2012 UK Championship

Snooker tournament 2012 williamhill.com UK Championship 2012 UK Championship (snooker) poster.jpg 2012 12 1 2012 12 9 y Barbican Centre York England World Snooker Ranking event £637,500 £125,000 John Higgins SCO (147)Jack Lisowski ENG (147)Andy Hicks ENG (147) Mark Selby ENG Shaun Murphy ENG 10–6 2011 2013 The 2012 UK Championship (officially the 2012 williamhill.com UK Championship) was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place between 1–9 December 2012 at the Barbican Centre in York, England. It was the fifth ranking event of the 2012/2013 season.http://snooker.org/res/index.asp?template=2&season=2012 Tournament Calendar 2012/2013 Snooker.org 4 June 2012 For the first time in the history of snooker three maximum breaks were made in a ranking tournament, albeit at different venues. Andy Hicks made the 93rd official maximum break during his round 2 qualifying match against Daniel Wells. This was Hicks' first 147 break.Handy Andy Makes UK Maximum http://www.worldsnooker.com/page/NewsArticles/0,,13165~2987156,00.html worldsnooker.com World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association 21 November 2012 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20121129024007/http://www.worldsnooker.com/page/NewsArticles/0%2C%2C13165~2987156%2C00.html 29 November 2012 Just one day later Jack Lisowski compiled the 94th official maximum break during his round 3 qualifying match against Chen Zhe. This was Lisowski's first 147 break.Kalb Rolf UK Championship – Auch Lisowski gelingt ein Maximum-Break http://de.eurosport.yahoo.com/news/uk-championship-lisowski-gelingt-maximum-break-134201362.html Eurosport DE 22 November 2012 de dead https://web.archive.org/web/20121129145540/http://de.eurosport.yahoo.com/news/uk-championship-lisowski-gelingt-maximum-break-134201362.html 29 November 2012 John Higgins made the 95th official maximum break during his last 16 match against Mark Davis. This was Higgins' seventh 147 break.John Higgins racks up maximum break at UK Championship http://www.rte.ie/sport/snooker/2012/1205/357079-higgins-racks-up-maximum-break-at-barbican/ RTÉ.ie 5 December 2012 It also took the total number of maximum breaks for the season to seven.Higgins Fires UK Maximum http://www.worldsnooker.com/page/NewsArticles/0,,13165~3001582,00.html worldsnooker.com World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association 6 December 2012 Judd Trump was the defending champion,Fazackerley Karen UK Snooker Championship: Judd Trump beats Mark Allen to win title https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/snooker/16131999 BBC Sport 8 November 2011 but he lost 5–6 against Mark Joyce in the last 32.Carroll Steve Defending champion Judd Trump crashes out of williamhill.com UK Championship http://www.yorkpress.co.uk/sport/10084401._/ The Press 2 December 2012Trump dumped out of UK Championship http://www.espn.co.uk/snooker/sport/story/182054.html?CMP=OTC-RSS ESPN 2 December 2012 Mark Selby won his third ranking title by defeating Shaun Murphy 10–6 in the final.Selby secures York spoils http://www.sportinglife.com/snooker/news/article/663/8320647/selby-secures-york-spoils Sporting Life 10 December 2012 12 December 