2017 World Seniors Championship

The 2017 World Seniors Championship was a snooker tournament, that took place at the Baths Hall in Scunthorpe, England, from 22 to 24 March 2017. Qualifying for the tournament was open to non-tour players, who were aged 40 and over on 1 January 2017.[1] The champion received a place in the qualifying tournament for the 2017 World Snooker Championship in Sheffield.

2017 World Seniors Championship
Tournament information
Dates22–24 March 2017 (2017-03-22 – 2017-03-24)
VenueBaths Hall
CityScunthorpe
CountryEngland
OrganisationSnooker Legends
FormatSeniors event
Total prize fund£18,500
Winner's share£10,000
Highest breakEngland Peter Lines (69)
Final
ChampionEngland Peter Lines
Runner-upEngland John Parrott
Score4–0
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Mark Davis was the champion of the previous event. However he was not eligible for this year's edition, as it was exclusively for non-tour players.[1] Snooker Legends organised the event for the first time having replaced the WPBSA who previously sanctioned the event. Peter Lines won the tournament without losing a single frame. He beat John Parrott 4–0 in the final.[2]

Prize fund

The breakdown of the tournament prizes is shown below:[1]

  • Winner: £10,000 and a place in WC qualifying
  • Runner-up: £3,000
  • Semi-finalist: £1,500
  • Quarter-finalist: £500
  • Highest break: £500
  • Total: £18,500

Field

Seeded players

Players were seeded based on the titles won during their professional careers:[1]

  1. Scotland Stephen Hendry – 7 world titles (1990, 1992–96, 1999), 18 triple crown events
  2. Canada Cliff Thorburn – 1 world title (1980), 4 triple crown events
  3. England John Parrott – 1 world title (1991), 2 triple crown events, 9 ranking events
  4. Northern Ireland Dennis Taylor – 1 world title (1985), 2 triple crown events, 2 ranking events
  5. England Joe Johnson – 1 world title (1986), 1 triple crown event
  6. Republic of Ireland Patsy Fagan – 1 triple crown event
  7. England Tony Knowles – 2 ranking events
  8. England Willie Thorne – 1 ranking event

Steve Davis, Ray Reardon, Terry Griffiths, Tony Meo and Doug Mountjoy were invited to take part, but declined.

Qualifying

Four qualifying events took place during February and March 2017:[3]

  • 17–19 February: The Crucible Sports and Social Club, Newbury, England (Qualifying Event 1)
  • 23–25 February: The Northern Snooker Centre, Leeds, England (Qualifying Event 2)
    • Qualifier: England Jonathan Bagley
  • 3–5 March: Ballroom Nürnberg, Nuremberg, Germany (Qualifying Event 3)
    • Qualifier: England Aiden Owens
  • 10–12 March – D’Arcy McGees at Spawell, Dublin, Ireland (Qualifying Event 4)

Each qualifier took their place alongside the eight invited players in the main draw of the championship.

Main draw
Round 1
Best of 5 frames 		Quarter-finals
Best of 5 frames 		Semi-finals
Best of 5 frames 		Final
Best of 7 frames
        
Scotland Stephen Hendry (1) 3*
England Aiden Owens 2
England Willie Thorne (8) 1
England Aiden Owens 3
Scotland Stephen Hendry (1) 0
England Peter Lines 3
Northern Ireland Dennis Taylor (4) 0
England Peter Lines 3
Republic of Ireland Patsy Fagan (6) 0
England Peter Lines 3
England Peter Lines 4
England John Parrott (3) 0
England John Parrott (3) 3
England Joe Johnson (5) 0
England Joe Johnson (5) 3
Northern Ireland Patrick Wallace 0
England John Parrott (3) 3*
England Jonathan Bagley 2
Canada Cliff Thorburn (2) 0
England Jonathan Bagley 3
England Tony Knowles (7) 2
England Jonathan Bagley 3*
  • All matches were played with a 30-second shot clock with players having two time-outs per match
  • *Re-spotted black ball replaced final frame deciders

Final
Final: Best of 7 frames. Referee: Michaela Tabb.
Baths Hall, Scunthorpe, 24 March 2017.
Peter Lines
 England		 4–0 John Parrott (3)
 England
41 Highest break 23
0 Century breaks 0
0 50+ breaks 0

50+ breaks

References
  1. "Press Release: The 2017 World Seniors Championships" (PDF). snookerlegends.co.uk. Retrieved 22 March 2017.
  2. "Hendry loses as Lines wins World Seniors". BBC Sport.
  3. "Snooker Legends / Results 2017". snookerlegends.co.uk. Retrieved 22 March 2017.
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