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.[1] It featured 48 players from 16 different nations.[2]

Six-red World Championship
Tournament information
Dates5–10 September 2016 (2016-09-05 – 2016-09-10)
VenueBangkok Convention Center
CityBangkok
CountryThailand
OrganisationWPBSA
Winner's share£45,000
Highest break75 (x3)
Final
ChampionChina Ding Junhui
Runner-upEngland Stuart Bingham
Score8–7
2015
2017

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.[2]

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 A

[3]


  • Thepchaiya Un-Nooh 5–2 Mohammed Shehab
  • Mark Davis 5–0 Ishpreet Singh Chadha
  • Rod Lawler 1–5 Lukas Kleckers
  • Thepchaiya Un-Nooh 5–3 Lukas Kleckers
  • Mark Davis 5–1 Rod Lawler
  • Ishpreet Singh Chadha 5–3 Mohammed Shehab
  • Thepchaiya Un-Nooh 5–4 Rod Lawler
  • Mark Davis 5–4 Mohammed Shehab
  • Ishpreet Singh Chadha 5–2 Lukas Kleckers
  • Thepchaiya Un-Nooh 1–5 Ishpreet Singh Chadha
  • Rod Lawler 4–5 Mohammed Shehab
  • Mark Davis 5–2 Lukas Kleckers
  • Thepchaiya Un-Nooh 0–5 Mark Davis
  • Rod Lawler 5–2 Ishpreet Singh Chadha
  • Mohammed Shehab 2–5 Lukas Kleckers

Group B

[4]


  • Martin Gould 5–0 Basem Eltahhan
  • Liang Wenbo 5–0 Chau Hon Man
  • Michael Holt 4–5 Sunny Akani
  • Martin Gould 0–5 Sunny Akani
  • Liang Wenbo 5–3 Michael Holt
  • Chau Hon Man 4–5 Basem Eltahhan
  • Martin Gould 5–1 Chau Hon Man
  • Michael Holt 5–2 Basem Eltahhan
  • Liang Wenbo 3–5 Sunny Akani
  • Chau Hon Man 5–4 Sunny Akani
  • Liang Wenbo 5–0 Basem Eltahhan
  • Martin Gould 5–4 Michael Holt
  • Martin Gould 2–5 Liang Wenbo
  • Michael Holt 5–2 Chau Hon Man
  • Basem Eltahhan 5–4 Sunny Akani

Group C

[5]


  • Ding Junhui 4–5 Pankaj Advani
  • Robert Milkins 5–4 Ryan Thomerson
  • Dominic Dale 3–5 Phaitoon Phonbun
  • Robert Milkins 5–1 Phaitoon Phonbun
  • Ding Junhui 5–1 Phaitoon Phonbun
  • Robert Milkins 3–5 Dominic Dale
  • Ryan Thomerson 1–5 Pankaj Advani
  • Ding Junhui 3–5 Robert Milkins
  • Dominic Dale 5–4 Ryan Thomerson
  • Pankaj Advani 5–0 Phaitoon Phonbun
  • Ding Junhui 0–5 Dominic Dale
  • Robert Milkins 4–5 Pankaj Advani
  • Ryan Thomerson 1–5 Phaitoon Phonbun
  • Ding Junhui 5–1 Ryan Thomerson
  • Dominic Dale 0–5 Pankaj Advani

Group D

[6]


  • Ricky Walden 5–1 Kritsanut Lertsattayathorn
  • David Gilbert 5–2 Ben Woollaston
  • Andrew Pagett 3–5 Ahmed Galal
  • David Gilbert 5–0 Andrew Pagett
  • Ben Woollaston 1–5 Kritsanut Lertsattayathorn
  • Ricky Walden 1–5 Andrew Pagett
  • Ben Woollaston 5–0 Ahmed Galal
  • David Gilbert 3–5 Kritsanut Lertsattayathorn
  • Ricky Walden 5–1 Ahmed Galal
  • Ricky Walden 5–1 Ben Woollaston
  • David Gilbert 5–4 Ahmed Galal
  • Andrew Pagett 2–5 Kritsanut Lertsattayathorn
  • Ricky Walden 1–5 David Gilbert
  • Ben Woollaston 5–2 Andrew Pagett
  • Ahmed Galal 5–4 Kritsanut Lertsattayathorn

Group E

[7]


  • Babar Masih 1–5 James Wattana
  • Stuart Bingham 5–1 Babar Masih
  • Ryan Day 5–1 Darren Morgan
  • Wayne Brown 2–5 James Wattana
  • Stuart Bingham 5–2 Darren Morgan
  • Wayne Brown 4–5 Babar Masih
  • Ryan Day 5–4 James Wattana
  • Stuart Bingham 5–1 James Wattana
  • Ryan Day 5–1 Wayne Brown
  • Darren Morgan 5–4 Babar Masih
  • Stuart Bingham 5–0 Ryan Day
  • Wayne Brown 5–4 Darren Morgan
  • Stuart Bingham 5–2 Wayne Brown
  • Ryan Day 5–3 Babar Masih
  • Wayne Brown 3–5 James Wattana

