World Snooker Championship 2012

World Snooker Championship 2012 Betfred.com World Snooker Championship
Attendees:	32
Venue:	Crucible Theater , Sheffield , England
Opening:	April 21, 2012
Endgame:	6./7. May 2012
Winner:	Ronnie O'Sullivan
Finalist:	Allister Carter
Highest Break:	147 ( Stephen Hendry )
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The 2012 World Snooker Championship took place from April 21 to May 7, 2012 at the Crucible Theater in Sheffield and marked the end of the 2011/12 snooker season .

Defending champion was the Scot John Higgins , who was eliminated in the round of 16 with 4:13 against Stephen Hendry .

In the final, Ronnie O'Sullivan prevailed in a new edition of the final of 2008 with 18:11 against Allister Carter and was thus world champion for the fourth time.

Prize money and world ranking points

	Prize money	World ranking points
winner	£ 250,000	10,000
finalist	£ 125,000	8,000
Semi-finalist	£ 52,000	6,400
Quarter finalist	£ 24,050	5,000
Round of 16	£ 16,000	3,800
Last 32	£ 12,000	2,800 (1,400) * 1
Last 48	£ 8,200	2,300 (1,150)
Last 64	£ 4,600	1,800 (900)
Last 80		1,300 (650)
Last 96		800 (400)
Highest Break (Qualification)	£ 1,000
Highest Break (Main Round)	£ 10,000
Maximum break (qualification)	£ 1,500
Maximum break (main round)	£ 40,000
All in all	£ 1,152,500

Remarks

• * ¹ Seeded players who lose their first game only receive half the number of points.

Main round

There were already some surprises in the first lap. With Cao Yupeng (10: 6 against Mark Allen ) and Jamie Jones (10: 8 against Shaun Murphy , the 2005 world champion) two of the three Crucible debutants won their opening game. Another surprise was provided by David Gilbert , who beat Martin Gould 10: 8 and, like Andrew Higginson, made it into a World Cup round of 16 for the first time in his career. A total of eight seeded players were eliminated in the first round, setting the record from 1992 .

In the game against Stuart Bingham , Stephen Hendry managed a maximum break , Hendry won the game comparatively clearly with 10: 4. Neil Robertson managed in his opening game as the fourth player in the history of the world championship a " Century - Hattrick " . The other three players were Ronnie O'Sullivan , John Higgins and Mark Selby .

At 17 years and 45 days, Luca Brecel was the youngest participant in the main round of a snooker world championship. He broke the record set by Stephen Hendry (17 years, 99 days) from 1986. In addition, Brecel was the first Belgian player to reach the main round at the Crucible.

Made for negative headlines Mark Allen and Ding Junhui after their opening defeat because of their statements at the press conference: Allen called his opponent Cao Yupeng and other Chinese players there as a "cheat" (dt. Cheaters ). In his opinion, Cao had played a penetration , but the referee Paul Collier did not consider it a foul. According to Allen, Cao should have reported this foul himself in the spirit of gentlemen's sport . However, he also admitted that his opponent had played very well and did not need such actions. Ding Junhui, on the other hand, complained about the bad tables and the audience, calling both of them “rubbish” ( rubbish ). Even in the run-up to the World Cup, there was controversy when Mark Williams commented negatively on Twitter about the Crucible Theater and suggested moving the tournament to another location.

World number one Mark Selby played under his normal form due to injury and was defeated by Barry Hawkins 3:10 in his first round match . After Ali Carter , semi-finalist of the year 2010, had previously played a rather weak season, he showed himself in good form in his first game and clearly defeated Mark Davis 10-2.

After the round of 16, the top five players had already been eliminated. While Judd Trump lost a 12: 9 lead over Allister Carter , John Higgins and Mark Williams each lost their games relatively significantly. With Neil Robertson and Stephen Maguire , only two players from the top ten of the world rankings were there. The Welsh qualifier Jamie Jones reached the quarterfinals of a full world ranking tournament for the first time.

Stephen Hendry, seven times world champion in the 1990s, announced his retirement from professional snooker after his quarter-final defeat by Stephen Maguire.

For the first time there were two female referees, with Zhu Ying for the first time also a Chinese woman. The other referee was Michaela Tabb , who, like in 2009, also led the final.

