2012 World Snooker Championship
The Snooker World Championship 2012 took place from 21 April to 7 May 2012 at the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield held and concluded the snooker season 2011/12.
Defending champion was the Scot John Higgins, who, however, in the second round with 4:13 to retire against Stephen Hendry.
In the final, Ronnie O'Sullivan put in a re-edition of the World Cup finals of 2008 against Allister Carter by 18:11, becoming the fourth time world champion.
- 3.1 Round 1
- 3.2 Round 2
- 4.1 Round 1
- 4.2 Round 2-5
- 5.1 Main Round
- 5.2 Qualifying Round
Prize money and world ranking points
- * 1 Set players who lose their first game, receive only half credit.
Main Round
Already in the first round, there were some surprises. So won with Cao Yupeng ( 10:6 against Mark Allen) and Jamie Jones ( 10:8 against Shaun Murphy, the 2005 World Champion ) two of the three Crucible debutant their opening game. For a further surprise was David Gilbert, Martin Gould beat with 10:8 and thus as Andrew Higginson first moved into his career in a World Cup knockout round. Overall eliminated in the first round of eight seeded players, so the record was set in 1992.
In the match against Stuart Bingham Stephen Hendry scored a maximum break, Hendry won the game relatively clear with 10:4. Neil Robertson succeeded in his opening game as the fourth player in the history of the World Cup a "Century hat-trick ". The other three players were Ronnie O'Sullivan, John Higgins and Mark Selby.
Luca Brecel was 17 years and 45 days, the youngest participants in the main round of World Snooker Championship. He thus broke the record established by Stephen Hendry (17 years, 99 days) of 1986. Moreover Brecel was the first Belgian player to reach the main round at the Crucible.
For negative headlines ensured Mark Allen and Ding Junhui after their opening defeat due to their statements at the press conference: Allen described his opponents Cao Yupeng and other Chinese players there as a " cheat " (Eng. cheaters ). In his opinion, Cao had played a puncture, which the referee Paul Collier but not evaluated as a challenge. According to Allen Cao had this challenge are intended for the purposes of the gentlemen sport itself. However, he also acknowledged that his opponent played very well and such actions would not have been necessary. Ding Junhui, however, complained about the bad tables and the audience, describing both as "rubbish " (Eng. waste). Even before the World Cup there had been controversy when Mark Williams remarked on twitter negatively about the Crucible Theatre and inspired a relocation of the tournament to another location.
The world number one Mark Selby played an injury under his normal form, and was defeated in his first round match Barry Hawkins with 3:10. After Ali Carter, a semifinalist in 2010, had previously played a rather weak season, he appeared in his first game in good form and defeated Mark Davis clearly with 10:2.
After the second round the five top-seeded players were eliminated. While Judd Trump yet playful a 12:9 projection against Allister Carter, John Higgins and Mark Williams lost their games each relatively clear. With Neil Robertson and Stephen Maguire are only two players from the top ten in the world rankings were thus doing. The Welsh qualifier Jamie Jones reached the quarter- finals of a full-fledged world ranking tournament for the first time.
Stephen Hendry in the 1990s, seven -time world champion, announced after his quarter-final defeat to Stephen Maguire his retirement from professional snooker known.
For the first time there were two female referees, with Zhu Ying first time a Chinese woman. The other referee Michaela Tabb was that as early as 2009 the finale initiated.
Final
Pre-qualification
The pre-qualifying was held in Sheffield on April 5, 2012.
Round 1
Round 2
Qualification
The qualifying rounds 1-4 took place from 6 to 12 April 2012 in Sheffield instead. The final qualifying round on 14-15. April also held in Sheffield in 2012.
Round 1
Round 2-5
After the 7 -time world champion Stephen Hendry had fallen during the season in the top 16, he had to qualify for the first time since 1988 in Qualifying Round 5 for the main round. He suggested there Yu Delu with 10:6.
Steve Davis had in Round 4 of the qualification defeated the almost 30 years younger than Ben Woollaston with 7:10 and thus retired early from the tournament.
The Belgian youngster Luca Brecel could, standing at World No. 87, collected by four qualifying wins in the main round of the last 32. Other debutants at the Crucible Theatre belonged to the Chinese Cao Yupeng and Welshman Jamie Jones.
Igor Figueiredo could fight through the rounds 1-3 in qualifying, before he failed in round 4 at Joe Jogia with 7:10. China first participated with four players in the final tournament after three players after qualifying and Ding Junhui was set by his World Ranking.
Peter Ebdon, the 2012 won the China Open, the last tournament before the World Cup, underlined with a smooth 10-0 victory over Alfie Burden in his only qualifier his good form. Robert Milkins achieved - for the second time in his career after 2006 - a maximum break in the World Cup qualifying, the final round but did not reach after he lost in the final qualifying round Mark Davis.
VQ = Winner of Vorqualifikationsrunden ( WPBSA members; during the 2011/12 season not on the Main Tour )
Century- Breaks
Main Round
Qualifying round