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20121212081530/http://www.sportinglife.com/snooker/news/article/663/8320647/selby-secures-york-spoils dead This was the tournament's first all-English final since 1992, when Jimmy White defeated John Parrott 16–9. By reaching the final Selby also regained number one position in the rankings from Trump.Hafez Shamoon UK Snooker Championship 2012: Mark Selby beats Mark Davis https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/snooker/20652501 BBC Sport 10 December 2012Turner Chris UK Championship http://www.cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/uk.html https://web.archive.org/web/20120216160153/http://www.cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/uk.html 16 February 2012 cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk Chris Turner's Snooker Archive 1 March 2011 Prize fund The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:Prize Money http://www.worldsnooker.com/page/UKChampionshipArticle/0,,13165~2979173,00.html worldsnooker.com World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association 19 November 2012 70% 50% Winner: £125,000 Runner-up: £50,000 Semi-final: £25,000 Quarter-final: £17,000 Last 16: £11,000 Last 32: £7,500 Last 48: £5,500 Last 64: £2,000 50% Non-televised highest break: £500 Televised highest break: £3,500 Non-televised maximum break: £2,500 Televised maximum break: £10,000 Total: £637,500 Main draw williamhill.com UK Championship 2012 draw and format http://www.worldsnooker.com/staticFiles/d6/b9/0,,13165~178646,00.pdf worldsnooker.com World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association 28 November 2012UK Championship 2012 draw http://3a43ed9bbf8e4c3a0092-e5ae3e47d460213726cd286f2f322a12.r38.cf3.rackcdn.com/add6ef2400b62409dbef13b0f4f8af19a_Print.pdf World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association 7 January 2013 https://www.webcitation.org/6DUbdcshC?url=http://3a43ed9bbf8e4c3a0092-e5ae3e47d460213726cd286f2f322a12.r38.cf3.rackcdn.com/add6ef2400b62409dbef13b0f4f8af19a_Print.pdf 2013-01-07 dead williamhill.com UK Championship (2012) http://www.snooker.org/res/index.asp?event=198 Snooker.org 8 October 2011UK Championship scores and schedule https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/snooker/20509114 BBC Sport 1 December 2012 200 Last 32 best of 11 frames Last 16best of 11 frames Quarter-finalsbest of 11 frames Semi-finalsbest of 17 frames Finalbest of 19 frames 1 Judd Trump ENG 5 Mark Joyce ENG 6 14 Ali Carter ENG 6 Steve Davis ENG 2 9 Stuart Bingham ENG 6 Jack Lisowski ENG 2 7 Stephen Maguire SCO 6 Fergal O'Brien IRL 2 6 Mark Williams WAL 3 Mark King ENG 6 11 Ricky Walden ENG 5 Luca Brecel BEL 6 12 Graeme Dott SCO 6 Martin Gould ENG 5 4 Shaun Murphy ENG 6 Robert Milkins ENG 3 3 John Higgins SCO 6 Michael Holt ENG 3 16 Mark Davis ENG 6 Cao Yupeng CHN 1 13 Matthew Stevens WAL 6 Dominic Dale WAL 1 8 Mark Allen NIR 3 Marco Fu HKG 6 5 Neil Robertson AUS 6 Tom Ford ENG 1 15 Barry Hawkins ENG 6 Liang Wenbo CHN 4 10 Ding Junhui CHN 4 Ryan Day WAL 6 2 Mark Selby ENG 6 Michael White WAL 3 ENG Mark Joyce 2 14 ENG Ali Carter 6 9 ENG Stuart Bingham 6 7 SCO Stephen Maguire 4   ENG Mark King 4 BEL Luca Brecel 6 12 SCO Graeme Dott 2 4 ENG Shaun Murphy 6 3 SCO John Higgins 