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The 2018 Shoot Out (officially the 2018 Coral Snooker Shoot Out) was a professional ranking snooker tournament, that took place from 8–11 February 2018 in Watford, England.[1] It was played under a variation of the standard rules of snooker,[2] and was the fourteenth ranking event of the 2017/2018 season.
Tournament information | |
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Dates | 8–11 February 2018 |
Venue | Watford Colosseum |
City | Watford |
Country | England |
Organisation | World Snooker Tour |
Format | Ranking event |
Total prize fund | £146,000 |
Winner's share | £32,000 |
Highest break | Michael Georgiou (CYP) (109) |
Final | |
Champion | Michael Georgiou (CYP) |
Runner-up | Graeme Dott (SCO) |
Score | 67–56 (one frame) |
← 2017 2019 → |
Anthony McGill was the defending champion, but he lost to Mark Davis in the first round, after Davis made a break of 102.[3][4]
Michael Georgiou won his first ever ranking title, beating Graeme Dott 67–56 in the final.[5][6] None of the top five players in the world rankings at the time, (Mark Selby, Ronnie O'Sullivan, Judd Trump, Ding Junhui and John Higgins) had entered the tournament.[7]
The tournament was played using a variation of the traditional snooker rules. The draw was randomised before each round. All matches were played over a single frame, each of which lasted up to 10 minutes. The event featured a variable shot clock; shots played in the first five minutes were allowed 15 seconds while the final five had a 10-second timer. All foul shots awarded the opponent a ball in hand. Unlike traditional snooker, if a ball did not hit a cushion on every shot, it was a foul. Rather than a coin toss, a lag was used to choose which player breaks. In the event of a draw, each player received a shot at the blue ball this is known as a "blue ball shootout". The player who potted the ball with the cue ball from inside the D and the blue ball on its spot with the opponent missing won the match.
The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:[8]
All times in Greenwich Mean Time. Times for quarter-finals, semi-finals and final are approximate. Players in bold denote match winners.
Note: w/d=withdrawn; w/o=walk-over
Final: 1 frame. Referee: Desislava Bozhilova Watford Colosseum, Watford, England, 11 February 2018 – 21:45 | ||
Michael Georgiou Cyprus |
67–56 | Graeme Dott Scotland |
Total: 2[9]
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