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| Dates | 21 April–7 May 2012 |
| Venue | Crucible Theatre |
| City | Sheffield |
| Country | England |
| Organisation | WPBSA |
| Format | Ranking event |
| Total prize fund | £1,152,500 |
| Winner's share | £250,000 |
| Highest break | 147 |
| Defending champion |  John Higgins |
| ← 2011 | |
The 2012 Betfred.com World Snooker Championship professional ranking snooker tournament is taking place between 21 April and 7 May 2012 at the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield, England. It is the 75th edition of the event and the last ranking event of the 2011/2012 snooker season.
Robert Milkins made the 87th official maximum break during his round four qualifying match against Xiao Guodong on 11 April 2012. This was Milkins' second maximum break. Ten days later, on the opening day of the event Stephen Hendry made the 88th official maximum break, during his first round match against Stuart Bingham. This was the 11th maximum break of Hendry's career and his third at the Crucible.
John Higgins is the defending champion.
Notable moments
First round
- Débutants at the Crucible were Jamie Jones, Cao Yupeng, and Luca Brecel. It was also the first time that Cao and Brecel have qualified for the televised stage of a ranking event. Cao and Jones advanced to the second round by defeating Mark Allen 10–6 and Shaun Murphy 10–8 respectively, and Brecel lost 5–10 against Stephen Maguire.
- Brecel was the youngest player ever to compete at the Crucible at the age of just 17 years and 45 days. Brecel was also the first Belgian to play at the Crucible.
- Five Asian players competed in the first round, which was a record at the Crucible. Four were from China and one from Hong Kong.
- Stephen Hendry made the 10th maximum break at the Crucible during his first round match with Stuart Bingham. This was the 88th official maximum break. With this he equalled two records of Ronnie O'Sullivan: most official maximum breaks in professional snooker with 11 and the most at the venue with three. Hendry won the match 10–4.
- Zhu Ying became the first Chinese to referee a match at the Crucible by officiating the match between Hendry and Bingham.
- Neil Robertson became the fourth player to make three consecutive century breaks at the World Championship after Ronnie O'Sullivan, John Higgins and Mark Selby.
- Andrew Higginson and David Gilbert reached the second round of the World Championship for the first time in their career. Higginson defeated Stephen Lee 10–6 and Gilbert defeated Martin Gould 10–8.
- Eight out of the sixteen seeded players lost their first round matches: Stuart Bingham, Graeme Dott, Shaun Murphy, Stephen Lee, Martin Gould, Ding Junhui, Mark Allen and Mark Selby. Dott lost 1–10 against Joe Perry, Ding lost 9–10 against Ryan Day, and Selby lost 3–10 against Barry Hawkins.
Controversy
Mark Williams on twitter ahead of the championships stated that he hated the crucible and wished that the tournament was played in China. Williams was subsequently booed as he was announced to the crowd before his opening match Mark Allen was again at a centre of more problems when he accused Cao Yupeng of cheating. Allen claimed that Cao did not own upto a push shot at 5-4. However Allen admitted that the Chinese player had outplayed him during the match. World Snooker decided to start disciplinary action against Allen, who later admitted to going to far. Ding Junhui created more problems after his defeat to Ryan Day. Ding said that the table conditions were not right and complained about the fans being distruptive during the match.
Prize fund
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Winner: £250,000 |
Stage 1 High Break: £1,000 Stage 1 Maximum Break: £1,500 Total: £1,152,500 |
Main draw
Shown below are the results for each round. The numbers in brackets beside some of the players are their seeding ranks (each championship has 16 seeds and 16 qualifiers). The draw for the first round took place on 16 April 2012, one day after the qualifying, and was broadcast live by Talksport.
Template:World Snooker Championship Rounds
Preliminary qualifying
The preliminary qualifying rounds for the tournament took place on 5 April 2012 at the World Snooker Academy in Sheffield. (WPBSA members not on the Main Tour.)
Round 1
 John Parrott |
0–5 |  Patrick Wallace
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 Joe Delaney |
5–4 | Stephen Rowlings
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| Philip Minchin |
3–5 | Barry Stark
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| Ali Bassiri |
0–5 |  David Singh
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| Jamie O'Neill |
5–4 | David Gray
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| Les Dodd |
0–5 | Justin Astley
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Round 2
| Patrick Wallace |
5–2 | Joe Delaney
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| Barry Stark |
1–5 | David Singh
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| Stephen Ormerod |
0–5 | Jamie O'Neill
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| Del Smith |
2–5 | Justin Astley
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Qualifying
The qualifying rounds 1–4 for the tournament took place between 6 and 12 April 2012 at the English Institute of Sport in Sheffield. The final round of qualifying took place between 14 and 15 April 2012 at the same venue.
