2014_Champion_of_Champions

2014 Champion of Champions

2014 Champion of Champions

Snooker tournament


The 2014 Champion of Champions (officially the 2014 Dafabet Champion of Champions) was a professional non-ranking snooker tournament that took place between 3 and 9 November 2014 at the Ricoh Arena in Coventry, England.[1]

Quick Facts Tournament information, Dates ...

Ronnie O'Sullivan successfully defended his title beating Judd Trump 10–7 in the final.[2][3]

Prize fund

The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:[4]

  • Winner: £100,000
  • Runner-up: £50,000
  • Semi-finals: £20,000
  • Group runner-up: £10,000
  • Group semi-finals: £5,000
  • Total: £270,000

Players

Players qualified for the event by winning important tournaments since the previous Champion of Champions. Entry was guaranteed for the defending champion, winners of rankings events and winners of the following non-rankings events: 2014 Masters, 2014 Championship League, 2015 World Grand Prix and 2014 Players Championship Grand Final. Remaining places were then allocated to winners of European Tour events (in the order they were played) and then to winners of Asian Tour events and then, winners of the 2014 Six-red World Championship, 2014 Snooker Shoot-Out and 2013 World Seniors Championship.[5]

Only 13 different players won one the 24 qualifying tournaments. The remaining three places were allocated to the three highest ranked players who had not already qualified, based on the world rankings after the 2014 Bulgarian Open.[6]

The following 16 players qualified for the tournament:[7]

Main draw

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Group semi-finals (last 16)
Best of 7 frames
Group finals (quarter-finals)
Best of 11 frames
Semi-finals
Best of 11 frames
Final
Best of 19 frames
            
1 England Ronnie O'Sullivan 4
  England Stuart Bingham 2
1 England Ronnie O'Sullivan 6
Group 1 (5 November)
  Hong Kong Marco Fu 0
  England Shaun Murphy 1
  Hong Kong Marco Fu 4
1 England Ronnie O'Sullivan 6
4 China Ding Junhui 4
  England Barry Hawkins 4
  Scotland John Higgins 1
  England Barry Hawkins 5
Group 4 (3 November)
4 China Ding Junhui 6
4 China Ding Junhui 4
  Wales Dominic Dale 2
1 England Ronnie O'Sullivan 10
  England Judd Trump 7
3 Australia Neil Robertson 4
  England Ali Carter 0
3 Australia Neil Robertson 6
Group 3 (7 November)
  England Ricky Walden 3
  England Ricky Walden 4
  Northern Ireland Mark Allen 0
3 Australia Neil Robertson 4
  England Judd Trump 6
  England Judd Trump 4
  Scotland Stephen Maguire 1
  England Judd Trump 6
Group 2 (4 November)
2 England Mark Selby 1
2 England Mark Selby 4
  England Steve Davis 1

Final

Final: Best of 19 frames. Referee: Brendan Moore.
Ricoh Arena, Coventry, England, 9 November 2014.[28][29]
Ronnie O'Sullivan (1)
 England
10–7 Judd Trump
 England
Afternoon: 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: 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
4 Century breaks 2
11 50+ breaks 6

Century breaks

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Notes

  1. Due to his absence for medical reasons from all World Snooker Tour events until this tournament in the 2014/2015 season, Ali Carter's seeding position will be determined as if he would be ranked 13th.[23]

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