2016 Northern Ireland Open

April 2022 2016 Coral Northern Ireland Open 300px 2016 11 14 2016 11 20 y Titanic Exhibition Centre Belfast Northern Ireland World Snooker Ranking event £366,000 £70,000 John Higgins SCO (147) Mark King ENG Barry Hawkins ENG 9–8 First 2017 The 2016 Northern Ireland Open (officially the 2016 Coral Northern Ireland Open) was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place between 14 and 20 November 2016 at the Titanic Exhibition Centre in Belfast, Northern Ireland.http://www.worldsnooker.com/tournaments/irish-open-2016/ Coral Northern Ireland Open 2016 World Snooker 7 November 2016 It was the ninth ranking event of the 2016/2017 season.http://www.snooker.org/res/index.asp?season=2016&template=2 Calendar 2016/2017 Snooker.org 7 November 2016 This was the inaugural Northern Ireland Open event, being held as part of a new Home Nations Series introduced in the 2016/2017 season with the existing Welsh Open and new English Open and Scottish Open tournaments.https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/snooker/32519199 World Championship: Snooker tour to be revamped in 2016 29 April 2015 BBC Sport 7 November 2016Hearn Announces New Five Year Plan http://www.worldsnooker.com/hearn-announces-new-five-year-plan World Snooker 7 November 2016 The winner of the Northern Ireland Open is awarded the Alex Higgins Trophy which is named in honour of Northern Irish two-time world champion Alex Higgins.https://www.bbc.com/sport/snooker/37487430 Alex Higgins: NI trophy named after two-time world champion 27 September 2016 BBC Sport 7 November 2016 Mark King won the first ranking title of his career by defeating Barry Hawkins 9–8 in the final.https://www.bbc.com/sport/snooker/38045803 Northern Ireland Open: Mark King ends 25-year wait for ranking title BBC Sport 21 November 2016http://www.worldsnooker.com/king-crowned-in-belfast/ King Crowned in Belfast World Snooker 21 November 2016 John Higgins made the 123rd official maximum break in the fifth frame of his last 64 match against Sam Craigie. It was Higgins' eighth professional maximum.http://www.worldsnooker.com/higgins-makes-147-in-belfast/ Higgins Makes 147 in Belfast World Snooker 21 November 2016 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20161121155857/http://www.worldsnooker.com/higgins-makes-147-in-belfast/ 21 November 2016 Prize fund The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:http://www.worldsnooker.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/Tour-Prize-Money-Ranking-Points-Schedule-2016-17-v1.pdf Indicative prize money rankings schedule 2016/2017 season World Snooker 7 November 2016 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20161104205739/http://www.worldsnooker.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/Tour-Prize-Money-Ranking-Points-Schedule-2016-17-v1.pdf 4 November 2016 70% 50% Winner: £70,000 Runner-up: £30,000 Semi-final: £20,000 Quarter-final: £10,000 Last 16: £6,000 Last 32: £3,500 Last 64: £2,500 50% Highest break: £2,000 Total: £366,000 The "rolling 147 prize" for a maximum break stood at £10,000. Main draw http://www.worldsnooker.