	Round 1 Best of 19 Frames 2 Sessions; Frames 9-10					Round of 16 Best of 25 Frames 3 Sessions; Frames 8-8-9					Quarterfinals Best of 25 Frames 3 Sessions; Frames 8-8-9					Semifinals Best of 33 Frames 4 Sessions; Frames 8-8-8-9					Final Best of 35 Frames 4 Sessions; Frames 8-9-8-10
	1	John Higgins	10
	39	Liang Wenbo	9
						1	John Higgins	4th
						19th	Stephen Hendry	13
	16	Stuart Bingham	4th
	19th	Stephen Hendry	10
											19th	Stephen Hendry	2
											8th	Stephen Maguire	13
	9	Graeme Dott	1
	25th	Joe Perry	10
						25th	Joe Perry	7th
						8th	Stephen Maguire	13
	8th	Stephen Maguire	10
	88	Luca Brecel	5
																8th	Stephen Maguire	12
																13	Allister Carter	17th
	5	Shaun Murphy	8th
	42	Jamie Jones	10
						42	Jamie Jones	13
						20th	Andrew Higginson	10
	12	Stephen Lee	6th
	20th	Andrew Higginson	10
											42	Jamie Jones	11
											13	Allister Carter	13
	13	Allister Carter	10
	17th	Mark Davis	2
						13	Allister Carter	13
						4th	Judd Trump	12
	4th	Judd Trump	10
	28	Dominic Dale	7th
																					13	Allister Carter	11
																					14th	Ronnie O'Sullivan	18th
	3	Mark Williams	10
	61	Liu Chuang	6th
						3	Mark Williams	6th
						14th	Ronnie O'Sullivan	13
	14th	Ronnie O'Sullivan	10
	26th	Peter Ebdon	4th
											14th	Ronnie O'Sullivan	13
											6th	Neil Robertson	10
	11	Martin Gould	8th
	66	David Gilbert	10
						66	David Gilbert	9
						6th	Neil Robertson	13
	6th	Neil Robertson	10
	32	Ken Doherty	4th
																14th	Ronnie O'Sullivan	17th
																15th	Matthew Stevens	10
	7th	Ding Junhui	9
	29	Ryan Day	10
						29	Ryan Day	13
						83	Cao Yupeng	7th
	10	Mark Allen	6th
	83	Cao Yupeng	10
											29	Ryan Day	5
											15th	Matthew Stevens	13
	15th	Matthew Stevens	10
	21st	Marco Fu	3
						15th	Matthew Stevens	13
						22nd	Barry Hawkins	11
	2	Mark Selby	3
	22nd	Barry Hawkins	10

final

Final: Best of 35 Frames Referee: Michaela Tabb Crucible Theater ,  Sheffield , England , 6./7. May 2012
Allister Carter	11: 18	Ronnie O'Sullivan
1st session: 37: 77 (56), 1: 121 (117), 85 : 0 (84), 58 : 24, 42: 86 (52), 55 : 2, 0: 108 (92), 0: 141 (141) 2nd session: 84 : 8 (56), 21: 73 , 14: 69 (68), 62 : 30, 8: 73 , 13: 60 , 83 : 1 (59), 34: 74 (62), 52 : 3 3rd session: 0: 101 (101), 12: 73 , 48: 62 , 41: 81 (54), 59 : 9, 105 : 34 (105), 62 : 5 (53), 4: 129 (64 , 55) 4th session: 0: 92 (70), 78 : 17 (64), 0: 76 , 0: 82 (61)
105	Highest break	141
1	Century breaks	3
6th	50+ breaks	13

Pre-qualification

The pre-qualification took place on April 5, 2012 in Sheffield .

Round 1

game	Player 1	Result	Player 2
VQ1	John Parrott	50: 50	Patrick Wallace
VQ2	Joe Delaney	4th5 : 45	Stephen Rowlings
VQ3	Philip Minchin	53: 53	Barry Stark
VQ4	Ali Bassiri	50: 50	David Singh
VQ5	Jamie O'Neill	4th5 : 45	David Gray
VQ6	Les Dodd	50: 50	Justin Astley

round 2

game	Player 1	Result	Player 2
VQ7	Patrick Wallace	25 : 25	Joe Delaney
VQ8	Barry Stark	51: 51	David Singh
VQ9	Stephen Ormerod	50: 50	Jamie O'Neill
VQ10	Del Smith	52: 52	Justin Astley

qualification

Qualifying rounds 1 to 4 took place in Sheffield from April 6-12, 2012 . The last qualifying round took place on 14./15. April 2012 also took place in Sheffield.

