# 2015 Champion of Champions

The 2015 Champion of Champions (officially the 2015 188BET Champion of Champions) was a professional non-ranking snooker tournament that took place between 10 and 15 November 2015 at the Ricoh Arena in Coventry, England. It was the third staging of the tournament since it was revived in 2013. In the United Kingdom, the tournament was broadcast on ITV4.
Ronnie O'Sullivan, who won the title in 2013 and 2014, chose not to defend his title in 2015.
Neil Robertson won the tournament, defeating Mark Allen 10–5 in the final.

## Prize fund

The breakdown of prize money for 2015 is shown below:
* Winner: £100,000
* Runner-up: £50,000
* Losing Semi-finalist: £25,000
* Group runner-up: £10,000
* First round losers: £7,500
* Total: £300,000

## 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 the following non-rankings events: 2015 Masters, 2015 Championship League, 2015 World Grand Prix and 2015 World Cup. Remaining places were then allocated to winners of European Tour events (in the order they were played) and then, if required, to winners of Asian Tour events and then, winners of the 2015 Six-red World Championship, 2015 Snooker Shoot-Out and 2015 World Seniors Championship.
The following players qualified for the tournament:
| Seed | Player | Qualified as |
| w/d | Ronnie O'Sullivan | Winner of 2014 Champion of Champions and 2014 UK Championship |
| 2 | Mark Selby | Winner of 2015 German Masters and 2015 China Open |
| 3 | Stuart Bingham | Winner of 2015 World Snooker Championship and 2015 Championship League |
| 4 | Neil Robertson | Winner of 2015 Gdynia Open |
| 5 | Shaun Murphy | Winner of 2015 Masters and 2014 Ruhr Open |
| 6 | Judd Trump | Winner of 2015 World Grand Prix |
| 7 | Barry Hawkins | Winner of 2015 Riga Open |
| 8 | Joe Perry | Winner of 2015 Players Championship Grand Final |
| 1 | John Higgins | Winner of 2015 Welsh Open, 2015 Australian Goldfields Open, and 2015 International Championship |
| | Mark Allen | Winner of 2015 Bulgarian Open |
| | Stephen Maguire | Winner of 2014 Lisbon Open |
| | Michael White | Winner of 2015 Indian Open |
| | Kyren Wilson | Winner of 2015 Shanghai Masters |
| | Ali Carter | Winner of 2015 Paul Hunter Classic |
| | Rory McLeod | Winner of 2015 Ruhr Open |
| | Zhou Yuelong | Winner of 2015 World Cup |
| | Yan Bingtao | Winner of 2015 World Cup |
Eight players were seeded. Seedings were determined in early October, before defending champion and top seed Ronnie O'Sullivan withdrew from the event. Other seeds were based on the latest world rankings (revision 3). Later in October, John Higgins was chosen as the final seed, being the highest ranked player who had then qualified and wasn't already seeded. He replaced O'Sullivan in the draw, taking the position allocated for the top seed. Mark Allen was ranked higher than Higgins in these rankings (revision 3) but hadn't qualified at that time.

## 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 | John Higgins | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Ali Carter | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Ali Carter | 2 | 1 | John Higgins | 5 | | | | | | | |
| Group 1 (11 November) | Group 1 (11 November) | Group 1 (11 November) | 1 | John Higgins | 5 | | | | | | | |
| Group 1 (11 November) | Group 1 (11 November) | Group 1 (11 November) | 8 | Joe Perry | 6 | | | | | | | |
| 8 | Joe Perry | 4 | 8 | Joe Perry | 6 | | | | | | | |
| | Michael White | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Michael White | 2 | | | | 8 | Joe Perry | 4 | | | | |
| | | | | | | 4 | Neil Robertson | 6 | | | | |
| 5 | Shaun Murphy | 2 | | | | | | | 4 | Neil Robertson | 6 | | | |
| | Yan Bingtao | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Yan Bingtao | 4 | | Yan Bingtao | 3 | | | | | | | |
| Group 4 (12 November) | Group 4 (12 November) | Group 4 (12 November) | | Yan Bingtao | 3 | | | | | | | |
| Group 4 (12 November) | Group 4 (12 November) | Group 4 (12 November) | 4 | Neil Robertson | 6 | | | | | | | |
| 4 | Neil Robertson | 4 | 4 | Neil Robertson | 6 | | | | | | | |
| | Rory McLeod | 0 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Rory McLeod | 0 | | | | | | | | 4 | Neil Robertson | 10 |
| | | | | | | | | | | | Mark Allen | 5 |
| 3 | Stuart Bingham | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | Mark Allen | 5 |
| | Zhou Yuelong | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Zhou Yuelong | 4 | | Zhou Yuelong | 3 | | | | | | | |
| Group 3 (10 November) | Group 3 (10 November) | Group 3 (10 November) | | Zhou Yuelong | 3 | | | | | | | |
| Group 3 (10 November) | Group 3 (10 November) | Group 3 (10 November) | | Kyren Wilson | 6 | | | | | | | |
| 6 | Judd Trump | 2 | | Kyren Wilson | 6 | | | | | | | |
| | Kyren Wilson | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Kyren Wilson | 4 | | | | | Kyren Wilson | 3 | | | | |
| | | | | | | | Mark Allen | 6 | | | | |
| 7 | Barry Hawkins | 2 | | | | | | | | Mark Allen | 6 | | | |
| | Mark Allen | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Mark Allen | 4 | | Mark Allen | 6 | | | | | | | |
| Group 2 (13 November) | Group 2 (13 November) | Group 2 (13 November) | | Mark Allen | 6 | | | | | | | |
| Group 2 (13 November) | Group 2 (13 November) | Group 2 (13 November) | | Stephen Maguire | 2 | | | | | | | |
| 2 | Mark Selby | 1 | | Stephen Maguire | 2 | | | | | | | |
| | Stephen Maguire | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |

## Final

Final: Best of 19 frames. Referee: Paul Collier. Ricoh Arena, Coventry, England, 15 November 2015. :
| Neil Robertson (4) Australia | 10–5 | Mark Allen Northern Ireland |
| Afternoon: 63–35, 20–107 (103), 97–6 (53), 133–0 (114), 69–20 (69), 45–57, 69–44 (54), 5–81 (60), 75–25 (71) Evening: 86–0 (60), 76–35, 55–65 (Robertson 54), 0–112 (112), 46–38, 56–24 |||
| 114 | Highest break | 112 |
| 1 | Century breaks | 2 |
| 7 | 50+ breaks | 3 |

## Century breaks

Total: 14
* 144, 114, 109 – Neil Robertson
* 134, 107 – Stephen Maguire
* 131 – Barry Hawkins
* 128, 124 – Ali Carter
* 112, 105, 104, 103 – Mark Allen
* 112 – Joe Perry
* 104 – Judd Trump