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/Click-here-for-the-draw1.pdf Northern Ireland Open Draw World Snooker 7 November 2016http://www.worldsnooker.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/Click-here-for-the-format1.pdf Northern Ireland Open Format World Snooker 7 November 2016http://www.snooker.org/res/index.asp?event=523 Coral Northern Ireland Open Results Snooker.org 21 November 2016http://livescores.worldsnookerdata.com/Matches/Index/13911/northern-ireland-open Northern Ireland Open Matches World Snooker 21 November 2016 bot: unknown https://web.archive.org/web/20161121144435/http://livescores.worldsnookerdata.com/Matches/Index/13911/northern-ireland-open 21 November 2016 Top half Section 1 main 4 200 yes high Last 128Best of 7 frames Last 64Best of 7 frames Last 32Best of 7 frames no Last 16Best of 7 frames ENG Judd Trump (1) w/d ENG Peter Ebdon w/o ENG Michael Wild 2 ENG Adam Duffy 4 AUS Kurt Dunham 4 ENG Christopher Keogan 2 ENG Robert Milkins 1 SCO Scott Donaldson 4 SCO Stephen Maguire (16) 3 SCO Alan McManus 4 CHN Wang Yuchen 1 ENG Sanderson Lam 4 ENG Zak Surety 4 IOM Darryl Hill 3 IRN Hossein Vafaei 4 ENG Rod Lawler 3 ENG Peter Ebdon 4 ENG Adam Duffy 3 AUS Kurt Dunham 3 SCO Scott Donaldson 4 SCO Alan McManus 0 ENG Sanderson Lam 4 ENG Zak Surety 2 IRN Hossein Vafaei 4 ENG Peter Ebdon 2 SCO Scott Donaldson 4 ENG Sanderson Lam 1 IRN Hossein Vafaei 4 SCO Scott Donaldson 2 IRN Hossein Vafaei 4 Section 2 main 4 200 yes high Last 128Best of 7 frames Last 64Best of 7 frames Last 32Best of 7 frames no Last 16Best of 7 frames CHN Zhang Yong 2 NOR Kurt Maflin 4 MLT Alex Borg 4 THA Dechawat Poomjaeng 2 ENG Mike Dunn 3 IRL Josh Boileau 4 ENG Ali Carter (9) w/d PAK Hamza Akbar w/o IRL Fergal O'Brien 4 CHN Tian Pengfei 2 MYS Thor Chuan Leong 1 ENG Mitchell Mann 4 ENG Mark King 4 BRA Igor Figueiredo 1 CHN Liang Wenbo (8) 4 ENG Nigel Bond 1 NOR Kurt Maflin 4 MLT Alex Borg 1 IRL Josh Boileau 4 PAK Hamza Akbar 2 IRL Fergal O'Brien 4 ENG Mitchell Mann 0 ENG Mark King 4 CHN Liang Wenbo (8) 2 NOR Kurt Maflin 4 IRL Josh Boileau 1 IRL Fergal O'Brien 0 ENG Mark King 4 NOR Kurt Maflin 2 ENG Mark King 4 Section 3 main 4 200 yes high Last 128Best of 7 frames Last 64Best of 7 frames Last 32Best of 7 frames no Last 16Best of 7 frames ENG Ronnie O'Sullivan (5) 4 WAL David John 1 WAL Gareth Allen 2 ENG Jimmy White 4 CHN Zhang Anda 4 WAL Ian Preece 0 ENG Chris Wakelin 4 THA James Wattana 1 ENG Kyren Wilson (12) 4 ENG Hammad Miah 2 NIR Jordan Brown 4 ENG Ben Woollaston 2 CHN Cao Yupeng 1 THA Sunny Akani 4 ENG Mark Davis 4 ENG Jason Weston 0 ENG Ronnie O'Sullivan (5) 4 ENG Jimmy White 1 CHN Zhang Anda 4 ENG Chris Wakelin 3 ENG Kyren Wilson (12) 4 NIR Jordan Brown 2 THA Sunny Akani 4 ENG Mark Davis 3 ENG