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2020 Champion of Champions

{{short description|Snooker tournament, held November 2020}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2020}}

{{use British English|date=December 2019}}

{{Infobox individual snooker tournament

|tournament_name=2020 888sport Champion of Champions

|logo=

|dates={{Start and end dates|2020|11|2|2020|11|8|df=y}}

|venue=Marshall Arena

|location=Milton Keynes

|country=England

|organisation=Matchroom Sport

|format=Non-ranking event

|Total prize fund=£440,000

|winners_share=£150,000

|highest_break={{nowrap|{{flagathlete|Neil Robertson|AUS}} (141)}}

|winner={{nowrap|{{flagathlete|Mark Allen|NIR}}}}

|runner_up={{nowrap|{{flagathlete|Neil Robertson|AUS}}}}

|score=10–6

|previous=2019

|next=2021

}}

The 2020 Champion of Champions (officially the 2020 888sport Champion of Champions) was a professional snooker tournament that took place between 2 and 8 November 2020 at the Marshall Arena in Milton Keynes, England.{{Cite web |title=Home |work=Champion of Champions Snooker |date= |access-date=23 August 2020 |url=http://www.championofchampionssnooker.co.uk/ }}{{Cite web |title=Marshall Arena, Milton Keynes To Host 2020 Champion Of Champions |work=Champion of Champions Snooker |date= 8 November 2019|access-date=23 August 2020 |url=http://www.championofchampionssnooker.co.uk/marshall-arena-milton-keynes-host-2020-champion-champions/ }}{{Cite web |title=Marshall Arena, Milton Keynes To Host 2020 Champion Of Champions |work=World Snooker |date= 8 November 2019|access-date=23 August 2020 |url=https://wst.tv/marshall-arena-milton-keynes-to-host-2020-champion-of-champions/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200220172047/https://wst.tv/marshall-arena-milton-keynes-to-host-2020-champion-of-champions/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=20 February 2020 }} It was the tenth Champion of Champions event, the first of which was held in 1978. The tournament featured 16 participants, primarily winners of important tournaments since the 2019 Champion of Champions. As an invitational event, the Champion of Champions tournament carries no world ranking points.

Neil Robertson was the defending champion, having defeated Judd Trump 10–9 in the 2019 final.{{Cite web |title=Robertson Wins Manbetx Champion Of Champions For Second Time |work=Champion of Champions Snooker |date= 10 November 2019|access-date=23 August 2020 |url=http://www.championofchampionssnooker.co.uk/robertson-wins-manbetx-champion-champions-second-time/ }}

Robertson made the final again, but lost 10–6 to Mark Allen, who won the tournament for the first time.

On the first day, John Higgins made his 800th career century, although he lost the match to Ding Junhui.{{cite web |url=https://www.eurosport.com/snooker/champion-of-champions/2020-2021/champion-of-champions-snooker-neil-robertson-reveals-key-concern-after-victory-over-ding-junhui_sto7977526/story.shtml |title=Champion of Champions snooker: Neil Robertson reveals key concern after victory over Ding Junhui |publisher=Eurosport |date=3 November 2020 |access-date=14 December 2020}}

Prize fund

  • Winner: £150,000
  • Runner-up: £60,000
  • Semi-final: £30,000
  • Group runner-up: £17,500
  • First round loser: £12,500
  • Total: £440,000

Qualification

Qualification for the 2020 Champion of Champions event was primarily determined by the winners of 20 tournaments over a one-year period, from the 2019 Champion of Champions to the ranking event edition of the 2020 Championship League, thereby including tournaments from both the 2019–20 and 2020–21 snooker seasons. The runner-up in the 2020 World Championship was also included. The field consisted of 16 players but with some players winning more than one qualifying event, there were less than 16 qualifying players. The remainder of the field was determined by the highest ranking player, not already qualified, at the time it was certain that a place would not be taken by a winner of the qualifying events. The first player to receive an entry this way was Mark Allen, who was ranked 5th after the 2020 European Masters (2020–21 season).{{Cite web |title=Champion Of Champions To Be Played Behind Closed Doors |author= |work=World Snooker |date=14 October 2020 |access-date=14 October 2020 |url= https://wst.tv/champion-of-champions-to-be-played-behind-closed-doors/ |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20201024002914/https://wst.tv/champion-of-champions-to-be-played-behind-closed-doors/ |url-status= dead |archive-date= 24 October 2020 |quote=}} The second player to receive an entry this way was John Higgins, who was ranked 8th after the 2020 English Open. The third and final player to receive an entry this way was David Gilbert, who was ranked 11th after the 2020 Championship League.{{Cite web|url=https://wst.tv/champion-of-champions-updated-draw/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201101123053/https://wst.tv/champion-of-champions-updated-draw/|url-status=dead|archive-date=1 November 2020|title = Champion of Champions Updated Draw|date = 30 October 2020}}

