World Snooker Championship 2004

The 2004 * Embassy World Snooker Championship took place between the 17 April and 3 May 2004 at the Crucible Theatre, Sheffield. Mark Williams looked to defend his world title which he won in 2003, but the final winner was Ronnie O'Sullivan, beating Graeme Dott by 18 frames to 8 in the final.

Notable Moments

Notable moments from the championship include:

* Chris Small was forced to retire from his first round match against Alan McManus due to effects of his spinal disease ankylosing spondylitis. His condition would later force him to retire from the game permanently.

* Andy Hicks reached the second round, beating Quinten Hann in a match memorable for a near punch-up between the two players at the end, triggered by Hicks pointing out to Hann that he was likely to drop out of the Top 16 as a result of the loss

* Ronnie O'Sullivan's noted temperamental nature flared up, with numerous displays of anger and dismay at his performance in the first couple of rounds.

* O'Sullivan's semi-final victory against Stephen Hendry became the biggest ever in the round when he won 17-4 (ironically it was Stephen Hendry who had held the previous record when he defeated Terry Griffiths 16-4 in the 1992 semi-final).

* Graeme Dott raced into a 5-0 lead in the final. But O'Sullivan eventually won 18-8 - the fourth biggest margin of victory in a world final.

Prize Money

Winner £250,000

Runner-up £125,000 Highest TV Break £17,600 Maximum TV Break £147,000

Highest Break

145 Joe Perry

There were 56 centuries in this year's championship.

Results

* Chris Small Forced to concede through injury

Qualification

The matches were played at Pontin's, Prestatyn Sands in between 10-20 February 2004.

*Players in bold qualify to play in the main draw of the World Championship.

Results

1st Round (Best of 19 frames)

Brian Salmon 10-9 Chris Melling

Ian Preece 10-8 Justin Astley

Mike Hallett 10-6 James Leadbetter

Mehmet Husnu 10-2 Criag MacGillivray

Joe Delaney 10-6 Rodney Goggins

Adrian Rosa 10-6 Steve James

Adam Davies 10-8 David Hall

2nd Round (Best of 19 frames)

Tom Ford 10-8 Martin Gould

Craig Butler 10-9 Brian Salmon

Luke Simmonds 10-8 Matthew Couch

Ian Preece 10-0 Joe Johnson

Lee Walker 10-6 Mike Hallett

Gary Thomson 10-2 Luke Fisher

Peter Lines 10-4 Ian Brumby

David Gilbert 10-6 Michael Wild

Rory McLeod 10-7 Mehmet Husnu

Jason Prince 10-6 Darryn Walker

Joe Delaney 10-4 Andrew Higginson

Neil Robertson 10-8 Martin Dziewialtowski

Simon Bedford 10-5 Ian Sargeant

Liu Song 10-5 Wayne Brown

Leo Fernandez 10-9 Paul Sweeny

Michael Rhodes 10-9 Terry Murphy

Kwan Poomjang] 10-9 Philip Williams

Gary Hardiman 10-6 Billy Snaddon

Munraj Pal 10-0 Andy Neck

Colm Gilcreest 10-7 Steven Bennie

Ryan Day 10-7 Adrian Rosa

Tony Jones 10-3 Adam Davies

Jason Ferguson 10-9 Carlo Giagnacovo

Ricky Walden 10-0 Stephen Croft

Joe Meara 10-8 Andrew Norman

Adrian Gunnell 10-5 Steve Mifsud

Ding Junhui 10-6 Atthasit Mahitthi

Paul Davies 10-4 Alain Robidoux

Supoj Saenla 10-8 Bradley Jones

Paul Wykes 10-4 Kurt Maflin

Stuart Mann 10-8 Jamie Cope

Scott MacKenzie 10-3 Johl Younger

External links

BBC page [http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/other_sports/snooker/world_snooker_2004/default.stm]

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