2016 Six-red World Championship
The 2016 SangSom Six-red World Championship was a six-red snooker tournament held between 5 and 10 September 2016 at the Bangkok Convention Center in Bangkok, Thailand. It featured 48 players from 16 different nations.
Thepchaiya Un-Nooh was the defending champion, but he lost 2–6 in the last 16 round to Stephen Maguire. Ding Junhui won the title by beating Stuart Bingham 8–7 in the final. Bingham won the first frame of the final, but Ding then built a 3–1 lead. The match then went to 4-4. Ding later led 7-5 but did not pot any balls in the next two frames as Bingham levelled the match at 7-7. In the last frame, Ding made a clearance of 29 to win the match on the final black.Prize money
The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:
- Winner: 2,500,000 baht
- 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
- Thepchaiya Un-Nooh 5–2 Mohammed Shehab
- Mark Davis 5–0 Ishpreet Singh Chadha
- Rod Lawler 1–5 Lukas Kleckers
- Thepchaiya Un-Nooh 5–3 Lukas Kleckers
- Mark Davis 5–1 Rod Lawler
- Ishpreet Singh Chadha 5–3 Mohammed Shehab
- Thepchaiya Un-Nooh 5–4 Rod Lawler
- Mark Davis 5–4 Mohammed Shehab
- Ishpreet Singh Chadha 5–2 Lukas Kleckers
- Thepchaiya Un-Nooh 1–5 Ishpreet Singh Chadha
- Rod Lawler 4–5 Mohammed Shehab
- Mark Davis 5–2 Lukas Kleckers
- Thepchaiya Un-Nooh 0–5 Mark Davis
- Rod Lawler 5–2 Ishpreet Singh Chadha
- Mohammed Shehab 2–5 Lukas Kleckers
Group B
- Martin Gould 5–0 Basem Eltahhan
- Liang Wenbo 5–0 Chau Hon Man
- Michael Holt 4–5 Sunny Akani
- Martin Gould 0–5 Sunny Akani
- Liang Wenbo 5–3 Michael Holt
- Chau Hon Man 4–5 Basem Eltahhan
- Martin Gould 5–1 Chau Hon Man
- Michael Holt 5–2 Basem Eltahhan
- Liang Wenbo 3–5 Sunny Akani
- Chau Hon Man 5–4 Sunny Akani
- Liang Wenbo 5–0 Basem Eltahhan
- Martin Gould 5–4 Michael Holt
- Martin Gould 2–5 Liang Wenbo
- Michael Holt 5–2 Chau Hon Man
- Basem Eltahhan 5–4 Sunny Akani
Group C
- Ding Junhui 4–5 Pankaj Advani
- Robert Milkins 5–4 Ryan Thomerson
- Dominic Dale 3–5 Phaitoon Phonbun
- Robert Milkins 5–1 Phaitoon Phonbun
- Ding Junhui 5–1 Phaitoon Phonbun
- Robert Milkins 3–5 Dominic Dale
- Ryan Thomerson 1–5 Pankaj Advani
- Ding Junhui 3–5 Robert Milkins
- Dominic Dale 5–4 Ryan Thomerson
- Pankaj Advani 5–0 Phaitoon Phonbun
- Ding Junhui 0–5 Dominic Dale
- Robert Milkins 4–5 Pankaj Advani
- Ryan Thomerson 1–5 Phaitoon Phonbun
- Ding Junhui 5–1 Ryan Thomerson
- Dominic Dale 0–5 Pankaj Advani
Group D
- Ricky Walden 5–1 Kritsanut Lertsattayathorn
- David Gilbert 5–2 Ben Woollaston
- Andrew Pagett 3–5 Ahmed Galal
- David Gilbert 5–0 Andrew Pagett
