The 2012 Six-red World Championship (often styled the 2012 SangSom 6-red World Championship for sponsorship and marketing purposes) was a six-red snooker tournament held between 2 and 7 July 2012 at the Montien Riverside Hotel in Bangkok, Thailand. The highest break of the tournament was 75, compiled by both Judd Trump and Shaun Murphy.
Mark Selby was the defending champion, but he lost in the quarter-finals 5–7 against Trump.
Mark Davis won his second Six-reds World Championship title after 2009, by defeating Murphy 8–4 in the final.
Prize money
The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below: Winner: 2,000,000 baht Runner-up: 800,000 baht Semi-finalists: 400,000 baht Quarter-finalists: 200,000 baht Last 16: 100,000 baht Last 32: 50,000 baht Total: 6,000,000 baht
Round-robin stage
The top four players from each group qualified for the knock-out stage. All matches were best of 9 frames.
Group A
Joe Perry 5–0 Andy Lee
Mark Selby 5–1 Shachar Ruberg
Andy Lee 0–5 Dechawat Poomjaeng
Dominic Dale 5–4 Shachar Ruberg
Dominic Dale 5–3 Andy Lee
Mark Selby 5–2 Joe Perry
Shachar Ruberg 1–5 Dechawat Poomjaeng
Mark Selby 5–1 Andy Lee
Dominic Dale 3–5 Dechawat Poomjaeng
Joe Perry 5–4 Shachar Ruberg
Joe Perry 5–2 Dechawat Poomjaeng
Mark Selby 5–3 Dominic Dale
Mark Selby 5–0 Dechawat Poomjaeng
Andy Lee 4–5 Shachar Ruberg
Dominic Dale 5–2 Joe Perry
Group B
Judd Trump 2–5 Barry Hawkins
Mohamed Khairy 1–5 Rodney Goggins
Nick Jennings 2–5 Issara Kachaiwong
Barry Hawkins 3–5 Rodney Goggins
Nick Jennings 5–3 Mohamed Khairy
Judd Trump 5–1 Issara Kachaiwong
Rodney Goggins 5–4 Issara Kachaiwong
Judd Trump 5–0 Nick Jennings
Barry Hawkins 5–1 Mohamed Khairy
Barry Hawkins 4–5 Issara Kachaiwong
Judd Trump 1–5 Rodney Goggins
Mohamed Khairy 2–5 Issara Kachaiwong
Judd Trump 5–3 Mohamed Khairy
Barry Hawkins 5–4 Nick Jennings
Nick Jennings 2–5 Rodney Goggins
Group C
Peter Ebdon 3–5 Ken Doherty
Li Hang 4–5 Aditya Mehta Li Hang 1–5 Ken Doherty Aditya Mehta 5–4 Thanawat Thirapongpaiboon Mark Williams 5–1 Peter Ebdon Mark Williams 5–4 Aditya Mehta Ken Doherty 2–5 Thanawat Thirapongpaiboon Peter Ebdon 5–2 Li Hang Mark Williams 5–1 Li Hang Peter Ebdon 3–5 Thanawat Thirapongpaiboon Aditya Mehta 5–2 Ken Doherty Li Hang 4–5 Thanawat Thirapongpaiboon Mark Williams 4–5 Ken Doherty Peter Ebdon 5–4 Aditya Mehta Mark Williams 5–1 Thanawat Thirapongpaiboon
Group D
Stephen Maguire 0–5 Hossein Vafaei Mohammed Ibrahim 2–5 James Wattana Mark Davis 5–3 Darren Morgan Hossein Vafaei 5–1 Mohammed Ibrahim Mark Davis 5–4 James Wattana Stephen Maguire 3–5 Darren Morgan Mark Davis 3–5 Hossein Vafaei Mohammed Ibrahim 1–5 Darren Morgan Darren Morgan 3–5 James Wattana Stephen Maguire 5–1 Mohammed Ibrahim Stephen Maguire 2–5 Mark Davis Hossein Vafaei 1–5 Darren Morgan Stephen Maguire 3–5 James Wattana Mark Davis 5–4 Mohammed Ibrahim Hossein Vafaei 5–3 James Wattana
Group E
Shaun Murphy 4–5 Andrew Higginson Ben Nunan 4–5 Pankaj Advani Steve Davis 1–5 Thepchaiya Un-Nooh Shaun Murphy 5–0 Ben Nunan Pankaj Advani 5–4 Thepchaiya Un-Nooh Andrew Higginson 0–5 Steve Davis Andrew Higginson 5–2 Pankaj Advani Ben Nunan 2–5 Thepchaiya Un-Nooh Shaun Murphy 5–1 Steve Davis Ben Nunan 3–5 Steve Davis Shaun Murphy 5–3 Pankaj Advani Andrew Higginson 1–5 Thepchaiya Un-Nooh Pankaj Advani 4–5 Steve Davis Shaun Murphy 5–0 Thepchaiya Un-Nooh Andrew Higginson 5–1 Ben Nunan
Group F
Saleh Mohammad 4–5 Passakorn Suwannawat Stephen Lee 5–3 Jimmy White
Ben Judge 3–5 Passakorn Suwannawat Saleh Mohammad 5–3 Jimmy White
Stuart Bingham 5–1 Ben Judge
Stuart Bingham 4–5 Jimmy White Stephen Lee 5–3 Saleh Mohammad
Jimmy White 5–2 Passakorn Suwannawat
Stephen Lee 2–5 Stuart Bingham Ben Judge 4–5 Saleh Mohammad Stephen Lee 5–0 Ben Judge Stuart Bingham 5–3 Passakorn Suwannawat Ben Judge 4–5 Jimmy White Stephen Lee 5–0 Passakorn Suwannawat Stuart Bingham 4–5 Saleh MohammadGroup G