2014 World Snooker Championship

The 2014 World Snooker Championship was a professional snooker tournament. It took place from 19 April to 5 May 2014 at the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield, England. It was the 38th year that the World Snooker Championship had been held at the Crucible. It was the last ranking event of the 2013-14 snooker season. The event was sponsored by Dafabet for the first time.

Ronnie O'Sullivan was the defending champion, having won the 2013 event beating Barry Hawkins in the final. Mark Selby won the event to win his first world title by defeating O'Sullivan 18–14 in the final. This was Selby's fourth ranking title, also completing the Triple Crown of World Championship, UK Championship, and Masters titles. Neil Robertson secured the highest break, a 140. Robertson scored his 100th century break of the season in his quarter-final win over Judd Trump. The event featured a prize fund of £1,214,000 with the winner receiving £300,000.

Prize fund
The total prize money for the 2014 World Snooker Championship was raised to £1,214,000 from the previous year's £1,111,000. The winner received £300,000, an increase of £50,000 over the previous year. The breakdown of prize money for the 2014 event is shown below:

Winner: £300,000
Runner-up: £125,000
Semi-final: £55,000
Quarter-final: £25,000
Last 16: £16,000
Last 32: £12,000
Last 48: £8,500
Last 64: £5,000
Last 96: £1,000
Non-televised highest break: £1,000
Televised highest break: £10,000
Total: £1,214,000

Main draw 
The draw for the first round took place on 17 April 2014, one day after the qualifying. It was broadcast live on World Snooker's YouTube channel at 12 pm BST. The numbers in brackets beside some of the players are their seeding, whilst players in bold denote match winners. Below is the full results from the event.

Century breaks

Televised stage centuries 
There were 58 century breaks in the TV stages of the World Championship. For every century break made during the main tournament, Dafabet, donated £100 to the Bluebell Wood Children's Hospice. Neil Robertson made the highest break of the event, a 140.
 140, 137, 132, 130, 113, 108, 103, 102, 101, 100 Neil Robertson
 137, 112, 109 Ricky Walden
 136, 131, 124, 124, 118, 117, 113, 112, 108, 106, 103, 102, 100 Ronnie O'Sullivan
 136, 124, 116, 109 Marco Fu
 136 Ding Junhui
 135, 108, 103 Michael Wasley
 134, 115, 106, 104 Barry Hawkins
 134 Stephen Maguire
 133, 127, 110, 109, 104 Mark Selby
 130, 107 Ryan Day
 117, 107 Judd Trump
 112, 102, 101 Shaun Murphy
 111 Jamie Burnett
 111 John Higgins
 110, 102 Ali Carter
 107 Alan McManus
 106 Dominic Dale
 102 Robin Hull
There were 69 century breaks in the qualifying stage of the World Championship: The highest was a 139 by both Martin O'Donnell and Andrew Higginson.
 139, 119, 100 Martin O'Donnell
 139 Andrew Higginson
 137, 134, 132, 114, 113, 106 Martin Gould
 135 Fergal O'Brien
 134 Kurt Maflin
 133, 107, 102 Robin Hull
 133 Chen Zhe
 132, 131, 121 Ian Burns
 132, 100 Sam Baird
 130 Alan McManus
 128, 121, 117 Thanawat Thirapongpaiboon
 127 Liu Chuang
 125, 103 Jamie Cope
 123 Ross Muir
 122 Craig Steadman
 122 Michael Wasley
 120, 116, 104 Li Hang
 119, 114 Kyren Wilson
 119 Xiao Guodong
 118 Luca Brecel
 118 David Morris
 117, 102, 102 Cao Xinlong
 117 Alexander Ursenbacher
 116, 107 Sanderson Lam
 113 Stuart Carrington
 112 Li Yan
 111, 104 Matthew Selt
 111, 101 Tom Ford
 111 Chris Norbury
 111 Zhang Anda
 111 Igor Figueiredo
 110 Alex Borg
 110 Robbie Williams
 109 Noppon Saengkham
 108, 101 Jamie Jones
 108 Yu Delu
 106 James Cahill
 106 Ryan Day
 105 Jimmy Robertson
 103 Liang Wenbo
 102 Rod Lawler
 101 Alfie Burden
 101 Mark Joyce
 100 Ken Doherty
 100 Michael White

References 

World Snooker Championship
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