2014 Volvo World Match Play Championship
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| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Dates | 15–19 October |
| Location | Kent, England |
| Course | London Golf Club |
| Tour | European Tour |
| Format | Match play – 18 holes |
| Statistics | |
| Field | 16 players |
| Prize fund | €2,250,000 |
| Winner's share | €650,000 |
| Champion | |
 Mikko Ilonen | |
def.  Henrik Stenson 3 & 1 | |
The 2014 Volvo World Match Play Championship was the 49th World Match Play Championship to be played. It was held 15–19 October, with the champion receiving €650,000. The format was 16 players split into four pools of four, with the top two in each pool progressing to the knock-out stage.[1] It is an official money event on the European Tour.
The 16 players are split into four pools of four, seeded by their Official World Golf Ranking.[2] Within each pool, every player plays each other in a round-robin format over 18-hole matches. Points are awarded based upon win (2), tie (1) or loss (0). The two leading players from each pool advance to the knock-out stage. In the case of a tie in the standings, head-to-head results determine places with sudden-death playoffs used to determine standings if head-to-head match halved.[3]
Participants
| Seed | Player | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Henrik Stenson | 5 |
| 2 |  Graeme McDowell | 18 |
| 3 |  Victor Dubuisson | 23 |
| 4 |  Jamie Donaldson | 25 |
| 5 |  Patrick Reed | 26 |
| 6 |  Stephen Gallacher | 35 |
| 7 |  Joost Luiten | 37 |
| 8 |  Thongchai Jaidee | 41 |
| 9 |  Francesco Molinari | 48 |
| 10 | Mikko Ilonen | 52 |
| 11 |  Shane Lowry | 53 |
| 12 | Jonas Blixt | 58 |
| 13 |  Paul Casey | 66 |
| 14 |  Pablo Larrazábal | 70 |
| 15 | Alexander Lévy | 74 |
| 16 |  George Coetzee | 89 |
Pool play
Playoffs
| Quarter-finals 18 October | Semi-finals 19 October – morning | Final 19 October – afternoon | |||||||||
| Joost Luiten
| 6 & 5 | ||||||||||
| Pablo Larrazábal
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| Joost Luiten
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| Mikko Ilonen
| 2 & 1 | ||||||||||
| Victor Dubuisson
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| Mikko Ilonen
| 2 up | ||||||||||
| Mikko Ilonen
| 3 & 1 | ||||||||||
| Henrik Stenson
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| Patrick Reed
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| George Coetzee
| 2 & 1 | ||||||||||
| George Coetzee
| Third place | ||||||||||
| Henrik Stenson
| 1 up | ||||||||||
| Henrik Stenson
| 2 up | Joost Luiten
| 19 h | ||||||||
| Jonas Blixt
| George Coetzee
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