The 2014

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Champion of Champions was a professional non-

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snooker tournament that took place between 3 and 9 November 2014 at the

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, England.

Ronnie O'Sullivan Ronald Antonio O'Sullivan (born 5 December 1975) is an English professional snooker player who is the current world champion and world number one. Widely recognised as one of the most talented and accomplished players in the sport's history, ...

successfully defended his title beating

Judd Trump Judd Trump (born 20 August 1989) is an English professional snooker player, a former world champion and former world number one. Widely regarded as one of the sport's most talented players, he is currently sixth on the list of all-time ranki ...

10–7 in the final.

Prize fund

The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below: * Winner: £100,000 * Runner-up: £50,000 * Semi-finals: £20,000 * Group runner-up: £10,000 * Group semi-finals: £5,000 * Total: £270,000

Players

Players qualified for the event by winning important tournaments since the previous Champion of Champions. Entry was guaranteed for the defending champion, winners of rankings events and winners of the following non-rankings events: 2014 Masters,

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and 2014 Players Championship Grand Final. Remaining places were then allocated to winners of

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events (in the order they were played) and then to winners of Asian Tour events and then, winners of the 2014 Six-red World Championship,

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and

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. Only 13 different players won one the 24 qualifying tournaments. The remaining three places were allocated to the three highest ranked players who had not already qualified, based on the world rankings after the 2014 Bulgarian Open. The following 16 players qualified for the tournament:

Main draw

Final

Century breaks

* 139, 137, 134, 125, 115, 109, 105, 103

* 134, 117, 111, 106

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 ...

* 119, 106, 102, 100

* 112

Barry Hawkins Barry Hawkins (born 23 April 1979) is an English professional snooker player from Ditton, Kent. He turned professional in 1996, but only rose to prominence in the 2004–05 snooker season, when he reached the last 16 of the 2004 UK Championship ...

* 111, 105

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 (200 ...

* 107

Stuart Bingham Stuart Bingham (born 21 May 1976) is an English professional snooker player who is a former world and Masters champion. Bingham won the 1996 World Amateur Championship but enjoyed little sustained success in the early part of his professional ...

Notes

References

External links

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