Champion of Champions 2017 – The Final Field
The line-up for the 188BET Champion of Champions is now complete following Mark Selby’s victory at the International Championship yesterday.
With the world number one already safely qualified for the event after his successful 2016/17 season, the final place in the competition goes to Australia’s Neil Robertson following his victory at the Hong Kong Masters earlier this year.
The 2015 winner had initially looked set to fall short of qualification, but with the suspended Stuart Bingham missing out on a return to the Ricoh Arena, Robertson takes the 16th spot and will face two-time champion Ronnie O’Sullivan first up on Thursday.
The final qualification list for the tournament is as follows. This is not a seeding list:
1. 2016 Champion of Champions – John Higgins (1)
2. 2016 UK Championship – Mark Selby (2)
3. 2017 Masters – Ronnie O’Sullivan (3)
4. 2017 World Championship – Mark Selby
5. 2017 German Masters – Anthony Hamilton (4)
6. 2017 World Grand Prix – Barry Hawkins (5)
7. 2017 Championship League Snooker – John Higgins
8. 2017 Players Championship – Judd Trump (6)
9. 2017 China Open – Mark Selby
10. 2017 China Championship – Luca Brecel (7)
11. 2017 Indian Open – John Higgins
12. 2017 World Open – Ding Junhui (8)
13. 2017 European Masters – Judd Trump
14. 2017 International Championship (Nov) – tbc
15. 2016 Northern Irish Open – Mark King (9)
16. 2016 Scottish Open – Marco Fu (10)
17. 2017 Welsh Open – Stuart Bingham (suspended)
18. 2017 English Open – Ronnie O’Sullivan
19. 2017 Gibraltar Open – Shaun Murphy (11)
20. 2017 World Championship runner-up – John Higgins
21. 2017 Riga Masters – Ryan Day (12)
22. 2017 Paul Hunter Classic (Aug) – Michael White (13)
23. 2017 World Cup – Ding Junhui
24. 2017 World Cup – Liang Wenbo (14)
25. 2017 Shoot Out – Anthony McGill (15)
26. 2017 Hong Kong Masters – Neil Robertson (16)
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27. 2017 Six Red World Championship – Mark Williams (17)
Draw
With the field set, the draw and format of the 188BET Champion of Champions is now available to view at the event website.
The tournament runs from 6-12 November and will be broadcast live in the UK on ITV4, or via Facebook for fans outside of the UK.
