2014 Six-red World Championship 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 won in the final 8–7 against Ricky Walden. The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:
Mark Selby the final and eventually won 18–14. His second World Championship crown saw him finish at number one in the world rankings for the fifth year in a row. Selby won his first title of the season at the Paul Hunter Classic by beating Tom Ford 4–2. His semi-final with Stuart Bingham at the Shanghai Masters was a meeting between the top two ranked players in the world and Selby won 6–5, having been 5–3 behind. After taking an early 3–1 advantage over Ding Junhui in the final, Selby was ousted 10–6. He was beaten 6–2 by Judd Trump in the