The 2014 Champion of Champions (officially the 2014 Dafabet Champion of Champions) was a professional non-ranking snooker tournament that took place between 3 and 9 November 2014 at the Ricoh Arena in Coventry, England.

Ronnie O'Sullivan successfully defended his title beating Judd Trump 10–7 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 since the previous Champion of Champions. Entry was guaranteed for the defending champion, winners of rankings events and winners of the following non-rankings events: 2014 Masters and 2014 Championship League. Remaining places were then allocated to winners of European Tour events (in the order they were played) and then to winners of Asian Tour events and then, winners of the 2014 Six-red World Championship, 2014 Snooker Shoot-Out and 2013 World Seniors Championship.

Only 13 different players won one the 24 qualifying tournaments. The remaining three places were allocated to the three highest ranked players who had not already qualified, based on the world rankings after the 2014 Bulgarian Open.

The following 16 players qualified for the tournament:

SeedPlayerQualified asRef.
1England Ronnie O'SullivanWinner of 2013 Champion of Champions, 2014 Masters and 2014 Welsh Open
2England Mark SelbyWinner of 2014 World Snooker Championship and 2014 Riga Open
3Australia Neil RobertsonWinner of 2013 UK Championship and 2014 Wuxi Classic
4China Ding JunhuiWinner of 2014 German Masters, 2014 China Open and 2014 Yixing Open
England Judd TrumpWinner of 2014 Championship League and 2014 Australian Goldfields Open
England Shaun MurphyWinner of 2014 Gdynia Open, 2014 World Open and 2014 Bulgarian Open
England Barry HawkinsWinner of 2014 Players Championship Grand Final
England Stuart BinghamWinner of 2014 Dongguan Open, 2014 Shanghai Masters and 2014 Haining Open
England Ricky WaldenWinner of 2014 International Championship
Northern Ireland Mark AllenWinner of 2014 Paul Hunter Classic
Scotland Stephen MaguireWinner of 2014 Six-red World Championship
Wales Dominic DaleWinner of 2014 Snooker Shoot-Out
England Steve DavisWinner of 2013 World Seniors Championship
Hong Kong Marco FuWorld ranking of 9
Scotland John HigginsWorld ranking of 12
England Ali CarterWorld ranking of 13

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
England Stuart Bingham2
1England Ronnie O'Sullivan6
Group 1 (5 November)
Hong Kong Marco Fu0
England Shaun Murphy1
Hong Kong Marco Fu4
1England Ronnie O'Sullivan6
4China Ding Junhui4
England Barry Hawkins4
Scotland John Higgins1
England Barry Hawkins5
Group 4 (3 November)
4China Ding Junhui6
4China Ding Junhui4
Wales Dominic Dale2
1England Ronnie O'Sullivan10
England Judd Trump7
3Australia Neil Robertson4
England Ali Carter0
3Australia Neil Robertson6
Group 3 (7 November)
England Ricky Walden3
England Ricky Walden4
Northern Ireland Mark Allen0
3Australia Neil Robertson4
England Judd Trump6
England Judd Trump4
Scotland Stephen Maguire1
England Judd Trump6
Group 2 (4 November)
2England Mark Selby1
2England Mark Selby4
England Steve Davis1

Final

Final: Best of 19 frames. Referee: Brendan Moore. Ricoh Arena, Coventry, England, 9 November 2014.
Ronnie O'Sullivan (1) England10–7Judd Trump England
Afternoon: 137–0 (137), 82–0 (78), 25–100, 63–73, 137–0 (50, 87), 80–0 (80), 34–89 (58), 139–0 (139), 134–0 (134) Evening: 70–61 (70, 56), 114–23 (70), 9–113 (102), 0–100 (100), 0–70 (69), 0–90 (90), 82–46 (63), 109–0 (109)
139Highest break102
4Century breaks2
1150+ breaks6

Century breaks

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