2025 Champion of Champions

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Champion of Champions
Tournament information
Dates10–16 November 2025 (2025-11-10 – 2025-11-16)
VenueMattioli Arena
CityLeicester
CountryEngland
OrganisationMatchroom Sport
FormatNon-ranking event
Defending champion Mark Williams (WAL)
2024

The 2025 Champion of Champions (officially the 2025 Sportsbet.io Champion of Champions[1]) is an upcoming professional non-ranking snooker tournament that will take place from 10 to 16 November 2025 at the Leicester Arena in Leicester, England.[2][3] It will feature 16 participants, primarily winners of significant tournaments since the previous year's event. Part of the 2025–26 snooker season, it will be the 13th consecutive edition of the Champion of Champions since the tournament was revived in 2013. The tournament will be the final professional snooker event broadcast on ITV Sport, which chose not to renew its contract with the World Snooker Tour or Matchroom Sport.[4]

Mark Williams will be the defending champion, having defeated Xiao Guodong 10‍–‍6 in the 2024 final.[5]

References

  1. ^ Tour, World Snooker (14 January 2025). "Sportsbet.io Becomes New Title Partner of Snooker's Players Championship, Tour Championship and Champion of Champions". World Snooker Tour. Retrieved 25 July 2025.
  2. ^ "Tournaments 2025–26". World Snooker Tour. Retrieved 14 July 2025.
  3. ^ "Sportsbet.io Champion of Champions 2025 - snooker.org". www.snooker.org. Retrieved 14 July 2025.
  4. ^ Haigh, Phil (25 June 2025). "Three major World Snooker Tour events move to new TV channel". Metro. Retrieved 20 July 2025.
  5. ^ "Mark Williams wins first Champion of Champions title by beating Xiao Guodong". BBC Sport. 17 November 2024. Retrieved 14 July 2025.