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The 2007 888.com World Snooker Championship began on 21 April and will run until 7 May 2007 at the Crucible Theatre, Sheffield. Graeme Dott is the defending champion.

Prize Money

Winner: £220,000
Runner-Up: £110,000
Losing Semi Finalists: £42,000
Losing Quarter Finalists: £22,000
Last 16: £14,000
Last 32: £10,600
Last 48 (pre-TV): £7,400
Last 64 (pre-TV): £4,500
High Break (TV): £10,000
High Break (pre-TV): £1,000
Maximum Break (pre-TV): £5,000
Maximum Break (TV): £147,000
Total Prize Fund: ^[1]

Notable moments

Before the tournament began Ronnie O'Sullivan alleged that the draw had been fixed^[2] after having been drawn in the first round against Ding Junhui, considered by bookmakers to be second favourite for the title after O'Sullivan himself. O'Sullivan also added that "Whoever is doing the draw is trying to stitch me up" noting that he had drawn Stephen Maguire two years in succession in 2004 and 2005 who was at the time the reigning European Open champion and reigning UK champion respectively. No formal complaint to the World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association was made by O'Sullivan, and the remarks were made in the Lad's Mag Zoo. The WPBSA insisted that the draw was genuine and O'Sullivan later retracted the accusation.^[3]
Defending champion Graeme Dott was knocked out in the first round by Ian McCulloch by 10 frames to 7.
In the first round battle of the Pundits, John Parrott beat Steve Davis by 10 frames to 9.^[4]

Drawsheet/Results

Shown below are the results for each round, the numbers in brackets beside some of the players are their seeding ranks (each championship has 16 seeds and 16 qualifiers). If a match is currently unfinished the latest score is denoted in italics.

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Century Breaks

135 Ken Doherty
129 Barry Hawkins
129 Ali Carter
126 John Parrott
126 Stephen Lee
124 Stephen Maguire
120 Fergal O'Brien

114 Nigel Bond
112 Ali Carter
110 Ian McCulloch
109 Ronnie O'Sullivan
107 Marco Fu
104 Nigel Bond

104 John Higgins
103 Ding Junhui
100 Shaun Murphy
100 Steve Davis
100 David Gilbert
100 Ryan Day

Qualification

Qualification for the World Snooker Championship 2007, was held between 23 February to 2 March, 2007 and well known players who have failed to qualify to the final qualifying round include Jimmy White who lost 4-10 to Jamie Burnett (which will only be the second time that White has missed the Crucible stages) Welsh Open finalist Andrew Higginson who lost 9-10 to Ricky Walden. The final qualifing round took place at the English Institute of Sport in Sheffield between the 12th-15th March 2007 which well known players, Mark King, James Wattana and Alan McManus went out, McManus, the first time in his career. 32 players enter the first round, with the winners playing the 16 players in the next round. This continues for 2 more rounds, with the 16 winners progressing to play in the World Snooker Championship.

Players in bold qualify to play in the main draw of the World Championship.

Results

1st Round (Best of 19 Frames)