5 16 ENG Mark Davis 6 13 WAL Matthew Stevens 6 HKG Marco Fu 4 5 AUS Neil Robertson 6 15 ENG Barry Hawkins 2 WAL Ryan Day 4 2 ENG Mark Selby 6 14 ENG Ali Carter 6 9 ENG Stuart Bingham 4 BEL Luca Brecel 5 4 ENG Shaun Murphy 6 16 ENG Mark Davis 6 13 WAL Matthew Stevens 4 5 AUS Neil Robertson 4 2 ENG Mark Selby 6 14 ENG Ali Carter 8 4 ENG Shaun Murphy 9 16 ENG Mark Davis 4 2 ENG Mark Selby 9 4 ENG Shaun Murphy 6 2 ENG Mark Selby 10 Final Final: Best of 19 frames. Referee: Leo Scullion.Barbican Centre, York, England, 9 December 2012.Final – Match 31 – Shaun Murphy v Mark Selby http://livescores.worldsnookerdata.com/Matches/Result/13176?matchId=154178 worldsnookerdata.com World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association 23 June 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20160304202940/http://livescores.worldsnookerdata.com/Matches/Result/13176?matchId=154178 2016-03-04 dead Shaun Murphy (4) 6–10 Mark Selby (2) Afternoon: 64–11, 49–58 (54), 0–82 (66), 83–0 (83), 98–35 (98), 67–39, 0–81 (70) Evening: 1–77, 72–67 (Murphy 65, Selby 58), 38–70, 53–63, 78–8, 34–79 (51), 0–107 (98), 31–64, 37–69 98 Highest break 98 0 Century breaks 0 3 50+ breaks 6 Qualifying These matches were held between 20 and 23 November 2012 at the World Snooker Academy in Sheffield, England.williamhill.com UK Championship 2012 qualifiers draw and format http://www.worldsnooker.com/staticFiles/71/b9/0,,13165~178545,00.pdf worldsnooker.com World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association 8 November 2012UK Championship 2012 qualifiers draw http://3a43ed9bbf8e4c3a0092-e5ae3e47d460213726cd286f2f322a12.r38.cf3.rackcdn.com/a1fc98caaafe2432e8e779349e59c92e3_Print.pdf World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association 7 January 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20160305175301/http://3a43ed9bbf8e4c3a0092-e5ae3e47d460213726cd286f2f322a12.r38.cf3.rackcdn.com/a1fc98caaafe2432e8e779349e59c92e3_Print.pdf 2016-03-05 dead williamhill.com UK Championship Qualifiers (2012) http://www.snooker.org/res/index.asp?event=199 Snooker.org 8 November 2012 no 200 Round 1Best of 11 frames Round 2Best of 11 frames Round 3Best of 11 frames Round 4Best of 11 frames David Grace ENG 4 Daniel Wells WAL 6 Pankaj Advani IND 6 Sam Baird ENG 2 Chen Zhe CHN 6 Sean O'Sullivan ENG 1 Tian Pengfei CHN 6 Joel Walker ENG 4 Li Yan CHN 4 Fraser Patrick SCO 6 Luca Brecel BEL 6 Scott Donaldson SCO 5 Robbie Williams ENG 2 Jamie O'Neill ENG 6 Michael Wasley ENG w/o Hossein Vafaei IRI w/d Thepchaiya Un-Nooh THA 6 Passakorn Suwannawat THA 5 Liam Highfield ENG 6 Ben Judge AUS 1 Ian Burns ENG 6 Michael Leslie SCO 1 Dechawat Poomjaeng THA 6 Simon Bedford ENG 3 Paul Davison ENG 6 Gareth Allen WAL 2 Zhang Anda CHN w/o Duane Jones WAL w/d Thanawat Thirapongpaiboon THA 6 Martin O'Donnell ENG 5 Tony Drago MLT 3 Craig Steadman ENG 6 Andy Hicks ENG 6 WAL Daniel Wells 2 Jimmy White ENG 5 IND Pankaj Advani 6 Aditya Mehta IND 4 CHN Chen Zhe 6 Alan McManus SCO 2 CHN Tian Pengfei 6 Adam Duffy ENG 6 SCO Fraser Patrick 2 Peter Lines ENG 4 BEL Luca Brecel 6 James Wattana THA 6 ENG Jamie O'Neill 4 Jimmy Robertson ENG 6 ENG Michael Wasley 5 Barry Pinches ENG 1 THA Thepchaiya Un-Nooh 6 Cao Yupeng CHN 6 ENG Liam Highfield 3 Kurt