2016 World Seniors Championship

888sport World Seniors Championship
Tournament information
Dates	30-31 January 2016
Venue	Guild Hall
City	Preston
Country	England
Organisation(s)	WPBSA
Format	Non-ranking event
Total prize fund	£50,000
Winner's share	£18,000
Final
Champion	Mark Davis
Runner-up	Darren Morgan
Score	2–1
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The 2016 888sport World Seniors Championship is a professional non-ranking snooker tournament that took place on 30–31 January 2016 at the Guild Hall in Preston, England. Players had to be at least 40 years old at the end of the 2015/16 season.^[1]

The championship was won by Mark Davis, who beat Darren Morgan 2–1 in the final. Defending champion Mark Williams lost to Anthony Hamilton in the last-16 round.

Prize fund

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

Winner: £18,000
Runner-up: £8,000
Semi-finalist: £4,000
Quarter-finalist: £2,000
Last 16: £1,000
Total: £50,000

Field

Previous winners of the World Seniors Championship and the World Snooker Championship were exempted from qualifying and went directly into the last 16.^[2]

Nigel Bond - 2012 World Seniors Champion
Ken Doherty - 1997 World Champion
Peter Ebdon - 2002 World Champion
Joe Johnson - 1986 World Champion
Darren Morgan - 2011 World Seniors Champion
John Parrott - 1991 World Champion
Jimmy White - 2010 World Seniors Champion
Mark Williams - 2000, 2003 World Champion, 2015 World Seniors Champion

Main draw

The draw for the last 16 was made on 23 December 2015.^[3] The draw for the quarter-finals and semi-finals were made on a random basis after the previous round had finished. The last-16 round was played on 30 January with the quarter-finals on the afternoon of 31 January and the semi-finals and final on the same evening.

Last 16 Best of 3 frames		Quarter-finals Best of 3 frames		Semi-finals Best of 3 frames		Final Best of 3 frames


Mark Davis	2

Ken Doherty	1
		Mark Davis	2

		Robert Milkins	0
Robert Milkins	2

Tony Drago	0
				Mark Davis	2

				Rory McLeod	0
Rory McLeod	2

Fergal O'Brien	1
		Rory McLeod	2

		Nigel Bond	1
Nigel Bond	2

Peter Ebdon	0
						Mark Davis	2

						Darren Morgan	1
Jimmy White	2

Gary Lees	0
		Jimmy White	2

		Dominic Dale	0
Dominic Dale	2

John Parrott	0
				Jimmy White	0

				Darren Morgan	2
Anthony Hamilton	2

Mark Williams	1
		Anthony Hamilton	1

		Darren Morgan	2
Darren Morgan	2

Joe Johnson	0

Final

Final: Best of 3 frames. Referee: . Guild Hall, Preston, England, 31 January 2016.^[4]
Darren Morgan Wales	1–2	Mark Davis England
15–62, 70–30 (55), 0–81 (76)
55	Highest break	76
0	Century breaks	0
1	50+ breaks	1

Qualifying

These matches were played on 21 and 22 December 2015 at the Robin Park Arena, Sports and Tennis Centre in Wigan, England.^[1]

Round 1
Best of 3 frames

Round 2
Best of 3 frames

Round 3
Best of 3 frames

Round 4
Best of 3 frames

Barry Pinches

Jamie Bodle

Peter Donegan

Clive A Bernstone

Peter Donegan

Jamie Bodle

Dominic Dale

w/o

Nicky Lazarus

w/d

Dominic Dale

Paul McPhillips

Shane Haines

Paul McPhillips

Round 1
Best of 3 frames

Round 2
Best of 3 frames

Round 3
Best of 3 frames

Round 4
Best of 3 frames

Tony Knowles

Mark Davis

Jason Weston

Mark Davis

John Rea

John Rea

w/o

Stuart Parnell

w/d

Mark Davis

Gary Wilkinson

John Welsh

Stephen Rowlings

John Welsh

Gary Wilkinson

Paul Burrell

Gary Wilkinson

Round 1 Best of 3 frames			Round 2 Best of 3 frames			Round 3 Best of 3 frames			Round 4 Best of 3 frames


