2015 Champion of Champions
The 2015 Champion of Champions (officially the 2015 188BET Champion of Champions) was a professional non-ranking snooker tournament that took place between 10 and 15 November 2015 at the Ricoh Arena in Coventry, England. It was the third staging of the tournament since it was revived in 2013. In the United Kingdom, the tournament was broadcast on ITV4. Ronnie O'Sullivan, who won the title in 2013 and 2014, chose not to defend his title in 2015. Neil Robertson won the tournament, defeating Mark Allen 10–5 in the final.
| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Dates | 10–15 November 2015 |
| Venue | Ricoh Arena |
| City | Coventry |
| Country | England |
| Organisation | Matchroom Sport |
| Format | Non-ranking event |
| Total prize fund | £300,000 |
| Winner's share | £100,000 |
| Highest break |  Neil Robertson (AUS) (144) |
| Final | |
| Champion | Neil Robertson (AUS) |
| Runner-up |  Mark Allen (NIR) |
| Score | 10–5 |
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The 2015 Champion of Champions (officially the 2015 188BET Champion of Champions) was a professional non-ranking snooker tournament that took place between 10 and 15 November 2015 at the Ricoh Arena in Coventry, England.[1][2] It was the third staging of the tournament since it was revived in 2013. In the United Kingdom, the tournament was broadcast on ITV4.
Ronnie O'Sullivan, who won the title in 2013 and 2014, chose not to defend his title in 2015.[3]
Neil Robertson won the tournament, defeating Mark Allen 10–5 in the final.[4]
Prize fund
[edit]The breakdown of prize money for 2015 is shown below:[5]
- Winner: £100,000
- Runner-up: £50,000
- Losing Semi-finalist: £25,000
- Group runner-up: £10,000
- First round losers: £7,500
- Total: £300,000
Players
[edit]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 the following non-rankings events: 2015 Masters, 2015 Championship League, 2015 World Grand Prix and 2015 World Cup.[6] Remaining places were then allocated to winners of European Tour events (in the order they were played) and then, if required, to winners of Asian Tour events and then, winners of the 2015 Six-red World Championship, 2015 Snooker Shoot-Out and 2015 World Seniors Championship.[7]
The following players qualified for the tournament:[8][9]
Eight players were seeded. Seedings were determined in early October, before defending champion and top seed Ronnie O'Sullivan withdrew from the event.[28] Other seeds were based on the latest world rankings (revision 3).[9] Later in October, John Higgins was chosen as the final seed, being the highest ranked player who had then qualified and wasn't already seeded.[18] He replaced O'Sullivan in the draw, taking the position allocated for the top seed.[29] Mark Allen was ranked higher than Higgins in these rankings (revision 3) but hadn't qualified at that time.
Main draw
[edit]| Group semi-finals (round of 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 |  John Higgins
| 4 | |||||||||||||||||
 Ali Carter
| 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | John Higgins
| 5 | |||||||||||||||||
| Group 1 (11 November) | |||||||||||||||||||
| 8 | Joe Perry
| 6 | |||||||||||||||||
| 8 | Joe Perry
| 4 | |||||||||||||||||
 Michael White
| 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 8 | Joe Perry
| 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Neil Robertson
| 6 | |||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Shaun Murphy
| 2 | |||||||||||||||||
 Yan Bingtao
| 4 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Yan Bingtao
| 3 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Group 4 (12 November) | |||||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Neil Robertson
| 6 | |||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Neil Robertson
| 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| Rory McLeod
| 0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Neil Robertson
| 10 | |||||||||||||||||
| Mark Allen
| 5 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Stuart Bingham
| 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| Zhou Yuelong
| 4 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Zhou Yuelong
| 3 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Group 3 (10 November) | |||||||||||||||||||
| Kyren Wilson
| 6 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 6 | Judd Trump
| 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| Kyren Wilson
| 4 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Kyren Wilson
| 3 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Mark Allen
| 6 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 7 | Barry Hawkins
| 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| Mark Allen
| 4 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Mark Allen
| 6 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Group 2 (13 November) | |||||||||||||||||||
| Stephen Maguire
| 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Mark Selby
| 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| Stephen Maguire
| 4 | ||||||||||||||||||
Final
[edit]| Final: Best of 19 frames. Referee: Paul Collier. Ricoh Arena, Coventry, England, 15 November 2015. | ||
| Neil Robertson (4) Australia
|
10–5 | Mark Allen Northern Ireland
|
| Afternoon: 63–35, 20–107 (103), 97–6 (53), 133–0 (114), 69–20 (69), 45–57, 69–44 (54), 5–81 (60), 75–25 (71) Evening: 86–0 (60), 76–35, 55–65 (Robertson 54), 0–112 (112), 46–38, 56–24 | ||
| 114 | Highest break | 112 |
| 1 | Century breaks | 2 |
| 7 | 50+ breaks | 3 |
Century breaks
[edit]Total: 14 [31]
- 144, 114, 109 – Neil Robertson
- 134, 107 – Stephen Maguire
- 131 – Barry Hawkins
- 128, 124 – Ali Carter
- 112, 105, 104, 103 – Mark Allen
- 112 – Joe Perry
- 104 – Judd Trump
References
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- ^ "McLeod Confirmed For Champion of Champions". WPBSA. 12 October 2015.
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- ^ "Stuart Bingham". Champion of Champions Snooker. Retrieved 21 October 2015.
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- ^ "Shaun Murphy". Champion of Champions Snooker. Retrieved 21 October 2015.
- ^ "Judd Trump". Champion of Champions Snooker. Retrieved 21 October 2015.
- ^ "Barry Hawkins". Champion of Champions Snooker. Retrieved 21 October 2015.
- ^ "Joe Perry". Champion of Champions Snooker. Retrieved 21 October 2015.
- ^ a b "188BET Champion Of Champions Group Draw Announced". Champion of Champions Snooker. 2 November 2015. Retrieved 5 November 2015.
- ^ "John Higgins". Champion of Champions Snooker. Retrieved 21 October 2015.
- ^ "Mark Allen". Champion of Champions Snooker. Retrieved 9 November 2015.
- ^ "Stephen Maguire". Champion of Champions Snooker. Retrieved 21 October 2015.
- ^ "Michael White". Champion of Champions Snooker. Retrieved 21 October 2015.
- ^ "Kyren Wilson". Champion of Champions Snooker. Retrieved 21 October 2015.
- ^ "Ali Carter". Champion of Champions Snooker. Retrieved 21 October 2015.
- ^ "Rory McLeod". Champion of Champions Snooker. Retrieved 21 October 2015.
- ^ "Zhou Yuelong". Champion of Champions Snooker. Retrieved 21 October 2015.
- ^ "Yan Bingtao". Champion of Champions Snooker. Retrieved 21 October 2015.
- ^ Ronnie O'Sullivan will not defend Champion of Champions title
- ^ "Higgins To Be Seeded At Champion of Champions". Champion of Champions Snooker. 29 October 2015. Retrieved 30 October 2015.
- ^ "Fixtures & Results". Champion of Champions Snooker. Retrieved 10 November 2015.
- ^ "Champion of Champions: century breaks". World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Archived from the original on 12 November 2015. Retrieved 9 November 2015.