The 2014

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(often styled the 2014

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6-red World Championship for sponsorship and marketing purposes) was a six-red snooker tournament held between 1 and 6 September 2014 at the Montien Riverside Hotel in

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was to take part in the tournament, but he was replaced by

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due to a stomach bug.

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was the defending champion, but lost 2–6 against

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in the last 16.

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won in the final 8–7 against

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Prize money

The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below: * Winner: 2,500,000

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* Runner-up: 1,000,000 baht * Semi-finalists: 500,000 baht * Quarter-finalists: 250,000 baht * Last 16: 125,000 baht * Last 32: 62,500 baht * Group stage: 31,250 baht * Total: 8,000,000 baht

Round-robin stage

The top four players from each group qualified for the knock-out stage. All matches were best of 9 frames.

Group A

* Ben Judge 5–2 Ratchayothin Yotharuck * Dominic Dale 5–3 Ken Doherty * Mark Davis 5–3 Ratchayothin Yotharuck * Ben Judge 5–1 Thor Chuan Leong * Mark Davis 3–5 Ken Doherty * Thor Chuan Leong 1–5 Ratchayothin Yotharuck * Ken Doherty 5–4 Ben Judge * Dominic Dale 5–0 Ratchayothin Yotharuck * Mark Davis 5–1 Ben Judge * Dominic Dale 5–0 Thor Chuan Leong * Mark Davis 5–0 Thor Chuan Leong * Dominic Dale 5–0 Ben Judge * Ken Doherty 5–1 Thor Chuan Leong * Mark Davis 1–5 Dominic Dale * Ken Doherty 5–1 Ratchayothin Yotharuck

Group B

* Hossein Vafaei 5–1 Hung Chuang Ming * Michael White 5–4 Noppon Saengkham * Michael Holt 5–2 Hung Chuang Ming * Andrew Pagett 1–5 Noppon Saengkham * Michael White 3–5 Hossein Vafaei * Hung Chuang Ming 4–5 Noppon Saengkham * Andrew Pagett 3–5 Michael White * Michael Holt 5–4 Noppon Saengkham * Andrew Pagett 4–5 Hossein Vafaei * Michael Holt 5–2 Michael White * Andrew Pagett 5–0 Hung Chuang Ming * Michael Holt 1–5 Hossein Vafaei * Michael White 5–0 Hung Chuang Ming * Andrew Pagett 4–5 Michael Holt * Hossein Vafaei 3–5 Noppon Saengkham

Group C

* Mohsen Bukshaisha 5–3 Ehsan Heidarinejad * Jimmy White 5–3 Boonyarit Keattikun * Ryan Day 5–3 Ehsan Heidarinejad * Mohsen Bukshaisha 5–4 Boonyarit Keattikun * Barry Hawkins 5–2 Jimmy White * Ehsan Heidarinejad 4–5 Boonyarit Keattikun * Ryan Day 5–1 Jimmy White * Barry Hawkins 2–5 Boonyarit Keattikun * Jimmy White 5–3 Mohsen Bukshaisha * Barry Hawkins 3–5 Ryan Day * Barry Hawkins 4–5 Ehsan Heidarinejad * Ryan Day 5–1 Mohsen Bukshaisha * Jimmy White 2–5 Ehsan Heidarinejad * Barry Hawkins 5–4 Mohsen Bukshaisha * Ryan Day 2–5 Boonyarit Keattikun

Group D

* Shivam Arora 0–5 Amir Sarkhosh * Shaun Murphy 5–2 Shachar Ruberg * Shivam Arora 3–5 Thepchaiya Un-Nooh * Robert Milkins 3–5 Amir Sarkhosh * Shaun Murphy 3–5 Thepchaiya Un-Nooh * Amir Sarkhosh 2–5 Thepchaiya Un-Nooh * Shachar Ruberg 5–4 Shivam Arora * Robert Milkins 5–3 Thepchaiya Un-Nooh * Shaun Murphy 5–0 Shivam Arora * Robert Milkins 4–5 Shachar Ruberg * Shaun Murphy 5–2 Amir Sarkhosh * Robert Milkins 5–1 Shivam Arora * Shachar Ruberg 1–5 Thepchaiya Un-Nooh * Shaun Murphy 5–4 Robert Milkins * Shachar Ruberg 5–0 Amir Sarkhosh

