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On Tuesday 28 of November, The legendary UK Championship starts. Eurosport, the snooker house, will issue (first round by Eurosport Player) in exclusive, the tournament in rigorous live, until the very end of Sunday 10 from December, with the comments of Arturo Pérez, Martin Pérez and Sergio Manuel Gutiérrez.
TELEVISION COVERAGE
SEASON CALENDAR 2017/18
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Historia UK Championship
The UK Championship has been running since the year 1977, with victory (12-9) Irishman Patsy Fagan's initial vs. Welshman Doug Mountjoy. The Welshman Mountjoy reached the final again in the next edition to achieve victory (15-9) against English David Taylor.
The tournament has varied venue several times. It began by playing on the premises Tower Circus in the town of BlackPool (England) with the aforementioned victory of Fagan. The second edition was held in Preston Guild Hall (venue where most of the qualifying rounds of the professional circuit are currently held) Preston (England). Preston became the venue for the UK Championship with victories for the well-known John Virgo, Steve Davis (two titles), Terry Griffiths and the missing Alex Higgins, who achieved the last victory (1983) del UK Championship, as an exhibition tournament.
In 1984, the UK Championship became a Ranking tournament. Becoming the second most important professional tournament on the circuit, only behind the World Championship. Steve Davis, was the great dominator of the tournament in the decade of the 80, with two crowns won as an exhibition tournament and a whopping four consecutive victories (1984-85-86-87) as a Ranking tournament. Davis is currently the most successful player at the English Open with six titles. Followed by Scottish player Stephen Hendry, with five titles, the first of them in 1989, winning Steve Davis himself in the final and the second of them in the next edition (1990) with the same rival (Steve Davis), with a spectacular comeback, with a very young Hendry on the ropes with the all-powerful Davis. Ronnie O'Sullivan as well as Stephen Hendry, holds five titles from the prestigious tournament. O'Sullivan achieved his first title of the year 1993, with only 17 years (defeating the aforementioned Hendry more than clearly) and his last title, a whopping of 21 years later, in editing 2014, with a 147 included in the quarterfinals.
| Champion | Finalist | Result | Enclosure | Season |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| No-Ranking | ||||
 Patsy Fagan |
 Doug Mountjoy |
12–9 | Tower Circus Blackpool | 1977/78 |
| Doug Mountjoy |
 David Taylor |
15–9 | Preston Guild HallPreston | 1978/79 |
| John Virgo |
Terry Griffiths |
14–13 | 1979/80 | |
| Steve Davis |
 Alex Higgins |
16–6 | 1980/81 | |
| Steve Davis |
Terry Griffiths |
16–3 | 1981/82 | |
| Terry Griffiths |
Alex Higgins |
16–15 | 1982/83 | |
| Alex Higgins |
Steve Davis |
16–15 | 1983/84 | |
| Ranking | ||||
| Steve Davis |
Alex Higgins |
16–8 | Preston Guild Hall Preston | 1984/85 |
| Steve Davis |
Willie Thorne |
