0: 10 | Jamie Jones (51) | |
98 | Daniel Wells (65) | 4: 10 | Liam Highfield (64) | 106 | Jack Lisowski (30) | 10 : 3 | Alan McManus (35) | |
99 | Adam Duffy (99) | 1: 10 | Xiao Guodong (25) | 107 | Andrew Higginson (59) | 6: 10 | Ricky Walden (27) | |
100 | Stuart Carrington (56) | 10 : 8 | Zhang Anda (73) | 108 | Mark Davis (43) | 7: 10 | Joe Perry (22) | |
101 | Graeme Dott (21) | 10 : 7 | Mike Dunn (53) | 109 | Tian Pengfei (74) | 1: 10 | Chris Wakelin (55) | |
102 | Michael Holt (28) | 3: 10 | Robert Milkins (37) | 110 | Alfie Burden (71) | 8 10 | Thepchaiya Un-Nooh (58) | |
103 | Rory McLeod (61) | 2: 10 | Lü Haotian (68) | 111 | Jimmy Robertson (34) | 10 : 7 | Michael White (31) | |
104 | Matthew Stevens (52) | 10 : 2 | Ken Doherty (77) | 112 | Hossein Vafaei (47) | 7: 10 | Stephen Maguire (18) |
Century breaks
Main tournament
With a total of 84 century breaks, the World Cup was two behind the record years of 2015 and 2016 . With eleven and thirteen breaks of at least 100 points, respectively, the two finalists John Higgins and Mark Williams achieved the most. The prize of £ 10,000 for the highest break went to Higgins. His 146 points are even rarer than a “ perfect break ” of 147 points.
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qualification
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- ↑ Indicative Prize Money Rankings Schedule 2017/2018 Season. (PDF; 88 kB) In: worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards & Snooker Association , July 11, 2017, accessed April 9, 2018 .
- ↑ Boost for World 147 Prizes. In: worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards & Snooker Association , April 11, 2018, accessed April 12, 2018 .
- ↑ Betfred World Championship (2018). Snooker.org, accessed April 27, 2018 .
- ↑ Betred World Championship 2018 Qualifiers Draw. (PDF; 386 kB) In: worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards & Snooker Association , April 6, 2018, accessed April 9, 2018 .
- ^ World Snooker Championship. (PDF; 51 kB) Qualifying Stages - Provisional Format of Play. In: worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards & Snooker Association , April 9, 2018, accessed April 9, 2018 .
- ↑ Snooker World Championship (2018) Centuries main round. (No longer available online.) In: worldsnooker.com. Archived from the original on April 20, 2018 ; accessed on May 8, 2018 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Snooker World Championship (2018) Centuries Qualification. (No longer available online.) In: worldsnooker.com. Archived from the original on April 11, 2018 ; accessed on April 19, 2018 (English). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.