2018 Champion of Champions

ManBetX Champion of Champions
Tournament information
Dates 5–11 November 2018
Venue Ricoh Arena
City Coventry
Country England
Organisation(s) WPBSA
Format Non-ranking event
Total prize fund £370,000
Winner's share £100,000
Highest break
Defending champion England Shaun Murphy
Final
Champion
Runner-up
Score –
← 2017

The 2018 ManBetX Champion of Champions is an upcoming professional non-ranking snooker tournament taking place between 5–11 November 2018 at the Ricoh Arena in Coventry, England.[1]

Shaun Murphy is the defending champion, having beaten Ronnie O'Sullivan 10–8 in the final of the 2017 edition of the tournament.[2]

Prize fund

The breakdown of prize money for 2018 is shown below:

  • Winner: £100,000
  • Runner-up: £50,000
  • Losing semi-finalist: £25,000
  • Group runner-up: £17,500
  • First round losers: £12,500
  • Total: £370,000

Qualification

Qualification for the 2018 Champion of Champions tournament is determined by the winners of (at most) 26 tournaments over a one-year period, from the 2017 Champion of Champions to the 2018 International Championship, thereby including tournaments from both the 2017/2018 and 2018/2019 snooker seasons. The winners of the first 16 tournaments on the list are guaranteed qualification. The winners of the next tournaments on the list – in the order shown in the table – will also take a place in the Champion of Champions if other players win more than one of the tournaments higher in the list.[1]

TournamentDate of tournament finalWinnerQualified playersDate qualification confirmed
2017 Champion of Champions12 November 2017England Shaun MurphyEngland Shaun Murphy
England Ronnie O'Sullivan
Northern Ireland Mark Allen
Wales Mark Williams
Scotland John Higgins
England Mark Selby
England Jimmy Robertson
Australia Neil Robertson
Wales Ryan Day
England Kyren Wilson
Cyprus Michael Georgiou		12 November 2017
18 November 2017
21 January 2018
10 December 2017
4 March 2018
8 April 2018
7 October 2018
25 February 2018
29 March 2018
26 August 2018
12 August 2018
2017 UK Championship10 December 2017England Ronnie O'Sullivan
2018 Masters21 January 2018Northern Ireland Mark Allen
2018 World Championship7 May 2018Wales Mark Williams
2017 Shanghai Masters18 November 2017England Ronnie O'Sullivan
2018 German Masters4 February 2018Wales Mark Williams
2018 World Grand Prix25 February 2018England Ronnie O'Sullivan
2018 Players Championship25 March 2018England Ronnie O'Sullivan
2018 Championship League29 March 2018Scotland John Higgins
2018 China Open8 April 2018England Mark Selby
2018 World Open12 August 2018Wales Mark Williams
2018 Shanghai Masters16 September 2018England Ronnie O’Sullivan
2018 China Championship30 September 2018England Mark Selby
2018 European Masters7 October 2018England Jimmy Robertson
2018 International Championship4 November 2018
2017 Northern Ireland Open26 November 2017Wales Mark Williams
2017 Scottish Open17 December 2017Australia Neil Robertson
2018 Welsh Open4 March 2018Scotland John Higgins
2018 English Open21 October 2018
2018 Gibraltar Open11 March 2018Wales Ryan Day
2018 World Championship runner-up7 May 2018Scotland John Higgins
2018 Riga Masters29 July 2018Australia Neil Robertson
2018 Paul Hunter Classic26 August 2018England Kyren Wilson
2018 Shoot-Out11 February 2018Cyprus Michael Georgiou
2018 Romanian Masters18 March 2018Wales Ryan Day
2018 Six-red World Championship8 September 2018England Kyren Wilson

Main draw

Last 16
Best of 7 frames 		Quarter-finals
Best of 11 frames 		Semi-finals
Best of 11 frames 		Final
Best of 19 frames
            
England Shaun Murphy (1)

Final

Final: Best of 19 frames. Referee:
Ricoh Arena, Coventry, England, 11 November 2018.

 –
Afternoon:
Evening:
Highest break
Century breaks
50+ breaks

Century breaks

Total:

References

  1. 1 2 "Champion of Champions Qualifying Criteria Confirmed". Champion of Champions Snooker. Retrieved 29 March 2018.
  2. ↑ "Champion of Champions: Shaun Murphy beats Ronnie O'Sullivan in final". BBC Sport. 12 November 2017. Retrieved 29 March 2018.
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