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'''Championship of Champions XIV''' will be the next [[Championship of Champions]] tournament, as well as the first since 2009. It is scheduled to be transmitted from 4 to 22 January 2016, occupying the first three weeks of [[Series 74]], with filming taking place from 23 to 25 November 2015.
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'''Championship of Champions XIV''' is the most recent [[Championship of Champions]] tournament, as well as the first since 2009. It is being broadcast from 4 to 22 January 2016, occupying the first three weeks of [[Series 74]]. It was won by [[Dylan Taylor]].
  
CoC XIV's existence was announced on the [[C4Countdown]] forums on the evening of 31 July 2014 with initial plans for a January 2015 transmission date. However, it was later postponed twice, firstly to make way for the [[special episode]]s at the end of [[Series 71]] and the second to avoid undue interruptions as a result of horse racing in the summer.
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CoC XIV's existence was announced on the [[c4Countdown]] forums on the evening of 31 July 2014 with initial plans for a January 2015 transmission date. However, it was later postponed to make way for the [[special episode]]s at the end of [[Series 71]], and a transmission at the start of [[Series 73]] was also infeasible due to frequent horse racing coverage in the summer.
  
The Countdown Team has announced that CoC XIV will feature sixteen top players drawn from [[Series 67]] through [[Series 72|72]]. [[Series 73]] finalists are not expected to participate because the championship will be filmed too soon after the Series 73 finals.
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CoC XIV features sixteen top players drawn from [[Series 67]] through [[Series 72|72]], with [[Series 73]] finalists not participating because the championship was filmed too soon after the Series 73 finals.
  
All sixteen participants in CoC XIV are – or have recently been – practising [[Apterous|Apterites]]. Fifteen are also [[octochamp]]s (the only exception being [[Callum Todd]]). Despite this, however, only one of the entrants, [[Giles Hutchings]], has never been defeated, largely on account of many recent series winners having previously competed during the [[9 round format|9-round era]].
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This tournament's qualifying standards were undoubtedly the highest of any Championship of Champions to date. All sixteen participants in CoC XIV are – or have recently been – practising [[Apterous|Apterites]]. Fifteen are also [[octochamp]]s (the only exception being [[Callum Todd]]). Despite this, however, only one of the entrants, [[Giles Hutchings]], has never been defeated, largely on account of many recent series winners having previously competed and later being asked to return to the show. Of the ten highest-scoring octochamps in Countdown's history up to this point, six became CoC XIV participants, including the three highest of all time ([[Dylan Taylor]], Giles Hutchings and [[Jen Steadman]], all three of whom reached the semi-finals). The ''average'' preliminary-game point total for a CoC XIV entrant was 867 points, significantly higher than the octototals of either of the two previous Champions of Champions, [[Paul Gallen]] and [[Steven Briers]]. With the exception of those from [[Series 67]], which featured none of its members, all octochamps in CoC XIV belonged to the [[800 club]].
  
==Planned Pairings==
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In strong contrast to [[Championship of Champions XIII|CoC XIII]], CoC XIV's vowel and consonant piles featured virtually no consecutive repeating letters, making for a higher average frequency of nine-letter words; moreover, ''every'' nine-letter word available in the competition, with the exception of {{word|PETROLAGE}} in the [[Episode 6292|grand final]], was spotted by at least one contestant. The average score achieved by all winning and losing contestants in all games of CoC XIV was 107.4 points, not surprisingly the highest ever by some margin.
The bracket structure and planned first-round pairings for this Championship of Champions were announced on C4Countdown on 7 September 2015. They run as follows:
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==Progress==
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The bracket structure and first-round pairings for this Championship of Champions were announced on c4Countdown on 7 September 2015. They ran as follows:
 
