2017 Warld Snooker Championship

2017 Betfred Warld Snooker Championship
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Tournament information
Dates	15 April – 1 May 2017
Venue	Crucible Theatre
City	Sheffield
Kintra	England
Organisation(s)	WPBSA / Warld Snooker
Format	Rankin event
Total prize fund	£1,750,000
Winner's share	£375,000
Highest break	Ronnie O'Sullivan (ENG) (146)
Final
Champion	Mark Selby (ENG)
Runner-up	John Higgins (SCO)
Score	18–15
	← 2016 2018 →

The 2017 Warld Snooker Championship wis a professional snooker toornament tha teuk place frae 15 Apryle tae 1 May 2017 a the Crucible Theatre i Sheffield, England. It wis the 19t an feenal rankin event o the 2016–17 saison, followin the Cheenae Open. It wis the 41st consecutive year that the Warld Snooker Championship haed been held at the Crucible.

The winner o the title wis defendin champion and warld nummer ane Mark Selby, who defeatit John Higgins 18–15 in the feenal despite haein fallen 4–10 behind in the seicont session o the match. Selby defeatit Ding Junhui 17–15 in the semi-feenals, whilst Higgins defeatit Barry Hawkins 17–8 tae reach the feenal. This wis Selby's third Warld Championship win; he haed an aw won the title in the 2014 and 2016 tournaments.

The tot prize fund for the championship wis £1,750,000, wi the winner receivin the tap prize o £375,000. Thare war 74 century braks i the main stage o the championship, wi a faur 84 in qualifyin. Englishman Ronnie O'Sullivan compiled a break o 146 in the quarter-feenals, the heichest brak o the toornament. Gary Wilson scored a maximum brak o 147 in qualifyin durin his first roond win ower Josh Boileau. The toornament wis broadcast in Europe bi the BBC and Eurosport, an internationally bi Warld Snooker on Facebook.

Prize fund

The tot prize money for the event wis raised tae £1,750,000 frae the previous year's prize fund o £1,500,100.^[1]^[2] The winner o the event won £375,000. A brakdoun o prize money for the 2017 Warld Snooker Championship is shawn ablo.

Winner: £375,000
Runner-up: £160,000
Semi-final: £75,000
Quarter-final: £37,500
Last 16: £25,000
Last 32: £16,000
Last 48: £12,000
Last 80: £8,000
Tot: £1,750,000

Main draw

The nummers in parentheses beside some o the players are thair seeding ranks. Match winners are shawn in bold.^[3]

First round

Second round

Quarter-feenals

Semi-feenals

Best of 19 frames

Best of 25 frames

Best of 33 frames

15 April

Mark Selby (ENG) (1)

10

22, 23 & 24 April

Fergal O'Brien (IRL)

2

Mark Selby (1)

13

19 April

Xiao Guodong

6

Ryan Day (WAL) (16)

4

25 & 26 April

Xiao Guodong (CHN)

10

Mark Selby (1)

13

19 & 20 April

Marco Fu (8)

3

Neil Robertson (AUS) (9)

10

23 & 24 April

Noppon Saengkham (THA)

4

Neil Robertson (9)

11

16 & 17 April

Marco Fu (8)

13

Marco Fu (HKG) (8)

10

27, 28 & 29 April

Luca Brecel (BEL)

9

Mark Selby (1)

17

16 & 17 April

Ding Junhui (4)

15

Shaun Murphy (ENG) (5)

10

20, 21 & 22 April

Yan Bingtao (CHN)

8

Shaun Murphy (5)

7

15 & 16 April

Ronnie O'Sullivan (12)

13

Ronnie O'Sullivan (ENG) (12)

10

25 & 26 April

Gary Wilson (ENG)

7

Ronnie O'Sullivan (12)

10

18 April

Ding Junhui (4)

13

Liang Wenbo (CHN) (13)

10

21 & 22 April

Stuart Carrington (ENG)

7

Liang Wenbo (13)

12

17 & 18 April

Ding Junhui (4)

13

Ding Junhui (CHN) (4)

10

Zhou Yuelong (CHN)

5

16 & 17 April

Stuart Bingham (ENG) (3)

10

20 & 21 April

Peter Ebdon (ENG)

5

Stuart Bingham (3)

10

15 & 16 April

Kyren Wilson (14)

13

Kyren Wilson (ENG) (14)

10

25 & 26 April

David Grace (ENG)

6

Kyren Wilson (14)

6

16 & 17 April

John Higgins (6)

13

Mark Allen (NIR) (11)

10

21 & 22 April

Jimmy Robertson (ENG)

8

Mark Allen (11)

9

17 & 18 April

John Higgins (6)

13

John Higgins (SCO) (6)

10

27, 28 & 29 April

Martin Gould (ENG)

6

John Higgins (6)

17

19 & 20 April

Barry Hawkins (7)

8

Barry Hawkins (ENG) (7)

10

23 & 24 April

Tom Ford (ENG)