Bradley Jones 10-1 Issara Kachaiwong

Roy Stolk 10-7 Phil Seaton

Ben Woollaston 10-3 Del Smith

James Leadbetter 10-8 Les Dodd

2nd Round (19 Frames)	3rd Round (19 Frames)	4th Round (19 Frames)	Final Round (19 Frames)
Alfie Burden 10 - 9 Robert Stephen	David Gilbert 10 - 9 Alfie Burden	David Gilbert 10 - 6 Gerard Greene	David Gilbert 10 - 6 Mark King
Liu Song 10 - 3 Dene O'Kane	Liu Song 10 - 9 Tony Drago	Adrian Gunnell 10 - 9 Liu Song	Michael Holt 10 - 7 Adrian Gunnell
Judd Trump 10 - 8 Bradley Jones	Judd Trump 10 - 7 Shokat Ali	Judd Trump 10 - 7 Jamie Cope	Judd Trump 10 - 5 James Wattana
Tian Pengfei 10 - 2 Roy Stolk	Shailesh Jogia 10 - 4 Tian Pengfei	Drew Henry 10 - 7 Shailesh Jogia	Joe Perry 10 - 5 Drew Henry
Mark Joyce 10 - 6 Mohammed Shehab	Mark Joyce* w - o Robin Hull	Fergal O'Brien 10 - 4 Mark Joyce	Fergal O'Brien 10 - 5 Stuart Bingham
Alex Borg 10 - 3 Paul Wykes	Rory McLeod 10 - 6 Alex Borg	Rory McLeod 10 - 4 Tom Ford	Andy Hicks 10 - 4 Rory McLeod
Lee Page 10 - 1 Dermot McGlinchey	Paul Davies 10 - 1 Lee Page	Michael Judge 10 - 6 Paul Davies	Marco Fu 10 - 9 Michael Judge
Matthew Couch 10 - 5 Jamie Jones	Jimmy Michie 10 - 4 Matthew Couch	Mark Davis 10 - 2 Jimmy Michie	Ding Junhui 10 - 6 Mark Davis
Ian Preece 10 - 8 Ben Woollaston	Joe Delaney 10 - 7 Ian Preece	Joe Delaney 10 - 9 Barry Pinches	Joe Delaney 10 - 9 Alan McManus
Liang Wenbo 10-5 Jeff Cundy	Mike Dunn 10 - 3 Liang Wenbo	Dave Harold 10 - 3 Mike Dunn	Joe Swail 10 - 9 Dave Harold
Paul Davison 10- 8 Peter Lines	Jamie Burnett 10 - 5 Paul Davison	Jamie Burnett 10 - 4 Jimmy White	Nigel Bond 10 - 6 Jamie Burnett
Passakorn Suwannawat 10-4 Patrick Einsle	Passakorn Suwannawat 10 - 8 David Roe	Marcus Campbell 10 - 9 Passakorn Suwannawat	Ryan Day 10 - 5 Marcus Campbell
David Morris10 - 6 Christopher Melling	Andrew Norman 10 - 8 David Morris	Dominic Dale 10 - 8 Andrew Norman	Ian McCulloch 10 - 4 Dominic Dale
Lee Spick 10 - 4 Sean Storey	Mark Allen 10 - 5 Lee Spick	Mark Allen 10 - 5 Rod Lawler	Mark Allen 10 - 4 Robert Milkins
James Leadbetter 10 - 9 Christopher Norbury	James Leadbetter 10 - 3 Stuart Pettman	John Parrott 10 - 7 James Leadbetter	John Parrott 10 - 7 David Gray
Andrew Higginson 10 - 4 Mark Boyle	Andrew Higginson 10 - 6 Scott Mackenzie	Ricky Walden 10 - 9 Andrew Higginson	Mark Selby 10 - 6 Ricky Walden

Mark Joyce won, as Robin Hull withdrew due to illness

Qualified players

Seeds

Qualifiers

The first round draw was done by presenters Bill Turnbull and Sian Williams of BBC's Breakfast on March 19 and it was announced on Breakfast at 7.30 the next day.

Links

References

^ Tournament Draw & Prize Fund
^ Fixed draw allegation
^ Fixing accusation retracted
^ "Parrott edges out colleague Davis". BBC Sport. 2007-04-22. Retrieved 2007-04-22. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)

[1] Tournament Draw & Prize Fund

[2] Fixed draw allegation

[3] Fixing accusation retracted

[4] "Parrott edges out colleague Davis". BBC Sport. 2007-04-22. Retrieved 2007-04-22. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)

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 ==Notable moments==
-* Before the tournament began [[Ronnie O'Sullivan]] alleged that the draw had been fixed<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/other_sports/snooker/6562751.stm Fixed draw allegation]</ref> in remarks made to the [[List of men's magazines|Lad's Mag]] [[Zoo Weekly|Zoo]] after having been drawn in the first round against [[Ding Junhui]].  No formal complaint to the [[World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association]] was made by O'Sullivan.  The [[World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association|WPBSA]] insisted that the draw was genuine. O'Sullivan later retracted the accusation.<ref>[http://sport.independent.co.uk/general/article2465935.ece Fixing accusation retracted] </ref>
+* Before the tournament began [[Ronnie O'Sullivan]] alleged that the draw had been fixed<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/other_sports/snooker/6562751.stm Fixed draw allegation]</ref> after having been drawn in the first round against [[Ding Junhui]], considered by bookmakers to be second favourite for the title after O'Sullivan himself. O'Sullivan also added that "Whoever is doing the draw is trying to stitch me up" noting that he had drawn [[Stephen Maguire]] two years in succession in 2004 and 2005 who was at the time the reigning [[European_Open_(snooker)|European Open]] champion and reigning [[UK_Championship_(snooker)|UK]] champion respectively.  No formal complaint to the [[World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association]] was made by O'Sullivan, and the remarks were made in the [[List of men's magazines|Lad's Mag]] [[Zoo Weekly|Zoo]].  The [[World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association|WPBSA]] insisted that the draw was genuine and O'Sullivan later retracted the accusation.<ref>[http://sport.independent.co.uk/general/article2465935.ece Fixing accusation retracted] </ref>
 * Defending champion [[Graeme Dott]] was knocked out in the first round by [[Ian McCulloch (snooker player)|Ian McCulloch]] by 10 frames to 7.
 * In the first round battle of the [[Pundit (expert)|Pundits]], [[John Parrott]] beat [[Steve Davis]] by 10 frames to 9.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/other_sports/snooker/6580523.stm|title=Parrott edges out colleague Davis|date=[[2007-04-22]]|accessdate=2007-04-22|publisher=BBC Sport}}</ref>

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