Maflin NOR 3 ENG Ian Burns 6 Rod Lawler ENG 6 THA Dechawat Poomjaeng 5 Yu Delu CHN 6 ENG Paul Davison 4 Anthony McGill SCO 6 CHN Zhang Anda 2 Alfie Burden ENG 5 THA Thanawat Thirapongpaiboon 6 Mike Dunn ENG 4 ENG Craig Steadman 6 Mark Joyce ENG 6 ENG Andy Hicks 4 Steve Davis ENG 6 IND Pankaj Advani 5 Jack Lisowski ENG 6 CHN Chen Zhe 2 David Gilbert ENG 6 CHN Tian Pengfei 3 Xiao Guodong CHN 6 ENG Adam Duffy 4 Liu Chuang CHN 3 BEL Luca Brecel 6 Ben Woollaston ENG 6 THA James Wattana 5 Rory McLeod ENG 6 ENG Jimmy Robertson 3 Jamie Jones WAL 3 THA Thepchaiya Un-Nooh 6 Dave Harold ENG 4 CHN Cao Yupeng 6 Anthony Hamilton ENG 2 ENG Ian Burns 6 Gerard Greene NIR 4 ENG Rod Lawler 6 Nigel Bond ENG 5 CHN Yu Delu 6 Liang Wenbo CHN 6 SCO Anthony McGill 5 Matthew Selt ENG 6 THA Thanawat Thirapongpaiboon 4 Michael White WAL 6 ENG Craig Steadman 3 Jamie Cope ENG 4 ENG Mark Joyce 6 Jamie Burnett SCO 2 ENG Steve Davis 6 Joe Perry ENG 4 ENG Jack Lisowski 6 Fergal O'Brien IRL 6 ENG David Gilbert 2 Mark King ENG 6 CHN Xiao Guodong 0 Peter Ebdon ENG 1 BEL Luca Brecel 6 Martin Gould ENG 6 ENG Ben Woollaston 3 Robert Milkins ENG 6 ENG Rory McLeod 5 Michael Holt ENG 6 THA Thepchaiya Un-Nooh 1 Marcus Campbell SCO 4 CHN Cao Yupeng 6 Dominic Dale WAL 6 ENG Ian Burns 2 Marco Fu HKG 6 ENG Rod Lawler 2 Tom Ford ENG 6 CHN Yu Delu 1 Andrew Higginson ENG 0 CHN Liang Wenbo 6 Ryan Day WAL 6 ENG Matthew Selt 3 Ken Doherty IRL 3 WAL Michael White 6 Century breaks Televised stage centuries UK Championship centuries http://livescores.worldsnookerdata.com/Centuries.aspx?t=13176 worldsnookerdata.com World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association 10 December 2012 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20121206035334/http://livescores.worldsnookerdata.com/Centuries.aspx?t=13176 December 6, 2012 147, 116 John Higgins 134, 101 Ali Carter 131, 121 Marco Fu 131, 104, 102 Stephen Maguire 130, 122, 105 Shaun Murphy 129, 127, 112, 105, 100 Neil Robertson 121, 106, 105, 103, 101 Mark Selby 120 Stuart Bingham 106, 103, 101 Mark Davis 106 Ding Junhui 105 Mark Williams 104 Judd Trump 103 Mark King 102 Liang Wenbo 101 Barry Hawkins 100 Ryan Day Qualifying stage centuries UK Championship qualifiers centuries http://livescores.worldsnookerdata.com/Centuries.aspx?t=13177 worldsnookerdata.com World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association 23 November 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20121127223049/http://livescores.worldsnookerdata.com/Centuries.aspx?t=13177 27 November 2012 147, 131, 104, 100 Jack Lisowski 147 Andy Hicks 141, 136 Steve Davis 140, 103 Ben Woollaston 138 Mark Joyce 136, 119, 110, 110, 103 Luca Brecel 135, 102 Rod Lawler 133 Tom Ford 132, 123, 105 Marco Fu 130 Dave Harold 129 Yu Delu 128 Liam Highfield 127, 124, 118 David Gilbert 120, 104 Thepchaiya Un-Nooh 120 Ryan Day 115, 111 Sam Baird 113, 105 Liang Wenbo 113 Kurt Maflin 111 Marcus Campbell 104 Mark King 103, 102 Pankaj Advani 102, 101 Daniel Wells 102 Xiao Guodong 101 Jamie O'Neill 101 Joe Perry References External links UKC2012 pictures by MoniqueLimbos at Photobucket WuUw0sd_NfA John Higgins 147 Maximum vs Mark Davis – 2012 UK Championship (BBC HD) 2012 UK Championship Championship (snooker) UK Championship 2012