2016 Warld Snooker Championship

The **2016 Warld Snooker Championship** wis a professional snooker toornament, that teuk place frae 16 Apryle til 2 Mey 2016 at the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield, Ingland. The event wis the 40t year that the Warld Snooker Championship haed been haudit at the venue. It wis the tenth an last rankin event o the 2015/2016 saison.

The defendin champion wis Stuart Bingham, haein defeatit Shaun Murphy in the 2015 event final. Bingham lost 9–10 agin Ali Carter in the first roond fawin tae the Crucible curse, becomin the 17t first-time champion unable tae fend his title a the venue. Cheenae's Ding Junhui an Scot Alan McManus set a new record in thair semi-final for the maist centurie braks achieved in a professional match, scorin ten, wi Ding settin a new record for the maist centuries bi ae player in ae warld championship match wi seiven. Ding defeatit McManus tae become the first Asian player ever tae reach a Warld Championship final. In the ither semi-final, Englishman Mark Selby an Hong Konganese Marco Fu set a new record for the langest  o snooker iver played at the Crucible, at 76 minutes 11 seconds.

Efter beatin Robert Milkins 10–6, Sam Baird 13–11, Kyren Wilson 13–8, an Fu 17–15, Selby defeatit Ding 18–14 in the final tae claim his secont Warld title, haein won the 2014 event aforehaun. A tot o 86 centurie braks wis makkit a the event, the same nummer as the previous year, wi Kyren Wilson makin the toornament's heichest break o 143. The tot global audiences for the toornament exceedit 300&nbsp;million, wi 210&nbsp;million viewers in Cheenae alane. The efternoon sessions o the final war watched bi audiences o 45&nbsp;million in Cheenae, the kintra's lairgest audience for a sporting event that year. Durin the toornament, sax-time champion Steve Davis played the last professional match o his 38-year career agin Fergal O'Brien in the qualifiers; he annoonced his retirement later durin the first roond o the even.

## Prize fund
The tot prize money o the even wis raised tae £1,500,100 frae the previous year's £1,364,000. The brakdoun o prize money faer this year is shawn belaw:

*Winner: £330,000
*Runner-up: £137,500
*Semi-final: £66,000
*Quarter-final: £33,000
*Last 16: £22,000
*Last 32: £13,250
*Last 48: £9,900
*Last 80: £6,600
*Televised heichest break: £10,000
*Tot: £1,500,100
The "rolling 147 prize" for a maximum break stood at £20,000.

## Main draw
Shawn belaw are the results faer ilka roond. The nummers in parentheses beside some o the players are thair seeding. Players in bold denotit winners.

## Qualifying
A tot o 128 players competit i the qualifying. Thare wae three qualifying roonds, reducing the qualifiers tae 16, wha woul gang on tae play i the feenal stages. Qualifying teuk place atween 6 an 13 Apryle 2016 a Ponds Forge Internaitional Sports Centre. Aw matches wae the best-o-19-frames. The draw for the feenal stages wis makkit on 14 Apryle.

The players competin i the qualifying included remainin tour players ranked ootside the tap-16, players featurt as tap-ups frae the Q School an invited players frae the WPBSA. The 16 invitit qualifiers wae makkit up o seiven players wha wan or war runner-up in the followin events thegither wi 9 players invitit basit on the EBSA Order o Meerit. Players invitit bi the Order o Meerit wae leemitit tae ane player per kintra.

The 7 winners/runners-up war:
*  Ng On-yee – WLBSA Warld Snooker Championship winner
*  Zhao Xintong – IBSF Warld Snooker Championship runner-up
*  Jamie Rhys Clarke – IBSF Warld Under-21 Snooker Championship runner-up
*  Cheung Ka Wai – IBSF Warld Under-18 Snooker Championship winner
*  Josh Boileau – EBSA European Under-21 Snooker Championships winner
*  Brandon Sargeant – EBSA European Under-21 Snooker Championships runner-up
*  Tyler Rees – EBSA European Under-18 Snooker Championships winner

The remainin 9 invitees war:

### Round 1
Players i bold denote match winners.

### Round 2
Players i bold denote match winners.

### Round 3
Winnin players qualified for the main toornament. Players i bold denote match winners.

## Centurie breaks

### Televised stage centuries
Thare wae 86 centurie braks makkit bi 24 players in the televised stage o the Warld Championship, equalling the record set the year afore. For every centurie brak makkit durin the 17-day championship i Sheffield, the title sponsor, Betfred, donated £200 tae the Bluebell Wood Children's Hospice. The donation wis roondit up tae £25,000 as the goal o 70 centuries wis achieved. Ding Junhui makkit 15 centuries, ane short o the record o 16 set bi Stephen Hendry in 2002.

