2018 Six-red World Championship – Wikipedia

Snooker tournament

The 2018 SangSom Six-red World Championship was a six-red snooker invitational tournament being held between 3 and 8 September 2018 at the Bangkok Convention Center in Bangkok, Thailand.^[2][3]

Mark Williams was the defending champion,^[4] but he lost in the last 16 to amateur player Mohammed Shehab.

The event was won by Kyren Wilson, defeating Ding Junhui 8–4 in the final.^[5]

Prize money[edit]

The breakdown of prize money is shown below:^[6]

• Winner: 3,500,000 baht
• Runner-up: 1,300,000 baht
• Semi-finalists: 750,000 baht
• Quarter-finalists: 375,000 baht
• Last 16: 150,000 baht
• Third in Group: 75,000 baht
• Fourth in Group: 50,000 baht
• Total: 10,000,000 baht

Round-robin stage[edit]

Group matches were played from 3–5 September. The top two players from each group qualified for the knock-out stage. All matches were the best of 9 frames.^[7]

Positions within the group were decided by the number of matches won (MW) and then, in the event of a tie, by the frame difference (FD). Where two players were still tied, the result of the match between them determined their positions. Where three players were still tied, the top position was determined by a draw and the other two positions by the result of the match between those two players.^[8]

Group A[edit]

Group B[edit]

Group C[edit]

Group D[edit]

Group E[edit]

Group F[edit]

Group G[edit]

Group H[edit]

Source:^[9][10]

Knockout stage[edit]

The last 16 matches and quarter-finals were played on 6 September, the semi-finals on 7 September and the final on 8 September.^[11][12]

Final: Best of 15 frames. Referee: Peggy Li Bangkok Convention Center, Bangkok, Thailand, 8 September 2018.
Kyren Wilson  England	8–4	Ding Junhui  China
35–18, 23–39, 1–35, 37–25, 39–0, 55–6 (55), 67–0 (67), 32–17, 24–30, 0–57, 40–0, 45–5
67	Highest break	31
2	50+ breaks	0

Maximum breaks[edit]

(Note: A maximum break in 6-red is 75)^[11]

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