Snooker champion of champions 2021 Thread

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Champion of Champions takes place from Monday 15th November until Sunday 21st November in Bolton. 16 players, 4 groups with 4 each, the 2 winners will play each other in evening session and the winner of the group will advance to the semi finals. The group stage afternoon matches will be best of 7, whilst the evening group final (effectively quarter final) matches are best of 11. Semi finals are best of 11 and the final will be best of 19. Coverage will be on ITV4, afternoon coverage will be at 12:45 and evening coverage will be at 18:45.

Here are the 16 players that have qualified.

Mark Allen Champions of Champions 2020 winner, 2021 Northern Ireland Open winner (Mark Allen has withdrawn and will be replaced with Ding Junhui)

Judd Trump Northern Ireland Open 2020 winner, World Grand Prix 2020 winner, German Masters 2021, Gibraltar Open 2021 winner
Neil Robertson UK Championship 2020 winner, Tour Championship 2021 winner, English Open 2021 winner
Mark Selby 2021 World champion, Scottish Open 2020 winner.
Yan Bingtao Masters 2021 winner
Ryan Day Snooker shoot Out 2021 winner
Jordan Brown Welsh Open 2021 winner
John Higgins Players Championship 2021 winner
Mark Williams Pro series 2021 winner, British Open 2021 winner
Kyren Wilson 2021 Championship league winner
Shaun Murphy 2021 world championship runner up
David Lilley 2021 world seniors champion
David Gilbert 2021 Championship league winner
Ronnie O'Sullivan Ranking
Stephen Maguire Ranking
Ding Junhui Ranking
Stuart Bingham Ranking


Group 1
Judd Trump 4-1 David Lilley
Stephen Maguire 2-4 Ryan Day
Group final:
Judd Trump 6-0 Ryan Day

Group 4
Neil Robertson 4-2 Mark Williams
Kyren Wilson 4-2 Jordan Brown
Group final:
Neil Robertson 4-6 Kyren Wilson

Group 2
Mark Selby 4-3 David Gilbert
Shaun Murphy 1-4 Yan Bingtao
Group final:
Mark Selby 3-6 Yan Bingtao

Group 3
Ronnie O'Sullivan 4-2 Stuart Bingham
John Higgins 4-3 Ding Junhui
Group final:
Ronnie O'Sullivan 1-6 John Higgins

Semi finals (Best of 11)
Judd Trump 6-0 Kyren Wilson
Yan Bingtao 5-6 John Higgins


The final (Best of 19)
Sunday 21st November
13:00 and 19:00
Judd Trump 10-4 John Higgins