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2017 World Seniors Championship

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...

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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

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

Seeded players

Players were seeded based on the titles won during their professional careers:[1]

  1. EscociaStephen Hendry – 7 world titles (1990, 1992–96, 1999), 18 triple crown events
  2. CanadáCliff Thorburn – 1 world title (1980), 4 triple crown events
  3. InglaterraJohn Parrott – 1 world title (1991), 2 triple crown events, 9 ranking events
  4. Irlanda del NorteDennis Taylor – 1 world title (1985), 2 triple crown events, 2 ranking events
  5. InglaterraJoe Johnson – 1 world title (1986), 1 triple crown event
  6. República de IrlandaPatsy Fagan – 1 triple crown event
  7. InglaterraTony Knowles – 2 ranking events
  8. InglaterraWillie Thorne – 1 ranking event

Steve Davis, Ray Reardon, Terry Griffiths, Tony Meo and Doug Mountjoy were invited to take part, but declined.

Qualifying

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)
  • 23–25 February: The Northern Snooker Centre, Leeds, England (Qualifying Event 2)
    • Qualifier: Inglaterra Jonathan Bagley
  • Del 3 al 5 de marzo: Ballroom Nürnberg, Núremberg , Alemania (Evento clasificatorio 3)
    • Clasificado : InglaterraAiden Owens
  • Del 10 al 12 de marzo – D'Arcy McGees en Spawell, Dublín , Irlanda (Evento clasificatorio 4)

Cada jugador clasificado ocupó su lugar junto a los ocho jugadores invitados en el cuadro principal del campeonato.

Atracción principal

  • Todos los partidos se jugaron con un reloj de posesión de 30 segundos y los jugadores tenían dos tiempos muertos por partido.
  • * La bola negra recolocada sustituyó a los jugadores decisivos del último cuadro.

Final

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Referencias

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Comunicado de prensa: Campeonato Mundial Senior 2017" (PDF) . snookerlegends.co.uk . Consultado el 22 de marzo de 2017 .
  2. ↑ "Hendry pierde y Lines gana el Campeonato Mundial Senior" . BBC Sport .
  3. ↑ "Leyendas del snooker / Resultados 2017" . snookerlegends.co.uk . Consultado el 22 de marzo de 2017 .