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2014 Warld Snooker Championship

The 2014 Warld Snooker Championship wis a professional snooker toornament, that teuk place frae 19 Apryle tae 5 May 2014 a the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield, England. It wis the 38th consecutive year that the Warld Snooker Championship haed been held a the Crucible and wis the last rankin event o the 2013-14 snooker saison. The event wis sponsored bi Dafabet for the first time.

2014 Dafabet Warld Snooker Championship
Tournament information
Dates19 April – 5 May 2014
VenueCrucible Theatre
CitySheffield
KintraEngland
Organisation(s)WPBSA
FormatRankin event
Total prize fund£1,214,000
Winner's share£300,000
Highest break Neil Robertson (AUS) (140)
Final
Champion Mark Selby (ENG)
Runner-up Ronnie O'Sullivan (ENG)
Score18–14
← 2013
2015 →

Ronnie O'Sullivan wis the defendin champion, havin won the 2013 event defeatin Barry Hawkins in the feenal. Mark Selby won the event tae captur his first Warld title bi defeatin O'Sullivan 18–14 in the feenal. This wis Selby's fowert rankin title, an aw completin the Triple Crown o Warld Championship, UK Championship, and Masters titles. Neil Robertson secured the heichest brak o the toornament, a 140. Robertson scored his 100th century brak o the saison in his quarter-feenal win ower Judd Trump. The event featurit a prize fund o £1,214,000 wi the winner receivin £300,000.

Prize fund

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The tot prize money fae the 2014 Warld Snooker Championship wis raised tae £1,214,000 frae the previous year's £1,111,000. The winner received £300,000, an increase o £50,000 ower the previous year. The brakdoun o prize money for the 2014 event is shawn ablo:[1]

  • Winner: £300,000
  • Runner-up: £125,000
  • Semi-final: £55,000
  • Quarter-final: £25,000
  • Last 16: £16,000
  • Last 32: £12,000
  • Last 48: £8,500
  • Last 64: £5,000
  • Last 96: £1,000
  • Non-televised heichest brak: £1,000
  • Televised heichest brak: £10,000
  • Tot: £1,214,000

Main draw

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The draw for the first roond teuk place on 17 Apryle 2014, ane day efter the qualifyin, an wis broadcast live on Warld Snooker's YouTube channel at 12 pm BST.[2][3] The nummers in parentheses beside some o the players are thair seeding ranks, whilst players in bold denote match winners. Below is the full results frae the event.[4][5][6]

First round Second round Quarter-finals Semi-finals
Best of 19 frames Best of 25 frames Best of 25 frames Best of 33 frames
                           
