2017 European Masters (snooker)

European Masters
Tournament information
Dates	2–8 October 2017
Venue	De Soeverein
City	Lommel
Country	Belgium
Organisation(s)	WPBSA
Format	Ranking event
Total prize fund	£365,000
Winner's share	£75,000
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The 2017 European Masters is a professional ranking snooker tournament that will take place from 2–8 October 2017 in Lommel, Belgium.^[1] It will be the sixth ranking event of the 2017/2018 season. It will be the first ranking event to held in Belgium since the European Open was played in Antwerp in 1994.^[1]

Qualifying will take place from 3–4 August in Preston.^[1]

Judd Trump is the defending champion, having beaten Ronnie O'Sullivan 9–8 in the 2016 final in Bucharest.

Prize fund

The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:^[2]

Winner: £75,000
Runner-up: £35,000
Semi-final: £17,500
Quarter-final: £11,000
Last 16: £6,000
Last 32: £4,000
Last 64: £2,000

Non-televised highest break: £TBC
Televised highest break: £TBC

Total: £365,000

The "rolling 147 prize" for a maximum break stands at £

Main draw

Last 64
Best of 7 frames

Last 32
Best of 7 frames

Last 16
Best of 7 frames

Quarter-finals
Best of 7 frames

Semi-finals
Best of 11 frames

Final
Best of 17 frames

Chen Zifan

Alexander Ursenbacher

Final

Final: Best of 17 frames. Referee: De Soeverein, Lommel, Belgium, 8 October 2017.
	–

	Highest break
	Century breaks
	50+ breaks

Qualifying

These matches were held between 3 and 4 August 2017 at the Preston Guild Hall in Preston, England. All matches were best of 7 frames.


Judd Trump	–^{[nb 1]}	Chris Totten
Adam Duffy	4–2	Liam Highfield
Jamie Jones	4–2	Christopher Keogan
Martin O'Donnell	4–1	Rory McLeod
David Gilbert	4–2	Nigel Bond
Jimmy Robertson	3–4	Sam Baird
Mark King	4–2	Kurt Maflin
Chen Zifan	4–2	Hammad Miah
Robin Hull	2–4	Zhang Yong
Ben Woollaston	4–0	Ian Burns
Andrew Higginson	3–4	Gerard Greene
Kyren Wilson	4–0	Xu Si
Yuan Sijun	4–2	Allan Taylor
Alan McManus	4–0	Matthew Bolton
Gary Wilson	3–4	Hossein Vafaei
Mark Allen	4–2	Daniel Wells
Neil Robertson	4–1	Jamie Curtis-Barrett
Rod Lawler	3–4	Fang Xiongman
Dominic Dale	w/o–w/d	Kritsanut Lertsattayathorn
Peter Ebdon	4–3	Akani Songsermsawad
Mark Williams	w/o–w/d	Hamza Akbar
David Grace	1–4	Yan Bingtao
Anthony Hamilton	4–0	David John
Ross Muir	4–2	Sean O'Sullivan
Aditya Mehta	4–2	Wang Yuchen
Michael Holt	4–0	Paul Davison
Billy Joe Castle	4–3	Jimmy White
Martin Gould	4–1	Duane Jones
Hu Hao	1–4	Noppon Saengkham
Tom Ford	2–4	Cao Yupeng
Jak Jones	4–2	Fergal O'Brien
Barry Hawkins	3–4	Ken Doherty


John Higgins	4–1	Niu Zhuang
Li Hang	1–4	Alexander Ursenbacher
Mark Davis	4–0	Kurt Dunham
Rhys Clark	1–4	Matthew Selt
Anthony McGill	4–2	Matthew Stevens
James Wattana	1–4	Joe Swail
Ricky Walden	3–4	Alfie Burden
Elliot Slessor	1–4	Eden Sharav
Stuart Carrington	3–4	Chen Zhe
Michael White	0–4	Thepchaiya Un-Nooh
Peter Lines	4–0	Alex Borg
Ryan Day	4–3	Lukas Kleckers
Scott Donaldson	3–4	Oliver Lines
Zhou Yuelong	4–3	Robbie Williams
Michael Georgiou	4–1	Yu Delu
Shaun Murphy	2–4	John Astley
Stuart Bingham	4–1	Tian Pengfei
Jackson Page	0–4	Mitchell Mann
Graeme Dott	4–2	Craig Steadman
Jamie Rhys Clarke	4–3	Xiao Guodong
Ali Carter	1–4	Mei Xiwen
Josh Boileau	1–4	Chris Wakelin
Luca Brecel	–^{[nb 1]}	Sam Craigie
Ashley Hugill	3–4	Thor Chuan Leong
Soheil Vahedi	4–0	Mike Dunn
Joe Perry	4–3	Boonyarit Keattikun
Jack Lisowski	4–2	Zhang Anda
Stephen Maguire	3–4	Li Yuan
Ian Preece	4–1	Sanderson Lam
Robert Milkins	2–4	Lyu Haotian
Zhao Xintong	4–0	Lee Walker
Mark Selby	–^{[nb 1]}	Mark Joyce

Notes

1 2 3 Match was held over and played in Belgium.

Century breaks

Qualifying stage centuries

Total: 19

References

1 2 3 "Belgium to host snooker's European Masters". World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. 5 July 2017. Retrieved 14 July 2017.
↑ "Indicative Prize Money Rankings Schedule 2017/2018 Season" (PDF). worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. 14 July 2017. Retrieved 14 July 2017.

External links

Official website

European Open
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Winners	List of winners

Snooker season 2017/2018
Ranking events	Riga Masters China Championship Paul Hunter Classic Indian Open World Open European Masters English Open International Championship Northern Ireland Open UK Championship Scottish Open German Masters Snooker Shoot-Out World Grand Prix Welsh Open Gibraltar Open Players Championship China Open World Snooker Championship
Non-ranking events	World Cup (team event) Hong Kong Masters World Games CVB Snooker Challenge (team event) Haining Open Champion of Champions The Masters Championship League
World Seniors Tour	UK Seniors Championship Irish Seniors Masters World Seniors Championship The Seniors Masters
Variant events	Six-red World Championship
2017/18 world rankings ranking points

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