2017 Champion of Champions
The 2017 188BET Champion of Champions was a professional non-ranking snooker tournament that took place between 6 and 12 November 2017 at the Ricoh Arena in Coventry, England.
John Higgins was the defending champion, but was 0–6 by Ronnie O'Sullivan in the second round.
Ronnie O'Sullivan made his 900th century in the semi-final against Anthony Hamilton.
Shaun Murphy won the tournament, defeating Ronnie O'Sullivan 10–8 in the final.
Prize fund
The breakdown of prize money for 2017 is shown below:- Winner: £100,000
- Runner-up: £50,000
- Losing semi-finalist: £25,000
- Group runner-up: £17,500
- First round losers: £12,500
- Total: £370,000
Players
The following players qualified for the tournament:
Seed | Player | Qualified as | Date of tournament final | Date qualification confirmed |
1 | John Higgins | Winner of 2017 Championship League Winner of 2017 Indian Open | 2 March 2017 | |
2 | Winner of 2016 UK Championship Winner of 2017 China Open | 4 December 2016 2 April 2017 1 May 2017 5 November 2017 | 4 December 2016 | |
Winner of 2017 Masters Winner of 2017 English Open | 22 January 2017 22 October 2017 | 22 January 2017 | ||
Winner of 2017 German Masters | 5 February 2017 | 5 February 2017 | ||
Barry Hawkins | Winner of 2017 World Grand Prix | 12 February 2017 | 12 February 2017 | |
Judd Trump | Winner of 2017 Players Championship Winner of 2017 European Masters | 12 March 2017 8 October 2017 | 12 March 2017 | |
Luca Brecel | Winner of 2017 China Championship | 22 August 2017 | 22 August 2017 | |
Ding Junhui | Winner of 2017 World Cup Winner of 2017 World Open | 9 July 2017 24 September 2017 | 24 September 2017 | |
Mark King | 20 November 2016 | 20 November 2016 | ||
Marco Fu | Winner of 2016 Scottish Open | 18 December 2016 | 18 December 2016 | |
Shaun Murphy | Winner of 2017 Gibraltar Open | 5 March 2017 | 29 April 2017 | |
Ryan Day | Winner of 2017 Riga Masters | 25 June 2017 | ||
Michael White | Winner of 2017 Paul Hunter Classic | 27 August 2017 | 7 October 2017 | |
Liang Wenbo | Winner of 2017 World Cup | 9 July 2017 | 22 October 2017 | |
Anthony McGill | Winner of 2017 Snooker Shoot Out | 26 February 2017 | 24 October 2017 | |
Neil Robertson | Winner of 2017 Hong Kong Masters | 22 July 2017 | 5 November 2017 |
; Notes
- On 24 October 2017, Stuart Bingham, who had qualified as a winner of the 2017 Welsh Open, was banned for six months for betting breaches.
- Mark Williams, the winner of the 2017 Six-red World Championship, was the tournament reserve player.
Main draw
Final
Century breaks
Total: 20- 138, 134, 124, 109, 108, 101 Ronnie O'Sullivan
- 133 Anthony Hamilton
- 131, 123, 121, 101 Shaun Murphy
- 125, 112 Mark Selby
- 110, 103 Ryan Day
- 108 Barry Hawkins
- 105, 103 Luca Brecel
- 102 Michael White
- 100 Marco Fu