The 2013 Champion of Champions (officially the 2013 888casino Champion of Champions) was a professional non-ranking snooker tournament held between 19 and 24 November 2013 at the Ricoh Arena in Coventry, England. This was the first time that 888casino sponsored the event, which was broadcast live on ITV4.

The event was last held in 1980, when Doug Mountjoy won in the final 10–8 against John Virgo.

Ronnie O'Sullivan won his 52nd professional title by defeating Stuart Bingham 10–8 in the final.

Prize fund

The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:

  • Winner: £100,000
  • Runner-up: £50,000
  • Semi-finals: £20,000
  • Group runner-up: £10,000
  • Group semi-finals: £5,000
  • Total: £270,000

Players

Players qualified for the event by winning important tournaments from the start of the 2012-13 season to the 2013 Indian Open. The important events included all rankings events and winners the following non-rankings events: 2012 Premier League Snooker, 2013 Masters and 2013 Championship League. With only 14 different players winning one of the qualifying events, the remaining two places were allocated to the highest ranked players who had not already qualified.

The following 16 players qualified for the tournament:

SeedPlayerQualified asRef.
1England Ronnie O'SullivanWinner of 2013 World Snooker Championship
2England Mark SelbyWinner of 2012 UK Championship and 2013 Masters
3England Judd TrumpWinner of 2012 International Championship
4Australia Neil RobertsonWinner of 2013 China Open and 2013 Wuxi Classic
5Northern Ireland Mark AllenWinner of 2013 World Open
6England Ricky WaldenWinner of 2012 Wuxi Classic
7Scotland John HigginsWinner of 2012 Shanghai Masters
8China Ding JunhuiWinner of 2013 Players Championship Grand Final, 2013 Shanghai Masters and 2013 Indian Open
9England Barry HawkinsWinner of 2012 Australian Goldfields Open
10Scotland Stephen MaguireWinner of 2013 Welsh Open
11England Stuart BinghamWinner of 2012 Premier League Snooker
12England Ali CarterWinner of 2013 German Masters
13England Martin GouldWinner of 2013 Championship League
14Hong Kong Marco FuWinner of 2013 Australian Goldfields Open
15England Shaun MurphyWorld ranking of 4. Highest ranked player after the 2013 Shanghai Masters
16England Mark DavisWorld ranking of 13. Highest ranked player after the 2013 Indian Open

Main draw

Group semi-finals (last 16) Best of 7 framesGroup finals (quarter-finals) Best of 11 framesSemi-finals Best of 11 framesFinal Best of 19 frames
1England Ronnie O'Sullivan4
16England Mark Davis0
1England Ronnie O'Sullivan6
Group 1
8China Ding Junhui5
8China Ding Junhui4
9England Barry Hawkins2
1England Ronnie O'Sullivan6
4Australia Neil Robertson5
5Northern Ireland Mark Allen3
12England Ali Carter4
12England Ali Carter5
Group 4
4Australia Neil Robertson6
4Australia Neil Robertson4
13England Martin Gould3
1England Ronnie O'Sullivan10
11England Stuart Bingham8
3England Judd Trump4
14Hong Kong Marco Fu1
3England Judd Trump2
Group 3
11England Stuart Bingham6
6England Ricky Walden0
11England Stuart Bingham4
11England Stuart Bingham6
2England Mark Selby4
7Scotland John Higgins3
10Scotland Stephen Maguire4
10Scotland Stephen Maguire3
Group 2
2England Mark Selby6
2England Mark Selby4
15England Shaun Murphy2

Final

Final: Best of 19 frames. Referee: Paul Collier. Ricoh Arena, Coventry, England, 24 November 2013.
Ronnie O'Sullivan (1) England10–8Stuart Bingham (11) England
Afternoon: 26–109 (109), 82–48 (66), 66–47 (55), 53–57, 1–72 (72), 1–66 (52), 76–4 (76), 0–133 (109), 130–0 (130) Evening: 99–1 (93), 64–54 (Bingham 54), 37–64, 35–65, 91–8 (62), 96–34 (96), 38–74 (66), 65–29, 83–0
130Highest break109
1Century breaks2
750+ breaks6

Century breaks

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