2023 Six-red World Championship
The 2023 Pathum Thani Six-red World Championship was a non-ranking six-red snooker tournament held from 6 to 11 March 2023 at the Thammasat University Convention Centre in Pathum Thani, Thailand. The event was originally scheduled for September 2022, but was postponed until March 2023.[1] A qualification round was played prior to the tournament with four players qualifying to the 32 player field.[2]
Tournament information | |
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Dates | 6–11 March 2023 |
Venue | Thammasat University Convention Centre |
City | Pathum Thani |
Country | Thailand |
Organisation | World Snooker Tour |
Format | Six-red snooker |
Total prize fund | 11,000,000 baht |
Winner's share | 4,200,000 baht |
Highest break | Matthew Selt (ENG) (80) |
Final | |
Champion | Ding Junhui (CHN) |
Runner-up | Thepchaiya Un-Nooh (THA) |
Score | 8–6 |
← 2019 |
Stephen Maguire was the defending champion, having won the previous championship in September 2019, but he was eliminated in the group stage.[3] Ding Junhui won the event for the second time, beating Thepchaiya Un-Nooh 8–6 in the final.[4]
Prize fund
A breakdown of the prize money awarded is shown below.[5]
- Winner = £100,800
- Runner-up = £31,200
- Semi-final = £18,000
- Quarter-final = £9,000
- Last 16 = £3,600
Results
Group stage
Source:[6]
Group A
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Group B
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Group C
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Group D
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Group E
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Group F
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Group G
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Group H
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Knockout stage
Source:[7]
Last 16 Best of 11 frames | Quarter-finals Best of 11 frames | Semi-finals Best of 13 frames | Final Best of 15 frames | |||||||||||
Zhang Anda | 6 | |||||||||||||
James Wattana | 4 | |||||||||||||
Zhang Anda | 2 | |||||||||||||
Thepchaiya Un-Nooh | 6 | |||||||||||||
Thepchaiya Un-Nooh | 6 | |||||||||||||
Dechawat Poomjaeng | 2 | |||||||||||||
Thepchaiya Un-Nooh | 7 | |||||||||||||
Hossein Vafaei | 6 | |||||||||||||
Hossein Vafaei | 6 | |||||||||||||
Noppon Saengkham | 3 | |||||||||||||
Hossein Vafaei | 6 | |||||||||||||
Judd Trump | 5 | |||||||||||||
Judd Trump | 6 | |||||||||||||
Mark Williams | 3 | |||||||||||||
Thepchaiya Un-Nooh | 6 | |||||||||||||
Ding Junhui | 8 | |||||||||||||
Chris Wakelin | 3 | |||||||||||||
Tom Ford | 6 | |||||||||||||
Tom Ford | 6 | |||||||||||||
John Higgins | 5 | |||||||||||||
Joe Perry | 2 | |||||||||||||
John Higgins | 6 | |||||||||||||
Tom Ford | 4 | |||||||||||||
Ding Junhui | 7 | |||||||||||||
Stuart Bingham | 6 | |||||||||||||
Ricky Walden | 0 | |||||||||||||
Stuart Bingham | 2 | |||||||||||||
Ding Junhui | 6 | |||||||||||||
Ronnie O'Sullivan | 2 | |||||||||||||
Ding Junhui | 6 | |||||||||||||
Final
Final: Best of 15 frames. Referee: Tawich Kongdee Thammasat University Convention Centre, Pathum Thani, Thailand, 11 March 2023 | ||
Thepchaiya Un-Nooh Thailand |
6–8 | Ding Junhui China |
Frame scores: 0–72 (72), 0–71 (71), 53–1 (52), 34–20, 2–35, 0–46, 1–40, 34–12, 40–12, 10–37, 29–34, 35–25, 41–17, 1–38 | ||
52 | Highest Break | 72 |
1 | 50+ Breaks | 2 |
Qualifying
Qualifying for the event took place from 7 to 9 January 2023 at the Metrodome in Barnsley, England. Four players qualified for the final stage in Thailand, one from each quarter of the draw.[8] Eight players received byes to Round 2. Ricky Walden later got an automatic place in the main event draw as a top 16 player pulled out.[9]
First quarter
Second quarter
Third quarter
Fourth quarter
Maximum breaks
(Note: A maximum break in six-red is 75)
Main stage
- Matthew Selt (80)
Qualifying stage
References
- "Six-red World Championship postponed". World Snooker Tour. 30 August 2022.
- "Six-red World Championship". World Snooker Tour. 9 December 2022.
- "Six-red World Championship". World Snooker Tour. Retrieved 23 December 2022.
- "Ding Beats Un-Nooh In Six Red Final". World Snooker Tour. 11 March 2023.
- https://www.snooker.org/res/index.asp?event=1402
- "Ford joins Six-red World Championship field". World Snooker Tour. 28 February 2023.
- "Six Red World Championship Last 16 Draw". World Snooker Tour. 9 March 2023.
- "Six-red World Championship qualifiers draw". World Snooker Tour. 22 December 2022.
- https://wst.tv/six-red-world-championship-qualifying-updated-draw/