Group F

[8]


  • Joe Perry 5–4 Hesham Abdelhmed
  • Michael White 5–3 Sourav Kothari
  • Ivan Kakovsky 3–5 Noppon Saengkham
  • Joe Perry 5–1 Ivan Kakovsky
  • Sourav Kothari 0–5 Noppon Saengkham
  • Joe Perry 5–4 Michael White
  • Ivan Kakovsky 5–4 Sourav Kothari
  • Hesham Abdelhmed 3–5 Noppon Saengkham
  • Joe Perry 5–1 Noppon Saengkham
  • Michael White 5–0 Ivan Kakovsky
  • Sourav Kothari 5–0 Hesham Abdelhmed
  • Michael White 5–0 Hesham Abdelhmed
  • Ivan Kakovsky 5–4 Hesham Abdelhmed
  • Joe Perry 5–1 Sourav Kothari
  • Michael White 3–5 Noppon Saengkham

Group G

[9]


  • Mateusz Baranowski 5–1 Daniell Haenga
  • Mark Williams 3–5 Yuan Sijun
  • Stephen Maguire 5–3 Daniell Haenga
  • Mateusz Baranowski 1–5 Suchakree Poomjaeng
  • Mark Williams 5–3 Daniell Haenga
  • Mateusz Baranowski 4–5 Yuan Sijun
  • Stephen Maguire 4–5 Suchakree Poomjaeng
  • Mark Williams 5–1 Mateusz Baranowski
  • Stephen Maguire 5–2 Yuan Sijun
  • Daniell Haenga 0–5 Suchakree Poomjaeng
  • Mark Williams 3–5 Stephen Maguire
  • Yuan Sijun 5–3 Suchakree Poomjaeng
  • Mark Williams 5–3 Suchakree Poomjaeng
  • Stephen Maguire 5–0 Daniell Haenga
  • Daniell Haenga 2–5 Yuan Sijun

Group H

[10]


  • Mark Selby 5–3 Keen Hoo Moh
  • Matthew Selt 5–2 Peter McCullagh
  • Luca Brecel 5–3 Boonyarit Keattikun
  • Mark Selby 4–5 Luca Brecel
  • Matthew Selt 5–0 Keen Hoo Moh
  • Peter McCullagh 4–5 Boonyarit Keattikun
  • Matthew Selt 5–3 Boonyarit Keattikun
  • Luca Brecel 5–0 Keen Hoo Moh
  • Mark Selby 5–1 Peter McCullagh
  • Mark Selby 5–2 Boonyarit Keattikun
  • Matthew Selt 3–5 Luca Brecel
  • Peter McCullagh 5–0 Keen Hoo Moh
  • Mark Selby 5–3 Matthew Selt
  • Luca Brecel w/d–w/o Peter McCullagh
  • Keen Hoo Moh 1–5 Boonyarit Keattikun

Knockout stage

[2]

Last 32
Best of 11 frames
Last 16
Best of 11 frames
Quarter-finals
Best of 13 frames
Semi-finals
Best of 13 frames
Final
Best of 15 frames
               
Mark Davis4
Ding Junhui6
Ding Junhui6
Ryan Day3
Ryan Day6
Suchakree Poomjang3
Ding Junhui7
Liang Wenbo2
Noppon Saengkham6
Matthew Selt3
Noppon Saengkham5
Liang Wenbo6
Liang Wenbo6
Ben Woollaston4
Ding Junhui7
Pankaj Advani4
Pankaj Advani6
Lukas Kleckers0
Pankaj Advani6
Yuan Sijun4
Yuan Sijun6
James Wattana0
Pankaj Advaniw/o
Michael Holtw/d
Michael White6
Mark Selby4
Michael White1
Michael Holt6
Michael Holt6
David Gilbert2
Ding Junhui8
Stuart Bingham7
Stuart Bingham6
Mark Williams5
Stuart Bingham6
Dominic Dale1
Dominic Dale6
Ishpreet Singh Chadha0
Stuart Bingham7
Sunny Akani4
Sunny Akani6
Kritsanut Lertsattayathorn3
Sunny Akani6
Joe Perry1
Joe Perry6
Boonyarit Keattikun5
Stuart Bingham7
Stephen Maguire1
Stephen Maguire6
Darren Morgan0
Stephen Maguire6
Thepchaiya Un-Nooh2
Thepchaiya Un-Nooh6
Robert Milkins2
Stephen Maguire7
Luca Brecel6
Ricky Walden6
Martin Gould2
Ricky Walden5
Luca Brecel6
Luca Brecel6
Ivan Kakovsky1

Final

Final: Best of 15 frames. Referee:
Bangkok Convention Center, Bangkok, Thailand, 10 September 2016.
Ding Junhui
 China
8–7Stuart 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
72Highest break70
250+ breaks1

Maximum breaks

(Note: A maximum break in six-red snooker is 75.)

References