# 2013 Champion of Champions

The 2013 Champion of Champions (officially the 2013 888casino Champion of Champions) was a professional non-ranking snooker tournament held between 19 and 24 November 2013 at the Ricoh Arena in Coventry, England. This was the first time that 888casino sponsored the event, which was broadcast live on ITV4.
The event was last held in 1980, when Doug Mountjoy won in the final 10–8 against John Virgo.
Ronnie O'Sullivan won his 52nd professional title by defeating Stuart Bingham 10–8 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 from the start of the 2012-13 season to the 2013 Indian Open. The important events included all rankings events and winners the following non-rankings events: 2012 Premier League Snooker, 2013 Masters and 2013 Championship League. With only 14 different players winning one of the qualifying events, the remaining two places were allocated to the highest ranked players who had not already qualified.
The following 16 players qualified for the tournament:
| Seed | Player | Qualified as |
| 1 | Ronnie O'Sullivan | Winner of 2013 World Snooker Championship |
| 2 | Mark Selby | Winner of 2012 UK Championship and 2013 Masters |
| 3 | Judd Trump | Winner of 2012 International Championship |
| 4 | Neil Robertson | Winner of 2013 China Open and 2013 Wuxi Classic |
| 5 | Mark Allen | Winner of 2013 World Open |
| 6 | Ricky Walden | Winner of 2012 Wuxi Classic |
| 7 | John Higgins | Winner of 2012 Shanghai Masters |
| 8 | Ding Junhui | Winner of 2013 Players Championship Grand Final, 2013 Shanghai Masters and 2013 Indian Open |
| 9 | Barry Hawkins | Winner of 2012 Australian Goldfields Open |
| 10 | Stephen Maguire | Winner of 2013 Welsh Open |
| 11 | Stuart Bingham | Winner of 2012 Premier League Snooker |
| 12 | Ali Carter | Winner of 2013 German Masters |
| 13 | Martin Gould | Winner of 2013 Championship League |
| 14 | Marco Fu | Winner of 2013 Australian Goldfields Open |
| 15 | Shaun Murphy | World ranking of 4. Highest ranked player after the 2013 Shanghai Masters |
| 16 | Mark Davis | World ranking of 13. Highest ranked player after the 2013 Indian Open |

## 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 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 16 | Mark Davis | 0 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 16 | Mark Davis | 0 | 1 | Ronnie O'Sullivan | 6 | | | | | | | |
| Group 1 | Group 1 | Group 1 | 1 | Ronnie O'Sullivan | 6 | | | | | | | |
| Group 1 | Group 1 | Group 1 | 8 | Ding Junhui | 5 | | | | | | | |
| 8 | Ding Junhui | 4 | 8 | Ding Junhui | 5 | | | | | | | |
| 9 | Barry Hawkins | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 9 | Barry Hawkins | 2 | | | | 1 | Ronnie O'Sullivan | 6 | | | | |
| | | | | | | 4 | Neil Robertson | 5 | | | | |
| 5 | Mark Allen | 3 | | | | | | | 4 | Neil Robertson | 5 | | | | |
| 12 | Ali Carter | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 12 | Ali Carter | 4 | 12 | Ali Carter | 5 | | | | | | | |
| Group 4 | Group 4 | Group 4 | 12 | Ali Carter | 5 | | | | | | | |
| Group 4 | Group 4 | Group 4 | 4 | Neil Robertson | 6 | | | | | | | |
| 4 | Neil Robertson | 4 | 4 | Neil Robertson | 6 | | | | | | | |
| 13 | Martin Gould | 3 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 13 | Martin Gould | 3 | | | | | | | | 1 | Ronnie O'Sullivan | 10 |
| | | | | | | | | | | 11 | Stuart Bingham | 8 |
| 3 | Judd Trump | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | 11 | Stuart Bingham | 8 |
| 14 | Marco Fu | 1 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 14 | Marco Fu | 1 | 3 | Judd Trump | 2 | | | | | | | |
| Group 3 | Group 3 | Group 3 | 3 | Judd Trump | 2 | | | | | | | |
| Group 3 | Group 3 | Group 3 | 11 | Stuart Bingham | 6 | | | | | | | |
| 6 | Ricky Walden | 0 | 11 | Stuart Bingham | 6 | | | | | | | |
| 11 | Stuart Bingham | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 11 | Stuart Bingham | 4 | | | | 11 | Stuart Bingham | 6 | | | | |
| | | | | | | 2 | Mark Selby | 4 | | | | |
| 7 | John Higgins | 3 | | | | | | | 2 | Mark Selby | 4 | | | | |
| 10 | Stephen Maguire | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 10 | Stephen Maguire | 4 | 10 | Stephen Maguire | 3 | | | | | | | |
| Group 2 | Group 2 | Group 2 | 10 | Stephen Maguire | 3 | | | | | | | |
| Group 2 | Group 2 | Group 2 | 2 | Mark Selby | 6 | | | | | | | |
| 2 | Mark Selby | 4 | 2 | Mark Selby | 6 | | | | | | | |
| 15 | Shaun Murphy | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |

## Final

Final: Best of 19 frames. Referee: Paul Collier. Ricoh Arena, Coventry, England, 24 November 2013. :
| Ronnie O'Sullivan (1) England | 10–8 | Stuart Bingham (11) England |
| Afternoon: 26–109 (109), 82–48 (66), 66–47 (55), 53–57, 1–72 (72), 1–66 (52), 76–4 (76), 0–133 (109), 130–0 (130) Evening: 99–1 (93), 64–54 (Bingham 54), 37–64, 35–65, 91–8 (62), 96–34 (96), 38–74 (66), 65–29, 83–0 |||
| 130 | Highest break | 109 |
| 1 | Century breaks | 2 |
| 7 | 50+ breaks | 6 |

## Century breaks

* 130, 130, 119, 103, 101 – Ronnie O'Sullivan
* 129, 125, 119, 113, 112, 105 – Neil Robertson
* 127, 112 – Ali Carter
* 125 – Stephen Maguire
* 117, 113, 103 – Mark Selby
* 111, 109, 109 – Stuart Bingham
* 104 – Ding Junhui
* 102 – Martin Gould