2017 Champion of Champions
| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Dates | 6–12 November 2017 |
| Venue | Ricoh Arena |
| City | Coventry |
| Country | England |
| Organisation(s) | WPBSA |
| Total prize fund | £ |
| Winner's share | £100,000 |
| Highest break |
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| Defending champion |
 John Higgins |
| Final | |
| Champion |
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| Runner-up |
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| Score | 10– |
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← 2016 2018 → | |
The 2017 Champion of Champions professional non-ranking snooker tournament will take place between 6–12 November 2017 at the Ricoh Arena in Coventry, England.[1]
John Higgins is the defending champion.[2]
Prize fund
The breakdown of prize money for 2017 is shown below:
- Winner: £100,000[3]
- Runner-up: £
- Losing semi-finalist: £
- Group runner-up: £
- First round losers: £
- Total: £
Players
Qualification for the 2017 Champion of Champions tournament is determined by the winners of 24 tournaments over a one-year period, from the 2016 Champion of Champions to the 2017 China Championship, thereby including tournaments from both the 2016/2017 and 2017/2018 snooker seasons. The tournaments have been split into groups to determine the order of qualification, with the winners of the first sixteen listed tournaments guaranteed a place.[1][4]
Thus far, the following players have qualified for the tournament:
| Seed | Player | Qualified as | Date of tournament final | Date qualification confirmed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | John Higgins | Winner of 2016 Champion of Champions Winner of 2017 Championship League Runner-up, 2017 World Snooker Championship | 12 November 2016 2 March 2017 1 May 2017 | 12 November 2016 |
| 2 |  Mark Selby | Winner of 2016 UK Championship Winner of 2017 China Open Winner of 2017 World Snooker Championship | 4 December 2016 2 April 2017 1 May 2017 | 4 December 2016 |
| Ronnie O'Sullivan | Winner of 2017 Masters | 22 January 2017 | 22 January 2017 | |
| Anthony Hamilton | Winner of 2017 German Masters | 5 February 2017 | 5 February 2017 | |
| Barry Hawkins | Winner of 2017 World Grand Prix | 12 February 2017 | 12 February 2017 | |
| Judd Trump | Winner of 2017 Players Championship | 12 March 2017 | 12 March 2017 | |
| | Winner of 2017 China Championship | 22 August 2017 | 22 August 2017 | |
| | Winner of 2017 World Open | 24 September 2017 | 24 September 2017 | |
| | Winner of 2017 Indian Open | 16 September 2017 | 16 September 2017 | |
| | Winner of 2017 European Masters | 8 October 2017 | 8 October 2017 | |
| | Winner of 2017 International Championship | 5 November 2017 | 5 November 2017 | |
| Mark King | Winner of 2016 Northern Ireland Open | 20 November 2016 | 20 November 2016 | |
 Marco Fu | Winner of 2016 Scottish Open | 18 December 2016 | 18 December 2016 | |
| Stuart Bingham | Winner of 2017 Welsh Open | 19 February 2017 | 2 March 2017 | |
| | Winner of 2017 English Open | 22 October 2017 | 22 October 2017 | |
| Shaun Murphy | Winner of 2017 Gibraltar Open | 5 March 2017 | 29 April 2017 |
Should any player win more than one of the tournaments listed above, additional qualification places will be awarded to the winners of the tournaments listed below, in the order stated.
| Seed | Player | Could qualify as | Date of tournament final |
|---|---|---|---|
 Ryan Day | Winner of 2017 Riga Masters | 25 June 2017 | |
| | Winner of 2017 Paul Hunter Classic | 27 August 2017 | |
 Ding Junhui | Winners of 2017 World Cup | 9 July 2017 | |
| Liang Wenbo | |||
| Anthony McGill | Winner of 2017 Shoot-Out | 26 February 2017 | |
| | Winner of 2017 Six-red World Championship | 9 September 2017 |
Should the 26 qualification places be filled by fewer than sixteen different players, the remaining invite(s) will be awarded to the highest ranked player(s) on the one year World Ranking list after the final ranking event prior to the Champion of Champions.
Main draw
| Group semi-finals Best of 7 frames | Group finals Best of 11 frames | Semi-finals Best of 11 frames | Final Best of 19 frames | ||||||||||||||||
| 1 | John Higgins
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| 2 | Mark Selby
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Final
| Final: Best of 19 frames. Referee: Ricoh Arena, Coventry, England, November 2017. | ||
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| Afternoon: Evening: | ||
| Highest break | ||
| Century breaks | ||
| 50+ breaks | ||
Century breaks
References
- 1 2 2017 Qualifying Criteria Announced
- ↑ "Champion of Champions: John Higgins beats Ronnie O'Sullivan". BBC Sport. 12 November 2016.
- ↑ "Champion of Champions returns to Ricoh". World Snooker. Retrieved 21 March 2017.
- ↑ Provisional calendar for the 2017/18 World Snooker Tour