2014 World Snooker Championship facts for kids

Quick facts for kids
2014 Dafabet World Snooker Championship

Tournament information
Dates	19 April – 5 May 2014
Venue	Crucible Theatre
City	Sheffield
Country	England
Organisation(s)	WPBSA
Format	Ranking event
Total prize fund	£1,214,000
Winner's share	£300,000
Highest break	Neil Robertson (AUS) (140)
Final
Champion	Mark Selby (ENG)
Runner-up	Ronnie O'Sullivan (ENG)
Score	18–14
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The 2014 World Snooker Championship was a big professional snooker tournament. Snooker is a cue sport played on a large table covered with green cloth. Players use a cue stick to hit a white cue ball, aiming to pot 15 red balls and 6 coloured balls in a specific order.

This exciting event happened from April 19 to May 5, 2014. It took place at the famous Crucible Theatre in Sheffield, England. This was the 38th time the World Snooker Championship was held at the Crucible. It was also the very last big tournament of the 2013-14 snooker season. A company called Dafabet sponsored the event for the first time.

Ronnie O'Sullivan was the champion from the year before. He had won the 2013 event. But this year, Mark Selby won his first world title! He beat O'Sullivan 18–14 in the final match. This win was Selby's fourth major title. It also meant he had won the "Triple Crown" of snooker. This includes the World Championship, the UK Championship, and the Masters titles.

Neil Robertson made the highest break of the tournament, scoring 140 points in one turn. He also made his 100th "century break" (scoring 100 or more points in one turn) of the season during his quarter-final win. The total money given out in prizes was £1,214,000. The winner, Mark Selby, received a huge £300,000!

Prize Money

The total prize money for the 2014 World Snooker Championship was a lot! It was raised to £1,214,000, which was more than the year before. The winner got £300,000, which was £50,000 more than the previous winner. Here is how the prize money was shared:

Tournament Highlights

The tournament started with 32 players. These included the top 16 players in the world. The other 16 players had to win qualifying matches to get into the main event.

The first round matches were played over two days. Each match was the best of 19 frames. This means the first player to win 10 frames won the match.

Key Matches

• A big surprise happened when Michael Wasley, a player making his first appearance, beat the fourth-seeded player, Ding Junhui, by a score of 10–9.
• Ronnie O'Sullivan played very well. He won his first two matches easily. He finished them with a "session to spare," which means he won before all the planned frames were played. This was the first time he had done this since 2004.
• In the quarter-finals, Neil Robertson played Judd Trump. Robertson won 13–11 in a very close match. During this match, Robertson made his 100th century break of the season!
• The final match was between Ronnie O'Sullivan and Mark Selby. It was a long match, played over two days. Selby won 18–14 to become the world champion for the first time.

Century Breaks

A "century break" in snooker means a player scores 100 points or more in one turn at the table. These are very impressive scores!

Televised Stage Centuries

There were 58 century breaks made during the matches shown on TV. For each century break, the sponsor Dafabet gave £100 to the Bluebell Wood Children's Hospice. Neil Robertson made the highest break of the whole event, scoring 140 points.

Qualifying Stage Centuries

Before the main tournament, players had to go through qualifying rounds. There were 69 century breaks made in these qualifying matches. The highest breaks were 139 points, made by both Martin O'Donnell and Andrew Higginson.

Images for kids

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  Debutant Michael Wasley (pictured in 2015) defeated fourth seed Ding Junhui 10–9 in the opening round

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  Ronnie O'Sullivan (pictured in 2013) won two matches with a session to spare for the first time since 2004

See also

In Spanish: Campeonato Mundial de Snooker de 2014 para niños