Tournament information | |
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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 | Mark Davis |
Runner-up | 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.