{{CoC progress
 
{{CoC progress
|  1 = [[Tom Cappleman]]    |  1s = 72
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|  1 = [[Tom Cappleman]]    |  1s = 72 | h1w =  1
 
|  2 = [[Glen Webb]]        |  2s = 69
 
|  2 = [[Glen Webb]]        |  2s = 69
 
|  3 = [[Heather Styles]]  |  3s = 67
 
|  3 = [[Heather Styles]]  |  3s = 67
|  4 = [[Giles Hutchings]]  |  4s = 68
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|  4 = [[Giles Hutchings]]  |  4s = 68 | h2w =  4 | q1w =  4
|  5 = [[Andy Platt]]      |  5s = 68
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|  5 = [[Andy Platt]]      |  5s = 68 | h3w =  5
 
|  6 = [[David Barnard]]    |  6s = 67
 
|  6 = [[David Barnard]]    |  6s = 67
|  7 = [[Dylan Taylor]]    |  7s = 69
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|  7 = [[Dylan Taylor]]    |  7s = 69 | h4w =  7 | q2w =  7 | s1w =  7 | fw = 7
 
|  8 = [[Tracey Mills]]    |  8s = 72
 
|  8 = [[Tracey Mills]]    |  8s = 72
 
|  9 = [[George Ford]]      |  9s = 71
 
|  9 = [[George Ford]]      |  9s = 71
| 10 = [[Jen Steadman]]    | 10s = 69
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| 10 = [[Jen Steadman]]    | 10s = 69 | h5w = 10 | q3w = 10
| 11 = [[Callum Todd]]      | 11s = 69
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| 11 = [[Callum Todd]]      | 11s = 69 | h6w = 11
 
| 12 = [[Samir Pilica]]    | 12s = 70
 
| 12 = [[Samir Pilica]]    | 12s = 70
| 13 = [[Dan McColm]]      | 13s = 71
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| 13 = [[Dan McColm]]      | 13s = 71 | h7w = 13 | q4w = 13 | s2w = 13
 
| 14 = [[Paul James]]      | 14s = 67
 
| 14 = [[Paul James]]      | 14s = 67
 
| 15 = [[Antoinette Ryan]]  | 15s = 71
 
| 15 = [[Antoinette Ryan]]  | 15s = 71
| 16 = [[Mark Murray]]      | 16s = 70
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| 16 = [[Mark Murray]]      | 16s = 70 | h8w = 16
 
