2013 Champion of Champions


The 2013 888casino Champion of Champions was a professional non-ranking snooker tournament held between 19–24 November 2013 at the Ricoh Arena in Coventry, England. This was the first time that 888casino sponsored the event, which was broadcast live on ITV4.
The event was last held in 1980, when Doug Mountjoy won in the final 10–8 against John Virgo.
Ronnie O'Sullivan won his 52nd professional title by defeating Stuart Bingham 10–8 in the final.

Prize fund

The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:
Players qualified for the event by winning important tournaments from the start of the 2012-13 season to the 2013 Indian Open. The important events included all rankings events and winners the following non-rankings events: 2012 Premier League Snooker, 2013 Masters, 2013 Players Championship Grand Final and 2013 Championship League. With only 14 different players winning one of the qualifying events, the remaining two places were allocated to the highest ranked players who had not already qualified.
The following 16 players qualified for the tournament:
SeedPlayerQualified as
1Winner of 2013 World Snooker Championship
2 Mark SelbyWinner of 2012 UK Championship and 2013 Masters
3 Judd TrumpWinner of 2012 International Championship
4 Neil RobertsonWinner of 2013 China Open and 2013 Wuxi Classic
5 Mark AllenWinner of 2013 World Open
6 Ricky WaldenWinner of 2012 Wuxi Classic
7 John HigginsWinner of 2012 Shanghai Masters
8 Ding Junhui
9 Barry HawkinsWinner of 2012 Australian Goldfields Open
10 Stephen MaguireWinner of 2013 Welsh Open
11 Stuart BinghamWinner of 2012 Premier League Snooker
12 Ali CarterWinner of 2013 German Masters
13 Martin GouldWinner of 2013 Championship League
14 Marco FuWinner of 2013 Australian Goldfields Open
15 Shaun MurphyWorld ranking of 4. Highest ranked player after the 2013 Shanghai Masters
16 Mark DavisWorld ranking of 13. Highest ranked player after the 2013 Indian Open

Main draw

Final

Century breaks