				Craig MacGillivray	2

				Barry Stark	0



							Craig MacGillivray	0

							Robert Milkins	2



				Robert Milkins	2

				Paul Moss	0



										Robert Milkins	2

										Les Dodd	0



				Les Dodd	2

				Peter Delaney	0



							Les Dodd	2

							David McLellan	0
	Gary Miller	2

	Dessie Sheehan	0
				David McLellan	2

				Gary Miller	0

Round 1 Best of 3 frames	Round 2 Best of 3 frames			Round 3 Best of 3 frames			Round 4 Best of 3 frames


		Shaun Wilkes	0

		Julian Mills	2



					Julian Mills	0

					Mark King	2



		Mark King	2

		Leigh Robinson	1



								Mark King	1

								Gary Lees	2



		Adrian Rosa	0

		Gary Lees	2



					Gary Lees	2

					Darren Thompson	0



		Darren Thompson	2

		Anthony Harris	0

Round 1
Best of 3 frames

Round 2
Best of 3 frames

Round 3
Best of 3 frames

Round 4
Best of 3 frames

Peter J Bardsley

John Fox

Peter J Bardsley

Anthony Hamilton

Andrew Milliard

Anthony Hamilton

Tony Chappel

Tony Chappel

Imran Puri

Tony Chappel

Jamie Burnett

Dean Reynolds

Jamie Burnett

Patsy Fagan

w/d

Jamie Burnett

w/o

Round 1 Best of 3 frames			Round 2 Best of 3 frames			Round 3 Best of 3 frames			Round 4 Best of 3 frames


				Robert Marshall	1

				Peter Lines	2
	Gerard Greene	0

	Peter Lines	2
							Peter Lines	2

							Joe Swail	1



				Mike Dunn	0

				Joe Swail	2



										Peter Lines	0

										Tony Drago	2



				Guilio Rea	0

				Scott MacFarlane	2



							Scott MacFarlane	1

							Tony Drago	2



				David Craggs	1

				Tony Drago	2

Round 1 Best of 3 frames			Round 2 Best of 3 frames			Round 3 Best of 3 frames			Round 4 Best of 3 frames


				Wayne Brown	2

				Richard Somauroo	0



							Wayne Brown	2

							Steven Gough	0



				Steven Gough	2

				Ian Brumby	0
	Ian Brumby	2

	Jamie Rous	1
										Wayne Brown	0

										Fergal O'Brien	2



				Fergal O'Brien	2

				Jonathan Bagley	1



							Fergal O'Brien	2

							Sean Lanigan	0



				Sean Lanigan	2

				Steve Meakin	0

Round 1
Best of 3 frames

Round 2
Best of 3 frames

Round 3
Best of 3 frames

Round 4
Best of 3 frames

Karl Townsend

Geoff Williams

Geoff Williams

Rod Lawler

Lee Walker

Rod Lawler

Rory McLeod

Gary Filtness

w/d

Rory McLeod

w/o

Rory McLeod

Darryn Walker

Ashley Beal

Darryn Walker

Centuries

^[5]

104 Dominic Dale

Qualifying stage centuries

^[6]

116 Lee Walker

References

1 2 "World Seniors qualifiers, draw and format". worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. 4 December 2015. Retrieved 21 December 2015.
↑ "Snooker's World Seniors Line-up announced". worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. 4 December 2015. Retrieved 21 December 2015.
↑ http://www.worldsnooker.com/line-up-confirmed-for-world-seniors-snooker/
↑ http://cuetracker.net/Players/Mark-Williams
↑ "World Seniors Championship: century breaks". worldsnookerdata.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Retrieved 31 January 2016.
↑ "World Seniors Championship qualifiers: century breaks". worldsnookerdata.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Retrieved 21 December 2015.

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