The 2023 Pathum Thani Six-red World Championship was a non-ranking six-red snooker tournament held from 6 to 11 March 2023 at the Thammasat University Convention Centre in Pathum Thani, Thailand. The event was originally scheduled for September 2022, but was postponed until March 2023. A qualification round was played prior to the tournament with four players qualifying to the 32 player field.
Stephen Maguire was the defending champion, having won the previous championship in September 2019, but he was eliminated in the group stage. Ding Junhui won the event for the second time, beating Thepchaiya Un-Nooh 8–6 in the final.
Prize fund A breakdown of the prize money awarded is shown below. Winner = £100,800 Runner-up = £31,200 Semi-final = £18,000 Quarter-final = £9,000 Last 16 = £3,600
Results Group stage Source:
Group A
PositionPlayerMPMWMLFWFLFD1 3 3 0 15 4+112 3 2 1 10 9 +13 3 1 2 9 10 -14 3 0 3 4 15 -11
Ding Junhui 5–2 Stephen Maguire Zhang Anda 5–2 Mink Nutcharut Zhang Anda 5–2 Stephen Maguire Ding Junhui 5–2 Mink Nutcharut Zhang Anda 5–0 Ding Junhui Stephen Maguire 5–0 Mink Nutcharut
Group B
PositionPlayerMPMWMLFWFLFD 1 3 3 0 15 5 +102 3 1 2 11 11 03 3 1 2 8 11-34 3 1 2 6 13 -7
Thepchaiya Un-Nooh 5–0 Jimmy White Tom Ford 5–1 Zhou Yuelong Zhou Yuelong 5–1 Jimmy White Thepchaiya Un-Nooh 5–3 Tom Ford Thepchaiya Un-Nooh 5–2 Zhou Yuelong Jimmy White 5–3 Tom Ford
Group C
PositionPlayerMPMWMLFWFLFD 1 3 3 0 15 4 +11 2 3 2 1 11 7 +4 3 3 1 2 7 13 -64 30 3 6 15 -9
John Higgins 5–2 Ken Doherty Hossein Vafaei 5–2 Poramin Danjirakul Hossein Vafaei 5–1 John Higgins Pormin Danjirakul 5–3 Ken Doherty John Higgins 5–0 Poramin Danjirakul Hossein Vafaei 5–1 Ken Doherty
Group D
PositionPlayerMPMWMLFWFLFD1 3 3 0 15 8 +72 3 2 1 10 10 03 3 1 2 10 13 -34 3 0 3 11 15 -4
Judd Trump 5–0 Ricky Walden Ma Hai Long 5–3 Kritsanut Lertsattayathorn Judd Trump 5–4 Kritsanut Lertsattayathorn Ricky Walden 5–1 Ma Hailong Judd Trump 5–4 Ma Hailong Ricky Walden 5–4 Kritsanut Lertsattayathorn
Group E
PositionPlayerMPMWMLFWFLFD 1 3 3 0 15 11 +42 3 1 2 12 10 +23 3 1 2 11 13 -24 3 1 2 8 12 -4
Robert Milkins 5–2 Matthew Selt Chris Wakelin 5–4 Dechawat Poomjaeng Chris Wakelin 5–4 Matthew Selt Dechawat Poomjaeng 5–0 Robert Milkins Chris Wakelin 5–3 Robert Milkins Matthew Selt 5–3 Dechawat Poomjaeng
Group F
PositionPlayerMPMWMLFWFLFD1 3 3 0 15 8 +72 3 2 1 12 11 +13 3 1 2 10 13 -34 3 0 3 10 15 -5
Joe Perry 5–1 Mark Williams Andres Petrov 5–3 Sunny Akani Mark Williams 5–4 Sunny Akani Joe Perry 5–3 Andres Petrov Mark Williams 5–2 Andres Petrov Joe Perry 5–3 Sunny Akani
Group G
PositionPlayerMPMWMLFWFLFD 1 3 3 0 15 4 +11 2 3 2 1 11 10 +13 3 1 2 11 12 -14 3 0 3 4 15 -11
Noppon Saengkham 5–4 Jordan Brown Stuart Bingham 5–1 Mahoud El Hareedy Stuart Bingham 5–2 Jordan Brown Noppon Saengkham 5–1 Mahoud El Hareedy Jordan Brown 5–2 Mahoud El Hareedy Stuart Bingham 5–1 Noppon Saengkham
Group H
Position PlayerMPMWMLFWFLFD 1 3 3 0 15 7 +8 2 3 2 1 12 10 +2 3 3 1 2 12 12 0 4 3 0 3 5 15 -10
Ronnie O'Sullivan 5–3 Jimmy Robertson James Wattana 5–1 Stan Moody Ronnie O'Sullivan 5–2 Stan Moody James Wattana 5–4 Jimmy Robertson Jimmy Robertson 5–2 Stan Moody Ronnie O'Sullivan 5–2 James Wattana
Knockout stage Source:
Final Final: Best of 15 frames. Referee: Tawich Kongdee Thammasat University Convention Centre, Pathum Thani, Thailand, 11 March 2023 Thepchaiya Un-Nooh6–8 Ding Junhui Frame scores: 0–72 (72), 0–71 (71), 53–1 (52), 34–20, 2–35, 0–46, 1–40, 34–12, 40–12, 10–37, 29–34, 35–25, 41–17, 1–3852 Highest Break 721 50+ Breaks 2
Qualifying Qualifying for the event took place from 7 to 9 January 2023 at the Metrodome in Barnsley, England. Four players qualified for the final stage in Thailand, one from each quarter of the draw. Eight players received byes to Round 2. Ricky Walden later got an automatic place in the main event draw as a top 16 player pulled out.Article title
First quarter
Second quarter
Third quarter
Fourth quarter
Maximum breaks (Note: A maximum break in six-red is 75) Main stage Matthew Selt (80) Qualifying stage Andy Lee Jackson Page Peng Yisong Zhou Yuelong
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