The 2017 SangSom Six-red World Championship was a six-red snooker invitational tournament held between 4 and 9 September 2017 at the Bangkok Convention Center in Bangkok, Thailand. The tournament was reduced from 48 players to 32.

Ding Junhui was the defending champion, but he lost 1–6 to Marco Fu in the last 16.

Mark Williams won the title, beating Thepchaiya Un-Nooh 8–2 in the final.

Prize money

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

  • 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

The top two players from each group qualified for the knock-out stage. All matches were best of 9 frames.

Group A

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POS Player MP MW FW FL FD PTS 1 Thailand Noppon Saengkham 3 3 15 6 +9 3 2 China Ding Junhui 3 2 11 10 +1 2 3 England Tom Ford 3 1 11 12 −1 1 4 China Lyu Haotian 3 0 6 15 −9 0Ding Junhui 1–5 Noppon Saengkham Lyu Haotian 2–5 Tom Ford Noppon Saengkham 5–4 Tom Ford Ding Junhui 5–3 Lyu Haotian Ding Junhui 5–2 Tom Ford Noppon Saengkham 5–1 Lyu Haotian
1Thailand Noppon Saengkham33156+93
2China Ding Junhui321110+12
3England Tom Ford311112−11
4China Lyu Haotian30615−90

Group B

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POS Player MP MW FW FL FD PTS 1 Scotland Anthony McGill 3 3 15 9 +6 3 2 Wales Ryan Day 3 1 11 10 +1 1 3 Thailand Passakorn Suwannawat 3 1 10 12 −2 1 4 Pakistan Muhammad Sajjad 3 1 6 11 −5 1Anthony McGill 5–4 Passakorn Suwannawat Muhammad Sajjad 0–5 Ryan Day Passakorn Suwannawat 5–2 Ryan Day Anthony McGill 5–1 Muhammad Sajjad Passakorn Suwannawat 1–5 Muhammad Sajjad Anthony McGill 5–4 Ryan Day
1Scotland Anthony McGill33159+63
2Wales Ryan Day311110+11
3Thailand Passakorn Suwannawat311012−21
4Pakistan Muhammad Sajjad31611−51

Group C

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POS Player MP MW FW FL FD PTS 1 Thailand Thepchaiya Un-Nooh 3 2 12 10 +2 2 2 England Kyren Wilson 3 2 13 11 +2 2 3 Iceland Kristján Helgason 3 1 10 11 −1 1 4 England Ricky Walden 3 1 9 12 −3 1Kyren Wilson 3–5 Thepchaiya Un-Nooh Kristján Helgason 5–1 Ricky Walden Thepchaiya Un-Nooh 2–5 Ricky Walden Kyren Wilson 5–3 Kristján Helgason Kyren Wilson 5–3 Ricky Walden Thepchaiya Un-Nooh 5–2 Kristján Helgason
1Thailand Thepchaiya Un-Nooh321210+22
2England Kyren Wilson321311+22
3Iceland Kristján Helgason311011−11
4England Ricky Walden31912−31

Group D

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POS Player MP MW FW FL FD PTS 1 China Liang Wenbo 3 2 13 6 +7 2 2 England Michael Holt 3 2 10 8 +2 2 3 England Mark Davis 3 1 10 13 −3 1 4 Thailand Atthasit Mahitthi 3 1 7 13 −6 1Atthasit Mahitthi 1–5 Michael Holt Liang Wenbo 3–5 Mark Davis Liang Wenbo 5–1 Atthasit Mahitthi Mark Davis 2–5 Michael Holt Liang Wenbo 5–0 Michael Holt Atthasit Mahitthi 5–3 Mark Davis
1China Liang Wenbo32136+72
2England Michael Holt32108+22
3England Mark Davis311013−31
4Thailand Atthasit Mahitthi31713−61