16–14 | 1985/86 | |
| Steve Davis |
Neal Foulds |
16–7 | 1986/87 | |
| Steve Davis |
Jimmy White |
16–14 | 1987/88 | |
| Doug Mountjoy |
 Stephen Hendry |
16–12 | 1988/89 | |
| Stephen Hendry |
Steve Davis |
16–12 | 1989/90 | |
| Stephen Hendry |
Steve Davis |
16–15 | 1990/91 | |
| John Parrott |
Jimmy White |
16–13 | 1991/92 | |
| Jimmy White |
John Parrott |
16–9 | 1992/93 | |
| Ronnie O’Sullivan |
Stephen Hendry |
10–6 | 1993/94 | |
| Stephen Hendry |
Ken Doherty |
10–5 | 1994/95 | |
| Stephen Hendry |
Peter Ebdon |
10–3 | 1995/96 | |
| Stephen Hendry |
John Higgins |
10–9 | 1996/97 | |
| Ronnie O’Sullivan |
Stephen Hendry |
10–6 | 1997/98 | |
| John Higgins |
Matthew Stevens |
10–6 | Bournemouth International Centre Bournemouth | 1998/99 |
| Mark Williams |
Matthew Stevens |
10–8 | 1999/00 | |
| John Higgins |
Mark Williams |
10–4 | 2000/01 | |
| Ronnie O’Sullivan |
Ken Doherty |
10–1 | Barbican Centre York | 2001/02 |
| Mark Williams |
Ken Doherty |
10–9 | 2002/03 | |
| Matthew Stevens |
Stephen Hendry |
10–8 | 2003/04 | |
| Stephen Maguire |
David Gray |
10–1 | 2004/05 | |
 Ding Junhui |
Steve Davis |
10–6 | 2005/06 | |
| Peter Ebdon |
Stephen Hendry |
10–6 | 2006/07 | |
| Ronnie O’Sullivan |
Stephen Maguire |
10–2 | Telford International Centre Telford | 2007/08 |
| Shaun Murphy |
 Marco Fu |
10–9 | 2008/09 | |
| Ding Junhui |
John Higgins |
10–8 | 2009/10 | |
| John Higgins |
Mark Williams |
10–9 | 2010/11 | |
| Judd Trump |
Mark Allen |
10–8 | Barbican Centre York | 2011/12 |
| Mark Selby |
Shaun Murphy |
10–6 | 2012/13 | |
 Neil Robertson |
Mark Selby |
10–7 | 2013/14 | |
| Ronnie O’Sullivan |
Judd Trump |
10–9 | 2014/15 | |
| Neil Robertson |
Liang Wenbo |
10–5 | 2015/16 | |
| Mark Selby |
 Ronnie O’Sullivan |
10-7 | 2016/17 | |
Brief review of the history of the UK Championship, with a selection of the best videos.
Formato UK Championship 2017
The tournament will take place at the Barbican Center in York (England) with the following players:
UK CHAMPIONSHIP PLAYERS 2017
The UK Championship will be played to the best of 11 frames (win 6) from the first round, and until the semifinals. The grand finale to the best of 19 frames (win 10).
Premios UK Championship 2017
- Champion: £170,000
- Finalist: £75,000
- Semifinal: £35,000
- Quarter finals: £22,500
- Round of 16: £15,000
- Third round: £10,000
- Second round: £5,000
- Maximum break 147-155: £15,000
- Highest break of the tournament: £5,000
SESSIONS AND RESULTS
First round 28 November
| 7 | Ryan Day | 6 | in | 0 | Jamie Curtis-Barrett |
| 8 | Thepchaiya Un-Nooh | 6 | in | 5 | Elliot Slessor |
| 15 | Rory McLeod | 5 | in | 6 | Zhao Xintong |
| 16 | Marco Fu | 6 | in | 2 | Nigel Bond |
| 25 | Mike Dunn | 6 | in | 2 | Fang Xiongman |
| 26 | Mark King | 6 | in | 0 | Boonyarit Keattikun |
| 63 | Noppon Saengkham | 6 | in | 2 | Zhang you |
| 64 | Ding Junhui | 5 | in | 6 | Leo Fernandez |
| 21 | Kyren Wilson | 6 | in | 1 | Sean O’Sullivan |
| 22 | Yu De Lu | 6 | in | 2 | Ian Preece |
| 29 | Yan Bingtao | 6 | in | 1 | Zhang Yong |
| 30 | Ben Woollaston | 6 | in | 2 | Li Yuan |
| 31 | Tian Pengfei | 5 | in | 6 | Cao Yupeng |
