| Tournament information | |
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| Venue | Bangkok Convention Center Hall |
| Location | Bangkok |
| Country | Thailand |
| Established | 2008 |
| Organisation(s) | WPBSA (since 2012) |
| Total prize fund | ฿10,000,000[1] |
| Recent edition | 2023 |
| Current champion |  Ding Junhui (CHN) |
TheSix-red World Championship is asix-red snooker tournament, played with the sixcolour balls and sixreds.Ding Junhui is the reigning champion.
The event was first held in the2008/2009 season, and was known as theSix-red Snooker International. The event was organised by theAsian Confederation of Billiards Sports. Forty-eight players were divided in 8round-robin groups. The top four from each group moved into theknock-out stage.[2] In 2009 the event was renamed theSix-red World Grand Prix. In 2010, it replaced arival tournament (sponsored by888sport) as the official six red snooker world championship, after the other event—held once in 2009—was discontinued.[2] The event was not held in the2011/2012 season,[3] but it returned for the2012/2013 season with the backing of theWorld Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. The event was held at theMontien Riverside Hotel inBangkok,Thailand between 2008 and 2014.[4] The following year it took place in theFashion Island Shopping Mall, before theConvention Centre became the venue for the tournament from 2016 on.
TheCOVID-19 pandemic in 2020 prevented the event from being scheduled as it was not possible for tour players to travel to Thailand. In the2022-23 snooker season, the event was listed as returning to the tour for the first time since 2019, whereStephen Maguire would have had an opportunity to defend his title. However, in the weeks leading up to the tournaments' official start date of 5 September 2022, the professional membership were notified that the tournament was to be postponed. This decision led to criticism of theWorld Snooker Tour, as despite the well-understood position of the tournament being postponed by both players and broadcasters, no announcement had been made to the public.[5] It was ultimately held during March of 2023, with Ding Junhui winning his second title.
| Name | Nationality | Winner | Runner-up | Finals |
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| Ding Junhui | China | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Mark Davis |  England | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Stephen Maguire |  Scotland | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Thepchaiya Un-Nooh |  Thailand | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Ricky Walden | England | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Mark Selby | England | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Jimmy White | England | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Mark Williams |  Wales | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Kyren Wilson | England | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Stuart Bingham | England | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Barry Hawkins | England | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| John Higgins | Scotland | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Liang Wenbo | China | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Shaun Murphy | England | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Neil Robertson |  Australia | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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