Ronnie O'Sullivan (5) 4 CHN Zhang Anda 0 ENG Kyren Wilson (12) 4 THA Sunny Akani 2 ENG Ronnie O'Sullivan (5) 3 ENG Kyren Wilson (12) 4 Section 4 main 4 200 yes high Last 128Best of 7 frames Last 64Best of 7 frames Last 32Best of 7 frames no Last 16Best of 7 frames ENG Matthew Selt 2 ENG Jamie Curtis-Barrett 4 CHN Zhao Xintong 1 ENG David Gilbert 4 ENG Craig Steadman 4 ENG Alfie Burden 1 WAL Mark Williams (13) 4 ENG David Grace 2 CHN Zhou Yuelong 4 WAL Matthew Stevens 3 ENG Allan Taylor 4 CHN Li Hang 2 ENG Sam Craigie 4 WAL Jamie Jones 0 SCO John Higgins (4) 4 ENG Paul Davison 0 ENG Jamie Curtis-Barrett 1 ENG David Gilbert 4 ENG Craig Steadman 0 WAL Mark Williams (13) 4 CHN Zhou Yuelong 4 ENG Allan Taylor 0 ENG Sam Craigie 1 SCO John Higgins (4) 4 ENG David Gilbert 2 WAL Mark Williams (13) 4 CHN Zhou Yuelong 0 SCO John Higgins (4) 4 WAL Mark Williams (13) 4 SCO John Higgins (4) 1 Bottom half Section 5 main 4 200 yes high Last 128Best of 7 frames Last 64Best of 7 frames Last 32Best of 7 frames no Last 16Best of 7 frames ENG Shaun Murphy (3) 0 BEL Luca Brecel 4 POL Adam Stefanow 2 ENG Jamie Cope 4 SCO Graeme Dott 0 WAL Michael White 4 CHN Chen Zhe 4 SCO Ross Muir 1 ENG Ricky Walden (14) 4 ENG Sean O'Sullivan 2 THA Kritsanut Lertsattayathorn 4 ENG Rory McLeod 2 ENG Tom Ford 4 ENG Ian Burns 2 WAL Dominic Dale 4 NIR Joe Swail 2 BEL Luca Brecel 4 ENG Jamie Cope 2 WAL Michael White 4 CHN Chen Zhe 3 ENG Ricky Walden (14) 4 THA Kritsanut Lertsattayathorn 3 ENG Tom Ford 0 WAL Dominic Dale 4 BEL Luca Brecel 1 WAL Michael White 4 ENG Ricky Walden (14) 2 WAL Dominic Dale 4 WAL Michael White 4 WAL Dominic Dale 2 Section 6 main 4 200 yes high Last 128Best of 7 frames Last 64Best of 7 frames Last 32Best of 7 frames no Last 16Best of 7 frames CHN Mei Xiwen 1 WAL Duane Jones 4 SCO Fraser Patrick 4 SCO Marc Davis 1 ENG Stuart Carrington 3 ENG Michael Holt 4 ENG Barry Hawkins (11) 4 ENG Martin O'Donnell 0 ENG Jack Lisowski 4 ENG David Lilley 3 ENG John Astley 4 CHN Xiao Guodong 3 ENG Elliot Slessor 2 ENG Jimmy Robertson 4 ENG Joe Perry (6) 4 BRA Itaro Santos 0 WAL Duane Jones 0 SCO Fraser Patrick 4 ENG Michael Holt 1 ENG Barry Hawkins (11) 4 ENG Jack Lisowski 4 ENG John Astley 1 ENG Jimmy Robertson 3 ENG Joe Perry (6) 4 SCO Fraser Patrick 0 ENG Barry Hawkins (11) 4 ENG Jack Lisowski 4 ENG Joe Perry (6) 3 ENG Barry Hawkins (11) 4 ENG Jack Lisowski 0 Section 7 main 4 200 yes high Last 128Best of 7 frames Last 64Best of 7 frames Last 32Best of 7 frames no Last 16Best of 7 frames NIR Mark Allen (7) 4 ENG Mark Joyce 1 CYP Michael Georgiou 4 NIR Patrick Wallace 2 FIN Robin Hull 4 ENG James Cahill 2 WAL Lee Walker 4 SCO Rhys Clark 2 HKG Marco Fu (10) 4 WAL Ryan Day 3 THA Noppon Saengkham 3 ENG Sam Baird 4 ENG Andrew Higginson 4 WAL Daniel Wells 1 ENG Gary Wilson 4 ENG Peter Lines 0 NIR Mark Allen (7) 4 CYP Michael Georgiou 2 FIN Robin Hull 4 WAL Lee Walker 2 HKG Marco Fu (10) 3 ENG Sam Baird 4 ENG Andrew Higginson 3 ENG Gary