2012 Players Tour Championship Grand Final

March 2013 January 2024 2012 Betfair Players Tour Championship Grand Final 200px 2012 03 14 2012 03 18 y Bailey Allen Hall Galway Ireland World Snooker Ranking event £250,000 £70,000 Neil Robertson AUS (131)Ricky Walden ENG (131) Stephen Lee ENG Neil Robertson AUS 4–0 2011 2013 The 2012 Players Tour Championship Grand Final (officially the 2012 Betfair Players Tour Championship Grand Final)Betfair to sponsor PTC Grand Finals http://www.worldsnooker.com/page/PTCGrandFinalsArticle/0,,13165~2654516,00.html worldsnooker.com World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association 12 March 2012 was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place between 14 and 18 March 2012 at the Bailey Allen Hall in Galway, Ireland.Snooker’s elite are all cued up for Galway http://www.galwaynews.ie/23414-snooker%E2%80%99s-elite-are-all-cued-galway Galway City Tribune 23 December 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20120113205311/http://www.galwaynews.ie/23414-snooker%E2%80%99s-elite-are-all-cued-galway 13 January 2012 dead Shaun Murphy was the defending champion,Shaun Murphy wins PTC Grand Final in Dublin http://www.worldsnooker.com/page/NewsArticles/0,,13165~2320663,00.html worldsnooker.com World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association 20 March 2011Shaun Murphy wins inaugural Players Championship final https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/other_sports/snooker/9430999.stm BBC Sport 24 March 2011 20 March 2011 but he finished 37th on the Order of Merit,PTC Order of Merit after PTC12 http://www.worldsnooker.com/staticFiles/ae/98/0,,13165~170158,00.pdf worldsnooker.com World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association 29 December 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20120131042653/http://www.worldsnooker.com/staticFiles/ae/98/0,,13165~170158,00.pdf dead 31 January 2012http://snooker.org/res/index.asp?template=10&season=2011 Order of Merit Snooker.org 8 January 2012 8 January 2012 and didn't qualify. Stephen Lee won his fifth ranking title by defeating Neil Robertson 4–0 in the final. It was Lee's first ranking title for six years, and Robertson's first defeat in a televised final.Lee downs Robertson to end title drought http://eurosport.yahoo.com/18032012/58/lee-downs-robertson-end-title-drought.html Eurosport UK 30 March 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20131220162811/http://eurosport.yahoo.com/18032012/58/lee-downs-robertson-end-title-drought.html 20 December 2013 dead It was also the final tournament Lee won in his professional snooker career, before he was given a 12-year ban from the sport later that year, after his suspicious match-fixing and betting patterns arose.Stephen Lee: Snooker player given 12-year ban for match-fixing BBC News 25 September 2013 https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/snooker/24223268 25 September 2013 Prize fund and ranking points The breakdown of prize money and ranking points of the event is shown below:Players Tour Championship 2011/2012 Entry Pack for Event 11 and 12 http://www.worldsnooker.com/staticFiles/87/92/0,,13165~168583,00.pdf worldsnooker.com World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association 8 December 2011 https://www.webcitation.org/68yzx4QAB?url=http://www.worldsnooker.com/staticFiles/87/92/0,,13165~168583,00.pdf dead 7 July 2012The Tour Provisional Ranking Points Schedule 2011/2012 Season http://www.worldsnooker.com/staticFiles/87/7d/0,,13165~163207,00.doc worldsnooker.com World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association DOC 10 July 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20120509102039/http://www.worldsnooker.com/staticFiles/87/7d/0,,13165~163207,00.doc dead 9 May 2012 Prize fund Ranking points Winner £70,000 3,000 Runner-up £35,000 2,400 Semi-finalist £20,000 1,920 Quarter-finalist £10,000 1,500 Last 