Champion of Champions

Champion of Champions
Tournament status
Ranking tournament:	-
Minor ranking tournament:	-
Invitation tournament:	1978, 1980, 2013–
Current tournament dates
Defending champion:	Neil Robertson
Attendees:	16
Venue:	Ricoh Arena , Coventry
Prize money (total):	£ 440,000
Prize money (winner):	£ 150,000
Frames in the final:	Best of 19
Records
Most wins:	Ronnie O'Sullivan  (3 ×)
Highest Break:	147 Mark Selby (2018)
Venue (s) on the map

The Champion of Champions is a snooker invitation tournament on the Main Tour . It was held in 1978 and 1980 and revived in 2013 . The defending champion is the Australian Neil Robertson .

history

The invitation tournament was started in 1978 by boxing promoter Mike Barrett. In the year mentioned, four players played the winner in just one day at the Wembley Conference Center in London . In 1980 ten players took part; these initially played in two groups in round robin mode , the winners of the two groups then contested the final.

Since 2013, the tournament has been played in knockout mode in the Ricoh Arena in Coventry with 16 participants .

Ronnie O'Sullivan won the tournament three times and is the record winner.

winner

year	venue	winner	Result	finalist	Main sponsor	season
Champion of Champions - no ranked tournament status
1978	London - Wembley Conference Center	Ray Reardon	11: 9	Alex Higgins	Daily Mail	1978/79
1980	London - New London Theater	Doug Mountjoy	10: 8	John Virgo	-	1980/81
2013	Coventry Ricoh Arena	Ronnie O'Sullivan	10: 8	Stuart Bingham	888casino	2013/14
2014		Ronnie O'Sullivan	10: 7	Judd Trump	Dafabet	2014/15
2015		Neil Robertson	10: 5	Mark Allen	-	2015/16
2016		John Higgins	10: 7	Ronnie O'Sullivan		2016/17
2017		Shaun Murphy	10: 8	Ronnie O'Sullivan		2017/18
2018		Ronnie O'Sullivan	10: 9	Kyren Wilson	ManBetX	2018/19
2019		Neil Robertson	10: 9	Judd Trump		2019/20

See also

• Champions Cup (Snooker)

Web links

• championofchampionssnooker.co.uk official homepage (English)