19 April            
   Ronnie O'Sullivan (ENG) (1)  10
24, 25 & 26 April
   Robin Hull (FIN)  4  
   Ronnie O'Sullivan (1)  13
20 & 21 April
     Joe Perry (16)  11  
   Joe Perry (ENG) (16)  10
29 & 30 April
   Jamie Burnett (SCO)  7  
   Ronnie O'Sullivan (1)  13
19 & 20 April
     Shaun Murphy (9)  3  
   Shaun Murphy (ENG) (9)  10
27 & 28 April
   Jamie Cope (ENG)  9  
   Shaun Murphy (9)  13
22 & 23 April
     Marco Fu (8)  8  
   Marco Fu (HKG) (8)  10
1 & 2 May
   Martin Gould (ENG)  7  
   Ronnie O'Sullivan (1)  17
22 & 23 April
     Barry Hawkins (5)  7
   Barry Hawkins (ENG) (5)  10
25 & 26 April
   David Gilbert (ENG)  4  
   Barry Hawkins (5)  13
21 & 22 April
     Ricky Walden (12)  11  
   Ricky Walden (ENG) (12)  10
29 & 30 April
   Kyren Wilson (ENG)  7  
   Barry Hawkins (5)  13
23 & 24 April
     Dominic Dale  12  
   Mark Davis (ENG) (13)  5
26, 27 & 28 April
   Dominic Dale (WAL)  10  
   Dominic Dale  13
20 & 21 April
     Michael Wasley  4  
   Ding Junhui (CHN) (4)  9
   Michael Wasley (ENG)  10  
21 April            
   Mark Selby (ENG) (3)  10
24 & 25 April
   Michael White (WAL)  9  
   Mark Selby (3)  13
19 & 20 April
     Ali Carter (14)  9  
   Ali Carter (ENG) (14)  10
29 & 30 April
   Xiao Guodong (CHN)  8  
   Mark Selby (3)  13
21 & 22 April
     Alan McManus  5  
   John Higgins (SCO) (11)  7
25 & 26 April
   Alan McManus (SCO)  10  
   Alan McManus  13
19 & 20 April
     Ken Doherty  8  
   Stuart Bingham (ENG) (6)  5
1, 2 & 3 May
   Ken Doherty (IRL)  10  
   Mark Selby (3)  17
22 & 23 April
     Neil Robertson (2)  15
   Judd Trump (ENG) (7)  10
26, 27 & 28 April
   Tom Ford (ENG)  8  
   Judd Trump (7)  13
19 & 20 April
     Ryan Day  7  
   Stephen Maguire (SCO) (10)  9
29 & 30 April
   Ryan Day (WAL)  10  
   Judd Trump (7)  11
22 & 23 April
     Neil Robertson (2)  13  
   Mark Allen (NIR) (15)  10
27 & 28 April
   Michael Holt (ENG)  4  
   Mark Allen (15)  7
23 & 24 April
     Neil Robertson (2)  13  
   Neil Robertson (AUS) (2)  10
   Robbie Williams (ENG)  2  
Final (Best of 35 frames) Crucible Theatre, Sheffield, 4 & 5 May. Referee: Brendan Moore.[7][8]
Ronnie O'Sullivan (1)
England   		14–18 Mark Selby (3)
  Ingland
77–0, 64–26, 102–0, 28–69, 47–68, 80–8, 36–72, 66–54, 99–24, 70–47, 67–27, 25–82, 45–96, 131–0, 85–0, 10–84, 9–78, 35–81, 23–77, 7–84, 29–89, 76–38, 67–70, 100–0, 24–67, 39–64, 4–90, 79–0, 66–47, 0–131, 14–87, 56–62 Match time: 11:12:43 (HH:MM:SS)
Average frame time: 21:01 (MM:SS)
Century breaks: 4 (O'Sullivan 3, Selby 1)
Highest break by O'Sullivan: 131
Highest break by Selby: 127 		77–0, 64–26, 102–0, 28–69, 47–68, 80–8, 36–72, 66–54, 99–24, 70–47, 67–27, 25–82, 45–96, 131–0, 85–0, 10–84, 9–78, 35–81, 23–77, 7–84, 29–89, 76–38, 67–70, 100–0, 24–67, 39–64, 4–90, 79–0, 66–47, 0–131, 14–87, 56–62
  Mark Selby wins the 2014 Dafabet Warld Snooker Championship

Century breaks

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Televised stage centuries

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Thare war 58 century braks in the televised stage o the Warld Championship.[9] For every century brak made during the main toornament, Dafabet, donated £100 tae the Bluebell Wid Childer's Hospice.[10] Neil Robertson made the heichest brak o the event, a 140.

References

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  1. ↑ "Prize Money Breakdowns 2013/14". Worldsnooker.com. Warld Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. 1 Mey 2013. Archived frae the original on 12 October 2013. Retrieved 31 Mairch 2014.
  2. ↑ "Warld Draw To Be Streamed Online". Worldsnooker.com. Warld Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. 15 Apryle 2014. Archived frae the original on 17 Apryle 2014. Retrieved 17 Apryle 2014.
  3. ↑ "2014 dafabet Warld Snooker Championship Provisional Format" (PDF). Worldsnooker.com. Warld Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Archived frae the original (PDF) on 1 Mey 2014. Retrieved 1 Apryle 2014.
  4. ↑ "2014 Dafabet Warld Championship draw and results" (PDF). Warld Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. 5 Mey 2014. Archived frae the original (PDF) on 6 Mey 2014. Retrieved 6 Mey 2014.
  5. ↑ "Warld Snooker Championship 2014: Schedule and results". BBC Sport. Archived frae the original on 20 Apryle 2014. Retrieved 17 Apryle 2014.
  6. ↑ "Dafabet Warld Championship (2014)". Snooker.org. Archived frae the original on 8 Apryle 2014. Retrieved 31 Mairch 2014.
  7. ↑ "Sheffield's Moore To Referee Warld Final". Worldsnooker.com. Warld Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. 31 Mairch 2014. Archived frae the original on 2 Apryle 2014. Retrieved 1 Apryle 2014.
  8. ↑ "Dafabet Warld Championship – Final – Match 31: Ronnie O'Sullivan v Mark Selby". Worldsnookerdata.com. Warld Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Archived frae the original on 5 Mey 2014. Retrieved 5 Mey 2014.
  9. ↑ "Dafabet Warld Championship: century breaks". Worldsnookerdata.com. Warld Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Archived frae the original on 5 Mey 2014. Retrieved 5 Mey 2014.
  10. ↑ "Dafabet To Donate For Centuries". Worldsnooker.com. Warld Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. 18 Apryle 2014. Archived frae the original on 20 Apryle 2014. Retrieved 26 Apryle 2014.
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