2016 Snooker Shoot-Out Explained

The 2016 Shoot Out (officially the 2016 Ladbrokes Snooker Shoot Out) was a professional non-ranking snooker tournament that took place between 12 and 14 February 2016 at the Hexagon Theatre in Reading, England. It was played under a variation of the standard rules of snooker.

Michael White was the defending champion, but he lost 1–66 against Ben Woollaston in round two.

Robin Hull won the final 50–36 against Luca Brecel.^{[1] [2]}

Tournament format

The tournament was played using a variation of the traditional snooker rules. The draw was randomised before each round. All matches were played over a single, each of which lasted up to 10 minutes. The event featured a variable ; shots played in the first five minutes were allowed 15 seconds while the final five had a 10-second timer. All awarded the opponent a . Unlike traditional snooker, if a ball did not hit a on every shot, it was a foul. Rather than a coin toss, a lag was used to choose which player . In the event of a draw, each player received a shot at the this is known as a "blue ball shootout". The player who the ball with the from inside the and the blue ball on its spot with the opponent missing won the match.

Prize fund

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

• Winner: £32,000
• Runner-up: £16,000
• Semi-final: £8,000
• Quarter-final: £4,000
• Last 16: £2,000
• Last 32: £1,000
• Last 64: £500
• Highest break: £2,000

• Total: £130,000

Tournament draw

All times in Greenwich Mean Time. Times for quarter-finals, semi-finals and final are approximate. Players in bold denote match winners.

Round 1

12 February – 18:30

• 73–0
• 31–55
• 70–19
• 29–38
• 57–0
• 30–70
• 79–17
• 127–0
• 96–0
• 65–20
• 0–84
• 54–38
• 48–37
• 55–34
• 50–7
• 112–24

13 February – 12:30

• 10–62
• 56–33
• 53–38
• 70–43
• 16–56
• 1–97
• 52–60
• 41–35
• 23–1
• 55–14
• 50–56
• 62–7
• 0–48
• 38–25
• 26–59
• 74–22

Round 2

13 February – 18:30

• 0–69
• 36–60
• 46–20
• 85–0
• 85–5
• 58–32
• 38–52
• 39–1
• 70–6
• 85–10
• 9–43
• 46–38
• 0–67
• 62–21
• 56–61
• 1–66

Round 3

14 February – 13:30

• 61–24
• 21–49
• 16–22
• 36–57
• 12–72
• 31–47
• 102–17
• 42–13

Quarter-finals

14 February – 18:30

• 7–78
• 18–27
• 39–20
• 8–23

Semi-finals

14 February – 20:00

• 34–38
• 41–62

Final

Final: 1 frame. Referee: Colin Humphries The Hexagon, Reading, England, 14 February 2016 – 20:30
Luca Brecel	36–50	Robin Hull

Century breaks

Only one century break was made during the tournament.^[3]

• 127 David Gilbert

Notes and References

1. Web site: 2016 Coral Snooker Shoot-Out . snooker.org . 13 October 2023.
2. Web site: Stuart . Newman . Snooker Shoot-Out 2016: Final Score, Full Results, Prize Money and Reaction . 14 February 2016 . . 13 October 2023.
3. Web site: Shoot Out: centuries . worldsnookerdata.com . . 20 February 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160214221252/http://livescores.worldsnookerdata.com/Centuries/CenturyBreaks/13877/shoot-out . 14 February 2016 . dead . dmy-all .