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| Tournament information | |
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| Dates | 1–9 December 2012 (2012-12-01 – 2012-12-09) |
| Venue | Barbican Centre |
| City | York |
| Country | England |
| Organisation | World Snooker |
| Format | Ranking event |
| Total prize fund | £637,500 |
| Winner's share | £125,000 |
| Highest break |  John Higgins (SCO) (147) Jack Lisowski (ENG) (147) Andy Hicks (ENG) (147) |
| Final | |
| Champion | Mark Selby (ENG) |
| Runner-up | Shaun Murphy (ENG) |
| Score | 10–6 |
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The 2012 UK Championship (officially the 2012 williamhill.com UK Championship) was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place between 1–9 December 2012 at the Barbican Centre in York, England. It was the fifth ranking event of the 2012/2013 season.
For the first time in the history of snooker three maximum breaks were made in a ranking tournament, albeit at different venues. Andy Hicks made the 93rd official maximum break during his round 2 qualifying match against Daniel Wells. This was Hicks' first 147 break. Just one day later Jack Lisowski compiled the 94th official maximum break during his round 3 qualifying match against Chen Zhe. This was Lisowski's first 147 break. John Higgins made the 95th official maximum break during his last 16 match against Mark Davis. This was Higgins' seventh 147 break. It also took the total number of maximum breaks for the season to seven.
Judd Trump was the defending champion, but he lost 5–6 against Mark Joyce in the last 32.
Mark Selby won his third ranking title by defeating Shaun Murphy 10–6 in the final. This was the tournament's first all-English final since 1992, when Jimmy White defeated John Parrott 16–9. By reaching the final Selby also regained number one position in the rankings from Trump.
Prize fund
The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:
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Main draw
Final
| Final: Best of 19 frames. Referee: Leo Scullion. Barbican Centre, York, England, 9 December 2012. | ||
| Shaun Murphy (4) England
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6–10 | Mark Selby (2) England
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| Afternoon: 64–11, 49–58 (54), 0–82 (66), 83–0 (83), 98–35 (98), 67–39, 0–81 (70) Evening: 1–77, 72–67 (Murphy 65, Selby 58), 38–70, 53–63, 78–8, 34–79 (51), 0–107 (98), 31–64, 37–69 | ||
| 98 | Highest break | 98 |
| 0 | Century breaks | 0 |
| 3 | 50+ breaks | 6 |
Qualifying
These matches were held between 20 and 23 November 2012 at the World Snooker Academy in Sheffield, England.
Century breaks
Televised stage centuries
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Qualifying stage centuries
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References
- "Tournament Calendar 2012/2013". Snooker.org. Retrieved 4 June 2012.
- ^ "Handy Andy Makes UK Maximum". worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Archived from the original on 29 November 2012. Retrieved 21 November 2012.
- Kalb, Rolf. "UK Championship – Auch Lisowski gelingt ein Maximum-Break" (in German). Eurosport DE. Archived from the original on 29 November 2012. Retrieved 22 November 2012.
- ^ "John Higgins racks up maximum break at UK Championship". RTÉ.ie. Retrieved 5 December 2012.
- "Higgins Fires UK Maximum". worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Retrieved 6 December 2012.
- Fazackerley, Karen. "UK Snooker Championship: Judd Trump beats Mark Allen to win title". BBC Sport. Retrieved 8 November 2011.
- Carroll, Steve. "Defending champion Judd Trump crashes out of williamhill.com UK Championship". The Press. Retrieved 2 December 2012.
- "Trump dumped out of UK Championship". ESPN. Retrieved 2 December 2012.
- "Selby secures York spoils". Sporting Life. Archived from the original on 12 December 2012. Retrieved 10 December 2012.
- Hafez, Shamoon. "UK Snooker Championship 2012: Mark Selby beats Mark Davis". BBC Sport. Retrieved 10 December 2012.
- Turner, Chris. "UK Championship". cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk. Chris Turner's Snooker Archive. Archived from the original on 16 February 2012. Retrieved 1 March 2011.
- "Prize Money". worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Retrieved 19 November 2012.
- "williamhill.com UK Championship 2012 draw and format" (PDF). worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Retrieved 28 November 2012.
- "UK Championship 2012 draw" (PDF). World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-01-07. Retrieved 7 January 2013.
- ^ "williamhill.com UK Championship (2012)". Snooker.org. Retrieved 8 October 2011.
- "UK Championship scores and schedule". BBC Sport. Retrieved 1 December 2012.
- "Final – Match 31 – Shaun Murphy v Mark Selby". worldsnookerdata.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 23 June 2013.
- "williamhill.com UK Championship 2012 qualifiers draw and format" (PDF). worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Retrieved 8 November 2012.
- "UK Championship 2012 qualifiers draw" (PDF). World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-03-05. Retrieved 7 January 2013.
- "williamhill.com UK Championship Qualifiers (2012)". Snooker.org. Retrieved 8 November 2012.
- "UK Championship centuries". worldsnookerdata.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Archived from the original on December 6, 2012. Retrieved 10 December 2012.
- "UK Championship qualifiers centuries". worldsnookerdata.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Archived from the original on 27 November 2012. Retrieved 23 November 2012.
External links
- UKC2012 pictures by MoniqueLimbos at Photobucket
- John Higgins 147 Maximum vs Mark Davis – 2012 UK Championship (BBC HD) on YouTube
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