* 143, 130, 129, 103 Kyren Wilson
* 141, 102 Barry Hawkins
* 140, 115, 109 Michael Holt
* 139, 124, 118, 103, 101 Ronnie O'Sullivan
* 138, 136, 135, 114, 111, 108, 102, 100, 100 Marco Fu
* 138, 132, 131, 128, 123, 113, 112, 110, 109, 103, 103, 103, 100, 100, 100 Ding Junhui
* 136, 128, 125, 119, 114, 107 Alan McManus
* 134, 133, 132, 126, 125, 120, 115, 101, 101 Mark Selby
* 125 David Gilbert
* 122, 104, 103, 103 Mark Allen
* 121, 107, 105, 105, 101, 100 John Higgins
* 119, 117 Anthony McGill
* 117, 107 Liang Wenbo
* 113 Stuart Bingham
* 111 Martin Gould
* 109, 105 Shaun Murphy
* 108, 103, 100 Sam Baird
* 107, 101 Neil Robertson
* 106, 106 Judd Trump
* 104 Robbie Williams
* 103, 102, 100 Ali Carter
* 102 Mark Williams
* 102 Michael White
* 102 Ricky Walden

### Qualifying stage centuries
Thare wae 132 centurie braks makkit bi 63 players i the qualifying stage o the Warld Championship.

* 144, 140, 102 Thepchaiya Un-Nooh
* 142 Peter Lines
* 140, 137, 106 Ding Junhui
* 140, 137, 104 Zhou Yuelong
* 139, 120, 117, 104 Liam Highfield
* 139, 104 Oliver Lines
* 138, 130, 111, 111, 101 Ali Carter
* 138, 110 Hossein Vafaei
* 138, 108, 104, 101 Liang Wenbo
* 136, 131, 119, 104 Ryan Day
* 136, 122, 118, 115, 106 Jimmy Robertson
* 135 Andrew Higginson
* 134, 121, 114 Dechawat Poomjaeng
* 134, 118, 117, 106, 104 Noppon Saengkham
* 134, 110, 102 Kurt Maflin
* 134, 101 Lu Chenwei
* 133, 119, 115, 114 David Gilbert
* 133, 100 Xiao Guodong
* 131, 116 Kyren Wilson
* 131 Ben Woollaston
* 130, 108 Mark King
* 130 Mark Davis
* 128 Lee Walker
* 127, 105, 100 Mitchell Mann
* 127 Daniel Wells
* 125 Jamie Jones
* 123 Zhang Yong
* 123 Zhao Xintong
* 122, 104 Scott Donaldson
* 121, 103 Graeme Dott
* 121, 100 Kishan Hirani
* 120, 108 Li Hang
* 120, 107, 103, 102 Jack Lisowski
* 116, 104, 104, 100 Anthony Hamilton
* 115, 105, 100 Stuart Carrington
* 114, 110 Matthew Stevens
* 113, 111 Zhang Anda
* 112, 109 Alfie Burden
* 112, 106, 103, 100 Robert Milkins
* 111 James Wattana
* 110, 107 David Morris
* 110 Ian Glover
* 109, 106 Ken Doherty
* 109, 102, 101 Anthony McGill
* 108, 100, 100 Sam Baird
* 108 Chris Melling
* 108 Matthew Selt
* 108 Rory McLeod
* 107 Chris Wakelin
* 107 Fergal O'Brien
* 107 Thor Chuan Leong
* 106, 105 Robbie Williams
* 106 Mark Joyce
* 106 Michael Georgiou
* 105, 104, 103 Tom Ford
* 105 Sunny Akani
* 105 Allan Taylor
* 105 Joe Swail
* 105 Peter Ebdon
* 104 Gary Wilson
* 102 Eden Sharav
* 102 Luca Brecel
* 101 Gareth Allen

## References