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.

Six-red World Championship

Tournament information
Dates	4–9 September 2017 (2017-09-04 – 2017-09-09)
Venue	Bangkok Convention Center
City	Bangkok
Country	Thailand
Organisation	WPBSA
Total prize fund	10,000,000 baht
Winner's share	3,500,000 baht
Highest break	Noppon Saengkham (75) Stuart Bingham (75) (Note: A maximum break in six-red snooker is 75)
Final
Champion	Mark Williams
Runner-up	Thepchaiya Un-Nooh
Score	8–2
← 2016 2018 →

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 A

POS	Player	MP	MW	FW	FL	FD	PTS
1	Noppon Saengkham	3	3	15	6	+9	3
2	Ding Junhui	3	2	11	10	+1	2
3	Tom Ford	3	1	11	12	−1	1
4	Lyu Haotian	3	0	6	15	−9	0

• Ding Junhui 1–5 Noppon Saengkham
• Lyu Haotian 2–5 Tom Ford
• Noppon Saengkham 5–4 Tom Ford
• Ding Junhui 5–3 Lyu Haotian
• Ding Junhui 5–2 Tom Ford
• Noppon Saengkham 5–1 Lyu Haotian

Group B

POS	Player	MP	MW	FW	FL	FD	PTS
1	Anthony McGill	3	3	15	9	+6	3
2	Ryan Day	3	1	11	10	+1	1
3	Passakorn Suwannawat	3	1	10	12	−2	1
4	Muhammad Sajjad	3	1	6	11	−5	1

• Anthony McGill 5–4 Passakorn Suwannawat
• Muhammad Sajjad 0–5 Ryan Day
• Passakorn Suwannawat 5–2 Ryan Day
• Anthony McGill 5–1 Muhammad Sajjad
• Passakorn Suwannawat 1–5 Muhammad Sajjad
• Anthony McGill 5–4 Ryan Day

Group C

POS	Player	MP	MW	FW	FL	FD	PTS
1	Thepchaiya Un-Nooh	3	2	12	10	+2	2
2	Kyren Wilson	3	2	13	11	+2	2
3	Kristján Helgason	3	1	10	11	−1	1
4	Ricky Walden	3	1	9	12	−3	1

• Kyren Wilson 3–5 Thepchaiya Un-Nooh
• Kristján Helgason 5–1 Ricky Walden
• Thepchaiya Un-Nooh 2–5 Ricky Walden
• Kyren Wilson 5–3 Kristján Helgason
• Kyren Wilson 5–3 Ricky Walden
• Thepchaiya Un-Nooh 5–2 Kristján Helgason

Group D

POS	Player	MP	MW	FW	FL	FD	PTS
1	Liang Wenbo	3	2	13	6	+7	2
2	Michael Holt	3	2	10	8	+2	2
3	Mark Davis	3	1	10	13	−3	1
4	Atthasit Mahitthi	3	1	7	13	−6	1

• Atthasit Mahitthi 1–5 Michael Holt
• Liang Wenbo 3–5 Mark Davis
• Liang Wenbo 5–1 Atthasit Mahitthi
• Mark Davis 2–5 Michael Holt
• Liang Wenbo 5–0 Michael Holt
• Atthasit Mahitthi 5–3 Mark Davis

Group E

POS	Player	MP	MW	FW	FL	FD	PTS
1	Sunny Akani	3	2	11	8	+3	2
2	Stuart Bingham	3	2	11	8	+3	2
3	Stephen Maguire	3	2	11	10	+1	2
4	Kamal Chawla	3	0	8	15	−7	0

• Sunny Akani 1–5 Stephen Maguire
• Stuart Bingham 5–2 Kamal Chawla
• Kamal Chawla 4–5 Stephen Maguire
• Stuart Bingham 1–5 Sunny Akani
• Stuart Bingham 5–1 Stephen Maguire
• Sunny Akani 5–2 Kamal Chawla

Group F

POS	Player	MP	MW	FW	FL	FD	PTS
1	Mark Willams	3	3	15	7	+8	3
2	Mark King	3	2	13	12	+1	2
3	James Wattana	3	1	12	10	+2	1
4	Soheil Vahedi	3	0	4	15	−11	0

• James Wattana 4–5 Mark King
• Mark Williams 5–1 Soheil Vahedi
• Soheil Vahedi 3–5 Mark King
• Mark Williams 5–3 James Wattana
• Mark Williams 5–3 Mark King
• James Wattana 5–0 Soheil Vahedi

Group G

POS	Player	MP	MW	FW	FL	FD	PTS
1	Graeme Dott	3	3	15	2	+13	3
2	David Gilbert	3	2	11	12	−1	2
3	Martin Gould	3	1	10	11	−1	1
4	Andy Lee	3	0	4	15	−11	0

• Graeme Dott 5–1 David Gilbert
• Martin Gould 5–1 Andy Lee
• Martin Gould 4–5 David Gilbert
• Graeme Dott 5–0 Andy Lee
• Andy Lee 3–5 David Gilbert
• Martin Gould 1–5 Graeme Dott

Group H

POS	Player	MP	MW	FW	FL	FD	PTS
1	Marco Fu	3	2	13	9	+4	2
2	Ben Woollaston	3	2	12	11	+1	2
3	Michael White	3	1	10	12	−2	1
4	Darren Morgan	3	1	10	13	−3	1

• Ben Woollaston 2–5 Michael White
• Marco Fu 5–2 Darren Morgan
• Marco Fu 5–2 Michael White
• Ben Woollaston 5–3 Darren Morgan
• Marco Fu 3–5 Ben Woollaston
• Darren Morgan 5–3 Michael White

Knockout stage

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

External links

• Official website