Round 1

game	Player 1	Result	Player 2
Q1	(93)  Igor Figueiredo	510 : 510	Jamie O'Neill

Round 2-5

After the 7-time world champion Stephen Hendry fell out of the top 16 during the season, he had to qualify for the main round for the first time since 1988 in qualifying round 5. There he beat Yu Delu 10: 6.

In round 4 of the qualification, Steve Davis had to admit defeat to Ben Woollaston, who was almost 30 years his junior , 7:10 and was eliminated from the tournament prematurely.

The Belgian young talent Luca Brecel , standing at 87th place in the world list, was able to move into the main round of the last 32 with four qualifying victories. Other debutants at the Crucible Theater included Chinese Cao Yupeng and Welsh Jamie Jones .

Igor Figueiredo was able to fight his way through the rounds 1–3 in qualifying before he failed in round 4 with 7:10 to Joe Jogia . China took part in the finals for the first time with four players after three players qualified and Ding Junhui was placed by his world rankings.

Peter Ebdon , who won the last tournament before the World Cup with the China Open 2012 , underlined his good form with a smooth 10-0 win over Alfie Burden in his only qualifying game. Robert Milkins scored - for the second time in his career after 2006 - a maximum break in qualifying for the World Cup, but did not reach the finals because he lost to Mark Davis in the last qualifying round .

	Round 2 Best of 19 frames				Round 3 Best of 19 frames				Round 4 Best of 19 frames				Round 5 Best of 19 frames
	80	Tian Pengfei	5		54	Anthony McGill	10		35	Anthony Hamilton	10		32	Ken Doherty	10
	84	Adam Wicheard	10		84	Adam Wicheard	0		54	Anthony McGill	8th		35	Anthony Hamilton	9
	65	Joe Swail	5		51	Ben Woollaston	10		37	Steve Davis	7th		28	Dominic Dale	10
	90	Daniel Wells	10		90	Daniel Wells	4th		51	Ben Woollaston	10		51	Ben Woollaston	3
	73	Liam Highfield	10		60	Andy Hicks	10		42	Jamie Jones	10		18th	Ricky Walden	2
	85	Matthew Couch	5		73	Liam Highfield	3		60	Andy Hicks	9		42	Jamie Jones	10
	79	Andrew Pagett	8th		49	Xiao Guodong	10		38	Robert Milkins	10		17th	Mark Davis	10
	87	Aditya Mehta	10		87	Aditya Mehta	4th		49	Xiao Guodong	4th		38	Robert Milkins	5
	70	Li Yan	10		58	James Wattana	10		36	Gerard Greene	10		29	Ryan Day	10
	82	Paul Davison	4th		70	Li Yan	6th		58	James Wattana	9		36	Gerard Greene	8th
	69	Yu Delu	10		55	Michael White	2		43	Matthew Selt	5		19th	Stephen Hendry	10
	VQ	Patrick Wallace	9		69	Yu Delu	10		69	Yu Delu	10		69	Yu Delu	6th
	72	Kurt Maflin	2		52	Dave Harold	9		40	Nigel Bond	7th		27	Tom Ford	9
	83	Cao Yupeng	10		83	Cao Yupeng	10		83	Cao Yupeng	10		83	Cao Yupeng	10
	75	Andrew Norman	8th		63	Liu Song	9		47	Joe Jogia	10		21st	Marco Fu	10
	93	Igor Figueiredo	10		93	Igor Figueiredo	10		93	Igor Figueiredo	7th		47	Joe Jogia	4th
	67	Ian McCulloch	2		56	Barry Pinches	3		34	Michael Holt	9		31	Mark King	8th
	88	Luca Brecel	10		88	Luca Brecel	10		88	Luca Brecel	10		88	Luca Brecel	10
	77	Sam Craigie	9		57	Tony Drago	7th		39	Liang Wenbo	10		24	Marcus Campbell	9
	VQ	Justin Astley	10		VQ	Justin Astley	10		VQ	Justin Astley	3		39	Liang Wenbo	10
	66	David Gilbert	10		53	Jimmy Robertson	9		44	Mike Dunn	6th		30th	Fergal O'Brien	4th
	89	Stuart Carrington	7th		66	David Gilbert	10		66	David Gilbert	10		66	David Gilbert	10
	68	Rod Lawler	10		61	Liu Chuang	10		48	Jimmy White	8th		23	Jamie Cope	7th
	86	Dechawat Poomjaeng	8th		68	Rod Lawler	7th		61	Liu Chuang	10		61	Liu Chuang	10
	74	David Morris	10		50	Mark Joyce	4th		46	Alan McManus	7th		22nd	Barry Hawkins	10
	92	Kacper Filipiak	2		74	David Morris	10		74	David Morris	10		74	David Morris	4th
	76	Passakorn Suwannawat	10		59	Peter Lines	10		33	Rory McLeod	5		20th	Andrew Higginson	10
	VQ	David Singh	5		76	Passakorn Suwannawat	4th		59	Peter Lines	10		59	Peter Lines	4th
	78	Sam Baird	8th		64	Alfie Burden	10		45	Jack Lisowski	3		26th	Peter Ebdon	10
	81	David Grace	10		81	David Grace	5		64	Alfie Burden	10		64	Alfie Burden	0
	71	Adam Duffy	10		62	Adrian Gunnell	8th		41	Jamie Burnett	10		25th	Joe Perry	10
	91	Lucky Vatnani	2		71	Adam Duffy	10		71	Adam Duffy	7th		41	Jamie Burnett	8th

