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tournament held between 2 and 7 July 2012 at the Montien Riverside Hotel in

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. The highest break of the tournament was 75, compiled by both

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was the defending champion, but he lost in the quarter-finals 5–7 against Trump.

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won his second Six-reds World Championship title after

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, by defeating Murphy 8–4 in the final.

Prize money

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

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*Runner-up: 800,000 baht *Semi-finalists: 400,000 baht *Quarter-finalists: 200,000 baht *Last 16: 100,000 baht *Last 32: 50,000 baht *Total: 6,000,000 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

* Joe Perry 5–0 Andy Lee * Mark Selby 5–1 Shachar Ruberg * Andy Lee 0–5 Dechawat Poomjaeng * Dominic Dale 5–4 Shachar Ruberg * Dominic Dale 5–3 Andy Lee * Mark Selby 5–2 Joe Perry * Shachar Ruberg 1–5 Dechawat Poomjaeng * Mark Selby 5–1 Andy Lee * Dominic Dale 3–5 Dechawat Poomjaeng * Joe Perry 5–4 Shachar Ruberg * Joe Perry 5–2 Dechawat Poomjaeng * Mark Selby 5–3 Dominic Dale * Mark Selby 5–0 Dechawat Poomjaeng * Andy Lee 4–5 Shachar Ruberg * Dominic Dale 5–2 Joe Perry

Group B

* Judd Trump 2–5 Barry Hawkins * Mohamed Khairy 1–5 Rodney Goggins * Nick Jennings 2–5 Issara Kachaiwong * Barry Hawkins 3–5 Rodney Goggins * Nick Jennings 5–3 Mohamed Khairy * Judd Trump 5–1 Issara Kachaiwong * Rodney Goggins 5–4 Issara Kachaiwong * Judd Trump 5–0 Nick Jennings * Barry Hawkins 5–1 Mohamed Khairy * Barry Hawkins 4–5 Issara Kachaiwong * Judd Trump 1–5 Rodney Goggins * Mohamed Khairy 2–5 Issara Kachaiwong * Judd Trump 5–3 Mohamed Khairy * Barry Hawkins 5–4 Nick Jennings * Nick Jennings 2–5 Rodney Goggins

Group C

* Peter Ebdon 3–5 Ken Doherty * Li Hang 4–5 Aditya Mehta * Li Hang 1–5 Ken Doherty * Aditya Mehta 5–4 Thanawat Thirapongpaiboon * Mark Williams 5–1 Peter Ebdon * Mark Williams 5–4 Aditya Mehta * Ken Doherty 2–5 Thanawat Thirapongpaiboon * Peter Ebdon 5–2 Li Hang * Mark Williams 5–1 Li Hang * Peter Ebdon 3–5 Thanawat Thirapongpaiboon * Aditya Mehta 5–2 Ken Doherty * Li Hang 4–5 Thanawat Thirapongpaiboon * Mark Williams 4–5 Ken Doherty * Peter Ebdon 5–4 Aditya Mehta * Mark Williams 5–1 Thanawat Thirapongpaiboon

Group D

* Stephen Maguire 0–5 Hossein Vafaei * Mohammed Ibrahim 2–5 James Wattana * Mark Davis 5–3 Darren Morgan * Hossein Vafaei 5–1 Mohammed Ibrahim * Mark Davis 5–4 James Wattana * Stephen Maguire 3–5 Darren Morgan * Mark Davis 3–5 Hossein Vafaei * Mohammed Ibrahim 1–5 Darren Morgan * Darren Morgan 3–5 James Wattana * Stephen Maguire 5–1 Mohammed Ibrahim * Stephen Maguire 2–5 Mark Davis * Hossein Vafaei 1–5 Darren Morgan * Stephen Maguire 3–5 James Wattana * Mark Davis 5–4 Mohammed Ibrahim * Hossein Vafaei 5–3 James Wattana

Group E

* Shaun Murphy 4–5 Andrew Higginson * Ben Nunan 4–5 Pankaj Advani * Steve Davis 1–5 Thepchaiya Un-Nooh * Shaun Murphy 5–0 Ben Nunan * Pankaj Advani 5–4 Thepchaiya Un-Nooh * Andrew Higginson 0–5 Steve Davis * Andrew Higginson 5–2 Pankaj Advani * Ben Nunan 2–5 Thepchaiya Un-Nooh * Shaun Murphy 5–1 Steve Davis * Ben Nunan 3–5 Steve Davis * Shaun Murphy 5–3 Pankaj Advani * Andrew Higginson 1–5 Thepchaiya Un-Nooh * Pankaj Advani 4–5 Steve Davis * Shaun Murphy 5–0 Thepchaiya Un-Nooh * Andrew Higginson 5–1 Ben Nunan

Group F

* Saleh Mohammad 4–5 Passakorn Suwannawat * Stephen Lee 5–3 Jimmy White * Ben Judge 3–5 Passakorn Suwannawat * Saleh Mohammad 5–3 Jimmy White * Stuart Bingham 5–1 Ben Judge * Stuart Bingham 4–5 Jimmy White * Stephen Lee 5–3 Saleh Mohammad * Jimmy White 5–2 Passakorn Suwannawat * Stephen Lee 2–5 Stuart Bingham * Ben Judge 4–5 Saleh Mohammad * Stephen Lee 5–0 Ben Judge * Stuart Bingham 5–3 Passakorn Suwannawat * Ben Judge 4–5 Jimmy White * Stephen Lee 5–0 Passakorn Suwannawat * Stuart Bingham 4–5 Saleh Mohammad

Group G

* Marcus Campbell 5–0 Krzysztof Wróbel * Tom Ford 5–1 Noppon Saengkham * Matthew Stevens 5–3 Marcus Campbell * Ricky Walden 3–5 Noppon Saengkham * Tom Ford 5–3 Krzysztof Wróbel * Matthew Stevens 3–5 Noppon Saengkham * Ricky Walden 5–0 Krzysztof Wróbel * Matthew Stevens 5–2 Krzysztof Wróbel * Ricky Walden 5–2 Tom Ford * Marcus Campbell 4–5 Noppon Saengkham * Matthew Stevens 2–5 Ricky Walden * Tom Ford 5–2 Marcus Campbell * Ricky Walden 5–2 Marcus Campbell * Matthew Stevens 5–4 Tom Ford * Krzysztof Wróbel 3–5 Noppon Saengkham

Group H

* Martin Gould 5–2 Panompai Powises * Lee Walker 5–4 Zhang Anda * Martin Gould 5–4 Zhang Anda * Lee Walker 5–4 Marco Fu * Graeme Dott 4–5 Panompai Powises * Marco Fu 5–3 Panompai Powises * Graeme Dott 5–3 Zhang Anda * Martin Gould 4–5 Lee Walker * Zhang Anda 3–5 Marco Fu * Graeme Dott 3–5 Lee Walker * Martin Gould 2–5 Marco Fu * Lee Walker 5–1 Panompai Powises * Graeme Dott 5–0 Martin Gould * Graeme Dott 4–5 Marco Fu * Zhang Anda 1–5 Panompai Powises

Knockout stage

References

External links

* {{Six-red World Championship

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