The 2013 Champion of Champions (officially the 2013 888casino Champion of Champions) was a professional non-ranking snooker tournament held between 19 and 24 November 2013 at the Ricoh Arena in Coventry, England.[1] This was the first time that 888casino sponsored the event,[2] which was broadcast live on ITV4.[3]
Tournament information | |
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Dates | 19–24 November 2013 |
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 | Ronnie O'Sullivan (ENG) (130) |
Final | |
Champion | Ronnie O'Sullivan (ENG) |
Runner-up | Stuart Bingham (ENG) |
Score | 10–8 |
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The event was last held in 1980,[4] when Doug Mountjoy won in the final 10–8 against John Virgo.[5]
Ronnie O'Sullivan won his 52nd professional title by defeating Stuart Bingham 10–8 in the final.[6][7]
The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:[8]
Players qualified for the event by winning important tournaments from the start of the 2012-13 season to the 2013 Indian Open. The important events included all rankings events and winners the following non-rankings events: 2012 Premier League Snooker, 2013 Masters, 2013 Players Championship Grand Final and 2013 Championship League. With only 14 different players winning one of the qualifying events, the remaining two places were allocated to the highest ranked players who had not already qualified.[9]
The following 16 players qualified for the tournament:[10]
Group semi-finals (last 16) Best of 7 frames | Group finals (quarter-finals) Best of 11 frames | Semi-finals Best of 11 frames | Final Best of 19 frames | ||||||||||||||||
1 | Ronnie O'Sullivan | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
16 | Mark Davis | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
1 | Ronnie O'Sullivan | 6 | |||||||||||||||||
Group 1 | |||||||||||||||||||
8 | Ding Junhui | 5 | |||||||||||||||||
8 | Ding Junhui | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
9 | Barry Hawkins | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
1 | Ronnie O'Sullivan | 6 | |||||||||||||||||
4 | Neil Robertson | 5 | |||||||||||||||||
5 | Mark Allen | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
12 | Ali Carter | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
12 | Ali Carter | 5 | |||||||||||||||||
Group 4 | |||||||||||||||||||
4 | Neil Robertson | 6 | |||||||||||||||||
4 | Neil Robertson | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
13 | Martin Gould | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
1 | Ronnie O'Sullivan | 10 | |||||||||||||||||
11 | Stuart Bingham | 8 | |||||||||||||||||
3 | Judd Trump | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
14 | Marco Fu | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
3 | Judd Trump | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
Group 3 | |||||||||||||||||||
11 | Stuart Bingham | 6 | |||||||||||||||||
6 | Ricky Walden | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
11 | Stuart Bingham | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
11 | Stuart Bingham | 6 | |||||||||||||||||
2 | Mark Selby | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
7 | John Higgins | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
10 | Stephen Maguire | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
10 | Stephen Maguire | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
Group 2 | |||||||||||||||||||
2 | Mark Selby | 6 | |||||||||||||||||
2 | Mark Selby | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
15 | Shaun Murphy | 2 |
Final: Best of 19 frames. Referee: Paul Collier. Ricoh Arena, Coventry, England, 24 November 2013.[29][30] | ||
Ronnie O'Sullivan (1) England |
10–8 | Stuart Bingham (11) England |
Afternoon: 26–109 (109), 82–48 (66), 66–47 (55), 53–57, 1–72 (72), 1–66 (52), 76–4 (76), 0–133 (109), 130–0 (130) Evening: 99–1 (93), 64–54 (Bingham 54), 37–64, 35–65, 91–8 (62), 96–34 (96), 38–74 (66), 65–29, 83–0 | ||
130 | Highest break | 109 |
1 | Century breaks | 2 |
7 | 50+ breaks | 6 |