2014 Six-red World Championship The top four players from each group qualified for the knock-out stage. All matches were best of 9 frames. 2014 Six-red World Championship The 2014 Six-red World Championship (often styled the 2014 SangSom 6-red World Championship for sponsorship and marketing purposes) was a six-red snooker tournament held between 1 and 6 September 2014 at the Montien Riverside Hotel in Bangkok, Thailand. Mark Selby was to take part in the tournament, but he was replaced by Andrew Pagett due to a stomach bug. Mark Davis was the defending champion, but lost 2–6 against Kritsanut Lertsattayatthorn in the last 16. Stephen Maguire
Mark Selby Pengfei, Robert Milkins, Ali Carter, and home favourite Ding Junhui, but was defeated 8–10 by Judd Trump in the final. At the 2011 World Championship, Selby set the record for the most century breaks compiled in a world championship match when he made six in his second round tie with Stephen Hendry. It was also a record for a best-of-25 match and took Selby's century tally for the season to 54, setting a new record for the most centuries compiled in a season. Selby's 2011/2012 season began by winning the non-ranking Wuxi Classic with a 9–7 victory over Ali Carter.