class="wikitable"
scope="col" style="width: 310px;" | Tournamentscope="col" style="width: 160px;" | Date of tournament finalscope="col" style="width: 200px;" | Winner
align="center"| 2019 Champion of Championsalign="center" |10 November 2019{{flagathlete|Neil Robertson|AUS}}
align="center"| 2019 UK Championshipalign="center" |8 December 2019{{flagathlete|Ding Junhui|CHN}}
align="center"| 2020 Mastersalign="center" |19 January 2020{{flagathlete|Stuart Bingham|ENG}}
align="center"| 2020 World Championshipalign="center"|16 August 2020{{flagathlete|Ronnie O'Sullivan|ENG}}
style="background:lightgrey"

| align="center"| 2020 European Masters (2019–20 season)

align="center"|26 January 2020{{flagathlete|Neil Robertson|AUS}}
align="center"| 2020 German Mastersalign="center"|2 February 2020{{flagathlete|Judd Trump|ENG}}
style="background:lightgrey"

| align="center"| 2020 World Grand Prix (2019–20 season)

align="center"|9 February 2020{{flagathlete|Neil Robertson|AUS}}
style="background:lightgrey"

| align="center"| 2020 Players Championship

align="center"|1 March 2020{{flagathlete|Judd Trump|ENG}}
align="center"| 2020 Championship League Invitational (March)align="center"|5 March 2020{{flagathlete|Scott Donaldson|SCO}}
align="center"| 2020 Championship League Invitational (June)align="center"|11 June 2020{{flagathlete|Luca Brecel|BEL}}
align="center"| 2020 Tour Championshipalign="center"|26 June 2020{{flagathlete|Stephen Maguire|SCO}}
align="center"| 2020 European Masters (2020–21 season)align="center"|27 September 2020{{flagathlete|Mark Selby|ENG}}
align="center"| 2020 Championship Leaguealign="center"|30 October 2020{{flagathlete|Kyren Wilson|ENG}}
style="background:lightgrey"

| align="center"| 2019 Northern Ireland Open

align="center"|17 November 2019{{flagathlete|Judd Trump|ENG}}
style="background:lightgrey"

| align="center"| 2019 Scottish Open

align="center"|15 December 2019{{flagathlete|Mark Selby|ENG}}
align="center"| 2020 Welsh Openalign="center"|16 February 2020{{flagathlete|Shaun Murphy|ENG}}
style="background:lightgrey"

| align="center"| 2020 English Open

align="center"|18 October 2020{{flagathlete|Judd Trump|ENG}}
style="background:lightgrey"

| align="center"| 2020 World Championship (runner-up)

align="center"|16 August 2020{{flagathlete|Kyren Wilson|ENG}}
style="background:lightgrey"

| align="center"| 2020 Gibraltar Open

align="center"|15 March 2020{{flagathlete|Judd Trump|ENG}}
align="center"| 2020 Shoot Outalign="center"|23 February 2020{{flagathlete|Michael Holt|ENG}}
align="center"| 2020 World Seniors Championshipalign="center"|22 August 2020{{flagathlete|Jimmy White|ENG}}
align="center" rowspan=3| World Rankingsalign="center"|27 September 2020{{flagathlete|Mark Allen|NIR}}
align="center"|18 October 2020{{flagathlete|John Higgins|SCO}}
align="center"|30 October 2020{{flagathlete|David Gilbert|ENG}}

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|Player also qualified by winning a higher categorized event

Main draw

{{16TeamBracket

| RD1= Group semi-finals (last 16)
Best of 7 frames

| RD2= Group finals (quarter-finals)
Best of 11 frames

| RD3= Semi-finals
Best of 11 frames

| RD4= Final
Best of 19 frames

| subgroup1=Group 1 (2 November)

| subgroup2=Group 4 (4 November)

| subgroup3=Group 2 (3 November)

| subgroup4=Group 3 (5 November)

| RD1-seed01=

| RD1-team01={{flagicon|AUS}} Neil Robertson (1)

| RD1-score01=4

| RD1-seed02=

| RD1-team02={{flagicon|ENG}} Jimmy White

| RD1-score02=0

| RD1-seed03=

| RD1-team03={{flagicon|SCO}} John Higgins

| RD1-score03=3

| RD1-seed04=

| RD1-team04={{flagicon|CHN}} Ding Junhui

| RD1-score04=4

| RD1-seed05=

| RD1-team05={{flagicon|ENG}} Kyren Wilson

| RD1-score05=4

| RD1-seed06=

| RD1-team06={{flagicon|SCO}} Stephen Maguire

| RD1-score06=1

| RD1-seed07=

| RD1-team07={{flagicon|ENG}} Mark Selby (4)