16 £5,000 1,140 Last 24 £2,750 840 Highest break £3,000 – Total £250,000 – Seeding list The leading 24 players in the PTC Order of Merit qualified for the event, provided that they had played in at least 6 events (3 in the UK and 3 in Europe). Rank Player Total points1Judd Trump ENG30,4002Ronnie O'Sullivan ENG29,6003Neil Robertson AUS28,1004Michael Holt ENG17,5005Mark Selby ENG17,1006Graeme Dott SCO16,7007Andrew Higginson ENG16,7008Stephen Maguire SCO16,2009Ben Woollaston ENG15,50010Martin Gould ENG14,60011Joe Perry ENG14,30012Tom Ford ENG14,00013John Higgins SCO13,10014Stephen Lee ENG11,80015Ricky Walden ENG11,60016Mark Davis ENG10,50017Matthew Stevens WAL9,60018Xiao Guodong CHN9,10019Fergal O'Brien IRL8,00020Dominic Dale WAL7,60021Barry Hawkins ENG7,60022Ding Junhui CHN7,60023Jamie Jones WAL7,30024Jack Lisowski ENG7,100 Main draw http://www.worldsnooker.com/staticFiles/e2/9a/0,,13165~170722,00.pdf Players Tour Championship 2011/2012 Grand Final Draw 30 January 2012 worldsnooker.com World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association https://www.webcitation.org/68z0G3DMY?url=http://www.worldsnooker.com/staticFiles/e2/9a/0,,13165~170722,00.pdf dead 7 July 2012Results http://www.worldsnooker.com/page/PTCGrandFinalsArticle/0,,13165~2687990,00.html worldsnooker.com World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association 18 March 2012Betfair Players Tour Championship Grand Finals (2012) http://snooker.org/res/index.asp?event=103 Snooker.org 18 March 2012 200 Last 24Best of 7 frames Last 16Best of 7 frames Quarter-finalsBest of 7 frames Semi-finalsBest of 7 frames FinalBest of 7 frames 18 Xiao Guodong CHN 4 20 Dominic Dale WAL 2 13 John Higgins SCO 3 23 Jamie Jones WAL 4 9 Ben Woollaston ENG 2 22 Ding Junhui CHN 4 10 Martin Gould ENG 1 14 Stephen Lee ENG 4 21 Barry Hawkins ENG 3 24 Jack Lisowski ENG 4 19 Fergal O'Brien IRL 0 11 Joe Perry ENG 4 16 Mark Davis ENG 4 12 Tom Ford ENG 1 15 Ricky Walden ENG 4 17 Matthew Stevens WAL 0 1 Judd Trump ENG 2 18 CHN Xiao Guodong 4 7 Andrew Higginson ENG 4 23 WAL Jamie Jones 3 5 Mark Selby ENG 4 22 CHN Ding Junhui 1 4 Michael Holt ENG 1 14 ENG Stephen Lee 4 3 Neil Robertson AUS 4 24 ENG Jack Lisowski 1 6 Graeme Dott SCO 2 11 ENG Joe Perry 4 8 Stephen Maguire SCO 4 16 ENG Mark Davis 2 2 Ronnie O'Sullivan ENG w/d 15 ENG Ricky Walden w/o 18 CHN Xiao Guodong 1 7 ENG Andrew Higginson 4 5 ENG Mark Selby 0 14 ENG Stephen Lee 4 3 AUS Neil Robertson 4 11 ENG Joe Perry 1 8 SCO Stephen Maguire 4 15 ENG Ricky Walden 3 7 ENG Andrew Higginson 2 14 ENG Stephen Lee 4 3 AUS Neil Robertson 4 8 SCO Stephen Maguire 0 14 ENG Stephen Lee 4 3 AUS Neil Robertson 0 Final Final: Best of 7 frames. Referee: Paul Collier.Bailey Allen Hall, Galway, Ireland, 18 March 2012. Stephen Lee (14) 4–0 Neil Robertson (3) 65–48, 62–25 (52), 63–25, 73–66 (Lee 66) 66 Highest break 35 0 Century breaks 0 2 50+ breaks 0 Century breaks Century breaks http://livescores.worldsnookerdata.com/Centuries.aspx?t=2991 worldsnookerdata.com World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association 18 March 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20120317233915/http://livescores.worldsnookerdata.com/Centuries.aspx?t=2991 dead 17 March 2012 131, 130, 104 Ricky Walden 131, 110 Neil Robertson 123, 105 Ding Junhui 123 John Higgins 120, 104 Andrew Higginson 114, 102 Stephen Lee 100 Xiao Guodong 100 Joe Perry References External links PTC Grand Finals 2012: Day 1 pictures by MoniqueLimbos at Facebook PTC Grand Finals 2012: Day 2 pictures by MoniqueLimbos at Facebook PTC Grand Finals 2012: Day 3 pictures by MoniqueLimbos at Facebook PTC Grand Finals 2012: Day 4 pictures by MoniqueLimbos at Facebook PTC Grand Finals 2012: Day 5 pictures by MoniqueLimbos at Facebook Category:2012 in Irish sport 2012 Finals Category:Snooker competitions in Ireland Category:Sport at the University of Galway Category:Sport in Galway (city) Category:March 2012 sports events in Ireland