The draw for the 2021 Cazoo Champion of Champions is complete, with 22-time ranking event winner Judd Trump set to open the week against World Seniors champion David Lilley on Monday 15, November live on ITV4 and broadcasters worldwide from the Bolton Whites Hotel, University of Bolton Stadium.
Monday’s curtain-raisers will also see Stephen Maguire take on Shoot-Out winner Ryan Day, while two-time Champion of Champions winner Neil Robertson will meet British Open champion Mark Williams on Tuesday.
World Champion Mark Selby takes on David Gilbert on Wednesday before World Championship runner-up Shaun Murphy meets Masters champion Yan Bingtao. Previous Champion of Champions winner Ronnie O’Sullivan begins his bid for a historic fourth title against Stuart Bingham on Thursday.
The Cazoo Champion of Champions begins with four player groups with one group played each from Monday until Thursday. The afternoon sessions feature two best-of-seven Group Semi-Finals before a best-of-11 Group Final in the evening session. The winner at the end of the week will walk away with £150,000, with £440,000 set to be paid out in total.
Players were split into two seeding pools based on the WST World Rankings after the Northern Ireland Open. The top eight players were placed into groups based on their seeding; seed 1 Judd Trump and seed 8 Stephen Maguire are in Group 1. World Champion Selby will be in Group 2 with No.7 seed Shaun Murphy, World No.3 O’Sullivan joins John Higgins in Group 3 while Neil Robertson and Kyren Wilson are in Group 4. The remaining eight seeds were drawn at random to face one of the eight seeded players in the group semi-finals.
Draw and Match Schedule
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 15 | Group 1
1 pm – Group Semi-Finals (Best of 7)
Judd Trump vs David Lilley
Stephen Maguire vs Ryan Day
7 pm – Group Final (Best of 11)
Winner vs Winner
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 16 | Group 4
1 pm – Group Semi-Finals (Best of 7)
Neil Robertson vs Mark Williams
Kyren Wilson vs Jordan Brown
7 pm – Group Final (Best of 11)
Winner vs Winner
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 17 | Group 2
1 pm – Group Semi-Finals (Best of 7)
Mark Selby vs David Gilbert
Shaun Murphy vs Yan Bingtao
7 pm – Group Final (Best of 11)
Winner vs Winner
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 18 | Group 3
1 pm – Group Semi-Finals (Best of 7)
Ronnie O’Sullivan vs Stuart Bingham
John Higgins vs Ding Junhui
7 pm – Group Final (Best of 11)
Winner vs Winner
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 19
7pm | Semi-Final 1 (best of 11)
Group 1 Winner v Group 4 Winner
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 20
7pm | Semi-Final 1 (best of 11)
Group 2 Winner v Group 3 Winner
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 21
The Final (Best of 19)
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