Wilson 4 NIR Mark Allen (7) 4 FIN Robin Hull 1 ENG Sam Baird 3 ENG Gary Wilson 4 NIR Mark Allen (7) 4 ENG Gary Wilson 3 Section 8 main 4 200 yes high Last 128Best of 7 frames Last 64Best of 7 frames Last 32Best of 7 frames no Last 16Best of 7 frames ENG Ashley Hugill 0 IRL Ken Doherty 4 ENG Anthony Hamilton 4 THA Boonyarit Keattikun 2 IND Aditya Mehta 4 ENG Sydney Wilson 2 SCO Anthony McGill (15) 4 CHN Fang Xiongman 2 SCO Eden Sharav 4 ENG Oliver Lines 1 ENG Steven Hallworth 1 CHN Yan Bingtao 4 ENG Robbie Williams 4 THA Thepchaiya Un-Nooh 2 CHN Ding Junhui (2) 2 CHN Yu Delu 4 IRL Ken Doherty 3 ENG Anthony Hamilton 4 IND Aditya Mehta 3 SCO Anthony McGill (15) 4 SCO Eden Sharav 0 CHN Yan Bingtao 4 ENG Robbie Williams 4 CHN Yu Delu 1 ENG Anthony Hamilton 4 SCO Anthony McGill (15) 2 CHN Yan Bingtao 4 ENG Robbie Williams 3 ENG Anthony Hamilton 4 CHN Yan Bingtao 3 Finals main 3 200 yes high Quarter-finalsBest of 9 frames Semi-finalsBest of 11 frames no FinalBest of 17 frames IRN Hossein Vafaei 3 ENG Mark King 5 ENG Kyren Wilson (12) 5 WAL Mark Williams (13) 4 WAL Michael White 2 ENG Barry Hawkins (11) 5 NIR Mark Allen (7) 2 ENG Anthony Hamilton 5 ENG Mark King 6 ENG Kyren Wilson (12) 2 ENG Barry Hawkins (11) 6 ENG Anthony Hamilton 5 ENG Mark King 9 ENG Barry Hawkins (11) 8 Final Final: Best of 17 frames. Referee: Terry Camilleri.Titanic Exhibition Centre, Belfast, Northern Ireland, 20 November 2016. Mark King 9–8 Barry Hawkins (11) Afternoon: 1–85 (85), 6–118 (113), 126–11 (110), 49–80, 1–60, 14–64, 66–18, 90–1Evening: 95–5 (62), 101–13 (100), 83–1, 76–6 (54), 0–73 (73), 40–82 (76), 65–28, 65–72, 84–33 110 Highest break 113 2 Century breaks 1 4 50+ breaks 4 Century breaks http://livescores.worldsnookerdata.com/Centuries/CenturyBreaks/13911/northern-ireland-open Northern Ireland Open Centuries World Snooker 21 November 2016 bot: unknown https://web.archive.org/web/20161121155355/http://livescores.worldsnookerdata.com/Centuries/CenturyBreaks/13911/northern-ireland-open 21 November 2016 147, 137, 130, 107 John Higgins 142 Fergal O'Brien 141, 133, 131, 126, 117, 108 Ronnie O'Sullivan 139 Mark Williams 138, 134, 124 Anthony Hamilton 137, 130, 117, 104 Michael White 133 Dominic Dale 131 Chen Zhe 130, 121 Yan Bingtao 126, 117, 113 Barry Hawkins 126 Kurt Dunham 125, 108 Rhys Clark 125 Alfie Burden 125 James Cahill 121 David Gilbert 120 Peter Ebdon 119, 112, 101 Kurt Maflin 119 Hossein Vafaei 118 Marco Fu 118 Alan McManus 117 Luca Brecel 116, 109 Ricky Walden 113, 109, 100 Kyren Wilson 112 Michael Georgiou 110, 100 Mark King 110 Anthony McGill 110 Tom Ford 109 Mark Allen 106 Scott Donaldson 106 Sam Baird 104 Sam Craigie 104 Yu Delu 103 Jamie Curtis-Barrett 102 Jordan Brown 102 Ken Doherty 102 Liang Wenbo 101 Robbie Williams 102 Stephen Maguire 100 Jack Lisowski 100 Eden Sharav References 2016 Category:2016 in snooker Category:2016 in Northern Ireland sport Category:November 2016 sports events in the United Kingdom