The Champion of Champions commences on Monday with the likes of Ronnie O’Sullivan and Judd Trump within the 2023 draw.

Luca Brecel, Mark Selby, and Mark Allen are among the many different high-profile stars that includes on the prestigious invitational in Bolton.

Champion of Champions Roll of Honour
2013: Ronnie O’Sullivan
2014: Ronnie O’Sullivan
2015: Neil Robertson
2016: John Higgins
2017: Shaun Murphy
2018: Ronnie O’Sullivan
2019 Neil Robertson
2020: Mark Allen
2021: Judd Trump
2022: Ronnie O’Sullivan

Prize, historical past, format

As regular, the Champion of Champions draw includes 16 gamers who’ve captured silverware on varied excursions over the course of the final 12-month interval.

Ronnie O’Sullivan is the reigning champion and has gained the competitors a report 4 occasions.

The Rocket beat Judd Trump in final 12 months’s title decider, and it is going to be that pair who many will count on to problem strongly once more this 12 months.

Trump gained the Champion of Champions for the primary time two years in the past, and there are three different former champions within the 2023 draw.

John Higgins, Shaun Murphy, and Mark Allen all know what it takes to go the gap as nicely.

One notable absentee from this version’s subject is Neil Robertson – a two-time former champion who has did not qualify amid a disappointing spell of kind.

Stuart Bingham and Kyren Wilson, runners-up to O’Sullivan in 2013 and 2018 respectively, have additionally missed out.

There’s a high prize of £150,000 for the winner, making it one of many richest cheques on supply on the calendar.

The occasion is successfully a straight knockout, though for advertising causes promoter Matchroom Sport separates every quarter into teams with miniature “semi-finals” and “finals” on every of the primary 4 days.

The primary-round match is performed over seven frames with the format rising to eleven frames for the next two rounds, earlier than a best-of-19 body last determines the champion.

2023 Champion of Champions draw

There are debuts this 12 months for ladies’s world champion Baipat Siripaporn, Snooker Shoot Out king Chris Wakelin, and 2022 Scottish Open winner Gary Wilson.

Zhang Anda will make his first look too after taking the sixteenth and final spot within the draw.

The Chinese language competitor secured a formidable maiden rating occasion victory on the Worldwide Championship on Sunday.

Mark Williams and Barry Hawkins make their returns to the occasion following their respective successes on this season’s British Open and European Masters.

Jimmy White can also be again within the combine for the primary time since 2020 due to his report fourth glory on the World Seniors Championship.

Luca Brecel and Mark Selby, who contested a memorable World Championship last in Could, are concerned along with English duo Ali Carter and Robert Milkins.

Every day Schedule

2023 Champion of Champions (Instances: UTC)

Monday (Group 4)
Final 16 (bo7)
Mark Allen vs Jimmy White (1pm)
Mark Selby vs Ali Carter (NB 3pm)

Quarter-Last (bo11)
Allen/White vs Selby/Carter (7pm)

Tuesday (Group 2)
Final 16 (bo7)
Luca Brecel vs Barry Hawkins (1pm)
Mark Williams vs Robert Milkins (NB 3pm)

Quarter-Last (bo11)
Brecel/Hawkins vs Williams/Milkins (7pm)

Wednesday (Group 1)
Final 16 (bo7)
Ronnie O’Sullivan vs Zhang Anda (1pm)
John Higgins vs Chris Wakelin (NB 3pm)

Quarter-Last (bo11)
O’Sullivan/Zhang vs Higgins/Wakelin (7pm)

Thursday (Group 3)
Final 16 (bo7)
Judd Trump vs Baipat Siripaporn (1pm)
Shaun Murphy vs Gary Wilson (NB 3pm)

Quarter-Last (bo11)
Trump/Siripaporn vs Murphy/Wilson (7pm)

Friday
Semi-Last (bo11)
Winner of Group 2 vs Winner of Group 3 (7pm)

Saturday
Semi-Last (bo11)
Winner of Group 1 vs Winner of Group 4 (7pm)

Sunday
Last (bo19)
TBC vs TBC (1pm and 7pm)

The way to watch the Champion of Champions

Dwell protection of the 2023 Champion of Champions will likely be on ITV Sport, with varied different choices out there all over the world.

Go to the Champion of Champions web site for extra data on the worldwide protection.

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