The 2023 Pathum Thani Six-red World Championship was a non-ranking

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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.

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was the defending champion, having won the previous championship in September 2019, but he was eliminated in the group stage.

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won the event for the second time, beating

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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

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Group A

* 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

* 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

* 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

* 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

* 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

* 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

* 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

* 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

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Final

Qualifying

Qualifying for the event took place from 7 to 9 January 2023 at the

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, England. Four players qualified for the final stage in Thailand, one from each quarter of the draw. Eight players received byes to Round 2.

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later got an automatic place in the main event draw as a top 16 player pulled out.https://wst.tv/six-red-world-championship-qualifying-updated-draw/

First quarter

Second quarter

Third quarter

Fourth quarter

Maximum breaks

(Note: A

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in six-red is 75)

Main stage

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(80)

Qualifying stage

* Andy Lee *

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Zhou Yuelong Zhou Yuelong (; born 24 January 1998) is a Chinese professional snooker player. He has been runner-up at three ranking events, the January 2020 European Masters, the 2020 Snooker Shoot Out, and the 2022 Northern Ireland Open. Career Between 2 ...

References

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