Group E

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POS Player MP MW FW FL FD PTS 1 Thailand Sunny Akani 3 2 11 8 +3 2 2 England Stuart Bingham 3 2 11 8 +3 2 3 Scotland Stephen Maguire 3 2 11 10 +1 2 4 India Kamal Chawla 3 0 8 15 −7 0Sunny Akani 1–5 Stephen Maguire Stuart Bingham 5–2 Kamal Chawla Kamal Chawla 4–5 Stephen Maguire Stuart Bingham 1–5 Sunny Akani Stuart Bingham 5–1 Stephen Maguire Sunny Akani 5–2 Kamal Chawla
1Thailand Sunny Akani32118+32
2England Stuart Bingham32118+32
3Scotland Stephen Maguire321110+12
4India Kamal Chawla30815−70

Group F

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POS Player MP MW FW FL FD PTS 1 Wales Mark Willams 3 3 15 7 +8 3 2 England Mark King 3 2 13 12 +1 2 3 Thailand James Wattana 3 1 12 10 +2 1 4 Iran Soheil Vahedi 3 0 4 15 −11 0James Wattana 4–5 Mark King Mark Williams 5–1 Soheil Vahedi Soheil Vahedi 3–5 Mark King Mark Williams 5–3 James Wattana Mark Williams 5–3 Mark King James Wattana 5–0 Soheil Vahedi
1Wales Mark Willams33157+83
2England Mark King321312+12
3Thailand James Wattana311210+21
4Iran Soheil Vahedi30415−110

Group G

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POS Player MP MW FW FL FD PTS 1 Scotland Graeme Dott 3 3 15 2 +13 3 2 England David Gilbert 3 2 11 12 −1 2 3 England Martin Gould 3 1 10 11 −1 1 4 Hong Kong Andy Lee 3 0 4 15 −11 0Graeme Dott 5–1 David Gilbert Martin Gould 5–1 Andy Lee Martin Gould 4–5 David Gilbert Graeme Dott 5–0 Andy Lee Andy Lee 3–5 David Gilbert Martin Gould 1–5 Graeme Dott
1Scotland Graeme Dott33152+133
2England David Gilbert321112−12
3England Martin Gould311011−11
4Hong Kong Andy Lee30415−110

Group H

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POS Player MP MW FW FL FD PTS 1 Hong Kong Marco Fu 3 2 13 9 +4 2 2 England Ben Woollaston 3 2 12 11 +1 2 3 Wales Michael White 3 1 10 12 −2 1 4 Wales Darren Morgan 3 1 10 13 −3 1Ben Woollaston 2–5 Michael White Marco Fu 5–2 Darren Morgan Marco Fu 5–2 Michael White Ben Woollaston 5–3 Darren Morgan Marco Fu 3–5 Ben Woollaston Darren Morgan 5–3 Michael White
1Hong Kong Marco Fu32139+42
2England Ben Woollaston321211+12
3Wales Michael White311012−21
4Wales Darren Morgan311013−31

Knockout stage

Last 16 Best of 11 framesQuarter-finals Best of 11 framesSemi-finals Best of 13 framesFinal Best of 15 frames
Thailand Noppon Saengkham5
England David Gilbert6
England David Gilbert4
Scotland Anthony McGill6
Scotland Anthony McGill6
England Mark King5
Scotland Anthony McGill3
Thailand Thepchaiya Un-Nooh7
Thailand Thepchaiya Un-Nooh6
England Stuart Bingham5
Thailand Thepchaiya Un-Nooh6
China Liang Wenbo4
China Liang Wenbo6
England Ben Woollaston3
Thailand Thepchaiya Un-Nooh2
Wales Mark Williams8
Thailand Sunny Akani2
England Michael Holt6
England Michael Holt2
Wales Mark Williams6
Wales Mark Williams6
England Kyren Wilson3
Wales Mark Williams7
Hong Kong Marco Fu3
Scotland Graeme Dott6
Wales Ryan Day5
Scotland Graeme Dott5
Hong Kong Marco Fu6
Hong Kong Marco Fu6
China Ding Junhui1

Final

Final: Best of 15 frames. Referee: ? Bangkok Convention Center, Bangkok, Thailand, 9 September 2017.
Thepchaiya Un-Nooh Thailand2–8Mark Williams Wales
71–0 (71), 0–49, 1–55, 37–32, 0–39, 9–38, 0–54, 0–50 (50), 6–49, 15–43
71Highest break50
150+ breaks1

Maximum breaks

(Note: A maximum break in six-red snooker is 75.)

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