World Snooker Championship 2007

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The 2007 888.com World Snooker Championship will take place between the 21 April and 7 May 2007 at the Crucible Theatre, Sheffield. Graeme Dott is the defending champion. Well known players who have failed to qualify include Jimmy White who lost 4-10 to Jamie Burnett (which will only be the second time that White has missed the Crucible stages) Welsh Open finalist Andrew Higginson who lost 9-10 to Ricky Walden. The final qualifing round took place at the English Institute of Sport in Sheffield between the 12th-15th March 2007 which well known players, Mark King, James Wattana and Alan McManus went out, McManus, the first time in his career.

1 Qualification
- 1.1 Results
2 Qualified players
- 2.1 Seeded players
- 2.2 Qualifiers
3 Drawsheet/Results
4 Links

[edit] Qualification

Qualification for the World Snooker Championship 2007, was held between 23 February to 2 March 2007 and well known players who have failed to qualify to the final qualifying round include Jimmy White who lost 4-10 to Jamie Burnett (which will only be the second time that White has missed the Crucible stages) Welsh Open finalist Andrew Higginson who lost 9-10 to Ricky Walden. The final qualifing round took place at the English Institute of Sport in Sheffield between the 12th-15th March 2007 which well known players, Mark King, James Wattana and Alan McManus went out, McManus, the first time in his career. 32 players enter the first round, with the winners playing the 16 players in the next round. This continues for 2 more rounds, with the 16 winners progressing to play in the World Snooker Championship.

Players in bold qualify to play in the main draw of the World Championship.

[edit] Results

1st Round (Best of 19 Frames)

Bradley Jones 10-1 Issara Kachaiwong

Roy Stolk 10-7 Phil Seaton

Ben Woollaston 10-3 Del Smith

James Leadbetter 10-8 Les Dodd

2nd Round (19 Frames)	3rd Round (19 Frames)	4th Round (19 Frames)	Final Round (19 Frames)
Alfie Burden 10 - 9 Robert Stephen	David Gilbert 10 - 9 Alfie Burden	David Gilbert 10 - 6 Gerard Greene	David Gilbert 10 - 6 Mark King
Liu Song 10 - 3 Dene O'Kane	Liu Song 10 - 9 Tony Drago	Adrian Gunnell 10 - 9 Liu Song	Michael Holt 10 - 7 Adrian Gunnell
Judd Trump 10 - 8 Bradley Jones	Judd Trump 10 - 7 Shokat Ali	Judd Trump 10 - 7 Jamie Cope	Judd Trump 10 - 5 James Wattana
Tian Pengfei 10 - 2 Roy Stolk	Shailesh Jogia 10 - 4 Tian Pengfei	Drew Henry 10 - 7 Shailesh Jogia	Joe Perry 10 - 5 Drew Henry
Mark Joyce 10 - 6 Mohammed Shehab	Mark Joyce* ¹ w - o Robin Hull	Fergal O'Brien 10 - 4 Mark Joyce	Fergal O'Brien 10 - 5 Stuart Bingham
Alex Borg 10 - 3 Paul Wykes	Rory McLeod 10 - 6 Alex Borg	Rory McLeod 10 - 4 Tom Ford	Andy Hicks 10 - 4 Rory McLeod
Lee Page 10 - 1 Dermot McGlinchey	Paul Davies 10 - 1 Lee Page	Michael Judge 10 - 6 Paul Davies	Marco Fu 10 - 9 Michael Judge
Matthew Couch 10 - 5 Jamie Jones	Jimmy Michie 10 - 4 Matthew Couch	Mark Davis 10 - 2 Jimmy Michie	Ding Junhui 10 - 6 Mark Davis
Ian Preece 10 - 8 Ben Woollaston	Joe Delaney 10 - 7 Ian Preece	Joe Delaney 10 - 9 Barry Pinches	Joe Delaney 10 - 9 Alan McManus
Liang Wenbo 10-5 Jeff Cundy	Mike Dunn 10 - 3 Liang Wenbo	Dave Harold 10 - 3 Mike Dunn	Joe Swail 10 - 9 Dave Harold
Paul Davison 10- 8 Peter Lines	Jamie Burnett 10 - 5 Paul Davison	Jamie Burnett 10 - 4 Jimmy White	Nigel Bond 10 - 6 Jamie Burnett
Passakorn Suwannawat 10-4 Patrick Einsle	Passakorn Suwannawat 10 - 8 David Roe	Marcus Campbell 10 - 9 Passakorn Suwannawat	Ryan Day 10 - 5 Marcus Campbell
David Morris10 - 6 Christopher Melling	Andrew Norman 10 - 8 David Morris	Dominic Dale 10 - 8 Andrew Norman	Ian McCulloch 10 - 4 Dominic Dale
Lee Spick 10 - 4 Sean Storey	Mark Allen 10 - 5 Lee Spick	Mark Allen 10 - 5 Rod Lawler	Mark Allen 10 - 4 Robert Milkins
James Leadbetter 10 - 9 Christopher Norbury	James Leadbetter 10 - 3 Stuart Pettman	John Parrott 10 - 7 James Leadbetter	John Parrott 10 - 7 David Gray
Andrew Higginson 10 - 4 Mark Boyle	Andrew Higginson 10 - 6 Scott Mackenzie	Ricky Walden 10 - 9 Andrew Higginson	Mark Selby 10 - 6 Ricky Walden

¹Mark Joyce won, as Robin Hull withdrew?

[edit] Qualified players

[edit] Seeded players

[edit] Qualifiers

The first round draw was done by presenters Bill Turnbull and Sian Williams of BBC's Breakfast on March 19 and it was announed on Breakfast at 7.30 the next day.

[edit] Drawsheet/Results

Shown below are the results for each round, the numbers in brackets beside some of the players are their seeding ranks (each championship has 16 seeds and 16 qualifiers).

First Round

Second Round

Quarter-Finals

Semi-Finals

Best of 19 frames

Best of 25 frames

Best of 33 frames

Graeme Dott (1)

Ian McCulloch

Winner match 1

Winner match 2

Anthony Hamilton (16)

Marco Fu

Winner match 17

Winner match 18

Stephen Maguire (9)

Joe Perry

Winner match 3

Winner match 4

Mark Williams (8)

May

Joe Swail

Winner QF1

Winner QF2

John Higgins (5)

Michael Holt

Winner match 5

Winner match 6

Barry Hawkins (12)

Fergal O'Brien

Winner match 19

Winner match 20

Neil Robertson (13)

Ryan Day

Winner match 7

Winner match 8

Ronnie O'Sullivan (4)

Ding Junhui

Ken Doherty (5)

Mark Allen

Winner match 9

Winner match 10

Matthew Stevens (14)

Joe Delaney

Winner match 21

Winner match 22

Steve Davis (11)

John Parrott

Winner match 11

Winner match 12

Shaun Murphy (6)

May

Judd Trump

Winner QF3

Winner QF4

Peter Ebdon (7)

Nigel Bond

Winner match 13

Winner match 14

Stephen Lee (10)

Mark Selby

Winner match 23

Winner match 24

Ali Carter (15)

Andy Hicks

Winner match 15

Winner match 16

Stephen Hendry (2)

David Gilbert

Final (Best of 35 frames) Crucible Theatre, Sheffield, 6 & 7 May, 2007. Referee:
Winner SF1	–	Winner SF2
	Century Break: . Highest break: . Highest break by <other player>: .
<champion> wins 2007 888.com World Snooker Championship

[edit] Links

World Snooker page

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Winners and statistics
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