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Championship of Champions XIV

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Championship of Champions XIV is the current 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.

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). 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.

Progress

The bracket structure and first-round pairings for this Championship of Champions were announced on C4Countdown on 7 September 2015. They run as follows:

Tom Cappleman (72) vs Glen Webb (69) Tom Cappleman vs Giles Hutchings
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
Callum Todd (69) vs Samir Pilica (70)
Dan McColm (71) vs Paul James (67)
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 Paul James Nick Hewer Rachel Riley John Inverdale Susie Dent
6285 13/01/2016 CP Antoinette Ryan Mark Murray Nick Hewer Rachel Riley John Inverdale Susie Dent
6286 14/01/2016 CQF Tom Cappleman Giles Hutchings Nick Hewer Rachel Riley John Inverdale Susie Dent
6287 15/01/2016 CQF Andy Platt Dylan Taylor Nick Hewer Rachel Riley John Inverdale Susie Dent
6288 18/01/2016 CQF Jen Steadman Callum Todd Nick Hewer Rachel Riley Naga Munchetty Susie Dent
6289 19/01/2016 CQF 6284 Winner 6285 Winner Nick Hewer Rachel Riley Naga Munchetty Susie Dent
6290 20/01/2016 CSF 6286 Winner 6287 Winner Nick Hewer Rachel Riley Naga Munchetty Susie Dent
6291 21/01/2016 CSF 6288 Winner 6289 Winner Nick Hewer Rachel Riley Naga Munchetty Susie Dent
6292 22/01/2016 CGF 6290 Winner 6291 Winner Nick Hewer Rachel Riley Naga Munchetty Susie Dent