2014 Snooker Shoot-Out

The 2014 888casino Snooker Shoot Out was a professional non-ranking snooker tournament that took place between 24–26 January 2014 at the Circus Arena in Blackpool. It was played under a variation of the standard rules of snooker.

888casino Snooker Shoot Out

Tournament information
Dates	24–26 January 2014
Venue	Circus Arena
City	Blackpool
Country	England
Organisation(s)	WPBSA
Format	Non-ranking event
Total prize fund	£130,000
Winner's share	£32,000
Highest break	Ryan Day (101)
Final
Champion	Dominic Dale
Runner-up	Stuart Bingham
Score	1–0 (77–19)
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Martin Gould was the defending champion,[1] but he lost 14–40 against Zhang Anda in round one.

Dominic Dale won the final 1–0 (77–19) against Stuart Bingham.[2]

Prize fund

The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:[3]

• Winner: £32,000
• Runner-up: £16,000
• Semi-final: £8,000
• Quarter-final: £4,000
• Last 16: £2,000
• Last 32: £1,000
• Last 64: £500
• Highest break: £2,000
• Total: £130,000

Draw

The draw for round one was made on 8 December 2013 and was broadcast live by Talksport.[4] The draw for each round including the semi-finals was made at random, conducted live at the venue. All times are UTC.[5][6][7] There was only one century break during the tournament. Ryan Day made a 101 break against Kurt Maflin.[8]

Round one

Friday, 24 January – 18:00 Zhang Anda 40–14 Martin Gould Cao Yupeng 65–1 Mark Selby Anthony Hamilton 31–52 Ali Carter Barry Hawkins 56–24 Rod Lawler Luca Brecel 50–67 Ben Woollaston Mark King 82–0 Mark Joyce Nigel Bond 62–47 Jamie Jones Fergal O'Brien 1–82 Dominic Dale Liam Highfield 72–15 Stephen Maguire Alfie Burden 103–4 Paul Davison Dave Harold 52–53 Jamie Cope Robbie Williams 54–29 Jack Lisowski Mike Dunn 29–34 Tom Ford David Gilbert 41–40 Anthony McGill Michael White 93–1 Barry Pinches Jimmy White 32–51 Jimmy Robertson

Saturday, 25 January – 12:00 Mark Williams 1–74 Mark Allen Rory McLeod 36–35 Peter Ebdon Stuart Bingham 89–42 Joe Perry Jamie Burnett 78–41 Dechawat Poomjaeng Kurt Maflin 52–49 Marcus Campbell Adam Duffy 39–97 Matthew Stevens Gerard Greene 19–64 Xiao Guodong Peter Lines 0–77 Michael Holt Ian Burns 0–88 Thepchaiya Un-Nooh Ricky Walden 13–62 Mark Davis Robert Milkins 34–65 Shaun Murphy Graeme Dott 29–22 Aditya Mehta Matthew Selt 43–29 John Higgins Ken Doherty 53–79 Alan McManus Andrew Higginson 46–8 Tian Pengfei Steve Davis 33–84 Ryan Day

Round two

Saturday, 25 January – 18:00 Shaun Murphy 0–85 Jamie Burnett Ryan Day 56–53 Michael White Xiao Guodong 30–41 Alan McManus Jamie Cope 8–62 Ali Carter Matthew Stevens 53–20 Nigel Bond Thepchaiya Un-Nooh 76–48 Michael Holt Zhang Anda 0–89 Stuart Bingham Rory McLeod 9–85 Matthew Selt

Saturday, 25 January – 18:00 Andrew Higginson 87–18 Liam Highfield Barry Hawkins 7–69 Dominic Dale Graeme Dott 72–0 Tom Ford Mark Allen 86–0 Robbie Williams Kurt Maflin 82–20 Cao Yupeng David Gilbert 43–72 Mark Davis Jimmy Robertson 22–47 Mark King Alfie Burden 62–5 Ben Woollaston

Round three

Sunday, 26 January – 14:00 Kurt Maflin 59–10 Jamie Burnett Mark Davis 109–0 Thepchaiya Un-Nooh Mark Allen 45–51 Dominic Dale Graeme Dott 61–1 Ali Carter

Sunday, 26 January – 14:00 Alan McManus 48–51 Matthew Stevens Andrew Higginson 40–22 Alfie Burden Mark King 1–59 Ryan Day Stuart Bingham 82–6 Matthew Selt

Quarter-finals

Sunday, 26 January – 19:00 Matthew Stevens 33–34 Stuart Bingham Dominic Dale 81–1 Andrew Higginson

Sunday, 26 January – 19:00 Kurt Maflin 7–105 Ryan Day Graeme Dott 57–7 Mark Davis

Semi-finals

• Sunday, 26 January – 19:00
  • Ryan Day 6–64 Dominic Dale
  • Graeme Dott 0–62 Stuart Bingham

Final

• Sunday, 26 January – 19:00
  • Dominic Dale 77–19 Stuart Bingham

Century breaks

• 101 Ryan Day

References

1. "Gould beats Allen in shoot-out final". Eurosport UK. Archived from the original on 30 December 2013. Retrieved 27 January 2013.
2. "Spaceman Into Orbit With Shoot-Out Triumph". worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. 26 January 2014. Retrieved 26 January 2014.
3. "Prize Money Breakdowns 2013/14". worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. 1 May 2013. Archived from the original on 12 October 2013. Retrieved 28 December 2013.
4. "888casino Shoot-Out Draw". worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. 9 December 2013. Retrieved 28 December 2013.
5. "888casino Snooker Shoot Out 2014 playing schedule" (PDF). worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Archived (PDF) from the original on 28 December 2013. Retrieved 28 December 2013.
6. "Results From Blackpool". worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. 25 January 2014. Retrieved 26 January 2014.
7. "888casino.com Snooker Shoot-Out (2014)". Snooker.org. Retrieved 26 January 2014.
8. "Shoot Out: century breaks". worldsnookerdata.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Archived from the original on 26 January 2014. Retrieved 26 January 2014.

External links

• 2014 888casino Snooker Shoot Out – Pictures by World Snooker at Facebook