Champion of Champions 2016
Dafabet Champion of Champions 2016
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Tournament type: | Invitation tournament |
Attendees: | 16 |
Venue: | Ricoh Arena , Coventry |
Opening: | November 7, 2016 |
Endgame: | November 12, 2016
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Winner: | John Higgins |
Finalist: | Ronnie O'Sullivan |
Highest Break: | 143 ( John Higgins ) |
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The Dafabet Champion of Champions in 2016 was a snooker -Einladungsturnier that from 7 to 12 November 2016 in the Ricoh Arena in the English city of Coventry was held. The defending champion was Australian Neil Robertson , who in 2015 became the second player to win the trophy after Ronnie O'Sullivan, who had won the first two editions since 2013. However, the Australian was eliminated in the first round. O'Sullivan, however, reached the final for the third time in his third participation. He lost to John Higgins , who won his second tournament in a row after the China Championship . The Scot won 10: 7.
Prize money
The bonuses for the round of 16 have increased from £ 5,000 to £ 7,500 last year and for the semi-finalists from £ 20,000 to £ 25,000.
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winner | £ 100,000 |
finalist | £ 50,000 |
Semi-finalist | £ 25,000 |
Quarter finalist | £ 10,000 |
Round of 16 | £ 7,500 |
All in all | £ 300,000 |
Attendees
The Gibraltar Open winner Marco Fu canceled his participation at short notice. The following players had qualified for the tournament:
Tournament schedule
Four players each formed a group. Each group played two knockouts in the afternoon. -Games and in the evening the winners contested the respective group finals, in which the semi-final participants were determined. The four groups played from Monday to Thursday, the two semi-finals took place on Friday and the final on Saturday. The results in the overall overview:
Group games best of 7 frames |
Group finals Best of 11 frames |
Semi-final best of 11 frames |
Final Best of 19 frames |
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1 | Neil Robertson | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
- | Stuart Bingham | 4th | ||||||||||||||||
- | Stuart Bingham | 4th | ||||||||||||||||
- | Ding Junhui | 6th | ||||||||||||||||
- | Ding Junhui | 4th | ||||||||||||||||
- | Ali Carter | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
- | Ding Junhui | 5 | ||||||||||||||||
- | John Higgins | 6th | ||||||||||||||||
4th | Shaun Murphy | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
- | John Higgins | 4th | ||||||||||||||||
- | John Higgins | 6th | ||||||||||||||||
- | Judd Trump | 4th | ||||||||||||||||
- | Judd Trump | 4th | ||||||||||||||||
- | Anthony McGill | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
- | John Higgins | 10 | ||||||||||||||||
3 | Ronnie O'Sullivan | 7th | ||||||||||||||||
2 | Mark Selby | 4th | ||||||||||||||||
- | Liang Wenbo | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
2 | Mark Selby | 5 | ||||||||||||||||
- | Mark Allen | 6th | ||||||||||||||||
- | Mark Allen | 4th | ||||||||||||||||
- | Joe Perry | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
- | Mark Allen | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
3 | Ronnie O'Sullivan | 6th | ||||||||||||||||
3 | Ronnie O'Sullivan | 4th | ||||||||||||||||
- | Robin Hull | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
3 | Ronnie O'Sullivan | 6th | ||||||||||||||||
- | Martin Gould | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
- | Martin Gould | 4th | ||||||||||||||||
- | Mark Davis | 3 |
final
In a remarkable final, John Higgins , who had won the China Championship a week earlier , and Ronnie O'Sullivan , who had been unbeaten in the Champion of Champions tournament since 2013, met. Almost all frames were decided by breaks of over 50 points. Only in the last frame of the first session, when both players had obviously lost their concentration, did the game go back and forth. Previously, both players had shared the first eight frames, O'Sullivan went into the break one frame ahead. In the evening session, Higgins turned the game, but then both alternated until the 7: 7. Despite the many high breaks, O'Sullivan's equalizer was the only Century in the final. After that, Higgins became the first player to play two games ahead. In the decisive frame he started again for a high break, but needed two more attempts until he finally won 10: 7.
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Century breaks
For the fourth time in a row, the tournament winner was also the player with the highest break, John Higgins' 143 being the second highest break in tournament history. 23 Centurys were scored in the 15 games, surpassing the 2013 result by a 100 break. Ronnie O'Sullivan was the most successful player with six Centurys, he was two under his own record of 2014.
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- ^ Prize Fund. Champion of Champions Snooker, accessed June 25, 2016 .
- ↑ Higgins and Perry join Dafabet Champion of Champions. Champion of Champions Snooker, accessed June 25, 2016 .
- ↑ Players. Champion of Champions Snooker, accessed June 25, 2016 .
- ↑ Champion of Champions (2015) - Results. Champion of Champions Snooker, accessed June 25, 2016 .
- ^ Centuries. (No longer available online.) Worldsnooker.com, archived from the original on November 12, 2015 ; Retrieved June 25, 2016 .