# 2014 Champion of Champions

The 2014 Champion of Champions (officially the 2014 Dafabet Champion of Champions) was a professional non-ranking snooker tournament that took place between 3 and 9 November 2014 at the Ricoh Arena in Coventry, England.
Ronnie O'Sullivan successfully defended his title beating Judd Trump 10–7 in the final.

## Prize fund

The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:
* Winner: £100,000
* Runner-up: £50,000
* Semi-finals: £20,000
* Group runner-up: £10,000
* Group semi-finals: £5,000
* Total: £270,000

## Players

Players qualified for the event by winning important tournaments since the previous Champion of Champions. Entry was guaranteed for the defending champion, winners of rankings events and winners of the following non-rankings events: 2014 Masters and 2014 Championship League. Remaining places were then allocated to winners of European Tour events (in the order they were played) and then to winners of Asian Tour events and then, winners of the 2014 Six-red World Championship, 2014 Snooker Shoot-Out and 2013 World Seniors Championship.
Only 13 different players won one the 24 qualifying tournaments. The remaining three places were allocated to the three highest ranked players who had not already qualified, based on the world rankings after the 2014 Bulgarian Open.
The following 16 players qualified for the tournament:
| Seed | Player | Qualified as |
| 1 | Ronnie O'Sullivan | Winner of 2013 Champion of Champions, 2014 Masters and 2014 Welsh Open |
| 2 | Mark Selby | Winner of 2014 World Snooker Championship and 2014 Riga Open |
| 3 | Neil Robertson | Winner of 2013 UK Championship and 2014 Wuxi Classic |
| 4 | Ding Junhui | Winner of 2014 German Masters, 2014 China Open and 2014 Yixing Open |
| | Judd Trump | Winner of 2014 Championship League and 2014 Australian Goldfields Open |
| | Shaun Murphy | Winner of 2014 Gdynia Open, 2014 World Open and 2014 Bulgarian Open |
| | Barry Hawkins | Winner of 2014 Players Championship Grand Final |
| | Stuart Bingham | Winner of 2014 Dongguan Open, 2014 Shanghai Masters and 2014 Haining Open |
| | Ricky Walden | Winner of 2014 International Championship |
| | Mark Allen | Winner of 2014 Paul Hunter Classic |
| | Stephen Maguire | Winner of 2014 Six-red World Championship |
| | Dominic Dale | Winner of 2014 Snooker Shoot-Out |
| | Steve Davis | Winner of 2013 World Seniors Championship |
| | Marco Fu | World ranking of 9 |
| | John Higgins | World ranking of 12 |
| | Ali Carter | World ranking of 13 |

## Main draw

| Group semi-finals (last 16) Best of 7 frames | Group semi-finals (last 16) Best of 7 frames | Group semi-finals (last 16) Best of 7 frames | Group finals (quarter-finals) Best of 11 frames | Group finals (quarter-finals) Best of 11 frames | Group finals (quarter-finals) Best of 11 frames | Semi-finals Best of 11 frames | Semi-finals Best of 11 frames | Semi-finals Best of 11 frames | | Final Best of 19 frames | Final Best of 19 frames | Final Best of 19 frames |
| 1 | Ronnie O'Sullivan | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Stuart Bingham | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Stuart Bingham | 2 | 1 | Ronnie O'Sullivan | 6 | | | | | | | |
| Group 1 (5 November) | Group 1 (5 November) | Group 1 (5 November) | 1 | Ronnie O'Sullivan | 6 | | | | | | | |
| Group 1 (5 November) | Group 1 (5 November) | Group 1 (5 November) | | Marco Fu | 0 | | | | | | | |
| | Shaun Murphy | 1 | | Marco Fu | 0 | | | | | | | |
| | Marco Fu | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Marco Fu | 4 | | | | 1 | Ronnie O'Sullivan | 6 | | | | |
| | | | | | | 4 | Ding Junhui | 4 | | | | |
| | Barry Hawkins | 4 | | | | | | | 4 | Ding Junhui | 4 | | | |
| | John Higgins | 1 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | John Higgins | 1 | | Barry Hawkins | 5 | | | | | | | |
| Group 4 (3 November) | Group 4 (3 November) | Group 4 (3 November) | | Barry Hawkins | 5 | | | | | | | |
| Group 4 (3 November) | Group 4 (3 November) | Group 4 (3 November) | 4 | Ding Junhui | 6 | | | | | | | |
| 4 | Ding Junhui | 4 | 4 | Ding Junhui | 6 | | | | | | | |
| | Dominic Dale | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Dominic Dale | 2 | | | | | | | | 1 | Ronnie O'Sullivan | 10 |
| | | | | | | | | | | | Judd Trump | 7 |
| 3 | Neil Robertson | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | Judd Trump | 7 |
| | Ali Carter | 0 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Ali Carter | 0 | 3 | Neil Robertson | 6 | | | | | | | |
| Group 3 (7 November) | Group 3 (7 November) | Group 3 (7 November) | 3 | Neil Robertson | 6 | | | | | | | |
| Group 3 (7 November) | Group 3 (7 November) | Group 3 (7 November) | | Ricky Walden | 3 | | | | | | | |
| | Ricky Walden | 4 | | Ricky Walden | 3 | | | | | | | |
| | Mark Allen | 0 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Mark Allen | 0 | | | | 3 | Neil Robertson | 4 | | | | |
| | | | | | | | Judd Trump | 6 | | | | |
| | Judd Trump | 4 | | | | | | | | Judd Trump | 6 | | | |
| | Stephen Maguire | 1 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Stephen Maguire | 1 | | Judd Trump | 6 | | | | | | | |
| Group 2 (4 November) | Group 2 (4 November) | Group 2 (4 November) | | Judd Trump | 6 | | | | | | | |
| Group 2 (4 November) | Group 2 (4 November) | Group 2 (4 November) | 2 | Mark Selby | 1 | | | | | | | |
| 2 | Mark Selby | 4 | 2 | Mark Selby | 1 | | | | | | | |
| | Steve Davis | 1 | | | | | | | | | | |

## Final

Final: Best of 19 frames. Referee: Brendan Moore. Ricoh Arena, Coventry, England, 9 November 2014. :
| Ronnie O'Sullivan (1) England | 10–7 | Judd Trump England |
| Afternoon: 137–0 (137), 82–0 (78), 25–100, 63–73, 137–0 (50, 87), 80–0 (80), 34–89 (58), 139–0 (139), 134–0 (134) Evening: 70–61 (70, 56), 114–23 (70), 9–113 (102), 0–100 (100), 0–70 (69), 0–90 (90), 82–46 (63), 109–0 (109) |||
| 139 | Highest break | 102 |
| 4 | Century breaks | 2 |
| 11 | 50+ breaks | 6 |

## Century breaks

* 139, 137, 134, 125, 115, 109, 105, 103 – Ronnie O'Sullivan
* 134, 117, 111, 106 – Neil Robertson
* 119, 106, 102, 100 – Judd Trump
* 112 – Barry Hawkins
* 111, 105 – Ding Junhui
* 107 – Stuart Bingham