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The last tournament before the World Championship is fought, so our focus can shift to the highlight of every year. I know it's still time but I just thought it would be nice to have a thread, where we can already talk about the upcoming event and where you can look up for informations.
Here is also the breakdown of ranking points and prize money:
Winner: £375,000
Runner-up: £160,000
Semifinal: £75,000
Quarterfinal: £37,500
Last 16: £25,000
Last 32: £16,000 (£0 for seeded losers)
We obviously don't know the exact draw yet, but after todays China Open final we know the 16 seeded players who take the traditional positions of their world ranking.
Here it is:
Mark Selby (1) - Fergal O'Brien 10-2
Ryan Day (16) - Xiao Guodong
Neil Robertson (9) - Noppon Saengkham
Marco Fu (8) - Luca Brecel
Shaun Murphy (5) - Yan Bingtao
Ronnie O’Sullivan (12) - Gary Wilson
Liang Wenbo (13) - Stuart Carrington
Ding Junhui (4) - Zhou Yuelong
Stuart Bingham (3) - Peter Ebdon
Kyren Wilson (14) - David Grace
Mark Allen (11) - Jimmy Robertson
John Higgins (6) - Martin Gould
Barry Hawkins (7) - Tom Ford
Ali Carter (10) - Graeme Dott
Anthony McGill (15) - Stephen Maguire 2-10
Judd Trump (2) - Rory McLeod
I think the top half is really, really tough. You can say this already without knowing the qualifiers who will complete it.
I've also already added a poll, where you can vote for who you think will win the 2017 World Championship. We can make another thread for this as well though.
For more informations look here:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2017_W...r_Championship
Here is also the breakdown of ranking points and prize money:
Winner: £375,000
Runner-up: £160,000
Semifinal: £75,000
Quarterfinal: £37,500
Last 16: £25,000
Last 32: £16,000 (£0 for seeded losers)
We obviously don't know the exact draw yet, but after todays China Open final we know the 16 seeded players who take the traditional positions of their world ranking.
Here it is:
Mark Selby (1) - Fergal O'Brien 10-2
Ryan Day (16) - Xiao Guodong
Neil Robertson (9) - Noppon Saengkham
Marco Fu (8) - Luca Brecel
Shaun Murphy (5) - Yan Bingtao
Ronnie O’Sullivan (12) - Gary Wilson
Liang Wenbo (13) - Stuart Carrington
Ding Junhui (4) - Zhou Yuelong
Stuart Bingham (3) - Peter Ebdon
Kyren Wilson (14) - David Grace
Mark Allen (11) - Jimmy Robertson
John Higgins (6) - Martin Gould
Barry Hawkins (7) - Tom Ford
Ali Carter (10) - Graeme Dott
Anthony McGill (15) - Stephen Maguire 2-10
Judd Trump (2) - Rory McLeod
I think the top half is really, really tough. You can say this already without knowing the qualifiers who will complete it.
I've also already added a poll, where you can vote for who you think will win the 2017 World Championship. We can make another thread for this as well though.
For more informations look here:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2017_W...r_Championship
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