2016 Six-red World Championship

The 2016 SangSom Six-red World Championship was a six-red snooker tournament held between 5 and 10 September 2016 at the Bangkok Convention Center in Bangkok, Thailand.^[1] It featured 48 players from 16 different nations.^[2]

Six-red World Championship

Tournament information
Dates	5–10 September 2016 (2016-09-05 – 2016-09-10)
Venue	Bangkok Convention Center
City	Bangkok
Country	Thailand
Organisation	WPBSA
Winner's share	£45,000
Highest break	75 (x3)
Final
Champion	Ding Junhui
Runner-up	Stuart Bingham
Score	8–7
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Thepchaiya Un-Nooh was the defending champion, but he lost 2–6 in the last 16 round to Stephen Maguire. Ding Junhui won the title by beating Stuart Bingham 8–7 in the final. Bingham won the first frame of the final, but Ding then built a 3–1 lead. The match then went to 4-4. Ding later led 7-5 but did not pot any balls in the next two frames as Bingham levelled the match at 7-7. In the last frame, Ding made a clearance of 29 to win the match on the final black.^[2]

Prize money

The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:

• Winner: 2,500,000 baht
• Runner-up: 1,000,000 baht
• Semi-finalists: 500,000 baht
• Quarter-finalists: 250,000 baht
• Last 16: 125,000 baht
• Last 32: 62,500 baht
• Group stage: 31,250 baht
• Total: 8,000,000 baht

Round-robin stage

The top four players from each group qualified for the knock-out stage. All matches were best of 9 frames.

Group A

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POS Player MP MW FW FL FD PTS 1 Mark Davis 5 5 25 7 +18 5 2 Ishpreet Singh Chadha 5 3 17 16 +1 3 3 Thepchaiya Un-Nooh 5 3 16 19 −3 3 4 Lukas Kleckers 5 2 17 18 −1 2 5 Rod Lawler 5 1 15 22 −7 1 6 Mohammed Shehab 5 1 16 24 −8 1

Thepchaiya Un-Nooh 5–2 Mohammed Shehab Mark Davis 5–0 Ishpreet Singh Chadha Rod Lawler 1–5 Lukas Kleckers Thepchaiya Un-Nooh 5–3 Lukas Kleckers Mark Davis 5–1 Rod Lawler Ishpreet Singh Chadha 5–3 Mohammed Shehab Thepchaiya Un-Nooh 5–4 Rod Lawler Mark Davis 5–4 Mohammed Shehab Ishpreet Singh Chadha 5–2 Lukas Kleckers Thepchaiya Un-Nooh 1–5 Ishpreet Singh Chadha Rod Lawler 4–5 Mohammed Shehab Mark Davis 5–2 Lukas Kleckers Thepchaiya Un-Nooh 0–5 Mark Davis Rod Lawler 5–2 Ishpreet Singh Chadha Mohammed Shehab 2–5 Lukas Kleckers

Group B

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POS Player MP MW FW FL FD PTS 1 Liang Wenbo 5 4 23 10 +11 4 2 Sunny Akani 5 3 23 17 +9 3 3 Martin Gould 5 3 17 15 +2 3 4 Michael Holt 5 2 21 19 −4 2 5 Basem Eltahhan 5 2 12 23 −7 2 6 Chau Hon Man 5 1 12 24 −11 1

Martin Gould 5–0 Basem Eltahhan Liang Wenbo 5–0 Chau Hon Man Michael Holt 4–5 Sunny Akani Martin Gould 0–5 Sunny Akani Liang Wenbo 5–3 Michael Holt Chau Hon Man 4–5 Basem Eltahhan Martin Gould 5–1 Chau Hon Man Michael Holt 5–2 Basem Eltahhan Liang Wenbo 3–5 Sunny Akani Chau Hon Man 5–4 Sunny Akani Liang Wenbo 5–0 Basem Eltahhan Martin Gould 5–4 Michael Holt Martin Gould 2–5 Liang Wenbo Michael Holt 5–2 Chau Hon Man Basem Eltahhan 5–4 Sunny Akani

Group C

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POS Player MP MW FW FL FD PTS 1 Pankaj Advani 5 5 25 9 +16 5 2 Robert Milkins 5 3 22 18 +4 3 3 Dominic Dale 5 3 18 17 +1 3 4 Ding Junhui 5 2 17 17 0 2 5 Phaitoon Phonbun 5 2 12 19 −7 2 6 Ryan Thomerson 5 0 11 25 −14 0

