2012 UK Championship explained

Tournament Name:2012 williamhill.com UK Championship
Venue:Barbican Centre
Location:York
Country:England
Organisation:World Snooker
Format:Ranking event
Total Prize Fund:£637,500
Winners Share:£125,000
Highest Break: (147)
(147)
(147)
Score:10–6
Previous:2011
Next:2013

The 2012 UK Championship (officially the 2012 williamhill.com UK Championship) was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place between 1–9 December 2012 at the Barbican Centre in York, England. It was the fifth ranking event of the 2012/2013 season.[1]

For the first time in the history of snooker three maximum breaks were made in a ranking tournament, albeit at different venues. Andy Hicks made the 93rd official maximum break during his round 2 qualifying match against Daniel Wells. This was Hicks' first 147 break.[2] Just one day later Jack Lisowski compiled the 94th official maximum break during his round 3 qualifying match against Chen Zhe. This was Lisowski's first 147 break.[3] John Higgins made the 95th official maximum break during his last 16 match against Mark Davis. This was Higgins' seventh 147 break.[4] It also took the total number of maximum breaks for the season to seven.[5]

Judd Trump was the defending champion,[6] but he lost 5–6 against Mark Joyce in the last 32.[7] [8]

Mark Selby won his third ranking title by defeating Shaun Murphy 10–6 in the final.[9] This was the tournament's first all-English final since 1992, when Jimmy White defeated John Parrott 16–9. By reaching the final Selby also regained number one position in the rankings from Trump.[10] [11]

Prize fund

The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:[12]

Main draw

[13] [14] [15] [16]

Final

Final: Best of 19 frames. Referee: Leo Scullion.
Barbican Centre, York, England, 9 December 2012.[17]
Shaun Murphy (4)
6–10Mark Selby (2)
Afternoon: 64–11,,,,,,
Evening: 1–77,,,,,,,,
98Highest break98
0Century breaks0
350+ breaks6

Qualifying

These matches were held between 20 and 23 November 2012 at the World Snooker Academy in Sheffield, England.[18] [19] [20]

Century breaks

Televised stage centuries

[21]

Qualifying stage centuries

[22]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Tournament Calendar 2012/2013 . Snooker.org . 4 June 2012.
  2. Web site: Handy Andy Makes UK Maximum . worldsnooker.com . . 21 November 2012 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20121129024007/http://www.worldsnooker.com/page/NewsArticles/0%2C%2C13165~2987156%2C00.html . 29 November 2012 .
  3. Web site: Kalb . Rolf . UK Championship – Auch Lisowski gelingt ein Maximum-Break . . 22 November 2012 . de . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20121129145540/http://de.eurosport.yahoo.com/news/uk-championship-lisowski-gelingt-maximum-break-134201362.html . 29 November 2012 .
  4. Web site: John Higgins racks up maximum break at UK Championship. RTÉ.ie. 5 December 2012.
  5. Web site: Higgins Fires UK Maximum. worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. 6 December 2012.
  6. Web site: Fazackerley. Karen. UK Snooker Championship: Judd Trump beats Mark Allen to win title. BBC Sport. 8 November 2011.
  7. Web site: Carroll. Steve. Defending champion Judd Trump crashes out of williamhill.com UK Championship. The Press. 2 December 2012.
  8. Web site: Trump dumped out of UK Championship. ESPN. 2 December 2012.
  9. Web site: Selby secures York spoils. Sporting Life. 10 December 2012. 12 December 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20121212081530/http://www.sportinglife.com/snooker/news/article/663/8320647/selby-secures-york-spoils. dead.
  10. Web site: Hafez. Shamoon. UK Snooker Championship 2012: Mark Selby beats Mark Davis. BBC Sport. 10 December 2012.
  11. Web site: Turner . Chris . UK Championship . https://web.archive.org/web/20120216160153/http://www.cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/uk.html. 16 February 2012 . cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk . Chris Turner's Snooker Archive . 1 March 2011.
  12. Web site: Prize Money. worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. 19 November 2012.
  13. Web site: williamhill.com UK Championship 2012 draw and format. worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. 28 November 2012.
  14. Web site: UK Championship 2012 draw . . 7 January 2013 . https://www.webcitation.org/6DUbdcshC?url=http://3a43ed9bbf8e4c3a0092-e5ae3e47d460213726cd286f2f322a12.r38.cf3.rackcdn.com/add6ef2400b62409dbef13b0f4f8af19a_Print.pdf . 2013-01-07 . dead .
  15. Web site: williamhill.com UK Championship (2012). Snooker.org. 8 October 2011.
  16. Web site: UK Championship scores and schedule. BBC Sport. 1 December 2012.
  17. Web site: Final – Match 31 – Shaun Murphy v Mark Selby . worldsnookerdata.com . . 23 June 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160304202940/http://livescores.worldsnookerdata.com/Matches/Result/13176?matchId=154178 . 2016-03-04 . dead .
  18. Web site: williamhill.com UK Championship 2012 qualifiers draw and format. worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. 8 November 2012.
  19. Web site: UK Championship 2012 qualifiers draw . . 7 January 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160305175301/http://3a43ed9bbf8e4c3a0092-e5ae3e47d460213726cd286f2f322a12.r38.cf3.rackcdn.com/a1fc98caaafe2432e8e779349e59c92e3_Print.pdf . 2016-03-05 . dead .
  20. Web site: williamhill.com UK Championship Qualifiers (2012). Snooker.org. 8 November 2012.
  21. Web site: UK Championship centuries . worldsnookerdata.com . . 10 December 2012 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20121206035334/http://livescores.worldsnookerdata.com/Centuries.aspx?t=13176 . December 6, 2012 .
  22. Web site: UK Championship qualifiers centuries. worldsnookerdata.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. 23 November 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20121127223049/http://livescores.worldsnookerdata.com/Centuries.aspx?t=13177. 27 November 2012.

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