2014 Champion of Champions
Snooker tournament
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The 2014 Champion of Champions (officially the 2014 Dafabet Champion of Champions) was a professional non-ranking snooker tournament that took place between 3 and 9 November 2014 at the Ricoh Arena in Coventry, England.[1]
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| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Dates | 3–9 November 2014 |
| Venue | Ricoh Arena |
| City | Coventry |
| Country | England |
| Organisation | Matchroom Sport |
| Format | Non-ranking event |
| Total prize fund | £270,000 |
| Winner's share | £100,000 |
| Highest break |  Ronnie O'Sullivan (ENG) (139) |
| Final | |
| Champion | Ronnie O'Sullivan (ENG) |
| Runner-up | Judd Trump (ENG) |
| Score | 10–7 |
← 2013 2015 → | |
Ronnie O'Sullivan successfully defended his title beating Judd Trump 10–7 in the final.[2][3]
Prize fund
Players
Players qualified for the event by winning important tournaments since the previous Champion of Champions. Entry was guaranteed for the defending champion, winners of rankings events and winners of the following non-rankings events: 2014 Masters and 2014 Championship League. Remaining places were then allocated to winners of European Tour events (in the order they were played) and then to winners of Asian Tour events and then, winners of the 2014 Six-red World Championship, 2014 Snooker Shoot-Out and 2013 World Seniors Championship.[5]
Only 13 different players won one the 24 qualifying tournaments. The remaining three places were allocated to the three highest ranked players who had not already qualified, based on the world rankings after the 2014 Bulgarian Open.[6]
The following 16 players qualified for the tournament:[7]
Main draw
| 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 | |||||||||||||||||
| Stuart Bingham
| 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Ronnie O'Sullivan
| 6 | |||||||||||||||||
| Group 1 (5 November) | |||||||||||||||||||
 Marco Fu
| 0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Shaun Murphy
| 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Marco Fu
| 4 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Ronnie O'Sullivan
| 6 | |||||||||||||||||
| 4 |  Ding Junhui
| 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| Barry Hawkins
| 4 | ||||||||||||||||||
 John Higgins
| 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Barry Hawkins
| 5 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Group 4 (3 November) | |||||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Ding Junhui
| 6 | |||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Ding Junhui
| 4 | |||||||||||||||||
 Dominic Dale
| 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Ronnie O'Sullivan
| 10 | |||||||||||||||||
| Judd Trump
| 7 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 3 |  Neil Robertson
| 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| Ali Carter
| 0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Neil Robertson
| 6 | |||||||||||||||||
| Group 3 (7 November) | |||||||||||||||||||
| Ricky Walden
| 3 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Ricky Walden
| 4 | ||||||||||||||||||
 Mark Allen
| 0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Neil Robertson
| 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| Judd Trump
| 6 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Judd Trump
| 4 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Stephen Maguire
| 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Judd Trump
| 6 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Group 2 (4 November) | |||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Mark Selby
| 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Mark Selby
| 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| Steve Davis
| 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
Final
| Final: Best of 19 frames. Referee: Brendan Moore. Ricoh Arena, Coventry, England, 9 November 2014.[28][29] | ||
| Ronnie O'Sullivan (1) England |
10–7 | Judd Trump England |
| Afternoon: 137–0 (137), 82–0 (78), 25–100, 63–73, 137–0 (50, 87), 80–0 (80), 34–89 (58), 139–0 (139), 134–0 (134) Evening: 70–61 (70, 56), 114–23 (70), 9–113 (102), 0–100 (100), 0–70 (69), 0–90 (90), 82–46 (63), 109–0 (109) | ||
| 139 | Highest break | 102 |
| 4 | Century breaks | 2 |
| 11 | 50+ breaks | 6 |
Century breaks
- 139, 137, 134, 125, 115, 109, 105, 103 – Ronnie O'Sullivan
- 134, 117, 111, 106 – Neil Robertson
- 119, 106, 102, 100 – Judd Trump
- 112 – Barry Hawkins
- 111, 105 – Ding Junhui
- 107 – Stuart Bingham
Notes
- Due to his absence for medical reasons from all World Snooker Tour events until this tournament in the 2014/2015 season, Ali Carter's seeding position will be determined as if he would be ranked 13th.[23]