Group E

* Steven Donohoe 2–5 Kamal Chawla * Alex Borg 4–5 James Wattana * Matthew Stevens 5–2 Kamal Chawla * Steven Donohoe 2–5 James Wattana * Ricky Walden 5–1 Alex Borg * Alex Borg 5–3 Steven Donohoe * Matthew Stevens 5–1 James Wattana * Ricky Walden 4–5 Kamal Chawla * Matthew Stevens 5–0 Alex Borg * Ricky Walden 5–2 James Wattana * Matthew Stevens 5–0 Steven Donohoe * Alex Borg 4–5 Kamal Chawla * Ricky Walden 5–0 Steven Donohoe * Kamal Chawla 3–5 James Wattana * Ricky Walden 5–1 Matthew Stevens

Group F

* Adrian Ridley 5–0 Chaouki Yousfi * Jamie Clarke 5–3 Kritsanut Lertsattayathorn * Mark Williams 5–0 Chaouki Yousfi * Adrian Ridley 1–5 Kritsanut Lertsattayathorn * John Higgins 5–4 Jamie Clarke * John Higgins 3–5 Adrian Ridley * Chaouki Yousfi 1–5 Kritsanut Lertsattayathorn * Mark Williams 5–3 Jamie Clarke * John Higgins 5–2 Kritsanut Lertsattayathorn * Mark Williams 5–2 Adrian Ridley * John Higgins 5–2 Chaouki Yousfi * Mark Williams 5–3 Kritsanut Lertsattayathorn * Jamie Clarke 5–2 Chaouki Yousfi * John Higgins 5–4 Mark Williams * Jamie Clarke 5–1 Adrian Ridley

Group G

* Gareth Allen 5–4 Muhammad Asif * Stuart Bingham 5–2 Graeme Dott * Andreas Ploner 1–5 Dechawat Poomjaeng * Graeme Dott 5–1 Muhammad Asif * Stuart Bingham 5–1 Andreas Ploner * Muhammad Asif 2–5 Dechawat Poomjaeng * Andreas Ploner 5–3 Gareth Allen * Graeme Dott 5–3 Dechawat Poomjaeng * Stuart Bingham 5–3 Gareth Allen * Graeme Dott 5–1 Andreas Ploner * Stuart Bingham 5–4 Muhammad Asif * Gareth Allen 2–5 Dechawat Poomjaeng * Andreas Ploner 2–5 Muhammad Asif * Graeme Dott 5–2 Gareth Allen * Stuart Bingham 5–2 Dechawat Poomjaeng

Group H

* Kacper Filipiak 5–0 Ahmed Galal * Liang Wenbo 5–1 Thanawat Thirapongpaiboon * Joe Perry 5–3 Ahmed Galal * Kacper Filipiak 5–2 Thanawat Thirapongpaiboon * Stephen Maguire 3–5 Liang Wenbo * Stephen Maguire 5–1 Ahmed Galal * Liang Wenbo 5–0 Kacper Filipiak * Joe Perry 4–5 Thanawat Thirapongpaiboon * Stephen Maguire 5–0 Kacper Filipiak * Joe Perry 5–4 Liang Wenbo * Ahmed Galal 3–5 Thanawat Thirapongpaiboon * Joe Perry 5–1 Kacper Filipiak * Stephen Maguire 5–1 Thanawat Thirapongpaiboon * Liang Wenbo 5–2 Ahmed Galal * Stephen Maguire 5–0 Joe Perry

Knockout stage

Maximum breaks

(''Note:'' A

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in six-red snooker is 75.) * Muhammad Asif *

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References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Six-red World Championship, 2014

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