# 2017 Six-red World Championship

The 2017 SangSom Six-red World Championship was a six-red snooker invitational tournament held between 4 and 9 September 2017 at the Bangkok Convention Center in Bangkok, Thailand. The tournament was reduced from 48 players to 32.
Ding Junhui was the defending champion, but he lost 1–6 to Marco Fu in the last 16.
Mark Williams won the title, beating Thepchaiya Un-Nooh 8–2 in the final.

## Prize money

The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:
* Winner: 3,500,000 baht
* Runner-up: 1,300,000 baht
* Semi-finalists: 750,000 baht
* Quarter-finalists: 375,000 baht
* Last 16: 150,000 baht
* Third in Group: 75,000 baht
* Fourth in Group: 50,000 baht
* Total: 10,000,000 baht

## Round-robin stage

The top two players from each group qualified for the knock-out stage. All matches were best of 9 frames.

### Group H
## Knockout stage

| Last 16 Best of 11 frames | Last 16 Best of 11 frames | Last 16 Best of 11 frames | Quarter-finals Best of 11 frames | Quarter-finals Best of 11 frames | Quarter-finals Best of 11 frames | Semi-finals Best of 13 frames | Semi-finals Best of 13 frames | Semi-finals Best of 13 frames | | Final Best of 15 frames | Final Best of 15 frames | Final Best of 15 frames |
| Noppon Saengkham | Noppon Saengkham | 5 | | | | | | | | | | |
| David Gilbert | David Gilbert | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| David Gilbert | David Gilbert | 6 | David Gilbert | David Gilbert | 4 | | | | | | | |
| | | | Anthony McGill | Anthony McGill | 6 | | | | | | | |
| Anthony McGill | Anthony McGill | 6 | Anthony McGill | Anthony McGill | 6 | | | | | | | |
| Mark King | Mark King | 5 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Mark King | Mark King | 5 | | | | Anthony McGill | Anthony McGill | 3 | | | | |
| | | | | | | Thepchaiya Un-Nooh | Thepchaiya Un-Nooh | 7 | | | | |
| Thepchaiya Un-Nooh | Thepchaiya Un-Nooh | 6 | | | | | | | Thepchaiya Un-Nooh | Thepchaiya Un-Nooh | 7 | | | | |
| Stuart Bingham | Stuart Bingham | 5 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Stuart Bingham | Stuart Bingham | 5 | Thepchaiya Un-Nooh | Thepchaiya Un-Nooh | 6 | | | | | | | |
| | | | Liang Wenbo | Liang Wenbo | 4 | | | | | | | |
| Liang Wenbo | Liang Wenbo | 6 | Liang Wenbo | Liang Wenbo | 4 | | | | | | | |
| Ben Woollaston | Ben Woollaston | 3 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Ben Woollaston | Ben Woollaston | 3 | | | | | | | | Thepchaiya Un-Nooh | Thepchaiya Un-Nooh | 2 |
| | | | | | | | | | | Mark Williams | Mark Williams | 8 |
| Sunny Akani | Sunny Akani | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | Mark Williams | Mark Williams | 8 |
| Michael Holt | Michael Holt | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Michael Holt | Michael Holt | 6 | Michael Holt | Michael Holt | 2 | | | | | | | |
| | | | Mark Williams | Mark Williams | 6 | | | | | | | |
| Mark Williams | Mark Williams | 6 | Mark Williams | Mark Williams | 6 | | | | | | | |
| Kyren Wilson | Kyren Wilson | 3 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Kyren Wilson | Kyren Wilson | 3 | | | | Mark Williams | Mark Williams | 7 | | | | |
| | | | | | | Marco Fu | Marco Fu | 3 | | | | |
| Graeme Dott | Graeme Dott | 6 | | | | | | | Marco Fu | Marco Fu | 3 | | | | |
| Ryan Day | Ryan Day | 5 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Ryan Day | Ryan Day | 5 | Graeme Dott | Graeme Dott | 5 | | | | | | | |
| | | | Marco Fu | Marco Fu | 6 | | | | | | | |
| Marco Fu | Marco Fu | 6 | Marco Fu | Marco Fu | 6 | | | | | | | |
| Ding Junhui | Ding Junhui | 1 | | | | | | | | | | |

## Final

Final: Best of 15 frames. Referee: ? Bangkok Convention Center, Bangkok, Thailand, 9 September 2017. :
| Thepchaiya Un-Nooh Thailand | 2–8 | Mark Williams Wales |
| 71–0 (71), 0–49, 1–55, 37–32, 0–39, 9–38, 0–54, 0–50 (50), 6–49, 15–43 |||
| 71 | Highest break | 50 |
| 1 | 50+ breaks | 1 |

## Maximum breaks

(Note: A maximum break in six-red snooker is 75.)
* Noppon Saengkham
* Stuart Bingham