Round 1
 Igor Figueiredo |
10–5 | Jamie O'Neill
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Rounds 2–5
Century breaks
Qualifying stages centuries
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Televised stages centuries
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References
- ^ "Maximum Glory For Milkins". worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Retrieved 11 April 2012.
- ^ "Sensational Hendry Scores 147". World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Retrieved 21 April 2012.
- Ashenden, Mark (2 May 2011). "Higgins beats Trump to win fourth title". BBC Sport. Archived from the original on 3 May 2011. Retrieved 2 May 2011.
{{cite news}}: Unknown parameter|deadurl=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help) - "Brilliant Jones Shocks Walden". worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Retrieved 15 April 2012.
- ^ "Chinese Duo Take Crucible Spots". worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Retrieved 15 April 2012.
- ^ "A Star Is Born – Brecel Qualifies". worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Retrieved 15 April 2012.
- Goulding, Neil. "Judd Trump: 'I love fast cars but please don't call me a playboy'". The Independent. Retrieved 21 April 2012.
- "Allen dumped out by Cao". Thurrock Gazette. Retrieved 22 April 2012.
- ^ "Maguire ends teenager's World Championship hopes". Irish Examiner. Retrieved 23 April 2012.
- "Brilliant Brecel will be youngest ever at World Championship after qualifying win over King". Mail Online. Retrieved 21 April 2012.
- ^ "Snooker-Boss hails record number of Asians in world championship". Eurosport UK. Retrieved 21 April 2012.
- "Liang Survives Campbell Fight-Back". worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Retrieved 21 April 2012.
- "Hendry rolls back the years with jaw-dropping 147 on opening day at World Championship". Mail Online. Retrieved 21 April 2012.
- ^ "Vintage Hendry makes third Crucible 147". Eurosport UK. Retrieved 21 April 2012.
- "Stephen Hendry sets up John Higgins meeting". The Scotsman. Retrieved 25 April 2012.
- Gábor, Buzás. "Villámrajt" (in Hungarian). Eurosport Hu. Retrieved 22 April 2012.
- "Handy Andy Makes Crucible Breakthrough". worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Retrieved 25 April 2012.
- "Gilbert Holds On To Beat Gould". worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Retrieved 25 April 2012.
- Setchell, Rob. "Joe Perry sails into World Snooker Championship last 16 with emphatic 10–1 victory". Cambs Times. Retrieved 25 April 2012.
- "World Snooker Championship 2012: Ryan Day stuns Ding". BBC Sport. Retrieved 25 April 2012.
- "World No. 1 Selby dumped out by Hawkins". ESPN. Retrieved 25 April 2012.
- http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/snooker/17786195
- ^ http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/snooker/17845543
- http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/snooker/17808787
- http://www.worldsnooker.com/page/NewsArticles/0,,13165~2745938,00.html
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- "Prize Money". worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Retrieved 4 April 2012.
- "2012 Betfred.com World Championship Draw". World Snooker. Retrieved 20 April 2012.
- "2012 World Championship results". World Snooker. Retrieved 20 April 2012.
- "Betfred.com World Championship (2012)". WWW Snooker. Retrieved 23 February 2012.
- "World Snooker Championship 2012: scores and schedule". BBC Sport. Retrieved 21 April 2012.
- "TalkSPORT to Broadcast World Draw". World Snooker. Retrieved 28 March 2012.
- ^ "2012 Betfred World Snooker Championship Qualifying Draw" (PDF). worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Retrieved 23 February 2012.
- ^ "2012 Betfred World Qualifiers Results". worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Retrieved 20 April 2012.
- ^ "Betfred.com World Championship Qualifiers (2012)". WWW Snooker. Retrieved 15 April 2012.
- "Preliminary qualifying century breaks". worldsnookerdata.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Archived from the original on 5 April 2012. Retrieved 5 April 2012.
- "Qualifying century breaks". worldsnookerdata.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Archived from the original on 15 April 2012. Retrieved 15 April 2012.
- "Televised century breaks". worldsnookerdata.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Retrieved 20 April 2012.
- "Crucible century breaks". Eurosport Asia. Retrieved 22 April 2012.
External links
- Official website
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- Robert Milkins 147 v Xiao Guodong WSC Qualifiers R 4 (April 11 2012) on YouTube
- Snooker WCH 2012 – Stephen Hendry hits 147 on YouTube
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