Ding Junhui 4–5 Pankaj Advani Robert Milkins 5–4 Ryan Thomerson Dominic Dale 3–5 Phaitoon Phonbun Robert Milkins 5–1 Phaitoon Phonbun Ding Junhui 5–1 Phaitoon Phonbun Robert Milkins 3–5 Dominic Dale Ryan Thomerson 1–5 Pankaj Advani Ding Junhui 3–5 Robert Milkins Dominic Dale 5–4 Ryan Thomerson Pankaj Advani 5–0 Phaitoon Phonbun Ding Junhui 0–5 Dominic Dale Robert Milkins 4–5 Pankaj Advani Ryan Thomerson 1–5 Phaitoon Phonbun Ding Junhui 5–1 Ryan Thomerson Dominic Dale 0–5 Pankaj Advani

Group D

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POS Player MP MW FW FL FD PTS 1 David Gilbert 5 4 23 12 +11 4 2 Kritsanut Lertsattayathorn 5 3 20 16 +4 3 3 Ricky Walden 5 3 17 13 +4 3 4 Ben Woollaston 5 2 14 17 −3 2 5 Ahmed Galal 5 2 15 22 −7 2 6 Andrew Pagett 5 1 12 21 −9 1

Ricky Walden 5–1 Kritsanut Lertsattayathorn David Gilbert 5–2 Ben Woollaston Andrew Pagett 3–5 Ahmed Galal David Gilbert 5–0 Andrew Pagett Ben Woollaston 1–5 Kritsanut Lertsattayathorn Ricky Walden 1–5 Andrew Pagett Ben Woollaston 5–0 Ahmed Galal David Gilbert 3–5 Kritsanut Lertsattayathorn Ricky Walden 5–1 Ahmed Galal Ricky Walden 5–1 Ben Woollaston David Gilbert 5–4 Ahmed Galal Andrew Pagett 2–5 Kritsanut Lertsattayathorn Ricky Walden 1–5 David Gilbert Ben Woollaston 5–2 Andrew Pagett Ahmed Galal 5–4 Kritsanut Lertsattayathorn

Group E

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POS Player MP MW FW FL FD PTS 1 Stuart Bingham 5 5 25 6 +19 5 2 Ryan Day 5 4 20 14 +6 4 3 James Wattana 5 3 20 16 +4 3 4 Darren Morgan 5 1 15 24 −9 1 5 Wayne Brown 5 1 14 24 −10 1 6 Babar Masih 5 1 14 24 −10 1

Babar Masih 1–5 James Wattana Stuart Bingham 5–1 Babar Masih Ryan Day 5–1 Darren Morgan Wayne Brown 2–5 James Wattana Stuart Bingham 5–2 Darren Morgan Wayne Brown 4–5 Babar Masih Ryan Day 5–4 James Wattana Stuart Bingham 5–1 James Wattana Ryan Day 5–1 Wayne Brown Darren Morgan 5–4 Babar Masih Stuart Bingham 5–0 Ryan Day Wayne Brown 5–4 Darren Morgan Stuart Bingham 5–2 Wayne Brown Ryan Day 5–3 Babar Masih Wayne Brown 3–5 James Wattana

Group F

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POS Player MP MW FW FL FD PTS 1 Joe Perry 5 5 25 11 +14 5 2 Noppon Saengkham 5 4 21 14 +7 4 3 Michael White 5 3 22 13 +9 3 4 Ivan Kakovsky 5 2 14 23 −9 2 5 Sourav Kothari 5 1 13 20 −7 1 6 Hesham Abdelhmed 5 0 11 25 −14 0

Joe Perry 5–4 Hesham Abdelhmed Michael White 5–3 Sourav Kothari Ivan Kakovsky 3–5 Noppon Saengkham Joe Perry 5–1 Ivan Kakovsky Sourav Kothari 0–5 Noppon Saengkham Joe Perry 5–4 Michael White Ivan Kakovsky 5–4 Sourav Kothari Hesham Abdelhmed 3–5 Noppon Saengkham Joe Perry 5–1 Noppon Saengkham Michael White 5–0 Ivan Kakovsky Sourav Kothari 5–0 Hesham Abdelhmed Michael White 5–0 Hesham Abdelhmed Ivan Kakovsky 5–4 Hesham Abdelhmed Joe Perry 5–1 Sourav Kothari Michael White 3–5 Noppon Saengkham

Group G

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POS Player MP MW FW FL FD PTS 1 Stephen Maguire 5 4 24 13 +11 4 2 Yuan Sijun 5 4 22 17 +5 4 3 Suchakree Poomjang 5 3 21 15 +6 3 4 Mark Williams 5 3 21 17 +4 3 5 Mateusz Baranowski 5 1 11 21 −10 1 6 Daniell Haenga 5 0 9 25 −16 0