VQ = winners of the pre-qualifying rounds (WPBSA members; not on the main tour during the 2011/12 season)

Century Breaks

Main round

Stephen Hendry 147 , 123, 100 Stephen Maguire 142, 125, 117, 101 (3 ×) Ronnie O'Sullivan 141, 130, 128, 117, 113, 110, 107, 104, 103, 101, 100 (2 ×) Jamie Jones 138, 136, 135, 134, 132, 127, 101 Martin Gould 136, 109 Allister Carter 134, 132, 118, 112, 105, 101 John Higgins 133, 124 Neil Robertson 131, 108, 106 (2 ×), 100 (2 ×) Cao Yupeng 125, 113, 108 Matthew Stevens 123, 122, 116, 101 David Gilbert 121

Judd Trump 120, 114 Ryan Day 119, 113, 112, 110, 100 Luca Brecel 116 Joe Perry 115, 103 Andrew Higginson 111 Mark Williams 111 Stephen Lee 110, 102 Ken Doherty 104 Shaun Murphy 102, 101 Mark Allen 101 Ding Junhui 100

Qualifying round

Robert Milkins 147 Ben Woollaston 145, 128 Jamie Burnett 142, 125 Jamie Jones 140, 134 Aditya Mehta 140, 103 Xiao Guodong 140 Liu Chuang 139, 138, 103 Liang Wenbo 136, 107 David Gilbert 135, 124, 100 Ken Doherty 134, 112, 110 Sam Baird 134 Stephen Hendry 129, 107 Anthony Hamilton 128, 102 Barry Hawkins 127, 125 Adam Duffy 123 Passakorn Suwannawat 122 Daniel Wells 120 Nigel Bond 117 Andy Hicks 116 Jimmy Robertson 113, 102

Ryan Day 112, 101 Marco Fu 110, 100 Peter Lines 110 Luca Brecel 108 Fergal O'Brien 108 Jamie Cope 107, 103 Tom Ford 107, 102 Anthony McGill 106 David Morris 105 David Grace 105 Michael Holt 105 Justin Astley 103 Rod Lawler 103 Andrew Pagett 102 Peter Ebdon 102 Liam Highfield 101 Adrian Gunnell 101 Cao Yupeng 101 David Gray 100

Individual evidence

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Web links

• Maximum Break by Robert Milkins on YouTube.
• Crucible 2012 pictures by MoniqueLimbos on Photobucket.