The 2014 Volvo World Match Play Championship was the 49th World Match Play Championship to be played. It was held 15–19 October, with the champion receiving €650,000. The format was 16 players split into four pools of four, with the top two in each pool progressing to the knock-out stage. It is an official money event on the European Tour.

Format The 16 players are split into four pools of four, seeded by their Official World Golf Ranking. Within each pool, every player plays each other in a round-robin format over 18-hole matches. Points are awarded based upon win (2), tie (1) or loss (0). The two leading players from each pool advance to the knock-out stage. In the case of a tie in the standings, head-to-head results determine places with sudden-death playoffs used to determine standings if head-to-head match halved.

Participants Seed Player Rank1 Henrik Stenson 52 Graeme McDowell 183 Victor Dubuisson 234 Jamie Donaldson 255 Patrick Reed 266 Stephen Gallacher 357 Joost Luiten 378 Thongchai Jaidee 419 Francesco Molinari 4810 Mikko Ilonen 5211 Shane Lowry 5312 Jonas Blixt 5813 Paul Casey 6614 Pablo Larrazábal 7015 Alexander Lévy 7416 George Coetzee 89

Pool play Round 1 – 15 October Round 2 – 16 October Round 3 – 17 October

Source

+ Arnold Palmer Group Round Winner Score Loser1 Henrik Stenson & George Coetzee – halved Thongchai Jaidee 2 up Francesco Molinari2 Henrik Stenson 2 & 1 Francesco Molinari George Coetzee 2 & 1 Thongchai Jaidee3 Henrik Stenson 2 & 1 Thongchai Jaidee Francesco Molinari 2 & 1 George Coetzee 1st – Henrik Stenson 2nd – George Coetzee 3rd – Thongchai Jaidee & Francesco Molinari+ Mark McCormack Group Round Winner Score Loser1 Paul Casey 2 & 1 Jamie Donaldson Jonas Blixt 2 & 1 Patrick Reed2 Jamie Donaldson 3 & 2 Jonas Blixt Patrick Reed 2 & 1 Paul Casey3 Patrick Reed 3 & 2 Jamie DonaldsonJonas Blixt & Paul Casey – halved 1st – Patrick Reed 2nd – Jonas Blixt (won second place on firstsudden-death playoff hole) 3rd – Paul Casey 4th – Jamie Donaldson+ Assar Gabrielsson Group Round Winner Score Loser1 Victor Dubuisson 3 & 2 Pablo Larrazábal Shane Lowry 3 & 2 Stephen Gallacher2 Victor Dubuisson 3 & 2 Shane Lowry Pablo Larrazábal 1 up Stephen Gallacher3 Stephen Gallacher 2 & 1 Victor Dubuisson Pablo Larrazábal 2 & 1 Shane Lowry 1st – Victor Dubuisson (first place based onhead-to-head match vs Larrazábal) 2nd – Pablo Larrazábal 3rd – Stephen Gallacher & Shane Lowry+ Gustaf Larson Group Round Winner Score Loser1 Graeme McDowell 3 & 2 Alexander Lévy Joost Luiten 1 up Mikko Ilonen2 Mikko Ilonen 2 & 1 Graeme McDowell Joost Luiten 4 & 3 Alexander Lévy3 Joost Luiten 2 up Graeme McDowell Mikko Ilonen 1 up Alexander Lévy 1st – Joost Luiten 2nd – Mikko Ilonen 3rd – Graeme McDowell 4th – Alexander Lévy

Playoffs Source

Prize money breakdown Source:

Place Actual prize fund (€) Race to Dubai fund (€) Champion 650,000 375,000 Runner-up 330,000 250,000 Third place 210,000 140,850 Fourth place 160,000 112,500 Quarter-finals losers x 4 100,000 74,475 Third in group x 4 75,000 43,875 Last in group x 4 50,000 33,862 Total €2,250,000 €1,487,198

References

External links Official site Coverage on the European Tour's official site