| 32 | John Higgins | 6 | in | 1 | Chris Totten |
| 39 | Stephen Maguire | 6 | in | 1 | Yuan SiJun |
| 40 | David Grace | 4 | in | 6 | Like Jones |
First round 29 November
| 23 | Ricky Walden | 6 | in | 1 | Duane Jones |
| 24 | Jamie Jones | 6 | in | 3 | Craig Steadman |
| 27 | Sam Baird | 5 | in | 6 | Aditya Mehta |
| 28 | Luca Brecel | 6 | in | 4 | Soheil Vahedi |
| 45 | Mark Davis | 5 | in | 6 | Xu Si |
| 46 | Zhou Yuelong | 5 | in | 6 | Peter Lines |
| 59 | Hossein Vafaei | 6 | in | 4 | James Wattana |
| 60 | Anthony McGill | 6 | in | 2 | Ashley Hugill |
| 13 | Peter Ebdon | 6 | in | 3 | Allan Taylor |
| 14 | Anthony Hamilton | 1 | in | 6 | Lyu haotian |
| 17 | Shaun Murphy | 6 | in | 1 | Hamza Akbar |
| 18 | Daniel Wells | 4 | in | 6 | Liam Highfield |
| 20 | Jimmy Robertson | 6 | in | 1 | Alex Borg |
| 33 | Judd Trump | 6 | in | 0 | Matthew Bolton |
| 57 | Robbie Williams | 6 | in | 3 | Martin O’Donnell |
| 58 | Martin Gould | 6 | in | 3 | Joe Swail |
| 1 | Mark Selby | 6 | in | 4 | Basem Eltahhan |
| 2 | Scott Donaldson | 6 | in | 2 | John J Astley |
| 41 | Jack Lisowski | 6 | in | 4 | Wang Yuchen |
| 42 | Joe Perry | 6 | in | 1 | Billy Joe Castle |
| 47 | Oliver Lines | 6 | in | 3 | Mei Xi Wen |
| 48 | Mark Allen | 6 | in | 2 | Lukas Kleckers |
| 51 | Michael White | 6 | in | 5 | Ross Muir |
| 52 | Matthew Sold | 6 | in | 2 | Ian Burns |
First round 30 November
| 5 | Mark Williams | 6 | in | 0 | Paul S Davison |
| 6 | Andrew Higginson | 6 | in | 0 | Sam Craigie |
| 9 | Mark Joyce | 6 | in | 3 | Thor Chuan Leong |
| 10 | David Gilbert | 6 | in | 4 | Christopher Keogan |
| 35 | Graeme Dott | 6 | in | 2 | Josh Boileau |
| 37 | Liang Wenbo | 6 | in | 1 | Sanderson Lam |
| 38 | Stuart Carrington | 2 | in | 6 | Mitchell Mann |
| 56 | Fergal O’Brien | 4 | in | 6 | Akani Songsermsawad |
| 11 | Gary Wilson | 3 | in | 6 | Ken Doherty |
| 12 | Neil Robertson | 6 | in | 1 | Rod Lawler |
| 19 | Alan McManus | 6 | in | 3 | Robin Hull |
| 34 | Chris Wakelin | 6 | in | 1 | Lee Walker |
| 36 | Dominic Dale | 6 | in | 0 | Adam Duffy |
| 43 | Kurt Maflin | 6 | in | 1 | Alexander Ursenbacher |
| 44 | Ali Carter | 2 | in | 6 | Jimmy White |
| 55 | Michael Holt | 6 | in | 5 | Niu Zhuang |
| 3 | Li Hang | 6 | in | 1 | Gerard Greene |
| 4 | Robert Milkins | 6 | in | 1 | Chen Zhe |
| 49 | Ronnie O’Sullivan | 6 | in | 3 | Jackson Page |
| 50 | Alfie Burden | 5 | in | 6 | Michael Georgiou |
| 53 | Barry Hawkins | 6 | in | 1 | Kurt Dunham |
| 54 | Matthew Stevens | 3 | in | 6 | Hammad Miah | |
| 61 | Xiao Guodong | 6 | in | 0 | Chen Zifan |
| 62 | Tom Ford | 6 | in | 1 | Eden sharav |
FRIDAY 1 DECEMBER REST DAY
Saturday 2 December starts the second round with Eurosport TV cameras.
SECOND ROUND 2 DECEMBER
| 65 | Mark Selby | 3 | in | 6 | Scott Donaldson |
| 66 | Li Hang | 6 | in | 4 | Robert Milkins |
| 67 | Mark Williams | 6 | in | 2 | Andrew Higginson |
| 68 | Ryan Day | 6 | in | 3 | Thepchaiya Un-Nooh |
| 69 | Mark Joyce | 6 | in | 4 | David Gilbert |
| 70 | Ken Doherty | 2 | in | 6 | Neil Robertson |
| 71 | Peter Ebdon | 3 | in | 6 | Lyu haotian |
