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2012 Six-red World Championship

Six-red World Championship
Six-red 2012 logo.jpg
Tournament information
Dates 2–7 July 2012
Venue Montien Riverside Hotel
City Bangkok
Country Thailand
Organisation(s) World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association
Total prize fund 6,000,000 baht
Winner's share 2,000,000 baht
Highest break 75 (2x)
Final
Champion England Mark Davis
Runner-up England Shaun Murphy
Score 8–4
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The 2012 Six-red World Championship (often styled the 2012 SangSom 6-red World Championship for sponsorship and marketing purposes) was a six-red snooker tournament held between 2 and 7 July 2012 at the Montien Riverside Hotel in Bangkok, Thailand. The highest break of the tournament was 75, compiled by both Judd Trump and Shaun Murphy.

Mark Selby was the defending champion, but he lost in the quarter-finals 5–7 against Trump.

Mark Davis won his second Six-reds World Championship title after 2009, by defeating Murphy 8–4 in the final.

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

The top four players from each group qualified for the knock-out stage. All matches were best of 9 frames.


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