2017 European Masters (snooker)

The 2017 European Masters (officially the 2007 888sport European Masters) was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place from 2–8 October 2017 in Lommel, Belgium. It was the sixth ranking event of the 2017/2018 season. It was the first full ranking event to be held in Belgium since the European Open was played in Antwerp in 1994.

Qualifying took place from 3–4 August in Preston.

Judd Trump was the defending champion, having beaten Ronnie O'Sullivan 9–8 in the 2016 final in Bucharest, Romania. He successfully defended the title, defeating Stuart Bingham 9–7 in this year's final.

Prize fund
The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:


 * Winner: £75,000
 * Runner-up: £35,000
 * Semi-final: £17,500
 * Quarter-final: £11,000
 * Last 16: £6,000
 * Last 32: £4,000
 * Last 64: £2,000


 * Televised highest break: £1,500
 * Total: £366,500

The "rolling 147 prize" for a maximum break stood at £35,000

Qualifying
These matches were held between 3 and 4 August 2017 at the Preston Guild Hall in Preston, England. All matches were best of 7 frames.


 * Notes

Qualifying stage centuries
Total: 19


 * 140 – Eden Sharav
 * 130 – Jimmy Robertson
 * 130 – Noppon Saengkham
 * 127, 100 – Robert Milkins
 * 119 – Anthony Hamilton
 * 118 – Jack Lisowski
 * 116 – Zhou Yuelong
 * 112 – Ben Woollaston
 * 111 – Martin Gould


 * 110 – Thor Chuan Leong
 * 107 – Michael Georgiou
 * 106 – Neil Robertson
 * 105 – Mark Davis
 * 105 – Andrew Higginson
 * 103 – Ryan Day
 * 102 – Joe Perry
 * 101 – Cao Yupeng
 * 100 – Matthew Selt

Televised stage centuries
Total: 52


 * 145, 141, 110, 102 – Mark Allen
 * 143 – Martin Gould
 * 138, 138, 136, 112, 101 – Zhou Yuelong
 * 134, 129, 100 – Neil Robertson
 * 131, 127, 120, 116, 111, 109 – Mark Selby
 * 131, 109 – John Higgins
 * 130, 119, 116, 113, 107, 102, 101 – Stuart Bingham
 * 129 – Aditya Mehta
 * 127 – Jack Lisowski
 * 121, 116 – Ben Woollaston


 * 115, 110, 107, 107, 106, 101, 100 – Judd Trump
 * 113 – Alfie Burden
 * 109 – Jamie Jones
 * 108 – Mei Xiwen
 * 105, 102, 101, 100 – David Gilbert
 * 105 – Martin O'Donnell
 * 103 – Mark Davis
 * 102, 102, 101 – Mark Williams
 * 102 – Thepchaiya Un-Nooh