2014 Champion of Champions
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Tournament information | |
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Dates | 3–9 November 2014 (2014-11-03 – 2014-11-09) |
Venue | Ricoh Arena |
City | Coventry |
Country | England |
Organisation | Matchroom Sport |
Format | Non-ranking event |
Total prize fund | £270,000 |
Winner's share | £100,000 |
Highest break | ![]() |
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Champion | ![]() |
Runner-up | ![]() |
Score | 10–7 |
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The 2014 Champion of Champions (officially the 2014 Dafabet Champion of Champions) was a professional non-ranking snooker tournament that took place between 3 and 9 November 2014 at the Ricoh Arena in Coventry, England.[1]
Ronnie O'Sullivan successfully defended his title beating Judd Trump 10–7 in the final.[2][3]
Prize fund
The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:[4]
- Winner: £100,000
- Runner-up: £50,000
- Semi-finals: £20,000
- Group runner-up: £10,000
- Group semi-finals: £5,000
- Total: £270,000
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: 2014 Masters, 2014 Championship League, 2015 World Grand Prix and 2014 Players Championship Grand Final. Remaining places were then allocated to winners of European Tour events (in the order they were played) and then to winners of Asian Tour events and then, winners of the 2014 Six-red World Championship, 2014 Snooker Shoot-Out and 2013 World Seniors Championship.[5]
Only 13 different players won one the 24 qualifying tournaments. The remaining three places were allocated to the three highest ranked players who had not already qualified, based on the world rankings after the 2014 Bulgarian Open.[6]
The following 16 players qualified for the tournament:[7]
Main draw
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Final
Final: Best of 19 frames. Referee: Brendan Moore. Ricoh Arena, Coventry, England, 9 November 2014.[28][29] | ||
Ronnie O'Sullivan (1)![]() | 10–7 | Judd Trump![]() |
Afternoon: 137–0 (137), 82–0 (78), 25–100, 63–73, 137–0 (50, 87), 80–0 (80), 34–89 (58), 139–0 (139), 134–0 (134) Evening: 70–61 (70, 56), 114–23 (70), 9–113 (102), 0–100 (100), 0–70 (69), 0–90 (90), 82–46 (63), 109–0 (109) | ||
139 | Highest break | 102 |
4 | Century breaks | 2 |
11 | 50+ breaks | 6 |
Century breaks
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- 139, 137, 134, 125, 115, 109, 105, 103 – Ronnie O'Sullivan
- 134, 117, 111, 106 – Neil Robertson
- 119, 106, 102, 100 – Judd Trump
- 112 – Barry Hawkins
- 111, 105 – Ding Junhui
- 107 – Stuart Bingham
Notes
- ^ Due to his absence for medical reasons from all World Snooker Tour events until this tournament in the 2014/2015 season, Ali Carter's seeding position will be determined as if he would be ranked 13th.[23]
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- ^ "Stuart Bingham". Champion of Champions Snooker. Archived from the original on 15 November 2014. Retrieved 1 November 2014.
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- ^ "John Higgins". Champion of Champions Snooker. Archived from the original on 15 November 2014. Retrieved 1 November 2014.
- ^ "Carter To Retain Top 16 Seeding". worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. 22 October 2014. Archived from the original on 25 October 2014. Retrieved 25 October 2014.
- ^ "Ali Carter". Champion of Champions Snooker. Archived from the original on 15 November 2014. Retrieved 1 November 2014.
- ^ "Dafabet Champion of Champions Draw" (PDF). World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. 9 November 2014. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 November 2014. Retrieved 10 November 2014.
- ^ "Fixtures & Results". Champion of Champions Snooker. Archived from the original on 30 May 2019. Retrieved 1 November 2014.
- ^ "Format". Champion of Champions Snooker. Archived from the original on 1 November 2014. Retrieved 1 November 2014.
- ^ a b "Dafabet Champion of Champions (2014)". Snooker.org. Archived from the original on 1 November 2014. Retrieved 25 October 2014.
- ^ "Ronnie O'Sullivan v Judd Trump – Frame Details". love-snooker.com. Love Snooker. Archived from the original on 10 November 2014. Retrieved 10 November 2014.
- ^ "Dafabet Champion of Champions: century breaks". worldsnookerdata.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Archived from the original on 31 October 2014. Retrieved 31 October 2014.
External links
- Official website