| RD1-score07=4

| RD1-seed08=

| RD1-team08={{flagicon|BEL}} Luca Brecel

| RD1-score08=2

| RD1-seed09=

| RD1-team09={{flagicon|ENG}} Judd Trump (3)

| RD1-score09=4

| RD1-seed10=

| RD1-team10={{flagicon|ENG}} Stuart Bingham

| RD1-score10=0

| RD1-seed11=

| RD1-team11={{flagicon|ENG}} Shaun Murphy

| RD1-score11=2

| RD1-seed12=

| RD1-team12={{flagicon|ENG}} David Gilbert

| RD1-score12=4

| RD1-seed13=

| RD1-team13={{flagicon|NIR}} Mark Allen

| RD1-score13=4

| RD1-seed14=

| RD1-team14={{flagicon|SCO}} Scott Donaldson

| RD1-score14=3

| RD1-seed15=

| RD1-team15={{flagicon|ENG}} Ronnie O'Sullivan (2)

| RD1-score15=4

| RD1-seed16=

| RD1-team16={{flagicon|ENG}} Michael Holt

| RD1-score16=1

| RD2-seed01=

| RD2-team01={{flagicon|AUS}} Neil Robertson (1)

| RD2-score01=6

| RD2-seed02=

| RD2-team02={{flagicon|CHN}} Ding Junhui

| RD2-score02=4

| RD2-seed03=

| RD2-team03={{flagicon|ENG}} Kyren Wilson

| RD2-score03=5

| RD2-seed04=

| RD2-team04={{flagicon|ENG}} Mark Selby (4)

| RD2-score04=6

| RD2-seed05=

| RD2-team05={{flagicon|ENG}} Judd Trump (3)

| RD2-score05=6

| RD2-seed06=

| RD2-team06={{flagicon|ENG}} David Gilbert

| RD2-score06=3

| RD2-seed07=

| RD2-team07={{flagicon|NIR}} Mark Allen

| RD2-score07=6

| RD2-seed08=

| RD2-team08={{flagicon|ENG}} Ronnie O'Sullivan (2)

| RD2-score08=3

| RD3-seed01=

| RD3-team01={{flagicon|AUS}} Neil Robertson (1)

| RD3-score01=6

| RD3-seed02=

| RD3-team02={{flagicon|ENG}} Mark Selby (4)

| RD3-score02=5

| RD3-seed03=

| RD3-team03={{flagicon|ENG}} Judd Trump (3)

| RD3-score03=1

| RD3-seed04=

| RD3-team04={{flagicon|NIR}} Mark Allen

| RD3-score04=6

| RD4-seed01=

| RD4-team01={{flagicon|AUS}} Neil Robertson (1)

| RD4-score01=6

| RD4-seed02=

| RD4-team02={{flagicon|NIR}} Mark Allen

| RD4-score02=10

}}

=Final=

class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%; margin: 1em auto 1em auto;"
colspan="3" align="center" bgcolor="#ffd700" | Final: Best of 19 frames. Referee: Rob Spencer.
Marshall Arena, Milton Keynes, England, 8 November 2020
width="230" align="right" | Neil Robertson (1)
{{AUS}}

| width="100" align="center" | 6–10

| width="230" align="left" | Mark Allen
{{NIR}}

colspan="3" align="center" style="font-size: 100%" | Afternoon: 27–101 (101), {{nobr|122–1 (121)}}, {{nobr|33–71 (55)}}, {{nobr|46–59}}, {{nobr|91–2 (63)}}, {{nobr|0–110 (110)}}, {{nobr|119–0 (108)}}, {{nobr|109–0 (109)}}, {{nobr|4–73 (67)}}
Evening: 51–84 (84), {{nobr|96–4 (67)}}, {{nobr|8–73 (53)}}, {{nobr|67–60}}, {{nobr|7–119 (119)}}, {{nobr|51–76 (70)}}, {{nobr|7–123 (105)}}
align="right" | 121

| align="center" | Highest break

| 119

align="right" | 3

| align="center" | Century breaks

| 4

align="right" | 5

| align="center" | 50+ breaks

| 9

Century breaks

A total of 31 {{cuegloss|century break|century breaks}} were made during the tournament.{{Cite web |url=http://livescores.worldsnookerdata.com/Centuries/CenturyBreaks/14169/888-sport-champion-of-champions |title=Centuries | World Snooker Live Scores |access-date=2 November 2020 |archive-date=24 November 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201124101108/http://livescores.worldsnookerdata.com/Centuries/CenturyBreaks/14169/888-sport-champion-of-champions |url-status=dead }}

References

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External links

  • {{official website|http://www.championofchampionssnooker.co.uk/}}

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