2018 Six-red World Championship

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Six-red World Championship
Tournament information
Dates3–8 September 2018 (2018-09-03 – 2018-09-08)[1]
VenueBangkok Convention Center
CityBangkok
CountryThailand
OrganisationWPBSA
Total prize fund10,000,000 baht
Winner's share3,500,000 baht
Highest breakEngland Stuart Bingham (75)
China Ding Junhui (75)
(Note: A maximum break in six-red snooker is 75)
Final
ChampionEngland Kyren Wilson
Runner-upChina Ding Junhui
Score8–4
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The 2018 SangSom Six-red World Championship was a six-red snooker invitational tournament held between 3 and 8 September 2018 at the Bangkok Convention Center in Bangkok, Thailand.[2][3]

Mark Williams was the defending champion,[4] but he lost in the last 16 to amateur player Mohammed Shehab.

The event was won by Kyren Wilson, defeating Ding Junhui 8–4 in the final.[5]

Prize money

The breakdown of prize money is shown below:[6]

  • Winner: 3,500,000 baht
  • Runner-up: 1,300,000 baht
  • Semi-finalists: 750,000 baht
  • Quarter-finalists: 375,000 baht
  • Last 16: 150,000 baht
  • Third in Group: 75,000 baht
  • Fourth in Group: 50,000 baht
  • Total: 10,000,000 baht

Round-robin stage

Group matches were played from 3–5 September. The top two players from each group qualified for the knock-out stage. All matches were the best of 9 frames.[7]

Positions within the group were decided by the number of matches won (MW) and then, in the event of a tie, by the frame difference (FD). Where two players were still tied, the result of the match between them determined their positions. Where three players were still tied, the top position was determined by a draw and the other two positions by the result of the match between those two players.[8]

Group A

Group B

Group C

Group D

Group E

Group F

Group G

Group H

Source:[9][10]

Knockout stage

The last 16 matches and quarter-finals were played on 6 September, the semi-finals on 7 September and the final on 8 September.[11][12]

 
Last 16
Best of 11 frames		Quarter-finals
Best of 11 frames		Semi-finals
Best of 13 frames		Final
Best of 15 frames
 
              
 
 
 
 
Wales Mark Williams3
 
 
 
United Arab Emirates Mohammed Shehab6
 
United Arab Emirates Mohammed Shehab5
 
 
 
Thailand Sunny Akani6
 
Scotland Stephen Maguire5
 
 
 
Thailand Sunny Akani6
 
Thailand Sunny Akani 5
 
 
 
England Kyren Wilson7
 
England Stuart Bingham6
 
 
 
Hong Kong Marco Fu2
 
England Stuart Bingham4
 
 
 
England Kyren Wilson6
 
England Kyren Wilson6
 
 
 
Scotland Anthony McGill3
 
England Kyren Wilson8
 
 
 
China Ding Junhui4
 
China Ding Junhui6
 
 
 
Scotland Graeme Dott3
 
China Ding Junhui6
 
 
 
Thailand James Wattana2
 
China Zhou Yuelong5
 
 
 
Thailand James Wattana6
 
China Ding Junhui7
 
 
 
Belgium Luca Brecel6
 
Belgium Luca Brecel6
 
 
 
Wales Ryan Day3
 
Belgium Luca Brecel6
 
 
 
England Tom Ford3
 
England Mark Selby5
 
 
England Tom Ford6
 

Final

Final: Best of 15 frames. Referee: Peggy Li
Bangkok Convention Center, Bangkok, Thailand, 8 September 2018.
Kyren Wilson
 England 		8–4 Ding Junhui
 China
35–18, 23–39, 1–35, 37–25, 39–0, 55–6 (55), 67–0 (67), 32–17, 24–30, 0–57, 40–0, 45–5
67 Highest break 31
2 50+ breaks 0

Maximum breaks

(Note: A maximum break in 6-red is 75)[11]

References

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  12. ^ "Knockout Round results" (PDF). thailandsnooker.org. Retrieved 6 September 2018.[permanent dead link‍]