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:
Qualification for the 2017 188BET Champion of Champions tournament is determined by the winners of 24 tournaments over a one-year period, from the 2016 Champion of Champions to the 2017 International Championship, thereby including tournaments from both the 2016/2017 and 2017/2018 snooker seasons. The tournaments have been split into groups to determine the order of qualification, with the winners of the first sixteen listed tournaments guaranteed a place.
The following players qualified for the tournament:
SeedPlayerQualified asDate of tournament finalDate qualification confirmed
1 John Higgins
Winner of 2017 Championship League
Winner of 2017 Indian Open

2 March 2017

2Winner 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 Masters5 February 20175 February 2017
Barry HawkinsWinner of 2017 World Grand Prix12 February 201712 February 2017
Judd TrumpWinner of 2017 Players Championship
Winner of 2017 European Masters
12 March 2017
8 October 2017
12 March 2017
Luca BrecelWinner of 2017 China Championship22 August 201722 August 2017
Ding JunhuiWinner of 2017 World Cup
Winner of 2017 World Open
9 July 2017
24 September 2017
24 September 2017
Mark King20 November 201620 November 2016
Marco FuWinner of 2016 Scottish Open18 December 201618 December 2016
Shaun MurphyWinner of 2017 Gibraltar Open5 March 201729 April 2017
Ryan DayWinner of 2017 Riga Masters25 June 2017
Michael WhiteWinner of 2017 Paul Hunter Classic27 August 20177 October 2017
Liang WenboWinner of 2017 World Cup9 July 201722 October 2017
Anthony McGillWinner of 2017 Snooker Shoot Out26 February 201724 October 2017
Neil RobertsonWinner of 2017 Hong Kong Masters22 July 20175 November 2017

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Final

Century breaks

Total: 20