1997 Charity Challenge
Tournament information | |
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Dates | 2–5 January 1997 (1997-01-02 – 1997-01-05) |
Venue | International Convention Centre |
City | Birmingham |
Country | England |
Organisation | WPBSA |
Format | Non-ranking event |
Winner's share | £30,000 |
Highest break | ![]() |
Final | |
Champion | ![]() |
Runner-up | ![]() |
Score | 9–8 |
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Snooker tournament
The 1997 Liverpool Victoria Charity Challenge was the third edition of the professional invitational snooker tournament, which took place in January 1997. The tournament was played at the International Convention Centre in Birmingham, England, and featured twelve professional players.[1]
Stephen Hendry won the title, beating Ronnie O'Sullivan 9–8 in the final. Hendry had led 8–2, O'Sullivan won 6 frames in a row to level at 8–8, before Hendry made a 147 Maximum break in the deciding frame.[2]
Main draw
[3]
Round 1 Best of 9 Frames | Quarter-finals Best of 9 Frames | Semi-finals Best of 11 Frames | Final Best of 17 Frames | ||||||||||||||||
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![]() | 1 | ![]() | 9 | ||||||||||||||||
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![]() | 2 | ![]() | 6 | ||||||||||||||||
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![]() | 4 |
Final
Final: Best of 17 frames. International Convention Centre, Birmingham, England, 5 January 1997.[3] | ||
Stephen Hendry ![]() | 9–8 | Ronnie O'Sullivan ![]() |
Afternoon: 110–25 (110), 59–31, 129–0 (129), 67–46, 10–107 (100), 129–9, 136–0 (136), 23–66 Evening: 82–1, 88–0, 20–106, 1–137 (137), 16–124 (124), 37–91, 9–87, 0–72, 147–0 (147) | ||
147 | Highest break | 137 |
4 | Century breaks | 3 |
4 | 50+ breaks | 3 |
References
- ^ "Liverpool Victoria Charity Challenge". Chris Turner's Snooker Archive. Archived from the original on 7 January 2012. Retrieved 15 January 2018.
- ^ Layton, Eric. Cuesport Book of Professional Snooker. p. 170.
- ^ a b "Liverpool Victoria Charity Challenge 1997". snooker.org. Retrieved 15 January 2018.
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