2014 World Snooker Championship

2014 Dafabet World Snooker Championship
Tournament information
Dates	19 April – 5 May 2014
Venue	Crucible Theatre
City	Sheffield
Country	England
Organisation(s)	WPBSA
Format	Ranking event
Total prize fund	£1,214,000
Winner's share	£300,000
Highest break	Neil Robertson (AUS) (140)
Final
Champion	Mark Selby (ENG)
Runner-up	Ronnie O'Sullivan (ENG)
Score	18–14
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The 2014 World Snooker Championship was a professional snooker tournament. It took place from 19 April to 5 May 2014 at the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield, England. It was the 38th year that the World Snooker Championship had been held at the Crucible. It was the last ranking event of the 2013-14 snooker season. The event was sponsored by Dafabet for the first time.

Ronnie O'Sullivan was the defending champion, having won the 2013 event by beating Barry Hawkins in the final. Mark Selby won the event to win his first world title by defeating O'Sullivan 18–14 in the final. This was Selby's fourth-ranking title, also completing the Triple Crown of World Championship, UK Championship, and Masters titles. Neil Robertson secured the highest break, a 140. Robertson scored his 100th-century break of the season in his quarter-final win over Judd Trump. The event featured a prize fund of £1,214,000 with the winner receiving £300,000.

Prize fund

The total prize money for the 2014 World Snooker Championship was raised to £1,214,000 from the previous year's £1,111,000. The winner received £300,000, an increase of £50,000 over the previous year. The breakdown of prize money for the 2014 event is shown below:^[1]

Winner: £300,000
Runner-up: £125,000
Semi-final: £55,000
Quarter-final: £25,000
Last 16: £16,000
Last 32: £12,000
Last 48: £8,500
Last 64: £5,000
Last 96: £1,000
Non-televised highest break: £1,000
Televised highest break: £10,000
Total: £1,214,000

Main draw

The draw for the first round took place on 17 April 2014, one day after the qualifying. It was broadcast live on World Snooker's YouTube channel at 12 pm BST.^[2]^[3] The numbers in brackets beside some of the players are their seeding, whilst players in bold denote match winners. Below is the full results from the event.^[4]^[5]^[6]

First round

Second round

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

19 April

Ronnie O'Sullivan (ENG) (1)

10

24, 25 & 26 April

Robin Hull (FIN)

4

Ronnie O'Sullivan (1)

13

20 & 21 April

Joe Perry (16)

11

Joe Perry (ENG) (16)

10

29 & 30 April

Jamie Burnett (SCO)

7

Ronnie O'Sullivan (1)

13

19 & 20 April

Shaun Murphy (9)

3

Shaun Murphy (ENG) (9)

10

27 & 28 April

Jamie Cope (ENG)

9

Shaun Murphy (9)

13

22 & 23 April

Marco Fu (8)

8

Marco Fu (HKG) (8)

10

1 & 2 May

Martin Gould (ENG)

7

Ronnie O'Sullivan (1)

17

22 & 23 April

Barry Hawkins (5)

7

Barry Hawkins (ENG) (5)

10

25 & 26 April

David Gilbert (ENG)

4

Barry Hawkins (5)

13

21 & 22 April

Ricky Walden (12)

11

Ricky Walden (ENG) (12)

10

29 & 30 April

Kyren Wilson (ENG)

7

Barry Hawkins (5)

13

23 & 24 April

Dominic Dale

12

Mark Davis (ENG) (13)

5

26, 27 & 28 April

Dominic Dale (WAL)

10

Dominic Dale

13

20 & 21 April

Michael Wasley

4

Ding Junhui (CHN) (4)

9

Michael Wasley (ENG)

10

21 April

Mark Selby (ENG) (3)

10

24 & 25 April

Michael White (WAL)

9

Mark Selby (3)

13

19 & 20 April

Ali Carter (14)

9

Ali Carter (ENG) (14)

10

29 & 30 April

Xiao Guodong (CHN)

8

Mark Selby (3)

13

21 & 22 April

Alan McManus

5

John Higgins (SCO) (11)

7

25 & 26 April

Alan McManus (SCO)

10

Alan McManus

13

19 & 20 April

Ken Doherty

8

Stuart Bingham (ENG) (6)

5

1, 2 & 3 May

Ken Doherty (IRL)

10

Mark Selby (3)

17

22 & 23 April

Neil Robertson (2)

15

Judd Trump (ENG) (7)

10

26, 27 & 28 April

Tom Ford (ENG)

8

Judd Trump (7)

13

19 & 20 April

Ryan Day

7

Stephen Maguire (SCO) (10)

9

29 & 30 April

Ryan Day (WAL)

10

Judd Trump (7)

11

22 & 23 April

Neil Robertson (2)

13

Mark Allen (NIR) (15)

