2014 Snooker Shoot-Out


The 2014 Shoot Out was a professional non-ranking snooker tournament that took place between 24 and 26 January 2014 at the Circus Arena in Blackpool. It was played under a variation of the standard rules of snooker.
Martin Gould was the defending champion, but he lost 14–40 against Zhang Anda in round one.
Dominic Dale won the final 77–19 against Stuart Bingham.

Tournament format

The tournament was played using a variation of the traditional snooker rules. The draw was randomised before each round. All matches were played over a single, each of which lasted up to 10 minutes. The event featured a variable ; shots played in the first five minutes were allowed 15 seconds while the final five had a 10-second timer. All awarded the opponent a. Unlike traditional snooker, if a ball did not hit a on every shot, it was a foul. Rather than a coin toss, a lag was used to choose which player. In the event of a draw, each player received a shot at the this is known as a "blue ball shootout". The player who the ball with the from inside the and the blue ball on its spot with the opponent missing won the match.

Prize fund

The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:
  • Winner: £32,000
  • Runner-up: £16,000
  • Semi-final: £8,000
  • Quarter-final: £4,000
  • Last 16: £2,000
  • Last 32: £1,000
  • Last 64: £500
  • Highest break: £2,000
  • Total: £130,000

Tournament draw

The draw for round one was made on 8 December 2013 and was broadcast live by Talksport. The draw for each round including the semi-finals was made at random, conducted live at the venue.
There was only one century break during the tournament. Ryan Day made a 101 break against Kurt Maflin.
All times in Greenwich Mean Time. Times for quarter-finals, semi-finals and final are approximate. Players in bold denote match winners.

Round one

24 January – 18:00

40–14 65–1
  • 31–52 56–24
  • 50–67 82–0 62–47
  • 1–82 72–15 103–4
  • 52–53 54–29
  • 29–34 41–40 93–1
  • 32–'''51'''

25 January – 12:00

  • 1–74 36–35 89–42 78–41 52–49
  • 39–97
  • 19–64
  • 0–77
  • 0–88
  • 13–62
  • 34–65 29–22 43–29
  • 53–79 46–8
  • 33–'''84'''

Round two

25 January – 18:00

  • 0–85 56–53
  • 30–41
  • 8–62 53–20 76–48
  • 0–89
  • 9–85 87–18
  • 7–69 72–0 86–0 82–20
  • 43–72
  • 22–47 62–5

Round three

26 January – 14:00

59–10 109–0
  • 45–51 61–1
  • 48–51 40–22
  • 1–59 82–6

Quarter-finals

26 January – 19:00

  • 33–34 81–1
  • 7–105 57–7

Semi-finals

26 January – 20:30

  • 6–64
  • 0–'''62'''

Century breaks

Only one century break was made during the tournament.