The 2017 Champion of Champions (officially the 2017 188BET Champion of Champions) was a professional non-ranking snooker tournament that took place between 6 and 12 November 2017 at the Ricoh Arena in Coventry, England.
John Higgins was the defending champion, but was 0–6 by Ronnie O'Sullivan in the second round.
Ronnie O'Sullivan made his 900th century in the semi-final against Anthony Hamilton.
Shaun Murphy won the tournament, defeating Ronnie O'Sullivan 10–8 in the final.
Prize fund The breakdown of prize money for 2017 is shown below: Winner: £100,000 Runner-up: £50,000 Losing semi-finalist: £25,000 Group runner-up: £17,500 First round losers: £12,500 Total: £370,000
Players Qualification for the 2017 188BET Champion of Champions tournament is determined by the winners of 24 tournaments over a one-year period, from the 2016 Champion of Champions to the 2017 International Championship, thereby including tournaments from both the 2016/2017 and 2017/2018 snooker seasons. The tournaments have been split into groups to determine the order of qualification, with the winners of the first sixteen listed tournaments guaranteed a place.
The following players qualified for the tournament:
Seed Player Qualified as Date of tournament final Date qualification confirmed 1 John Higgins Winner of 2017 Championship LeagueWinner of 2017 Indian Open 2 March 2017 2 Winner of 2016 UK ChampionshipWinner of 2017 China Open 4 December 20162 April 20171 May 20175 November 2017 4 December 2016 Winner of 2017 MastersWinner of 2017 English Open 22 January 201722 October 2017 22 January 2017 Winner of 2017 German Masters 5 February 2017 5 February 2017 Barry Hawkins Winner of 2017 World Grand Prix 12 February 2017 12 February 2017 Judd Trump Winner of 2017 Players ChampionshipWinner of 2017 European Masters 12 March 20178 October 2017 12 March 2017 Luca Brecel Winner of 2017 China Championship 22 August 2017 22 August 2017 Ding Junhui Winner of 2017 World CupWinner of 2017 World Open 9 July 201724 September 2017 24 September 2017 Mark King 20 November 2016 20 November 2016 Marco Fu Winner of 2016 Scottish Open 18 December 2016 18 December 2016 Shaun Murphy Winner of 2017 Gibraltar Open 5 March 2017 29 April 2017 Ryan Day Winner of 2017 Riga Masters 25 June 2017 Michael White Winner of 2017 Paul Hunter Classic 27 August 2017 7 October 2017 Liang Wenbo Winner of 2017 World Cup 9 July 2017 22 October 2017 Anthony McGill Winner of 2017 Snooker Shoot Out 26 February 2017 24 October 2017 Neil Robertson Winner of 2017 Hong Kong Masters 22 July 2017 5 November 2017
Notes On 24 October 2017, Stuart Bingham, who had qualified as a winner of the 2017 Welsh Open, was banned for six months for betting breaches. Mark Williams, the winner of the 2017 Six-red World Championship, was the tournament reserve player.
Main draw
Final Final: Best of 19 frames. Referee: Paul Collier.Ricoh Arena, Coventry, England, 12 November 2017. Ronnie O'Sullivan 8–10 Shaun Murphy Afternoon: 103–31 (97), , , , , , , , Evening: 39–92 (86), 37–83, , , , , , , 108 Highest break 86 1 Century breaks 0 8 50+ breaks 7
Century breaks Total: 20
138, 134, 124, 109, 108, 101 Ronnie O'Sullivan 133 Anthony Hamilton 131, 123, 121, 101 Shaun Murphy 125, 112 Mark Selby 110, 103 Ryan Day 108 Barry Hawkins 105, 103 Luca Brecel 102 Michael White 100 Marco Fu
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