2017 World Seniors Championship
| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Dates | 22–24 March 2017 |
| Venue | Baths Hall |
| City | Scunthorpe |
| Country | England |
| Organisation | Snooker Legends |
| Format | Seniors event |
| Total prize fund | £18,500 |
| Winner's share | £10,000 |
| Highest break | Error creating thumbnail: Peter Lines (69) |
| Final | |
| Champion | Error creating thumbnail: Peter Lines |
| Runner-up | Error creating thumbnail: John Parrott |
| Score | 4–0 |
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The 2017 World Seniors Championship was a snooker tournament, that took place at the Baths Hall in Scunthorpe, England, from 22 to 24 March 2017. Qualifying for the tournament was open to non-tour players, who were aged 40 and over on 1 January 2017.[1] The champion received a place in the qualifying tournament for the 2017 World Snooker Championship in Sheffield.
Mark Davis was the champion of the previous event. However he was not eligible for this year's edition, as it was exclusively for non-tour players.[1] Snooker Legends organised the event for the first time having replaced the WPBSA who previously sanctioned the event. Peter Lines won the tournament without losing a single frame. He beat John Parrott 4–0 in the final.[2]
Prize fund
[edit | edit source]The breakdown of the tournament prizes is shown below:[1]
- Winner: £10,000 and a place in WC qualifying
- Runner-up: £3,000
- Semi-finalist: £1,500
- Quarter-finalist: £500
- Highest break: £500
- Total: £18,500
Field
[edit | edit source]Seeded players
[edit | edit source]Players were seeded based on the titles won during their professional careers:[1]
- Scotland Stephen Hendry – 7 world titles (1990, 1992–96, 1999), 18 triple crown events
- Canada Cliff Thorburn – 1 world title (1980), 4 triple crown events
- Error creating thumbnail: John Parrott – 1 world title (1991), 2 triple crown events, 9 ranking events
- Northern Ireland Dennis Taylor – 1 world title (1985), 2 triple crown events, 2 ranking events
- Error creating thumbnail: Joe Johnson – 1 world title (1986), 1 triple crown event
- Republic of Ireland Patsy Fagan – 1 triple crown event
- Error creating thumbnail: Tony Knowles – 2 ranking events
- Error creating thumbnail: Willie Thorne – 1 ranking event
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Steve Davis, Ray Reardon, Terry Griffiths, Tony Meo and Doug Mountjoy were invited to take part, but declined.
Qualifying
[edit | edit source]Four qualifying events took place during February and March 2017:[3]
- 17–19 February: The Crucible Sports and Social Club, Newbury, England (Qualifying Event 1)
- Qualifier: Error creating thumbnail: Peter Lines
- 23–25 February: The Northern Snooker Centre, Leeds, England (Qualifying Event 2)
- Qualifier: Error creating thumbnail: Jonathan Bagley
- 3–5 March: Ballroom Nürnberg, Nuremberg, Germany (Qualifying Event 3)
- Qualifier: Error creating thumbnail: Aiden Owens
- 10–12 March – D’Arcy McGees at Spawell, Dublin, Ireland (Qualifying Event 4)
- Qualifier: Northern Ireland Patrick Wallace
Each qualifier took their place alongside the eight invited players in the main draw of the championship.
Main draw
[edit | edit source]| Round 1 Best of 5 frames | Quarter-finals Best of 5 frames | Semi-finals Best of 5 frames | Final Best of 7 frames | ||||||||||||
| Scotland Stephen Hendry (1) | 3* | ||||||||||||||
| Error creating thumbnail: Aiden Owens | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Error creating thumbnail: Willie Thorne (8) | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Error creating thumbnail: Aiden Owens | 3 | ||||||||||||||
| Scotland Stephen Hendry (1) | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Error creating thumbnail: Peter Lines | 3 | ||||||||||||||
| Northern Ireland Dennis Taylor (4) | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Error creating thumbnail: Peter Lines | 3 | ||||||||||||||
| Republic of Ireland Patsy Fagan (6) | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Error creating thumbnail: Peter Lines | 3 | ||||||||||||||
| Error creating thumbnail: Peter Lines | 4 | ||||||||||||||
| Error creating thumbnail: John Parrott (3) | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Error creating thumbnail: John Parrott (3) | 3 | ||||||||||||||
| Error creating thumbnail: Joe Johnson (5) | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Error creating thumbnail: Joe Johnson (5) | 3 | ||||||||||||||
| Northern Ireland Patrick Wallace | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Error creating thumbnail: John Parrott (3) | 3* | ||||||||||||||
| Error creating thumbnail: Jonathan Bagley | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Canada Cliff Thorburn (2) | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Error creating thumbnail: Jonathan Bagley | 3 | ||||||||||||||
| Error creating thumbnail: Tony Knowles (7) | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Error creating thumbnail: Jonathan Bagley | 3* | ||||||||||||||
- All matches were played with a 30-second shot clock with players having two time-outs per match
- *Re-spotted black ball replaced final frame deciders
Final
[edit | edit source]| Final: Best of 7 frames. Referee: Michaela Tabb. Baths Hall, Scunthorpe, 24 March 2017. | ||
| Peter Lines Error creating thumbnail: England |
4–0 | John Parrott (3) Error creating thumbnail: England |
| 41 | Highest break | 23 |
| 0 | Century breaks | 0 |
| 0 | 50+ breaks | 0 |
50+ breaks
[edit | edit source]- 69 Error creating thumbnail: Peter Lines
- 55 Error creating thumbnail: Aiden Owens
References
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