Mateusz Baranowski 5–1 Daniell Haenga Mark Williams 3–5 Yuan Sijun Stephen Maguire 5–3 Daniell Haenga Mateusz Baranowski 1–5 Suchakree Poomjaeng Mark Williams 5–3 Daniell Haenga Mateusz Baranowski 4–5 Yuan Sijun Stephen Maguire 4–5 Suchakree Poomjaeng Mark Williams 5–1 Mateusz Baranowski Stephen Maguire 5–2 Yuan Sijun Daniell Haenga 0–5 Suchakree Poomjaeng Mark Williams 3–5 Stephen Maguire Yuan Sijun 5–3 Suchakree Poomjaeng Mark Williams 5–3 Suchakree Poomjaeng Stephen Maguire 5–0 Daniell Haenga Daniell Haenga 2–5 Yuan Sijun

Group H

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POS Player MP MW FW FL FD PTS 1 Mark Selby 5 4 24 14 +10 4 2 Luca Brecel 5 4 20 10 +10 4 3 Matthew Selt 5 3 21 15 +6 3 4 Boonyarit Keattikun 5 2 18 20 −2 2 5 Peter McCullagh 5 2 12 15 −3 2 6 Moh Keen Ho 5 0 4 25 −21 0

Mark Selby 5–3 Keen Hoo Moh Matthew Selt 5–2 Peter McCullagh Luca Brecel 5–3 Boonyarit Keattikun Mark Selby 4–5 Luca Brecel Matthew Selt 5–0 Keen Hoo Moh Peter McCullagh 4–5 Boonyarit Keattikun Matthew Selt 5–3 Boonyarit Keattikun Luca Brecel 5–0 Keen Hoo Moh Mark Selby 5–1 Peter McCullagh Mark Selby 5–2 Boonyarit Keattikun Matthew Selt 3–5 Luca Brecel Peter McCullagh 5–0 Keen Hoo Moh Mark Selby 5–3 Matthew Selt Luca Brecel w/d–w/o Peter McCullagh Keen Hoo Moh 1–5 Boonyarit Keattikun

Knockout stage

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	Last 32 Best of 11 frames					Last 16 Best of 11 frames					Quarter-finals Best of 13 frames					Semi-finals Best of 13 frames					Final Best of 15 frames
	Mark Davis		4
	Ding Junhui		6
						Ding Junhui		6
						Ryan Day		3
	Ryan Day		6
	Suchakree Poomjang		3
											Ding Junhui		7
											Liang Wenbo		2
	Noppon Saengkham		6
	Matthew Selt		3
						Noppon Saengkham		5
						Liang Wenbo		6
	Liang Wenbo		6
	Ben Woollaston		4
																Ding Junhui		7
																Pankaj Advani		4
	Pankaj Advani		6
	Lukas Kleckers		0
						Pankaj Advani		6
						Yuan Sijun		4
	Yuan Sijun		6
	James Wattana		0
											Pankaj Advani		w/o
											Michael Holt		w/d
	Michael White		6
	Mark Selby		4
						Michael White		1
						Michael Holt		6
	Michael Holt		6
	David Gilbert		2
																					Ding Junhui		8
																					Stuart Bingham		7
	Stuart Bingham		6
	Mark Williams		5
						Stuart Bingham		6
						Dominic Dale		1
	Dominic Dale		6
	Ishpreet Singh Chadha		0
											Stuart Bingham		7
											Sunny Akani		4
	Sunny Akani		6
	Kritsanut Lertsattayathorn		3
						Sunny Akani		6
						Joe Perry		1
	Joe Perry		6
	Boonyarit Keattikun		5
																Stuart Bingham		7
																Stephen Maguire		1
	Stephen Maguire		6
	Darren Morgan		0
						Stephen Maguire		6
						Thepchaiya Un-Nooh		2
	Thepchaiya Un-Nooh		6
	Robert Milkins		2
											Stephen Maguire		7
											Luca Brecel		6
	Ricky Walden		6
	Martin Gould		2
						Ricky Walden		5
						Luca Brecel		6
	Luca Brecel		6
	Ivan Kakovsky		1

Final

Final: Best of 15 frames. Referee: Bangkok Convention Center, Bangkok, Thailand, 10 September 2016.
Ding Junhui  China	8–7	Stuart Bingham  England
26–34, 57–14, 72–0 (72), 46–0, 0–70 (70), 67–0 (67), 25–35, 0–40, 56–0, 56–0, 0–65, 52–8, 0–39, 0–49, 33–29
72	Highest break	70
2	50+ breaks	1

Maximum breaks

(Note: A maximum break in six-red snooker is 75.)

• Matthew Selt
• Liang Wenbo
• Pankaj Advani