3

Barry Hawkins (7)

13

18 & 19 April

Graeme Dott

6

Ali Carter (ENG) (10)

7

25 & 26 April

Graeme Dott (SCO)

10

Barry Hawkins (7)

13

15 April

Stephen Maguire

9

Anthony McGill (SCO) (15)

2

22 & 23 April

Stephen Maguire (SCO)

10

Stephen Maguire

13

18 & 19 April

Rory McLeod

3

Judd Trump (ENG) (2)

8

Rory McLeod (ENG)

10

Feenal (Best of 35 frames) Crucible Theatre, Sheffield, 30 April & 1 May. Referee: Jan Verhaas
Mark Selby (1) Ingland	18–15	John Higgins (6) Scotland
76–34 (76), 7–50, 121–8 (62, 58), 0–141 (141), 40–99 (63), 1–126 (95), 54–59 (58), 33–68	Session 1 Session score: (2–6), Match score: 2–6	76–34 (76), 7–50, 121–8 (62, 58), 0–141 (141), 40–99 (63), 1–126 (95), 54–59 (58), 33–68
86–0 (86), 8–60, 44–74, 69–22, 1–68, 0–76 (76), 81–9 (81), 121–12 (121), 96–17	Session 2 Session score: (5–4), Match score: 7–10	86–0 (86), 8–60, 44–74, 69–22, 1–68, 0–76 (76), 81–9 (81), 121–12 (121), 96–17
76–1, 53–2, 29–107 (78), 63–40, 68–19 (67), 82–0 (58), 72–0 (72)	Session 3 Session score: (6–1), Match score 13–11	76–1, 53–2, 29–107 (78), 63–40, 68–19 (67), 82–0 (58), 72–0 (72)
72–22, 36–74, 76–1 (71), 134–4 (54, 70), 34–88 (88), 0–119 (111), 47–74, 132–0 (131), 80–19 (75)	Session 4 Session score: (5–4), Match score 18–15	72–22, 36–74, 76–1 (71), 134–4 (54, 70), 34–88 (88), 0–119 (111), 47–74, 132–0 (131), 80–19 (75)

131	Highest break	141
2	Century breaks	2
14	50+ breaks	8
Mark Selby wins the 2017 Betfred Warld Snooker Championship.

Century breaks

Thare war 74 century braks made bi 23 players in the main stage o the 2017 Warld Snooker Championship. The heichest brak o the toornament, a 146, wis compiled bi Ronnie O'Sullivan in his quarter-final loss tae Ding Junhui.^[4]

146, 128, 124, 122, 111, 104 Ronnie O'Sullivan
143, 139, 132, 131, 128, 121, 101, 100 Mark Selby
141, 135, 129, 127, 124, 120, 120, 111 John Higgins
139, 136, 132, 132, 128, 128, 120, 117, 117, 113, 111, 110, 103 Ding Junhui
137, 122 Stuart Bingham
135, 114 Stephen Maguire
132, 126, 115 Barry Hawkins
131 Xiao Guodong
130 Liang Wenbo
129, 116, 105, 102, 100, 100 Mark Allen
125 Ryan Day
124, 107, 101 Stuart Carrington
118, 115, 109, 105 Marco Fu
118, 112, 109 Shaun Murphy
113, 105 Neil Robertson
111, 104 Ali Carter
110 Kyren Wilson
109 Luca Brecel
109 Yan Bingtao
108, 100 Martin Gould
105 Graeme Dott
104 David Grace
103, 100 Gary Wilson

References

↑ "Indicative Prize Money rankins Schedule 2016/2017 Season" (PDF). Warld Snooker. Archived frae the original (PDF) on 4 November 2016. Retrieved 10 Januar 2017.
↑ "Indicative Prize Money rankins Schedule 2015/2016 Season" (PDF). Warld Snooker. Archived frae the original (PDF) on 17 September 2015. Retrieved 8 Julie 2015.
↑ Ardalen, Hermund. "Results (2017 Warld Snooker Championship)". snooker.org (in Norn). Retrieved 17 Apryle 2025.
↑ "Betfred Warld Championship – Centuries". Warld Snooker. Archived frae the original on 18 Mey 2017. Retrieved 2 Mey 2017.

External links

Offeecial wabsteid

[Prize-1] "Indicative Prize Money rankins Schedule 2016/2017 Season" (PDF). Warld Snooker. Archived frae the original (PDF) on 4 November 2016. Retrieved 10 Januar 2017.

[2] "Indicative Prize Money rankins Schedule 2015/2016 Season" (PDF). Warld Snooker. Archived frae the original (PDF) on 17 September 2015. Retrieved 8 Julie 2015.

[Snooker.org-3] Ardalen, Hermund. "Results (2017 Warld Snooker Championship)". snooker.org (in Norn). Retrieved 17 Apryle 2025.

[4] "Betfred Warld Championship – Centuries". Warld Snooker. Archived frae the original on 18 Mey 2017. Retrieved 2 Mey 2017.

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