Champion of Champions 2014

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Dafabet Champion of Champions 2014

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Tournament type: Invitation tournament
Attendees: 16
Venue: Ricoh Arena , Coventry
Opening: 3rd November 2014
Endgame: November 9, 2014

Winner: EnglandEngland Ronnie O'Sullivan
Finalist: EnglandEngland Judd Trump
Highest Break: 139 ( Ronnie O'Sullivan ) EnglandEngland
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The Dafabet Champion of Champions in 2014 was a snooker -Einladungsturnier which from 3 to 9 November 2014 in the Ricoh Arena in the English city of Coventry was held. After being included in the tournament calendar again last year, it has now taken place for the second time in a row.

For Allister Carter it was the first tournament on the Main Tour since May of this year after his successful chemotherapy .

The defending champion remains the multiple world champion Ronnie O'Sullivan , who won the tournament for the second time in a row. In the final, he prevailed in a high-class game against Judd Trump with 10: 7.

Prize money

All profit amounts remained unchanged compared to the previous year.

Prize money
winner £ 100,000
finalist £ 50,000
Semi-finalist £ 20,000
Quarter finalist £ 10,000
Round of 16 £ 5,000
All in all £ 270,000

Attendees

The following 16 players qualified for the tournament:

Seat player qualified as receipt
1
 EnglandEngland Ronnie O'Sullivan Winner of the Champion of Champions 2013 , the Masters 2014 and the Welsh Open 2014
2
 EnglandEngland Mark Selby World Champion 2014 and winner of the Riga Open 2014
3
 AustraliaAustralia Neil Robertson Winner of the UK Championship 2013 and the Wuxi Classic 2014
4th
 China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China Ding Junhui Winner of the German Masters 2014 , the China Open 2014 and the Yixing Open 2014
EnglandEngland Judd Trump Winner of the Championship League 2014 and the Australian Goldfields Open 2014
EnglandEngland Shaun Murphy Winner of the Gdynia Open 2014 , the World Open 2014 and the Bulgarian Open 2014
EnglandEngland Barry Hawkins Winner of the Players Tour Championship 2013/14
EnglandEngland Stuart Bingham Winner of the Dongguan Open 2014 , the Shanghai Masters 2014 and the Haining Open 2014
Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland Mark Allen Winner of the Paul Hunter Classic 2014
ScotlandScotland Stephen Maguire Winner of the 6-Red World Championship 2014
WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Dominic Dale Winner of the snooker shoot-out 2014
EnglandEngland Steve Davis , OBE Winner of the World Seniors Championship 2013
Hong KongHong Kong Marco Fu Highest world ranking after the Bulgarian Open 2014 (9th place)
EnglandEngland Ricky Walden Winner of the International Championship 2014
ScotlandScotland John Higgins Highest world ranking after the Bulgarian Open 2014 (12th place)
EnglandEngland Allister Carter Highest world rankings after the Snooker World Championship 2014 *
Due to lung cancer, Carter temporarily stopped his participation in the Main Tour in May 2014 . His place in the other tournaments of the current season is determined by the ranking position at the time of his resignation (in this case 13th place).

Tournament course

Group stage

On the first day of the tournament, the Chinese Ding Junhui successfully prevailed in Group 4 and was the first player to reach the semi-finals. After modest performances in previous competitions, this time he started strongly against Welsh Dominic Dale and won 4-2. In the second game, Barry Hawkins convinced with breaks of 75 and 73 against John Higgins and won clearly 4: 1. In the evening, Ding came into play much better and took a 4-1 lead. Hawkins, who had hardly found his way into the game, managed to equalize to 4: 4. In the tenth frame the Englishman played the highest break of the day with 112 points, but lost 5: 6 in the end.

In the first game of Group 2, Australian Goldfields Open winner Judd Trump and the winner of the 6-Red World Championship Stephen Maguire met . Trump designed the game offensively and managed breaks of over 50 points in all five frames, including a Century of 106. Maguire had hardly any opportunities to find the game and was finally defeated 1: 4. In the second encounter, world champion and world number one Mark Selby also won 4-1 against Steve Davis . In the evening game, Judd Trump built on his performance in the first game and prevailed against Mark Selby 6-1. Selby succeeded in making the interim 1: 2, but Trump secured the following frames with breaks of 68, 70 and the highest break of the tournament of 119 points to date.

Last year's winner Ronnie O'Sullivan successfully prevailed in Group 1 on matchday three and faced Ding Junhui in the semifinals . In the first game he defeated the Shanghai Masters winner Stuart Bingham 4-2. The game was characterized by high breaks on both sides with a total of three centurys. In the second group game, Shaun Murphy and Hong Kong's Marco Fu faced each other, both of them running after their best form and making a number of hole mistakes. Fu finally won the game 4-1, but in the evening game he had to admit defeat to a strong Ronnie O'Sullivan 6-0.

In Group 3, Allister Carter celebrated his comeback against number two in the world rankings, Neil Robertson . Robertson won the game clearly 4-0 and played two Centurys with 111 and 106 points. This is the first time the Australian has reached the quarter-finals of a professional tournament since the Australian Goldfields Open at the beginning of July. In the second game of the day, the final of the International Championship between Ricky Walden and Mark Allen was repeated . Walden, who already won in Chengdu , also beat his Northern Irish opponent 4-0. In the evening Robertson won 6: 3 against Ricky Walden in a game that featured close safety duels as well as good offensive play with high breaks, including a 134 from Robertson - the highest century break of the tournament at the time.

