Champion of Champions: Draw, schedule, results & odds

The 2016 edition of snooker's Champion of Champions took place from November 8-13 at Coventry's Ricoh Arena, as Neil Robertson attempted to defend his title.

Sixteen of the world's best players contested this non-ranking event - having qualified by winning various big tournaments throughout the year - and were split into four groups, with the winner of each advancing to the semi-final stages.

Here, you can look back at how the event unfolded with all the results. 

Champion of Champions 2016 Group Draw

• Event each player won to qualify in brackets
• Seeded players in bold

GROUP 1
Neil Robertson (Defending champion & UK champion)
Ding Junhui (Shanghai Masters)
Ali Carter (World Open)
Stuart Bingham *

GROUP 2
Mark Selby (World Championship)
Liang Wenbo (English Open winner)
Mark Allen (Players Championship)
Joe Perry **

GROUP 3
Ronnie O'Sullivan (Masters)
Robin Hull (Shoot Out)
Martin Gould (German Masters)
Mark Davis (World Seniors)

GROUP 4 
Shaun Murphy (World Grand Prix)
John Higgins (China Championship)
Judd Trump (European Masters)
Anthony McGill (Indian Open)

* Stuart Bingham qualified as the leading player on the one-year ranking list who had not otherwise qualified after the International Championship, which was won by Mark Selby.

** Joe Perry replaces Marco Fu, who had qualified by virtue of winning the Gibraltar Open. Fu has opted to withdraw from the tournament so Perry gains entry as he is the highest ranked player on the one-year list who hasn't already qualified.

Champion of Champions Format

Over each of the first four days there will be two group semi-finals in the afternoon (best of seven) before the group final over 11 frames in the evening. The four group winners proceed to the best-of-11 frame semi-finals, played on Friday, November 11. A 19-frame final will be played over two sessions on Saturday, November 12.

Champion of Champions Daily Results

Monday November 7
Afternoon Session
Group 3 Semi-Finals (best of 7 frames)
Ronnie O'Sullivan 4-2 Robin Hull
Martin Gould 4-3 Mark Davis

Evening session
Group 3 Final (best of 11 frames)
Ronnie O'Sullivan 6-2 Martin Gould

Tuesday November 8
Afternoon Session
Group 1 Semi-Finals (best of 7 frames)
Afternoon session
Neil Robertson 2-4 Stuart Bingham
Ding Junhui 4-2 Ali Carter

Evening session
Group 1 Final (best of 11 frames)
Stuart Bingham 4-6 Ding Junhui

Wednesday November 9
Afternoon Session
Group 2 Semi-Finals (best of 7 frames)
Afternoon session
Mark Selby 4-0 Liang Wenbo
Mark Allen 4-2 Joe Perry

Evening session
Group 2 Final (best of 11 frames)
Mark Selby 5-6 Mark Allen

Thursday November 10
Afternoon Session
Group 4 Semi-Finals (best of 7 frames)
Afternoon session
Shaun Murphy 2-4 John Higgins
Judd Trump 4-3 Anthony McGill

Evening session
Group 4 Final (best of 11 frames)
John Higgins 6-4 Judd Trump

Friday November 11
Afternoon session
Semi-Finals (best of 11 frames)
Ding Junhui 5-6 John Higgins

Evening session
Semi-Finals (best of 11 frames)
Mark Allen 2-6 Ronnie O'Sullivan

Saturday November 12
Afternoon session
Final (best of 19 frames)
John Higgins 4-5 Ronnie O'Sullivan

Evening session
Final (best of 19 frames)
John Higgins 10-7 Ronnie O'Sullivan
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Champion of Champions Prize Fund

Winner: £100,000
Runner-up: £50,000
Semi-final: £25,000
Group runner-up: £10,000
First-round losers: £7,500
Total: £300,000

Champion of Champions History

This event was formally held back in 1978 and 1980 before being revived in his current format back in 2013 when it replaced the Premier League Snooker event on the calendar. 

Here is a list of the previous finals:

1978: Ray Readon 11-9 Alex Higgins
1980: Doug Mountjoy 10-8 John Virgo
2013: Ronnie O'Sullivan 10-8 Stuart Bingham
2014: Ronnie O'Sullivan 10-7 Judd Trump
2015: Neil Robertson 10-5 Mark Allen