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2012 Premier League Snooker
The 2012 PartyPoker.com Premier League was a professional non-ranking snooker tournament that was played from 16 August to 25 November 2012. This was the last edition of the tournament, as in 2013 it was replaced by the Champion of Champions. Ronnie O'Sullivan was the defending champion, but he decided not to compete this year. Stuart Bingham won his eighth professional title by defeating Judd Trump 7–2 in the final. Prize fund The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below: * Winner: £50,000 * Runner-up: £25,000 * Semi-final: £12,500 * Frame-win: £1,000 (only in league phase) * Century break: £1,000 (only in league phase) * Highest break: £5,000 * Maximum break: £25,000 * Total: £210,000 Players League phase Dates and venues Group one The top two qualified for the play-offs. If points were level then most frames won determined their positions. If two players had an identical record then the result in their match determined their ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bwin
bwin Interactive Entertainment AG, formerly known as betandwin, is an Austrian online betting brand acquired by Entain PLC. The group operated under international and regional licences in countries like Gibraltar, the Amerindian reserve of Kahnawake (Canada), and Belize; and Germany, Italy, Mexico, Croatia, Austria, France, and the United Kingdom in Europe. bwin offered sports betting, poker, casino games, soft and skill games with most revenue coming from poker and sports betting. bwin had over 20 million registered customers in more than 25 core markets. Competence centres were located in Vienna, Stockholm, and Gibraltar. The company provided services for its subsidiaries such as marketing, finance and administration, corporate communications, controlling and IT services. All operational activities were managed by licensed subsidiaries. It was listed on the Vienna Stock Exchange from March 2000 until the company's merger with PartyGaming plc in March 2011, forming Bwin.Party ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Snooker World Rankings 2012/2013
Snooker world rankings 2012/2013: The professional world rankings for all the professional snooker players who qualified for the 2012–13 season are listed below. The rankings worked as a two-year rolling list. The points for each tournament two years ago were removed, when the corresponding tournament during the current season has finished. The following table contains the rankings, which were used to determine the seedings for certain tournaments. Notes * No player is listed outside the top 64 in revision 1, as these players began the season without ranking points. * Revision 1 was used for the seeding of the Wuxi Classic, Australian Goldfields Open, Six-red World Championship and Shanghai Masters. * Revision 2 was used for the seeding of the International Championship. * Revision 3 was used for the seeding of the UK Championship, Masters, German Masters and Snooker Shoot-Out. * Revision 4 was used for the seeding of the Welsh Open, World Open and China Open. * Revision ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2012 Championship League
The 2012 Championship League was a professional non-ranking snooker tournament that was played from 9 January to 22 March 2012 at the Crondon Park Golf Club in Stock, England. Matthew Stevens was the defending champion, but he was eliminated in group four. Ding Junhui won in the final 3–1 against Judd Trump and earned a place in the 2012 Premier League Snooker. Prize fund The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below: *Group 1–7 **Winner: £3,000 **Runner-up: £2,000 **Semi-final: £1,000 **Frame-win (league stage): £100 **Frame-win (play-offs): £300 **Highest break: £500 *Final group **Winner: £10,000 **Runner-up: £5,000 **Semi-final: £3,000 **Frame-win: £300 **Highest break: £1,000 *Tournament total: £192,700 Group one Group one matches were played on 9 and 10 January 2012. Judd Trump was the first player to qualify for the final group. Matches *Matthew Stevens 1–3 Mark Selby *Shaun Murphy 2–3 Judd Trump *Ali Carter 1–3 Mark Davis *Andre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ding Junhui
Ding Junhui (; born 1 April 1987) is a Chinese professional snooker player. He is the most successful Asian player in the history of the sport. Throughout his career, he has won 14 major ranking titles, including three UK Championships (2005, 2009, 2019). He has twice reached the final of the Masters, winning once in 2011. In 2016, he became the first Asian player to reach the final of the World Championship. Ding began playing snooker at age nine and rose to international prominence in 2002 after winning the Asian Under-21 Championship and the Asian Championship. At age 15, he became the youngest winner of the IBSF World Under-21 Championship. In 2003, Ding turned professional at the age of 16. His first major professional successes came in 2005 when he won the China Open and the UK Championship, becoming the first player from outside Great Britain and Ireland to win the title. During his career, he has compiled more than 600 century breaks, including six maximum breaks, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Players Tour Championship 2011/2012 – Finals