}}
 
}}
  
 
==Episodes==
 
==Episodes==
 
{{episode table}}
 
{{episode table}}
{{ep | 6278 | 4/01/2016 | CP |[[Tom Cappleman]]| - |[[Glen Webb]]|[[Gloria Hunniford]]|Susie Dent|}}
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{{ep | 6278 | 4/01/2016 | CP |[[Tom Cappleman]]| 133 - 115 |[[Glen Webb]]|[[Gloria Hunniford]]|[[Susie Dent]]|147}}
{{ep | 6279 | 5/01/2016 | CP |[[Heather Styles]]| - |[[Giles Hutchings]]|Gloria Hunniford|Susie Dent|}}
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{{ep | 6279 | 5/01/2016 | CP |[[Heather Styles]]| 73 - 132 |[[Giles Hutchings]]|Gloria Hunniford|Susie Dent|135}}
{{ep | 6280 | 6/01/2016 | CP |[[Andy Platt]]| - |[[David Barnard]]|Gloria Hunniford|Susie Dent|}}
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{{ep | 6280 | 6/01/2016 | CP |[[Andy Platt]]| 98 - 90 |[[David Barnard]]|Gloria Hunniford|Susie Dent|129}}
{{ep | 6281 | 7/01/2016 | CP |[[Dylan Taylor]]| - |[[Tracey Mills]]|Gloria Hunniford|Susie Dent|}}
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{{ep | 6281 | 7/01/2016 | CP |[[Dylan Taylor]]| 120 - 73 |[[Tracey Mills]]|Gloria Hunniford|Susie Dent|124}}
{{ep | 6282 | 8/01/2016 | CP |[[George Ford]]| - |[[Jen Steadman]]|Gloria Hunniford|Susie Dent|}}
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{{ep | 6282 | 8/01/2016 | CP |[[George Ford]]| 99 - 126 |[[Jen Steadman]]|Gloria Hunniford|Susie Dent|137}}
{{ep | 6283 | 11/01/2016 | CP |[[Callum Todd]]| - |[[Samir Pilica]]|[[John Inverdale]]|Susie Dent|}}
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{{ep | 6283 | 11/01/2016 | CP |[[Callum Todd]]| 127 - 88 |[[Samir Pilica]]|[[John Inverdale]]|Susie Dent|137}}
{{ep | 6284 | 12/01/2016 | CP |[[Dan McColm]]| - |[[Paul James]]|John Inverdale|Susie Dent|}}
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{{ep | 6284 | 12/01/2016 | CP |[[Dan McColm]]| 106 - 69 |[[Paul James]]|John Inverdale|Susie Dent|122}}
{{ep | 6285 | 13/01/2016 | CP |[[Antoinette Ryan]]| - |[[Mark Murray]]|John Inverdale|Susie Dent|}}
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{{ep | 6285 | 13/01/2016 | CP |[[Antoinette Ryan]]| 88 - 125 |[[Mark Murray]]|John Inverdale|Susie Dent|140}}
{{ep | 6286 | 14/01/2016 | CQF |6276 Winner| - |6277 Winner|John Inverdale|Susie Dent|}}
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{{ep | 6286 | 14/01/2016 | CQF |[[Tom Cappleman]]| 97 - 114 |[[Giles Hutchings]]|John Inverdale|Susie Dent|134}}
{{ep | 6287 | 15/01/2016 | CQF |6278 Winner| - |6279 Winner|John Inverdale|Susie Dent|}}
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{{ep | 6287 | 15/01/2016 | CQF |[[Andy Platt]]| 125 - 127 |[[Dylan Taylor]]|John Inverdale|Susie Dent|145}}
{{ep | 6288 | 18/01/2016 | CQF |6280 Winner| - |6281 Winner|[[Naga Munchetty]]|Susie Dent|}}
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{{ep | 6288 | 18/01/2016 | CQF |[[Jen Steadman]]| 107 - 85 |[[Callum Todd]]|[[Naga Munchetty]]|Susie Dent|125}}
{{ep | 6289 | 19/01/2016 | CQF |6282 Winner| - |6283 Winner|Naga Munchetty|Susie Dent|}}
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{{ep | 6289 | 19/01/2016 | CQF |[[Dan McColm]]| 112 - 99 |[[Mark Murray]]|Naga Munchetty|Susie Dent|145}}
{{ep | 6290 | 20/01/2016 | CSF |6284 Winner| - |6285 Winner|Naga Munchetty|Susie Dent|}}
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{{ep | 6290 | 20/01/2016 | CSF |[[Giles Hutchings]]| 108 - 118 |[[Dylan Taylor]]|Naga Munchetty|Susie Dent|122}}
{{ep | 6291 | 21/01/2016 | CSF |6286 Winner| - |6287 Winner|Naga Munchetty|Susie Dent|}}
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{{ep | 6291 | 21/01/2016 | CSF |[[Jen Steadman]]| 117 - 125 |[[Dan McColm]]|Naga Munchetty|Susie Dent|146}}
{{ep | 6292 | 22/01/2016 | CGF |6288 Winner| - |6289 Winner|Naga Munchetty|Susie Dent|}}
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{{ep | 6292 | 22/01/2016 | CGF |[[Dylan Taylor]]| 121 - 104 |[[Dan McColm]]|Naga Munchetty|Susie Dent|154}}
 
{{episode table end}}
 
{{episode table end}}
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==External Links==
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{{CofC links|-17|XIV|74}}
  
 
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[[Category:Championships of Champions|14]]

Revision as of 15:37, 28 August 2016

Championship of Champions XIV is the most recent Championship of Champions tournament, as well as the first since 2009. It is being broadcast from 4 to 22 January 2016, occupying the first three weeks of Series 74. It was won by Dylan Taylor.

CoC XIV's existence was announced on the c4Countdown forums on the evening of 31 July 2014 with initial plans for a January 2015 transmission date. However, it was later postponed to make way for the special episodes at the end of Series 71, and a transmission at the start of Series 73 was also infeasible due to frequent horse racing coverage in the summer.

CoC XIV features sixteen top players drawn from Series 67 through 72, with Series 73 finalists not participating because the championship was filmed too soon after the Series 73 finals.

This tournament's qualifying standards were undoubtedly the highest of any Championship of Champions to date. All sixteen participants in CoC XIV are – or have recently been – practising Apterites. Fifteen are also octochamps (the only exception being Callum Todd). Despite this, however, only one of the entrants, Giles Hutchings, has never been defeated, largely on account of many recent series winners having previously competed and later being asked to return to the show. Of the ten highest-scoring octochamps in Countdown's history up to this point, six became CoC XIV participants, including the three highest of all time (Dylan Taylor, Giles Hutchings and Jen Steadman, all three of whom reached the semi-finals). The average preliminary-game point total for a CoC XIV entrant was 867 points, significantly higher than the octototals of either of the two previous Champions of Champions, Paul Gallen and Steven Briers. With the exception of those from Series 67, which featured none of its members, all octochamps in CoC XIV belonged to the 800 club.

