# 2016 Six-red World Championship

The 2016 SangSom Six-red World Championship was a six-red snooker tournament held between 5 and 10 September 2016 at the Bangkok Convention Center in Bangkok, Thailand. It featured 48 players from 16 different nations.
Thepchaiya Un-Nooh was the defending champion, but he lost 2–6 in the last 16 round to Stephen Maguire. Ding Junhui won the title by beating Stuart Bingham 8–7 in the final. Bingham won the first frame of the final, but Ding then built a 3–1 lead. The match then went to 4-4. Ding later led 7-5 but did not pot any balls in the next two frames as Bingham levelled the match at 7-7. In the last frame, Ding made a clearance of 29 to win the match on the final black.

## Prize money

The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:
* Winner: 2,500,000 baht
* Runner-up: 1,000,000 baht
* Semi-finalists: 500,000 baht
* Quarter-finalists: 250,000 baht
* Last 16: 125,000 baht
* Last 32: 62,500 baht
* Group stage: 31,250 baht
* Total: 8,000,000 baht

## Round-robin stage

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

### Group H
## Knockout stage

| Last 32 Best of 11 frames | Last 32 Best of 11 frames | Last 32 Best of 11 frames | Last 16 Best of 11 frames | Last 16 Best of 11 frames | Last 16 Best of 11 frames | Quarter-finals Best of 13 frames | Quarter-finals Best of 13 frames | Quarter-finals Best of 13 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 |
| Mark Davis | Mark Davis | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Ding Junhui | Ding Junhui | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Ding Junhui | Ding Junhui | 6 | Ding Junhui | Ding Junhui | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | Ryan Day | Ryan Day | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Ryan Day | Ryan Day | 6 | Ryan Day | Ryan Day | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Suchakree Poomjang | Suchakree Poomjang | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Suchakree Poomjang | Suchakree Poomjang | 3 | | | | Ding Junhui | Ding Junhui | 7 | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | Liang Wenbo | Liang Wenbo | 2 | | | | | | | | |
| Noppon Saengkham | Noppon Saengkham | 6 | | | | | | | Liang Wenbo | Liang Wenbo | 2 | | | | | | | | |
| Matthew Selt | Matthew Selt | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Matthew Selt | Matthew Selt | 3 | Noppon Saengkham | Noppon Saengkham | 5 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | Liang Wenbo | Liang Wenbo | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Liang Wenbo | Liang Wenbo | 6 | Liang Wenbo | Liang Wenbo | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Ben Woollaston | Ben Woollaston | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Ben Woollaston | Ben Woollaston | 4 | | | | | | | | Ding Junhui | Ding Junhui | 7 | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | Pankaj Advani | Pankaj Advani | 4 | | | | |
| Pankaj Advani | Pankaj Advani | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | Pankaj Advani | Pankaj Advani | 4 | | | | |
| Lukas Kleckers | Lukas Kleckers | 0 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Lukas Kleckers | Lukas Kleckers | 0 | Pankaj Advani | Pankaj Advani | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | Yuan Sijun | Yuan Sijun | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Yuan Sijun | Yuan Sijun | 6 | Yuan Sijun | Yuan Sijun | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| James Wattana | James Wattana | 0 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| James Wattana | James Wattana | 0 | | | | Pankaj Advani | Pankaj Advani | w/o | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | Michael Holt | Michael Holt | w/d | | | | | | | | |
| Michael White | Michael White | 6 | | | | | | | Michael Holt | Michael Holt | w/d | | | | | | | | |
| Mark Selby | Mark Selby | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Mark Selby | Mark Selby | 4 | Michael White | Michael White | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | Michael Holt | Michael Holt | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Michael Holt | Michael Holt | 6 | Michael Holt | Michael Holt | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| David Gilbert | David Gilbert | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| David Gilbert | David Gilbert | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | Ding Junhui | Ding Junhui | 8 |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Stuart Bingham | Stuart Bingham | 7 |
| Stuart Bingham | Stuart Bingham | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Stuart Bingham | Stuart Bingham | 7 |
| Mark Williams | Mark Williams | 5 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Mark Williams | Mark Williams | 5 | Stuart Bingham | Stuart Bingham | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | Dominic Dale | Dominic Dale | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Dominic Dale | Dominic Dale | 6 | Dominic Dale | Dominic Dale | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Ishpreet Singh Chadha | Ishpreet Singh Chadha | 0 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Ishpreet Singh Chadha | Ishpreet Singh Chadha | 0 | | | | Stuart Bingham | Stuart Bingham | 7 | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | Sunny Akani | Sunny Akani | 4 | | | | | | | | |
| Sunny Akani | Sunny Akani | 6 | | | | | | | Sunny Akani | Sunny Akani | 4 | | | | | | | | |
| Kritsanut Lertsattayathorn | Kritsanut Lertsattayathorn | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Kritsanut Lertsattayathorn | Kritsanut Lertsattayathorn | 3 | Sunny Akani | Sunny Akani | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | Joe Perry | Joe Perry | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Joe Perry | Joe Perry | 6 | Joe Perry | Joe Perry | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Boonyarit Keattikun | Boonyarit Keattikun | 5 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Boonyarit Keattikun | Boonyarit Keattikun | 5 | | | | | | | | Stuart Bingham | Stuart Bingham | 7 | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | Stephen Maguire | Stephen Maguire | 1 | | | | |
| Stephen Maguire | Stephen Maguire | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | Stephen Maguire | Stephen Maguire | 1 | | | | |
| Darren Morgan | Darren Morgan | 0 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Darren Morgan | Darren Morgan | 0 | Stephen Maguire | Stephen Maguire | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | Thepchaiya Un-Nooh | Thepchaiya Un-Nooh | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Thepchaiya Un-Nooh | Thepchaiya Un-Nooh | 6 | Thepchaiya Un-Nooh | Thepchaiya Un-Nooh | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Robert Milkins | Robert Milkins | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Robert Milkins | Robert Milkins | 2 | | | | Stephen Maguire | Stephen Maguire | 7 | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | Luca Brecel | Luca Brecel | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| Ricky Walden | Ricky Walden | 6 | | | | | | | Luca Brecel | Luca Brecel | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| Martin Gould | Martin Gould | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Martin Gould | Martin Gould | 2 | Ricky Walden | Ricky Walden | 5 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | Luca Brecel | Luca Brecel | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Luca Brecel | Luca Brecel | 6 | Luca Brecel | Luca Brecel | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Ivan Kakovsky | Ivan Kakovsky | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

## Final

Final: Best of 15 frames. Referee: Bangkok Convention Center, Bangkok, Thailand, 10 September 2016. :
| Ding Junhui China | 8–7 | Stuart Bingham England |
| 26–34, 57–14, 72–0 (72), 46–0, 0–70 (70), 67–0 (67), 25–35, 0–40, 56–0, 56–0, 0–65, 52–8, 0–39, 0–49, 33–29 |||
| 72 | Highest break | 70 |
| 2 | 50+ breaks | 1 |

## Maximum breaks

(Note: A maximum break in six-red snooker is 75.)
* Matthew Selt
* Liang Wenbo
* Pankaj Advani