| 88 | Oliver Lines | 4 | in | 6 | Mark Allen |
| 72 | Zhao Xintong | 4 | in | 6 | Marco Fu |
| 81 | Judd Trump | 6 | in | 0 | Chris Wakelin |
| 82 | Graeme Dott | 6 | in | 5 | Dominic Dale |
| 83 | Liang Wenbo | 6 | in | 1 | Mitchell Mann |
| 84 | Stephen Maguire | 6 | in | 0 | Like Jones |
| 85 | Jack Lisowski | 3 | in | 6 | Joe Perry |
| 86 | Kurt Maflin | 6 | in | 2 | Jimmy White |
| 87 | Xu Si | 2 | in | 6 | Peter Lines |
SECOND ROUND 3 DECEMBER
| 73 | Shaun Murphy | 6 | in | 5 | Liam Highfield |
| 74 | Alan McManus | 5 | in | 6 | Jimmy Robertson |
| 75 | Kyren Wilson | 6 | in | 4 | Yu De Lu |
| 76 | Ricky Walden | 6 | in | 5 | Jamie Jones |
| 77 | Mike Dunn | 4 | in | 6 | Mark King |
| 78 | Aditya Mehta | 3 | in | 6 | Luca Brecel |
| 79 | Yan Bingtao | 6 | in | 1 | Ben Woollaston |
| 89 | Ronnie O’Sullivan | 6 | in | 1 | Michael Georgiou |
| 80 | Cao Yupeng | 4 | in | 6 | John Higgins |
| 90 | Michael White | 6 | in | 1 | Matthew Sold |
| 91 | Barry Hawkins | 6 | in | 2 | Hammad Miah | |
| 92 | Michael Holt | 4 | in | 6 | Akani Songsermsawad |
| 93 | Robbie Williams | 2 | in | 6 | Martin Gould |
| 94 | Hossein Vafaei | 6 | in | 5 | Anthony McGill |
| 95 | Xiao Guodong | 6 | in | 1 | Tom Ford |
| 96 | Noppon Saengkham | 6 | in | 0 | Leo Fernandez |
THIRD ROUND 4 DECEMBER
| 98 | Mark Williams | 5 | in | 6 | Ryan Day |
| 100 | Lyu haotian | 6 | in | 4 | Marco Fu |
| 105 | Judd Trump | 2 | in | 6 | Graeme Dott |
| 106 | Liang Wenbo | 5 | in | 6 | Stephen Maguire |
| 97 | Scott Donaldson | 1 | in | 6 | Li Hang |
| 99 | Mark Joyce | 6 | in | 5 | Neil Robertson |
| 107 | Joe Perry | 6 | in | 3 | Kurt Maflin |
| 108 | Peter Lines | 4 | in | 6 | Mark Allen |
THIRD ROUND 5 DECEMBER
| 103 | Mark King | 6 | in | 3 | Luca Brecel |
| 104 | Yan Bingtao | 3 | in | 6 | John Higgins |
| 109 | Ronnie O’Sullivan | 6 | in | 1 | Michael White |
| 111 | Martin Gould | 6 | in | 4 | Hossein Vafaei |
| 101 | Shaun Murphy | 6 | in | 3 | Jimmy Robertson |
| 102 | Kyren Wilson | 2 | in | 6 | Ricky Walden |
| 110 | Barry Hawkins | 0 | in | 6 | Akani Songsermsawad |
| 112 | Xiao Guodong | 6 | in | 3 | Noppon Saengkham |
EIGHTHS OF FINAL 6 DECEMBER
| 116 | 14:00 | Mark King | 6 | in | 5 | John Higgins |
| 117 | 14:00 | Graeme Dott | 2 | in | 6 | Stephen Maguire |
| 113 | 20:00 | Li Hang | 5 | in | 6 | Ryan Day |
| 118 | 20:00 | Joe Perry | 6 | in | 4 | Mark Allen |
EIGHTHS OF FINAL 7 DECEMBER
| 115 | 14:00 | Shaun Murphy | 6 | in | 1 | Ricky Walden |
| 120 | 14:00 | Martin Gould | 6 | in | 4 | Xiao Guodong |
| 114 | 20:00 | Mark Joyce | 6 | in | 4 | Lyu haotian |
| 119 | 20:00 | Ronnie O’Sullivan | 6 | in | 5 | Akani Songsermsawad |
QUARTER FINALS 8 DECEMBER
| 123 | 14:00 | Stephen Maguire | 6 | in | 3 | Joe Perry |
| 124 | 14:00 | Ronnie O’Sullivan | 6 | in | 3 | Martin Gould |
| 121 | 20:00 | Ryan Day | 6 | in | 5 | Mark Joyce |
| 122 | 20:00 | Shaun Murphy | 6 | in | 1 | Mark King |
SEMIFINAL 9 DECEMBER
| 126 | 14:00 | Stephen Maguire | 4 | in | 6 | Ronnie O’Sullivan |
| 125 | 20:00 | Ryan Day | 3 | in | 6 | Shaun Murphy |
FINAL 10 DECEMBER
| 127 | 20:00 | Shaun Murphy | 5 | in | 10 | Ronnie O’Sullivan |