In strong contrast to CoC XIII, CoC XIV's vowel and consonant piles featured virtually no consecutive repeating letters, making for a higher average frequency of nine-letter words; moreover, every nine-letter word available in the competition, with the exception of PETROLAGE in the grand final, was spotted by at least one contestant. The average score achieved by all winning and losing contestants in all games of CoC XIV was 107.4 points, not surprisingly the highest ever by some margin.

Progress

The bracket structure and first-round pairings for this Championship of Champions were announced on c4Countdown on 7 September 2015. They ran as follows:

Tom Cappleman (72) vs Glen Webb (69) Tom Cappleman vs Giles Hutchings Giles Hutchings
vs
Dylan Taylor
Dylan Taylor
vs
Dan McColm
Heather Styles (67) vs Giles Hutchings (68)
Andy Platt (68) vs David Barnard (67) Andy Platt vs Dylan Taylor
Dylan Taylor (69) vs Tracey Mills (72)
George Ford (71) vs Jen Steadman (69) Jen Steadman vs Callum Todd Jen Steadman
vs
Dan McColm
Callum Todd (69) vs Samir Pilica (70)
Dan McColm (71) vs Paul James (67) Dan McColm vs Mark Murray
Antoinette Ryan (71) vs Mark Murray (70)
The winner of each game is displayed in bold.
The numbers refer to the series in which each contestant originally played in the finals.

Episodes

# Date Type Contestant 1 Score Contestant 2 Presenters Guest Lex Max
6278 4/01/2016 CP Tom Cappleman 133 – 115 Glen Webb Nick Hewer Rachel Riley Gloria Hunniford Susie Dent 147
6279 5/01/2016 CP Heather Styles 73 – 132 Giles Hutchings Nick Hewer Rachel Riley Gloria Hunniford Susie Dent 135
6280 6/01/2016 CP Andy Platt 98 – 90 David Barnard Nick Hewer Rachel Riley Gloria Hunniford Susie Dent 129
6281 7/01/2016 CP Dylan Taylor 120 – 73 Tracey Mills Nick Hewer Rachel Riley Gloria Hunniford Susie Dent 124
6282 8/01/2016 CP George Ford 99 – 126 Jen Steadman Nick Hewer Rachel Riley Gloria Hunniford Susie Dent 137
6283 11/01/2016 CP Callum Todd 127 – 88 Samir Pilica Nick Hewer Rachel Riley John Inverdale Susie Dent 137
6284 12/01/2016 CP Dan McColm 106 – 69 Paul James Nick Hewer Rachel Riley John Inverdale Susie Dent 122
6285 13/01/2016 CP Antoinette Ryan 88 – 125 Mark Murray Nick Hewer Rachel Riley John Inverdale Susie Dent 140
6286 14/01/2016 CQF Tom Cappleman 97 – 114 Giles Hutchings Nick Hewer Rachel Riley John Inverdale Susie Dent 134
6287 15/01/2016 CQF Andy Platt 125 – 127 Dylan Taylor Nick Hewer Rachel Riley John Inverdale Susie Dent 145
6288 18/01/2016 CQF Jen Steadman 107 – 85 Callum Todd Nick Hewer Rachel Riley Naga Munchetty Susie Dent 125
6289 19/01/2016 CQF Dan McColm 112 – 99 Mark Murray Nick Hewer Rachel Riley Naga Munchetty Susie Dent 145
6290 20/01/2016 CSF Giles Hutchings 108 – 118 Dylan Taylor Nick Hewer Rachel Riley Naga Munchetty Susie Dent 122
6291 21/01/2016 CSF Jen Steadman 117 – 125 Dan McColm Nick Hewer Rachel Riley Naga Munchetty Susie Dent 146
6292 22/01/2016 CGF Dylan Taylor 121 – 104 Dan McColm Nick Hewer Rachel Riley Naga Munchetty Susie Dent 154

External Links