2013 World Snooker Championship
The Snooker World Cup 2013, which took place from 20 April to 6 May 2013 at the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield, formed the conclusion of the snooker season 2012/13.
Defending champion Ronnie O'Sullivan was able to successfully defend his title with a 18:12 - Final victory over his compatriot Barry Hawkins. O'Sullivan was for the fifth time world champion.
- 3.1 Round 1
- 3.2 Round 2
- 3.3 Round 3
- 3.4 Round 4
- 5.1 Main Round
- 5.2 Qualifying Round
Prize money and world ranking points
Seeded players who lost their first game, received only half of the points ( in the table in parentheses).
Main Round
Tournament
Round 1
Defending champion Ronnie O'Sullivan, who had almost the entire season, took a break from professional snooker, started with a 10:4 victory over Marcus Campbell. For some co-favorite, however, was already in round one conclusion: With Neil Robertson failed the world champion of 2010 against Robert Milkins, and Mark Allen was beaten Mark King. Also the four -time world champion John Higgins failed to make the last sixteen. The most significant victory in the first round scored Ricky Walden, who against Michael Holt gave only one frame. Of the six Crucible debutant reached two the second round: Michael White won against his compatriot, the two-time world champion Mark Williams, with 10:6, and the Thais Dechawat Poomjaeng, who took the audience through his emotional play for himself, Stephen Maguire conquered with 10:9.
Second round
In the second round Michael White and Dechawat Poomjaeng clashed, with the Welsh dominated the game clearly and with 13:3 decided for themselves. In the duel of two former world champion Shaun Murphy defeated the Scots Graeme Dott with 13:11. In a new edition of the World Cup finals of 2008 and 2012 Ronnie O'Sullivan and Allister Carter met each other in the second round this time already. The defending champions dominated the game this time and sit by with 13:8. The world number one Mark Selby was eliminated also the favorite of the tournament; the winner of the UK Championship in 2012 and the Masters in 2013 was defeated Barry Hawkins 10:13 and missed the chance to win all three tournaments of the Triple Crown in a single season.
Quarterfinals
The quarter-final between Judd Trump and Shaun Murphy was decided only in the last 25 frames. After Trump had zürückgelegen with 3:8 frames, he won the decisive frame, which took 53 minutes. O'Sullivan had his quarter-final opponent Stuart Bingham little trouble, he defeated him after an intermediate level of 12:1 to 13:4. The successful World Cup debut of Michael White ended in the quarterfinals, where he defeated Ricky Walden. And by the victory of Barry Hawkins over Ding Junhui different from the last non- Brite from the tournament.
Semifinal
In the first semifinal there was a duel between Ronnie O'Sullivan and Judd Trump, the World Cup finalists of 2011. At the score of 6:6 the game for the last time was balanced, then O'Sullivan won three successive frames. This lead he built further and went with a 14:10 in the last session. He finally knocked Trump with 17:11 and became the first defending champion since Ken Doherty in 1998, the back reached the final. In frame 23, he was cautioned by referee Michaela Tabb for an obscene gesture.
In the second semifinal Ricky Walden had the better start against Barry Hawkins. In the first session after two Century Breaks and two breaks of more than 50 points, he had a 6-2 lead. In the prior of 12:8 for Walden Hawkins launched a series of eight frame profits; so he turned the game and eventually won it with 17:14. While he no break was succeeded by about 50 points in the first two sessions, he scored in the last two equal seven of them, including two Centuries.
Final
In the 7th frame of the 2nd session O'Sullivan played with 103 points his 128th Century break at the Crucible Theatre. He thus broke the pre-existing record of Stephen Hendry with 127 Centuries. O'Sullivan had three Centuries of 106, 133 and 124 points, followed by; so that the new record number is 131 for Barry Hawkins was the first World Cup final and only the second of a ranking tournament. In the following interview, O'Sullivan Hawkins certified extraordinary achievements and stressed no other opponent had been so hard to shake off in the course of the tournament. The question of whether this was his last World Cup finals, O'Sullivan left open.
Tournament Statistics
Final
Pre-qualification
The pre-qualifying was held in Sheffield on 4 and 5 April 2013.
Round 1
Round 2
Round 3
Round 4
Qualification
The qualifying rounds 1-3 took place from 6 to 11 April 2013 Sheffield instead. The final round was held on 13 and April 14, 2013 also held in Sheffield.
A = amateur player (not on the Main Tour during the 2012/13 season; qualification of Q- School -Order -of- Merit ) VQ = Winner of Vorqualifikationsrunden ( WPBSA members; during the 2012/13 season not on the Main Tour )
Century- Breaks
Main Round
Qualifying round