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2018 Coral Snooker Shoot Out
Tournament information
Dates8–11 February 2018 (2018-02-08 – 2018-02-11)
VenueWatford Colosseum
CityWatford
CountryEngland
OrganisationWorld Snooker Tour
FormatRanking event
Total prize fund£146,000
Winner's share£32,000
Highest break Michael Georgiou (CYP) (109)
Final
Champion Michael Georgiou (CYP)
Runner-up Graeme Dott (SCO)
Score67–56 (one frame)
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Snooker tournament

The 2018 Shoot Out (officially the 2018 Coral Snooker Shoot Out) was a professional ranking snooker tournament, that took place from 8–11 February 2018 in Watford, England. It was played under a variation of the standard rules of snooker, and was the fourteenth ranking event of the 2017/2018 season.

Anthony McGill was the defending champion, but he lost to Mark Davis in the first round, after Davis made a break of 102.

Michael Georgiou won his first ever ranking title, beating Graeme Dott 67–56 in the final. None of the top five players in the world rankings at the time, (Mark Selby, Ronnie O'Sullivan, Judd Trump, Ding Junhui and John Higgins) had entered the tournament.

Tournament format

The tournament was played using a variation of the traditional snooker rules. The draw was randomised before each round. All matches were played over a single frame, each of which lasted up to 10 minutes. The event featured a variable shot clock; shots played in the first five minutes were allowed 15 seconds while the final five had a 10-second timer. All foul shots awarded the opponent a ball in hand. Unlike traditional snooker, if a ball did not hit a cushion on every shot, it was a foul. Rather than a coin toss, a lag was used to choose which player breaks. In the event of a draw, each player received a shot at the blue ball this is known as a "blue ball shootout". The player who potted the ball with the cue ball from inside the D and the blue ball on its spot with the opponent missing won the match.

Prize fund

The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:

  • Winner: £32,000
  • Runner-up: £16,000
  • Semi-final: £8,000
  • Quarter-final: £4,000
  • Last 16: £2,000
  • Last 32: £1,000
  • Last 64: £500
  • Last 128: £250 (prize money at this stage did not count towards the world rankings)
  • Highest break: £2,000
  • Total: £146,000
  • The "rolling 147 prize" for a maximum break stood at £10,000

Tournament draw

All times in Greenwich Mean Time. Times for quarter-finals, semi-finals and final are approximate. Players in bold denote match winners.
Note: w/d=withdrawn; w/o=walk-over

Round 1

8 February – 12:00

8 February – 19:00

9 February – 12:00

Round 2

9 February – 19:00

10 February – 19:00

Round 3

11 February – 12:00

Round 4

11 February – 18:00

Quarter-finals

11 February – 20:00

Semi-finals

11 February – 21:15

Final

Final: 1 frame. Referee: Desislava Bozhilova
Watford Colosseum, Watford, England, 11 February 2018 – 21:45
Michael Georgiou
 Cyprus 		67–56 Graeme Dott
 Scotland

Century breaks

Total: 2

Notes

  1. Tian Pengfei beat Mark King in a sudden death blue ball shootout after the match finished level at 47–47.
  2. Joe Perry beat Mark Williams in a sudden death blue ball shootout after the match finished level at 56–56.
  3. Mark Davis beat Joe Perry in a sudden death blue ball shootout after the match finished level at 36–36.

References

  1. "2017/18 World Snooker Calendar" (PDF). World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. 14 July 2017. Retrieved 14 July 2017.
  2. Ramage, Ben (7 April 2018). "Totten aiming to beat the clock and take big scalps at Snooker Shoot-Out". dailyrecord.co.uk. Retrieved 19 April 2022.
  3. "Match Result - World Snooker Live Scores". livescores.worldsnookerdata.com. Archived from the original on 9 February 2018. Retrieved 8 February 2018.
  4. Newstead, Simon (8 February 2018). "Ton-up Davis beats defending champ". Bexhill-on-Sea Observer.
  5. "Georgiou Wins Maiden Title In Dott Thriller". World Snooker. 11 February 2018. Retrieved 12 February 2018.
  6. "Georgiou takes the win in Shoot Out final". 12 February 2018. p. 36.
  7. "McGill: I got my shot at Shoot Out glory". The Daily Record. 8 February 2018. p. 55.
  8. "Indicative Prize Money Rankings Schedule 2017/2018 Season" (PDF). worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. 14 July 2017. Retrieved 14 July 2017.
  9. "Centuries - World Snooker Live Scores". livescores.worldsnookerdata.com. Archived from the original on 9 February 2018. Retrieved 8 February 2018.
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