10

27 & 28 April

Michael Holt (ENG)

4

Mark Allen (15)

7

23 & 24 April

Neil Robertson (2)

13

Neil Robertson (AUS) (2)

10

Robbie Williams (ENG)

2

Final (Best of 35 frames) Crucible Theatre, Sheffield, 4 & 5 May. Referee: Brendan Moore.^[7]^[8]
Ronnie O'Sullivan (1) England	14–18	Mark Selby (3) England
77–0, 64–26, 102–0, 28–69, 47–68, 80–8, 36–72, 66–54, 99–24, 70–47, 67–27, 25–82, 45–96, 131–0, 85–0, 10–84, 9–78, 35–81, 23–77, 7–84, 29–89, 76–38, 67–70, 100–0, 24–67, 39–64, 4–90, 79–0, 66–47, 0–131, 14–87, 56–62	Match time: 11:12:43 (HH:MM:SS) Average frame time: 21:01 (MM:SS) Century breaks: 4 (O'Sullivan 3, Selby 1) Highest break by O'Sullivan: 131 Highest break by Selby: 127	77–0, 64–26, 102–0, 28–69, 47–68, 80–8, 36–72, 66–54, 99–24, 70–47, 67–27, 25–82, 45–96, 131–0, 85–0, 10–84, 9–78, 35–81, 23–77, 7–84, 29–89, 76–38, 67–70, 100–0, 24–67, 39–64, 4–90, 79–0, 66–47, 0–131, 14–87, 56–62
Mark Selby wins the 2014 Dafabet World Snooker Championship	Best of 19 frames	Best of 25 frames
Best of 25 frames	Best of 33 frames

Century breaks

Televised stage centuries

There were 58 century breaks in the TV stages of the World Championship.^[9] For every century break made during the main tournament, Dafabet, donated £100 to the Bluebell Wood Children's Hospice.^[10] Neil Robertson made the highest break of the event, a 140.

140, 137, 132, 130, 113, 108, 103, 102, 101, 100 Neil Robertson
137, 112, 109 Ricky Walden
136, 131, 124, 124, 118, 117, 113, 112, 108, 106, 103, 102, 100 Ronnie O'Sullivan
136, 124, 116, 109 Marco Fu
136 Ding Junhui
135, 108, 103 Michael Wasley
134, 115, 106, 104 Barry Hawkins
134 Stephen Maguire
133, 127, 110, 109, 104 Mark Selby
130, 107 Ryan Day
117, 107 Judd Trump
112, 102, 101 Shaun Murphy
111 Jamie Burnett
111 John Higgins
110, 102 Ali Carter
107 Alan McManus
106 Dominic Dale
102 Robin Hull

There were 69 century breaks in the qualifying stage of the World Championship:^[11] The highest was a 139 by both Martin O'Donnell and Andrew Higginson.

139, 119, 100 Martin O'Donnell
139 Andrew Higginson
137, 134, 132, 114, 113, 106 Martin Gould
135 Fergal O'Brien
134 Kurt Maflin
133, 107, 102 Robin Hull
133 Chen Zhe
132, 131, 121 Ian Burns
132, 100 Sam Baird
130 Alan McManus
128, 121, 117 Thanawat Thirapongpaiboon
127 Liu Chuang
125, 103 Jamie Cope
123 Ross Muir
122 Craig Steadman
122 Michael Wasley
120, 116, 104 Li Hang
119, 114 Kyren Wilson
119 Xiao Guodong
118 Luca Brecel
118 David Morris
117, 102, 102 Cao Xinlong
117 Alexander Ursenbacher
116, 107 Sanderson Lam
113 Stuart Carrington
112 Li Yan
111, 104 Matthew Selt
111, 101 Tom Ford
111 Chris Norbury
111 Zhang Anda
111 Igor Figueiredo
110 Alex Borg
110 Robbie Williams
109 Noppon Saengkham
108, 101 Jamie Jones
108 Yu Delu
106 James Cahill
106 Ryan Day
105 Jimmy Robertson
103 Liang Wenbo
102 Rod Lawler
101 Alfie Burden
101 Mark Joyce
100 Ken Doherty
100 Michael White

2014 World Snooker Championship Media

Six-time champion Steve Davis (pictured in 2012) lost in qualifying, failing to retain his place on the World Snooker Tour.
Debutant Michael Wasley (pictured in 2015) defeated fourth seed Ding Junhui 10–9 in the opening round
Alan McManus (pictured in 2011) reached his first quarter-final at the event since 2005 by defeating Ken Doherty
Neil Robertson (pictured in 2015) scored his 100th century break of the season in his win over Judd Trump
Ronnie O'Sullivan (pictured in 2013) won two matches with a session to spare for the first time since 2004
Mark Selby (pictured in 2013) won his first world championship, defeating Ronnie O'Sullivan 18–14