2016 World Seniors Championship Explained

Tournament Name:2016 World Seniors Championship
Venue:Guild Hall
Location:Preston
Country:England
Organisation:WPBSA
Format:Seniors event
Total Prize Fund:£50,000
Winners Share:£18,000
Highest Break: Dominic Dale (104)
Winner: Mark Davis
Runner Up: Darren Morgan
Score:2–1
Previous:2015
Next:2017

The 2016 World Seniors Championship (Known for sponsorship reasons as the 888sport World Seniors Championship) was a snooker tournament that took place on 30–31 January 2016 at the Guild Hall in Preston, England. Players had to be at least 40 years old at the end of the 2015/16 season.[1]

The championship was won by Mark Davis, who beat Darren Morgan 2–1 in the final. Defending champion Mark Williams lost to Anthony Hamilton in the last-16 round.

Prize fund

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

Field

Previous winners of the World Seniors Championship and the World Snooker Championship were exempted from qualifying and went directly into the last 16.[2]

Main draw

The draw for the last 16 was made on 23 December 2015.[3] The draw for the quarter-finals and semi-finals were made on a random basis after the previous round had finished. The last-16 round was played on 30 January with the quarter-finals on the afternoon of 31 January and the semi-finals and final on the same evening.

Final

Final: Best of 3 frames. Referee: .
Guild Hall, Preston, England, 31 January 2016.
Darren Morgan
1–2Mark Davis
15–62, 70–30 (55), 0–81 (76)
55Highest break76
0Century breaks0
150+ breaks1

Qualifying

These matches were played on 21 and 22 December 2015 at the Robin Park Arena, Sports and Tennis Centre in Wigan, England.[1]

Centuries

Main event centuries

[4]

Qualifying stage centuries

[5]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: World Seniors qualifiers, draw and format . worldsnooker.com . . 4 December 2015 . 21 December 2015 . 22 December 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20151222103950/http://www.worldsnooker.com/world-seniors-qualifiers-draw-and-format/ . live .
  2. Web site: Snooker's World Seniors Line-up announced . worldsnooker.com . . 4 December 2015 . 21 December 2015 . 22 December 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20151222122049/http://www.worldsnooker.com/snookers-world-seniors-line-up-announced/ . live .
  3. Web site: Line up Confirmed for World Seniors Snooker - World Snooker . 8 January 2016 . 2 January 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160102194905/http://www.worldsnooker.com/line-up-confirmed-for-world-seniors-snooker/ . live .
  4. Web site: World Seniors Championship: century breaks . worldsnookerdata.com . . 31 January 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160131215031/http://livescores.worldsnookerdata.com/Centuries/CenturyBreaks/13875/world-seniors-championship . 31 January 2016 . dead . dmy-all .
  5. Web site: World Seniors Championship qualifiers: century breaks . worldsnookerdata.com . . 21 December 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20151222092935/http://livescores.worldsnookerdata.com/Centuries/CenturyBreaks/13876/world-seniors-championship-qualifiers . 22 December 2015 . dead . dmy-all .