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Champions Cup (snooker)

Snooker tournament held in England

Summary

Snooker tournament held in England

FieldValue
tournament_nameChampions Cup
venueBrighton Centre
locationBrighton
countryEngland
establishment1995
organisationWorld Professional Billiards and Snooker Association
formatNon-ranking event
final year2001
Final ChampionSCO John Higgins

The Champions Cup was a professional non-ranking snooker tournament held in England that ran for eight seasons starting in the 1994/1995 season and was originally known as the Charity Challenge. The last champion was John Higgins.

History

The tournament was originally called the Charity Challenge. The event was unique by having the players compete for charity, with the prize money being donated to their respective causes. The event started in the 1994/1995 season and was contested by a 16-man field, but was reduced to an 8-man field by the 1996/1997 season. The event is most notable for Stephen Hendry compiling a maximum break in the deciding frame of the 1997 final against Ronnie O'Sullivan. It is the only time that a maximum break has been made in the deciding frame of a final in professional competition.

After five seasons the charity aspect was dropped and replaced with a new format. The event was re-branded the Champions Cup and was contested by the players, who won major tournaments in the previous season. In its inaugural year it adopted a “winner takes all” format with a £175,000 prize going to the winner, with the other contestants receiving nothing. The winner's prize was the second highest after the World Championship. In subsequent years the event had a more conventional prize money schedule.

The tournament was sponsored by Liverpool Victoria for all but the last two events. In 2000 the event was sponsored by TVN and there was no sponsor in 2001. The event was broadcast on ITV, but was dropped from the calendar after the 2001 event due to ITV discontinuing its snooker coverage.

Winners

YearWinnerRunner-upFinal scoreSeasonCharity ChallengeChampions Cup
1995SCO Stephen HendryNIR Dennis Taylor9–11994/1995
1996ENG Ronnie O'SullivanSCO John Higgins9–61995/1996
1997SCO Stephen HendryENG Ronnie O'Sullivan9–81996/1997
1998SCO John HigginsENG Ronnie O'Sullivan9–81997/1998
1999SCO John HigginsENG Ronnie O'Sullivan9–41998/1999
1999SCO Stephen HendryWAL Mark Williams7–51999/2000
2000ENG Ronnie O'SullivanWAL Mark Williams7–52000/2001
2001SCO John HigginsWAL Mark Williams7–42001/2002

References

References

  1. Turner, Chris. (2008). "Liverpool Victoria Charity Challenge/Champions Sup". Chris Turner's Snooker Archive.
  2. "Liverpool Victoria Charity Challenge". Snooker.org.
  3. "Liverpool Victoria Charity Challenge 1997". Snooker.org.
  4. "Liverpool Victoria Charity Challenge 1998". Snooker.org.
  5. "Charity Challenge 1999". Snooker.org.
  6. "Champions Cup Finals". Snooker.org.
  7. "Liverpool Victoria Champions Cup 1999". Snooker.org.
  8. "Champions Cup 2000". Snooker.org.
  9. "Champions Cup 2001". Snooker.org.
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