2016 Champion of Champions

March 2018 March 2018 2016 Dafabet Champion of Champions 2016 11 7 2016 11 12 y Ricoh Arena Coventry England Matchroom Sport Non-ranking event £300,000 £100,000 John Higgins SCO (143) John Higgins SCO Ronnie O'Sullivan ENG 10–7 2015 2017 The 2016 Champion of Champions (officially the 2016 Dafabet Champion of Champions) was a professional non-ranking snooker tournament that took place between 7 and 12 November 2016 at the Ricoh Arena in Coventry, England.http://www.ricoharena.com/whats-on/sport/champion-of-champions-2016/ Champion of Champions Snooker 2016 27 June 2016 20 October 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20161020034642/http://www.ricoharena.com/whats-on/sport/champion-of-champions-2016/ dead It was the fourth staging of the tournament since it was revived in 2013. In the United Kingdom the tournament was broadcast on ITV4. Neil Robertson was the defending champion,https://www.bbc.com/sport/snooker/34828974 Champion of Champions: Neil Robertson beats Mark Allen BBC Sport 27 June 2016 15 November 2015 but he was beaten 2–4 in the Group 1 semi-final by Stuart Bingham. Prize fund The breakdown of prize money for 2016 is shown below:Prize Fund http://www.championofchampionssnooker.co.uk/prize-fund/ Champion of Champions Snooker 27 June 2016 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 of the following non-rankings events: 2016 Masters, 2016 Championship League and 2016 China Championship.http://www.wpbsa.com/champion-champions-2016-june-update/ Champion of Champions June Update www.wpbsa.com World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association 25 June 2016 27 June 2016 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 on his own right by winning the Six-red World Championship and 2016 Shanghai Masters.http://www.worldsnooker.com/race-to-the-ricoh-champion-of-champions-latest/ Race To The Ricoh – Champion of Champions Latest www.wpbsa.com World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association 25 August 2016 27 August 2016 With several players winning more than one tournament, there were fewer than 16 players who qualified by winning tournaments. Remaining places were allocated to the highest ranked player, not already qualified, on the one-year ranking list. After the 2016 International Championship there had only been 14 different winners and, with only one event left, Stuart Bingham, who was 8th in the one-year ranking list, qualified at that stage.1 year list after the 2016 International Championship 17 March 2022 http://www.worldsnooker.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/1-year-list-after-2016-International-Champs.pdf World Snooker The final place was left for the winner of the 2016 China Championship, a non-ranking event. During the China Championship Marco Fu withdrew and Joe Perry, 9th on the one-year ranking list, replaced him. At that stage John Higgins was the only non-qualified player left in the China Championship and, since he was 10th on the one-year ranking list, he therefore became the final qualifier. Moreover, he subsequently went on to win the tournament by beating Ronnie O'Sullivan 10–7 in the final. The following players qualified for the tournament:Players http://www.championofchampionssnooker.co.uk/players/ Champion of Champions Snooker 27 June 2016Champion of Champions 2016 – Shanghai Update Seed Player Qualified as Ref. Reference 1 AUS Neil Robertson Winner of 2015 Champion of Champions, 2015 UK Championship and 2016 Riga Masters 2 ENG Mark Selby Winner of 2016 World Snooker Championship, 2016 Gdynia Open, 2016 Paul Hunter Classic and 2016 International Championship 3 ENG Ronnie O'Sullivan Winner of 2016 Masters and 2016 Welsh Open 4 ENG Shaun Murphy Winner of 2016 World Grand Prix NIR Mark Allen Winner of 2016 Players Championship Grand Final ENG Judd Trump Winner of 2016 China Open, 2016 Championship League and 2016 European Masters CHN Ding Junhui Winner of 2016 Six-red World Championship and 2016 Shanghai Masters ENG Martin Gould Winner of 2016 German Masters w/d HKG Marco Fu Winner of 2015 Gibraltar Open SCO Anthony McGill Winner of 2016 Indian Open ENG Ali Carter Winner of 2016 World Open FIN Robin Hull Winner of 2016 Snooker Shoot-Out ENG Mark Davis Winner of 2016 World Seniors Championship CHN Liang Wenbo Winner of 2016 English Open SCO John Higgins Winner of 2016 China Championship ENG Stuart Bingham Highest ranked player, not already qualified, on the one-year ranking list after 2016 International Championship rankings update Selby dominates http://www.worldsnooker.com/rankings-update-selby-dominates/ www.wpbsa.com World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association 31 October 2016 2 November 2016 ENG Joe Perry Qualified from the one-year ranking list after Marco Fu's withdrawal Four 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 winning the UK Championship, Shaun Murphy became the 4th seed for being the highest ranked player not seeded after the 2016 Shanghai Masters.Champion of Champions Group Draw Announced http://www.worldsnooker.com/champion-of-champions-group-draw-announced/ www.wpbsa.com World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association 12 October 2016 13 October 2016 Main draw 200 Group semi-finals (last 16)Best of 7 frames Group finals (quarter-finals)Best of 11 frames Semi-finalsBest of 11 frames FinalBest of 19 frames Group 1 (8 November) Group 4 (10 November) Group 3 (7 November) Group 2 (9 November) 1 AUS Neil Robertson 2 ENG Stuart Bingham 4   CHN Ding Junhui 4 ENG Ali Carter 2   ENG Judd Trump 4 SCO Anthony McGill 3 4 ENG Shaun Murphy 2 SCO John Higgins 4 3 ENG Ronnie O'Sullivan 4 FIN Robin Hull 2   ENG Martin Gould 4 ENG Mark Davis 3   NIR Mark Allen 4 ENG Joe Perry 2 2 ENG Mark Selby 4 CHN Liang Wenbo 0   ENG Stuart Bingham 4 CHN Ding Junhui 6   ENG Judd Trump 4 SCO John Higgins 6 3 ENG Ronnie O'Sullivan 6 ENG Martin Gould 2 NIR Mark Allen 6 2 ENG Mark Selby 5   CHN Ding Junhui 5 SCO John Higgins 6 3 ENG Ronnie O'Sullivan 6 NIR Mark Allen 2 SCO John Higgins 10 3 ENG Ronnie O'Sullivan 7 Final Final: Best of 19 frames. Referee: Brendan Moore.Ricoh Arena, Coventry, England, 12 November 2016. John Higgins 10–7 Ronnie O'Sullivan (3) Afternoon: 75–0 (75), 19–69 (68), 74–3 (74), 1–100 (88), 0–90 (90), 79–0 (79), 74–4 (65), 29–88 (61), 48–82Evening: 62–23 (60), 64–21 (63), 0–77 (74), 88–0 (83), 0–134 (130), 76–0 (76), 86–1 (86), 113–0 (58) 86 Highest break 130 0 Century breaks 1 10 50+ breaks 6 Century breaks 143, 112 John Higgins 142, 135, 125, 107, 102 Ding Junhui 132, 124, 111 Judd Trump 132 Stuart Bingham 130, 130, 124, 121, 109, 101 Ronnie O'Sullivan 116, 109, 100 Mark Allen 113, 101 Mark Selby 103 Martin Gould References 2 External links http://www.championofchampionssnooker.co.uk/ 2016 Category:2016 in snooker Category:2016 in English sport Category:Sports competitions in Coventry Category:2010s in Coventry Category:November 2016 sports events in the United Kingdom