The 2012 Players Tour Championship Grand Final (officially the 2012 Betfair Players Tour Championship Grand Final) was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place between 14 and 18 March 2012 at the Bailey Allen Hall in Galway, Republic of Ireland. Shaun Murphy was the defending champion, but he finished 37th on the Order of Merit, and didn't qualify. Stephen Lee won his fifth ranking title by defeating Neil Robertson 4–0 in the final. It was Lee's first ranking title for six years, and Robertson's first defeat in a televised final. Prize fund and ranking points The breakdown of prize money and ranking points of the event is shown below: Seeding list The leading 24 players in the PTC Order of Merit qualified for the event, provided that they had played in at least 6 events (3 in the UK and 3 in Europe). Main draw Final Century breaks * 131, 130, 104 Ricky Walden * 131, 110 Neil Robertson * 123, 105 Ding Junhui * 123 John Higgins * 120, 104 Andre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stephen Lee (snooker Player)
Stephen Lee (born 12 October 1974) is an English former professional snooker player who is currently serving a 12-year ban from the sport. He turned professional in 1992, reached a career-high of fifth in the snooker world rankings for the 2000–01 season, and won five ranking titles. His best performances in Triple Crown events were reaching the semi-finals of the 2003 World Championship, where he lost to eventual champion Mark Williams, and reaching the final of the 2008 Masters, where he was runner-up to Mark Selby. He compiled 184 century breaks in professional competition and was noted for his smooth cue action. West Midlands police arrested Lee in February 2010, following an investigation into suspicious betting patterns at the 2009 UK Championship, but no further action was taken against him at that time. Following reports of irregular betting patterns on a 2012 Premier League match between Lee and John Higgins on 11 October 2012, the World Professional Billiards a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2012 Masters (snooker)
The 2012 Masters (officially the 2012 BGC Masters) was a professional non-ranking snooker tournament held between 15 and 22 January 2012 at the Alexandra Palace in London, England. This was the first time that Stephen Hendry didn't participate at the Masters since his début in 1989, and the first time that BGC Partners sponsored the event. Ding Junhui was the defending champion, but he lost in the first round 4–6 against Ronnie O'Sullivan. Ronnie O'Sullivan made the highest break of the tournament in the second round against Judd Trump, making a 141. Neil Robertson won his first Masters title by defeating Shaun Murphy 10–6 in the final. This was Robertson's 10th professional title and his second Triple Crown title after winning the 2010 World Snooker Championship. Field Defending champion Ding Junhui was the number 1 seed with World Champion John Higgins seeded 2. The remaining places were allocated to players based on the latest world rankings (revision 2). Martin Goul ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Neil Robertson
Neil Robertson (born 11 February 1982) is an Australian professional snooker player who is a former world champion and former world number one. The only Australian to have won a ranking event, he is also the only player from outside the United Kingdom to have completed snooker's Triple Crown, having won the World Championship in 2010, the Masters in 2012 and 2022, and the UK Championship in 2013, 2015 and 2020. He has claimed a career total of 23 ranking titles, having won at least one professional tournament every year since 2006. A prolific break-builder, Robertson has compiled more than 850 century breaks in professional competition, including five maximum breaks. He is the fourth player in professional snooker history to reach the 800-century mark, after Ronnie O'Sullivan, John Higgins and Judd Trump. In the 2013–14 season, he became the first player to make 100 centuries in a single season, finishing with a record 103 centuries. Life and career Early career Robert ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2011 Brazil Masters
The 2011 Brazil Masters was a professional non-Snooker world rankings, ranking snooker tournament that took place between 15 and 18 September 2011 at Costão do Santinho Resort in Florianópolis, Brazil. Shaun Murphy won in the final 5–0 against Graeme Dott. Prize fund The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below: *Winner: United States dollar, $40,000 *Runner-up: $20,000 *Semi-final: $11,000 *Quarter-final: $7,000 *Last 16: $4,000 *Appearance fee for 14 professionals: $4,000 *Highest break: $2,000 *Total: $200,000 Main draw Final Century breaks * 139, 111 Shaun Murphy * 114 Igor Figueiredo * 113 Stephen Hendry References {{DEFAULTSORT:Brazil Masters, 2011 Snooker non-ranking competitions 2011 in snooker 2011 in Brazilian sport, Masters September 2011 sports events in South America ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
