2018_Snooker_Shoot-Out

2018 Snooker Shoot Out

2018 Snooker Shoot Out

Snooker tournament

The 2018 Shoot Out (officially the 2018 Coral Snooker Shoot Out) was a professional ranking snooker tournament, that took place from 8–11 February 2018 in Watford, England.[1] It was played under a variation of the standard rules of snooker,[2] and was the fourteenth ranking event of the 2017/2018 season.

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Anthony McGill was the defending champion, but he lost to Mark Davis in the first round, after Davis made a break of 102.[3][4]

Michael Georgiou won his first ever ranking title, beating Graeme Dott 67–56 in the final.[5][6] None of the top five players in the world rankings at the time, (Mark Selby, Ronnie O'Sullivan, Judd Trump, Ding Junhui and John Higgins) had entered the tournament.[7]

Tournament format

The tournament was played using a variation of the traditional snooker rules. The draw was randomised before each round. All matches were played over a single frame, each of which lasted up to 10 minutes. The event featured a variable shot clock; shots played in the first five minutes were allowed 15 seconds while the final five had a 10-second timer. All foul shots awarded the opponent a ball in hand. Unlike traditional snooker, if a ball did not hit a cushion on every shot, it was a foul. Rather than a coin toss, a lag was used to choose which player breaks. In the event of a draw, each player received a shot at the blue ball this is known as a "blue ball shootout". The player who potted the ball with the cue ball from inside the D and the blue ball on its spot with the opponent missing won the match.

Prize fund

The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:[8]

  • Winner: £32,000
  • Runner-up: £16,000
  • Semi-final: £8,000
  • Quarter-final: £4,000
  • Last 16: £2,000
  • Last 32: £1,000
  • Last 64: £500
  • Last 128: £250 (prize money at this stage did not count towards the world rankings)
  • Highest break: £2,000
  • Total: £146,000
  • The "rolling 147 prize" for a maximum break stood at £10,000

Tournament draw

All times in Greenwich Mean Time. Times for quarter-finals, semi-finals and final are approximate. Players in bold denote match winners.
Note: w/d=withdrawn; w/o=walk-over

Round 1

8 February – 12:00

8 February – 19:00

9 February – 12:00

Round 2

9 February – 19:00

10 February – 19:00

Round 3

11 February – 12:00

Round 4

11 February – 18:00

Quarter-finals

11 February – 20:00

Semi-finals

11 February – 21:15

Final

Final: 1 frame. Referee: Desislava Bozhilova
Watford Colosseum, Watford, England, 11 February 2018 – 21:45
Michael Georgiou
 Cyprus		 67–56 Graeme Dott
 Scotland

Century breaks

Total: 2[9]

Notes

  1. Tian Pengfei beat Mark King in a sudden death blue ball shootout after the match finished level at 47–47.
  2. Joe Perry beat Mark Williams in a sudden death blue ball shootout after the match finished level at 56–56.
  3. Mark Davis beat Joe Perry in a sudden death blue ball shootout after the match finished level at 36–36.

References

  1. [1]
    "2017/18 World Snooker Calendar" (PDF). World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. 14 July 2017. Retrieved 14 July 2017.
  2. [2]
    Ramage, Ben (7 April 2018). "Totten aiming to beat the clock and take big scalps at Snooker Shoot-Out". dailyrecord.co.uk. Retrieved 19 April 2022.
  3. [3]
    "Match Result - World Snooker Live Scores". livescores.worldsnookerdata.com. Archived from the original on 9 February 2018. Retrieved 8 February 2018.
  4. [4]
    Newstead, Simon (8 February 2018). "Ton-up Davis beats defending champ". Bexhill-on-Sea Observer.
  5. [5]
    "Georgiou Wins Maiden Title In Dott Thriller". World Snooker. 11 February 2018. Retrieved 12 February 2018.
  6. [6]
    "Georgiou takes the win in Shoot Out final". 12 February 2018. p. 36.
  7. [7]
    "McGill: I got my shot at Shoot Out glory". The Daily Record. 8 February 2018. p. 55.
  8. [8]
    "Indicative Prize Money Rankings Schedule 2017/2018 Season" (PDF). worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. 14 July 2017. Retrieved 14 July 2017.
  9. [9]
    "Centuries - World Snooker Live Scores". livescores.worldsnookerdata.com. Archived from the original on 9 February 2018. Retrieved 8 February 2018.
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