Champion of Champions 2016

Dafabet Champion of Champions 2016
Tournament type:	Invitation tournament
Attendees:	16
Venue:	Ricoh Arena , Coventry
Opening:	November 7, 2016
Endgame:	November 12, 2016
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.

	Prize money
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:

Seat	player	qualified as
1	Neil Robertson	Winner of the Champion of Champions 2015 , the UK Championship 2015 and the Riga Masters 2016
2	Mark Selby	Reigning World Champion , winner of the International Championship 2016 , the Gdynia Open 2016 and the Paul Hunter Classic 2016
3	Ronnie O'Sullivan	Winner of the Masters 2016 and the Welsh Open 2016
4th	Shaun Murphy	Winner of the World Grand Prix 2016
-	Judd Trump	Winner of the Championship League 2016 , the China Open 2016 and the European Masters
-	Ding Junhui	Winner of the Shanghai Masters 2016 and the 6-Red World Championship 2016 and runner-up in the World Championship
-	Mark Allen	Winner of the PTC Grand Finals 2016
-	Martin Gould	Winner of the German Masters 2016
-	Allister Carter	Winner of the World Open 2016
-	Anthony McGill	Winner of the Indian Open 2016
-	Liang Wenbo	Winner of the English Open 2016
-	Robin Hull	Winner of the snooker shoot-out 2016
-	Mark Davis	Winner of the World Seniors Championship 2016
-	John Higgins	Winner of the China Championship 2016
-	Stuart Bingham	best unqualified player on the one-year ranking
-	Joe Perry	second-best non-qualified player in the one-year ranking (replacement for Marco Fu)

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
	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.

Winner John Higgins

Final: Best of 19 Frames Referee: Brendan Moore Ricoh Arena ,  Coventry , England , November 12th 2016 John Higgins 10 : 7 Ronnie O'Sullivan Afternoon games: 75 : 0 (75), 19: 69 (68), 74 : 3 (74), 1: 100 (88), 0: 90 (90), 79 : 0 (79), 74 : 4 (65) , 29:88 (61), 48: 82 evening games: 62 : 23 (60), 64 : 21 (63), 0: 77 (74), 88 : 0 (83), 0: 134 (130), 76 : 0 (76), 86 : 1 (86), 113 : 0 (58) 86 Highest break 130 - Century breaks 1 10 50+ breaks 6th

Finalist Ronnie O'Sullivan

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.

John Higgins 143, 112 Ding Junhui 142, 135, 125, 107, 102 Judd Trump 132, 124, 111 Stuart Bingham 132

Ronnie O'Sullivan 130 (2 ×), 124, 121, 109, 101 Mark Allen 116, 109, 100 Mark Selby 113, 101 Martin Gould 103

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1. ^ Prize Fund. Champion of Champions Snooker, accessed June 25, 2016 .  
2. ↑ Higgins and Perry join Dafabet Champion of Champions. Champion of Champions Snooker, accessed June 25, 2016 .  
3. ↑ Players. Champion of Champions Snooker, accessed June 25, 2016 .  
4. ↑ Champion of Champions (2015) - Results. Champion of Champions Snooker, accessed June 25, 2016 .  
5. ^ Centuries. (No longer available online.) Worldsnooker.com, archived from the original on November 12, 2015 ; Retrieved June 25, 2016 .