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Revision as of 08:27, 28 October 2016
| Tournament information | |
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| Dates | 8–13 November 2016 |
| Venue | Ricoh Arena |
| City | Coventry |
| Country | England |
| Organisation | WPBSA |
| Format | Non-ranking event |
| Total prize fund | £300,000 |
| Winner's share | £100,000 |
| Highest break |  |
| Final | |
| Champion | |
| Runner-up | |
| Score | 10– |
← 2015 | |
The 2016 Champion of Champions is a professional non-ranking snooker tournament that will take place between 8 and 13 November 2016 at the Ricoh Arena in Coventry, England.[1] It will be the fourth staging of the tournament since it was revived in 2013. In the United Kingdom, the tournament will be broadcast on ITV4.
Neil Robertson is the defending champion.[2]
Prize fund
The breakdown of prize money for 2016 is shown below:[3]
- Winner: £100,000
- Runner-up: £50,000
- Losing Semi-finalist: £25,000
- Group runner-up: £10,000
- First round losers: £7,500
- Total: £300,000
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 the following non-rankings events: 2016 Masters, 2016 Championship League and 2016 China Championship.[4] Remaining places were then allocated to winners of European Tour events (in the order they were played) and then, if required, to winners of the 2016 Snooker Shoot-Out, 2016 Six-red World Championship and 2016 World Seniors Championship. Ding Junhui was awarded a wildcard for being this year's World Championship runner-up but later qualified as of right by winning the Six-red World Championship and 2016 Shanghai Masters.[5]
The following players qualified for the tournament:[6][7]
| Seed | Player | Qualified as | Reference |
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| 1 |  Neil Robertson |
Winner of 2015 Champion of Champions, 2015 UK Championship and 2016 Riga Masters | |
| 2 |  Mark Selby |
Winner of 2016 World Snooker Championship, 2016 Gdynia Open and 2016 Paul Hunter Classic | |
| 3 | Ronnie O'Sullivan |
Winner of 2016 Masters and 2016 Welsh Open | |
| 4 | Shaun Murphy |
Winner of 2016 World Grand Prix | |
 Mark Allen |
Winner of 2016 Players Championship Grand Final | ||
| Judd Trump |
Winner of 2016 China Open, 2016 Championship League and 2016 European Masters | ||
 Ding Junhui |
Winner of 2016 Six-red World Championship and 2016 Shanghai Masters | ||
| Martin Gould |
Winner of 2016 German Masters | ||
 Marco Fu |
Winner of 2015 Gibraltar Open | ||
 Anthony McGill |
Winner of 2016 Indian Open | ||
| Ali Carter |
Winner of 2016 World Open | ||
 Robin Hull |
Winner of 2016 Snooker Shoot-Out | ||
| Mark Davis |
Winner of 2016 World Seniors Championship | ||
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Winner of 2016 China Championship | ||
| Liang Wenbo |
Winner of 2016 English Open | ||
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Winner of 2016 International Championship |
4 players were seeded. The seedings were determined in early October. Defending champion Neil Robertson was the 1st seed, while Mark Selby and Ronnie O'Sullivan were seeded 2nd and 3rd respectively for being the winner of last season's triple crown events. As Robertson was seeded twice for capturing last year's UK Championship, Shaun Murphy became the last seed for being the highest ranked player in the latest cutoff.[8]
Main draw
| Group semi-finals Best of 7 frames | Group finals Best of 11 frames | Semi-finals Best of 11 frames | Final Best of 19 frames | ||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Neil Robertson
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| Ding Junhui
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| Ali Carter
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| Judd Trump
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| Anthony McGill
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| 4 | Shaun Murphy
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| 3 | Ronnie O'Sullivan
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| Robin Hull
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| Martin Gould
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| Mark Davis
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| Mark Allen
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| Marco Fu
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| Group 2 (9 November) | |||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Mark Selby
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| Liang Wenbo
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Final
| Final: Best of 19 frames. Referee: . Ricoh Arena, Coventry, England, 12 November 2016.
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| Afternoon: Evening: | ||
| Highest break | ||
| Century breaks | ||
| 50+ breaks | ||
Century breaks
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References
- ^ Champion of Champions Snooker 2016
- ^ "Champion of Champions: Neil Robertson beats Mark Allen". BBC Sport. 15 November 2015. Retrieved 27 June 2016.
- ^ "Prize Fund". Champion of Champions Snooker. Retrieved 27 June 2016.
- ^ "Champion of Champions June Update". www.wpbsa.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. 25 June 2016. Retrieved 27 June 2016.
- ^ "Race To The Ricoh – Champion of Champions Latest". www.wpbsa.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. 25 August 2016. Retrieved 27 August 2016.
- ^ "Players". Champion of Champions Snooker. Retrieved 27 June 2016.
- ^ Champion of Champions 2016 – Shanghai Update
- ^ "Champion of Champions Group Draw Announced". www.wpbsa.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. 12 October 2016. Retrieved 13 October 2016.