- Ben Woollaston 1–5 Kritsanut Lertsattayathorn
- Ricky Walden 1–5 Andrew Pagett
- Ben Woollaston 5–0 Ahmed Galal
- David Gilbert 3–5 Kritsanut Lertsattayathorn
- Ricky Walden 5–1 Ahmed Galal
- Ricky Walden 5–1 Ben Woollaston
- David Gilbert 5–4 Ahmed Galal
- Andrew Pagett 2–5 Kritsanut Lertsattayathorn
- Ricky Walden 1–5 David Gilbert
- Ben Woollaston 5–2 Andrew Pagett
- Ahmed Galal 5–4 Kritsanut Lertsattayathorn
Group E
- Babar Masih 1–5 James Wattana
- Stuart Bingham 5–1 Babar Masih
- Ryan Day 5–1 Darren Morgan
- Wayne Brown 2–5 James Wattana
- Stuart Bingham 5–2 Darren Morgan
- Wayne Brown 4–5 Babar Masih
- Ryan Day 5–4 James Wattana
- Stuart Bingham 5–1 James Wattana
- Ryan Day 5–1 Wayne Brown
- Darren Morgan 5–4 Babar Masih
- Stuart Bingham 5–0 Ryan Day
- Wayne Brown 5–4 Darren Morgan
- Stuart Bingham 5–2 Wayne Brown
- Ryan Day 5–3 Babar Masih
- Wayne Brown 3–5 James Wattana
Group F
- Joe Perry 5–4 Hesham Abdelhmed
- Michael White 5–3 Sourav Kothari
- Ivan Kakovsky 3–5 Noppon Saengkham
- Joe Perry 5–1 Ivan Kakovsky
- Sourav Kothari 0–5 Noppon Saengkham
- Joe Perry 5–4 Michael White
- Ivan Kakovsky 5–4 Sourav Kothari
- Hesham Abdelhmed 3–5 Noppon Saengkham
- Joe Perry 5–1 Noppon Saengkham
- Michael White 5–0 Ivan Kakovsky
- Sourav Kothari 5–0 Hesham Abdelhmed
- Michael White 5–0 Hesham Abdelhmed
- Ivan Kakovsky 5–4 Hesham Abdelhmed
- Joe Perry 5–1 Sourav Kothari
- Michael White 3–5 Noppon Saengkham
Group G
- Mateusz Baranowski 5–1 Daniell Haenga
- Mark Williams 3–5 Yuan Sijun
- Stephen Maguire 5–3 Daniell Haenga
- Mateusz Baranowski 1–5 Suchakree Poomjaeng
- Mark Williams 5–3 Daniell Haenga
- Mateusz Baranowski 4–5 Yuan Sijun
- Stephen Maguire 4–5 Suchakree Poomjaeng
- Mark Williams 5–1 Mateusz Baranowski
- Stephen Maguire 5–2 Yuan Sijun
- Daniell Haenga 0–5 Suchakree Poomjaeng
- Mark Williams 3–5 Stephen Maguire
- Yuan Sijun 5–3 Suchakree Poomjaeng
- Mark Williams 5–3 Suchakree Poomjaeng
- Stephen Maguire 5–0 Daniell Haenga
- Daniell Haenga 2–5 Yuan Sijun
Group H
- Mark Selby 5–3 Keen Hoo Moh
- Matthew Selt 5–2 Peter McCullagh
- Luca Brecel 5–3 Boonyarit Keattikun
- Mark Selby 4–5 Luca Brecel
- Matthew Selt 5–0 Keen Hoo Moh
- Peter McCullagh 4–5 Boonyarit Keattikun
- Matthew Selt 5–3 Boonyarit Keattikun
- Luca Brecel 5–0 Keen Hoo Moh
- Mark Selby 5–1 Peter McCullagh
- Mark Selby 5–2 Boonyarit Keattikun
- Matthew Selt 3–5 Luca Brecel
- Peter McCullagh 5–0 Keen Hoo Moh
- Mark Selby 5–3 Matthew Selt
- Luca Brecel w/d–w/o Peter McCullagh
- Keen Hoo Moh 1–5 Boonyarit Keattikun
Knockout stage
Final
Maximum breaks
- Matthew Selt
- Liang Wenbo
- Pankaj Advani