2017 Snooker Shoot-Out

Coral Snooker Shoot-Out
Tournament information
Dates 23–26 February 2017
Venue Watford Colosseum
City Watford
Country England
Organisation(s) WPBSA
Format Ranking event
Total prize fund £146,000
Winner's share £32,000
Highest break Scotland Graeme Dott (96)
Final
Champion Scotland Anthony McGill
Runner-up China Xiao Guodong
Score 67–19
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The 2017 Coral Snooker Shoot-Out was a professional ranking snooker tournament which took place at the Watford Colosseum in Watford from 23 to 26 February 2017. It was played under a variation of the standard rules of snooker. In 2017 it was extended from 64 to 128 players, and became a ranking tournament for the first time in its history. It was the 15th ranking event of the 2016/2017 season.

Robin Hull was the defending champion, but he lost 18–25 to Fergal O'Brien in the second round.[1]

Anthony McGill won his second ranking title, beating Xiao Guodong 67–19 in the final.[2]

P.S. This is the first time that no century break in this competition. The highest break is 96 from Graeme Dott.

Prize fund

The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below.[3]

  • Winner: £32,000
  • Runner-up: £16,000
  • Semi-final: £8,000
  • Quarter-final: £4,000
  • Last 16: £2,000
  • Last 32: £1,000
  • Last 64: £500
  • Last 128: £250
  • Highest break: £2,000
  • Total: £146,000

The "rolling 147 prize" for a maximum break stood at £15,000.

Format and rules

2017 rules.[4]

Draw

Matches and session times are listed below.[5][6] Matches began within approximately ten minutes intervals. Random draws were conducted prior to each round.

Round 1

Thursday, 23 February – 12:00

Thursday, 23 February – 19:00

Friday, 24 February – 12:00

Round 2

Friday, 24 February – 19:00

Saturday, 25 February – 19:00

Round 3

Sunday, 26 February – 12:00

Round 4

Sunday, 26 February – 18:00

Quarter-finals

Sunday, 26 February – 20:00

Semi-finals

Sunday, 26 February – 21:15

Final

Sunday, 26 February – 21:45

Breaks of 50+ points

References

  1. ↑ http://www.worldsnooker.com/coral-shoot-out-day-two-round-up/
  2. ↑ http://livescores.worldsnookerdata.com/Matches/Index/13923/coral-shoot-out
  3. ↑ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-11-04. Retrieved 2016-06-03.
  4. ↑ http://www.worldsnooker.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/Click-here-for-the-competition-rules.pdf
  5. ↑ http://livescores.worldsnookerdata.com/Sessions/Tournament/13923/coral-shoot-out
  6. ↑ http://www.worldsnooker.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/Click-here-for-the-format.pdf
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