Six-red World Championship

The Six-red World Championship (also known as the SangSom 6 Red World Championship for sponsorship purposes) is a six-red snooker tournament, played with the six colour balls and six reds. Stephen Maguire is the reigning champion.

This article is about the Sangsom sponsored event. For the 888sport.com sponsored event, see 2009 Six-red World Championship.

Six-red World Championship
Tournament information
VenueBangkok Convention Centre
LocationBangkok
CountryThailand
Established2008
Organisation(s)World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association (since 2012)
Total prize fund10,000,000 baht[1]
Current champion(s) Stephen Maguire

History

The event was first held in the 2008/2009 season, and was known as the Six-red Snooker International. The event was organised by the Asian Confederation of Billiards Sports. Forty-eight players were divided in 8 round-robin groups. The top four from each group moved into the knock-out stage.[2] In 2009 the event was renamed the Six-red World Grand Prix. In 2010, it replaced a rival tournament (sponsored by 888sport) as the official six red snooker world championship, after the other event—held once in 2009—was discontinued.[2] The event wasn't held in the 2011/2012 season,[3] but it returned for the 2012/2013 season with the backing of the World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. The event was held at the Montien Riverside Hotel in Bangkok, Thailand between 2008 and 2014.[4] The following year it took place in the Fashion Island Shopping Mall, before the Convention Centre became the venue for the tournament from 2016 on.

Winners

[2]

Year Winner Opponent Final score Season
Six-red Snooker International
2008[5] Ricky Walden Stuart Bingham 8–3 2008/09
Six-red World Grand Prix
2009[6] Jimmy White Barry Hawkins 8–6 2009/10
Six-red World Championship
2010[7] Mark Selby Ricky Walden 8–6 2010/11
2012[4] Mark Davis Shaun Murphy 8–4 2012/13
2013[8] Mark Davis Neil Robertson 8–4 2013/14
2014[9] Stephen Maguire Ricky Walden 8–7 2014/15
2015[10] Thepchaiya Un-Nooh Liang Wenbo 8–2 2015/16
2016[11] Ding Junhui Stuart Bingham 8–7 2016/17
2017 Mark Williams Thepchaiya Un-Nooh 8–2 2017/18
2018 Kyren Wilson Ding Junhui 8–4 2018/19
2019 Stephen Maguire John Higgins 8–6 2019/20

Stats

Finalists
Name Nationality Winner Runner-up Finals
Mark Davis  England 2 0 2
Stephen Maguire  Scotland 2 0 2
Ricky Walden  England 1 2 3
Ding Junhui  China 1 1 2
Thepchaiya Un-Nooh  Thailand 1 1 2
Mark Selby  England 1 0 1
Jimmy White  England 1 0 1
Mark Williams  Wales 1 0 1
Kyren Wilson  England 1 0 1
Stuart Bingham  England 0 2 2
Barry Hawkins  England 0 1 1
John Higgins  Scotland 0 1 1
Liang Wenbo  China 0 1 1
Shaun Murphy  England 0 1 1
Neil Robertson  Australia 0 1 1

Champions by country
Country Players Total First title Last title
 England 5 6 2008 2018
 Scotland 1 2 2014 2019
 Thailand 1 1 2015 2015
 China 1 1 2016 2016
 Wales 1 1 2017 2017

References
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  2. "6-red snooker". Chris Turner's Snooker Archive. Archived from the original on 16 February 2012. Retrieved 17 May 2010.
  3. "Tournament Calendar 2011/2012". Snooker.org. Retrieved 24 November 2011.
  4. "SangSom 6 Red World Championship (2012)". Snooker.org. Retrieved 27 June 2012.
  5. "2008 Sangsom 6-reds International Snooker". Global Snooker Centre. Archived from the original on 24 December 2008.
  6. "2009 Sangsom 6 Reds Results". Global Snooker. Archived from the original on 3 September 2014. Retrieved 9 February 2011.
  7. "Sangsom 6Red World Championships 2010". Cue Sports India. Archived from the original on 2 July 2012. Retrieved 27 March 2011.
  8. "SangSom 6 Red World Championship (2013)". Snooker.org. Retrieved 3 May 2013.
  9. "SangSom 6 Red World Championship (2014)". Snooker.org. Retrieved 16 May 2014.
  10. "6 Red World Championship (2015)". Snooker.org. Retrieved 6 April 2015.
  11. "SangSom 6 Red World Championship (2016)". Snooker.org. Retrieved 11 September 2016.
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