Semifinals

In the first semi-final, defending champion Ronnie O'Sullivan and number three in the world rankings, Ding Junhui , faced each other. O'Sullivan started strong and went into the break with a 3-1 lead. After Ding had given away several chances in the first few frames, he came back into the game with breaks of 88 and 111 and equalized to 3: 3 in the meantime. In the following frames, O'Sullivan demonstrated his offensive strength with two Centuries and another break of 91 points and finally won 6: 4. This was the second time in a row that the Englishman reached the final of the Champion of Champions.

Neil Robertson and Judd Trump faced each other in the second match of the day . After Trump had already defeated the Australian 9: 5 in his home tournament, he now triumphed again 6: 4. Robertson initially took the lead with a solid 65 break and in the following frames he also got smaller series of points, but failed several times on his split attempts or punched the ball. Trump used his chances and went into the break with a 3-1 lead. In the further course of the game the picture remained largely unchanged. Both players showed good 50s breaks, with Trump using his chances more effectively and extending his lead to 5: 3. Robertson shortened the game to 4: 5 with a 117, the highest break in the game, but then lost in the last frame after a gripping safe duel in the final on Black.

final

Last year's winner Ronnie O'Sullivan and Judd Trump met in the final. In the first session, O'Sullivan took the lead 6: 3 with an outstanding offensive game after Trump had in the meantime equalized to 2: 2. The defending champion won all six frames to zero with breaks of 50 points or more, including three Centurys of 137, 139 and 134 points. O'Sullivan set Neil Robertson's previous 134 record three times. Trump, who had convinced in the semifinals with his strong breakbuilding, had hardly had an opportunity to participate in the game, but used his three chances to secure the connection.

In the evening, O'Sullivan continued his winning streak and extended his lead to 8: 3. Already on the verge of defeat, Trump made a remarkable comeback with four straight wins. He played two Centurys of 102 and 100 points as well as two further breaks of 69 and 90. This shortened the gap to the defending champion to 7: 8. In the following frame O'Sullivan went in front with 71 points, but Trump caught up with 46 points and was again within striking distance. A foul secured O'Sullivan the important frame gain to 9: 7. With his eighth Century Break in the tournament (109), he managed to win the Champion-of-Champions-Tournament for the second time and remains undefeated after eight games in a row.

Tournament schedule

  Round of 16
best of 7 frames 		  Quarterfinals
Best of 11 frames 		  Semi-final
best of 11 frames 		  Final
Best of 19 frames
                                     
1 EnglandEngland Ronnie O'Sullivan 4th                  
EnglandEngland Stuart Bingham 2  
1 EnglandEngland Ronnie O'Sullivan 6th
  Hong KongHong Kong Marco Fu 0  
EnglandEngland Shaun Murphy 1
 
Hong KongHong Kong Marco Fu 4th  
1 EnglandEngland Ronnie O'Sullivan 6th
  4th China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China Ding Junhui 4th  
EnglandEngland Barry Hawkins 4th      
 
ScotlandScotland John Higgins 1  
EnglandEngland Barry Hawkins 5
  4th China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China Ding Junhui 6th  
4th China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China Ding Junhui 4th
 
WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Dominic Dale 2  
1 EnglandEngland Ronnie O'Sullivan 10
  EnglandEngland Judd Trump 7th
3 AustraliaAustralia Neil Robertson 4th            
 
EnglandEngland Allister Carter 0  
3 AustraliaAustralia Neil Robertson 6th
  EnglandEngland Ricky Walden 3  
EnglandEngland Ricky Walden 4th
 
Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland Mark Allen 0  
3 AustraliaAustralia Neil Robertson 4th
  EnglandEngland Judd Trump 6th  
EnglandEngland Judd Trump 4th      
 
ScotlandScotland Stephen Maguire 1  
EnglandEngland Judd Trump 6th
  2 EnglandEngland Mark Selby 1  
2 EnglandEngland Mark Selby 4th
 
EnglandEngland Steve Davis 1  

Final statistics

Final: Best of 19 Frames
Referee: Brendan Moore Ricoh Arena ,  Coventry , England , 9th November 2014 EnglandEngland
Ronnie O'Sullivan EnglandEngland 10 : 7 EnglandEngland Judd Trump
Afternoon games: 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 games: 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)
139 Highest break 102
4th Century breaks 2
11 50+ breaks 6th

Century Breaks

A total of 20 Century Breaks were played in 15 games, eight of them by the winner and defending champion Ronnie O'Sullivan . The Englishman played the three highest breaks of the tournament with his 139, 137 and 134 at the same time.

EnglandEngland Ronnie O'Sullivan 139, 137, 134, 125, 115, 109, 105, 103
AustraliaAustralia Neil Robertson 134, 117, 111, 106
EnglandEngland Judd Trump 119, 106, 102, 100
EnglandEngland Barry Hawkins 112
China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China Ding Junhui 111, 105
EnglandEngland Stuart Bingham 107

Individual evidence

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