2017 Champion of Champions


The 2017 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

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
1nowrap|Winner of 2016 Champion of Championsnowrap|Runner-up of 2017 World Snooker Championshipnowrap|12 November 2016nowrap|16 September 2017nowrap|1 May 2017nowrap|12 November 2016nowrap|

Main draw

Final

Century breaks

Total: 20