2013 Champion of Champions

The 2013 888casino Champion of Champions was a professional non-ranking snooker tournament held between 19–24 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]

888casino Champion of Champions

Tournament information
Dates	19–24 November 2013
Venue	Ricoh Arena
City	Coventry
Country	England
Organisation(s)	WPBSA
Format	Non-ranking event
Total prize fund	£270,000
Winner's share	£100,000
Highest break	Ronnie O'Sullivan (130)
Final
Champion	Ronnie O'Sullivan
Runner-up	Stuart Bingham
Score	10–8
← 1980 2014 →

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]

Prize fund

The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:[8]

• 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 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]

Seed	Player	Qualified as	Ref.
1	Ronnie O'Sullivan	Winner of 2013 World Snooker Championship	[11]
2	Mark Selby	Winner of 2012 UK Championship and 2013 Masters	[12]
3	Judd Trump	Winner of 2012 International Championship	[13]
4	Neil Robertson	Winner of 2013 China Open and 2013 Wuxi Classic	[14]
5	Mark Allen	Winner of 2013 World Open	[15]
6	Ricky Walden	Winner of 2012 Wuxi Classic	[16]
7	John Higgins	Winner of 2012 Shanghai Masters	[17]
8	Ding Junhui	Winner of 2013 Players Championship Grand Final, 2013 Shanghai Masters and 2013 Indian Open	[18]
9	Barry Hawkins	Winner of 2012 Australian Goldfields Open	[19]
10	Stephen Maguire	Winner of 2013 Welsh Open	[20]
11	Stuart Bingham	Winner of 2012 Premier League Snooker	[21]
12	Ali Carter	Winner of 2013 German Masters	[22]
13	Martin Gould	Winner of 2013 Championship League	[23]
14	Marco Fu	Winner of 2013 Australian Goldfields Open	[24]
15	Shaun Murphy	World ranking of 4. Highest ranked player after the 2013 Shanghai Masters	[25]
16	Mark Davis	World ranking of 13. Highest ranked player after the 2013 Indian Open	[26]

Main draw

[27][28][29]

	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

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

Century breaks

[31]

• 130, 130, 119, 103, 101 Ronnie O'Sullivan
• 129, 125, 119, 113, 112, 105 Neil Robertson
• 127, 112 Ali Carter
• 125 Stephen Maguire
• 117, 113, 103 Mark Selby
• 111, 109, 109 Stuart Bingham
• 104 Ding Junhui
• 102 Martin Gould

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External links

• Official website