European Tour 2012/2013 – Event 6 Explained

Tournament Name:	Betfair European Tour 2012/2013 Event 6
Dates:
Venue:	World Snooker Academy Event Forum
Location:	Sheffield Fürstenfeldbruck
Country:	England Germany
Organisation:	World Snooker
Format:	Minor-ranking event
Total Prize Fund:	€70,000
Winners Share:	€12,000
Highest Break:	(141) (141) (141)
Score:	4–3
Previous:	ET5
Next:	PTC Finals

The Betfair European Tour 2012/2013 – Event 6 (also known as the 2013 FFB Open^[1] and the 2013 Arcaden Munich Open) was a professional minor-ranking snooker tournament that took place over 26–27 November 2012 at the World Snooker Academy in Sheffield, England with the first three rounds and 4–6 January 2013 at the Event Forum in Fürstenfeldbruck, Germany from the last 32 onwards.^[2]

Stephen Maguire was the defending champion,^[3] but he lost 2–4 in the last 32 against Anthony Hamilton.

Mark Selby won his 10th professional title by defeating Graeme Dott 4–3 in the final.^[4]

Prize fund and ranking points

The breakdown of prize money and ranking points of the event is shown below:^{[5] [6] [7]}

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Winner	€12,000	2,000
Runner-up	€6,000	1,600
Semi-finalist	€3,000	1,280
Quarter-finalist	€2,000	1,000
Last 16	€1,250	760
Last 32	€750	560
Last 64	€500	360
Total	€70,000	–

• ¹ Only professional players can earn ranking points.

Main draw

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Preliminary round

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Best of 7 frames

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	2–4	Justin Astley
Ross Higgins	4–0	Henry Roper

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Alex Taubman	2–4	Adam Wicheard
Joe Steele	4–1	Eden Sharav

Main rounds

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Top half

Section 4

Bottom half

Section 8

Finals

Century breaks

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• 141, 101 Anthony Hamilton
• 141 Jamie Cope
• 141 Thepchaiya Un-Nooh
• 140 Thanawat Thirapongpaiboon
• 139 Dominic Dale
• 137, 124, 106 Mark Selby
• 134 Ryan Day
• 129 Neil Robertson
• 128, 118, 105 Ben Woollaston
• 123, 117 Jack Lisowski
• 122 Mark King
• 120 Martin Gould
• 117 Matthew Stevens
• 117 Aditya Mehta
• 116 Alan McManus
• 115, 106, 102 Graeme Dott
• 113, 101 Rod Lawler
• 113 Ian Burns
• 113 Jimmy White
• 117 Fergal O'Brien

• 110, 109 Tian Pengfei
• 110 Joel Walker
• 109 Allan Taylor
• 109 Liu Chuang
• 108 Liang Wenbo
• 108 Mark Joyce
• 108 Stephen Maguire
• 107 Stuart Bingham
• 106, 105, 103 Marco Fu
• 106, 105 Xiao Guodong
• 106 Mark Davis
• 105 Joe Swail
• 103 Paul Davison
• 102, 100 Luca Brecel
• 101 Joe Perry
• 100 Jamie Burnett
• 100 Ricky Walden
• 100 Kyren Wilson
• 101 Liam Monk

Notes and References

1. Web site: FFB Open 2013 VIP-Ticket. snookerstars.de. Dragonstars Ticketshop. 21 November 2012. dead. https://archive.today/20121121110955/http://www.snookerstars.de/netzladen/index.php/eptc-vip-ticket-04-06-01-2013.html. 21 November 2012.
2. Web site: Tournament Calendar 2012/2013 . Snooker.org . 4 June 2012.
3. Web site: Maguire Breaks Trophy Drought. worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. 8 January 2012.
4. Web site: Selby run continues. Sporting Life. 6 January 2013. 20 March 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20130320185020/http://www.sportinglife.com/snooker/news/article/663/8384095/selby-run-continues. dead.
5. Web site: Betfair European Open 2012/2013 Entry pack for the Munich Open (ET6) . worldsnooker.com . . 21 November 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130122223318/http://www.worldsnooker.com/staticFiles/85/b8/0,,13165~178309,00.pdf . 22 January 2013 . dead .
6. Web site: Prize Money. worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. 23 August 2012.
7. Web site: The Tour Ranking Points Schedule 2012/2013 Season . worldsnooker.com . . DOC . 23 May 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130616122820/http://www.worldsnooker.com/staticFiles/67/b3/0,,13165~176999,00.doc . 16 June 2013 . dead .
8. Web site: Betfair European Tour 6 (Munich Open 2013) draw . . 6 January 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140507031837/http://3a43ed9bbf8e4c3a0092-e5ae3e47d460213726cd286f2f322a12.r38.cf3.rackcdn.com/a7cee6b40b9674249b0b0d5b6430f95db_Print.pdf . 7 May 2014 . dead .
9. Web site: Munich Open Germany (ET6) stage 1 draw. worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. 21 November 2012.
10. Web site: Munich Open qualifiers results. worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. 28 November 2012.
11. Web site: Betfair European Tour Event Six, Stage One (2012). Snooker.org. 21 November 2012.
12. Web site: Betfair European Tour Event 6, Munich Open 2013 main event draw. worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. 28 November 2012.
13. Web site: Arcaden Munich Open results. worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. 2 January 2013.
14. Web site: Betfair European Tour Event Six (2013). Snooker.org. 21 November 2012.
15. Web site: Munich Open Germany (ET6) centuries . worldsnookerdata.com . . 6 January 2013 . https://archive.today/20240526231125/https://www.webcitation.org/6NUwTI3LI?url=http://livescores.worldsnookerdata.com/CenturyBreakList/Tournament/13227 . 26 May 2024 . dead .