O'Sullivan and Ding Junhui had a wonderful showdown in the final of the World ** Croatian Championship on December 4, 2023. O'Sullivan was in excellent form, defeating Ding Junhui with a score of 10-7 and winning the eighth championship of the British Championships, becoming the first player to win this honor. His tally of ranking tournaments increased to 40 and he won his 77th career title. In the first four games of the game, O'Sullivan led 3-1, but Ding Junhui won three games in a row to tie the score at 4-4. After that, O'Sullivan won two games in a row to lead 7-5, and finally he drew 5-5 with Ding Junhui. In the final game, Ding Junhui won 56:2 and equalized the score to 5-5.
O'Sullivan showed a strong competitive state in the game, and Ding Junhui also performed well, and the duel between the two sides can be called a classic. Ronnie O'Sullivan showed amazing strength in the 11th game, winning 127-6 with an excellent performance of 87 points, extending the lead to 6-5. Next, in the 12th game, he once again showed a good performance, winning 80:6 with a wonderful performance of 79 points, leading Ding Junhui again, and successfully expanding the difference between the two sides to two games. Subsequently, Ding Junhui lost the opportunity and finally lost to O'Sullivan 7-10. In the 13th game, Ding Junhui won 70:4 with an outstanding performance of 52 points, narrowing the score to 6-7.
Then, in the 14th game, Ding Junhui first successfully scored the red ball on the far table in the right bottom bag, and then hit a shot of 104 points, although he was penalized 4 points for deliberately hitting the coffee ball, but finally won 104:4 and equalized the score to 7-7. In the 15th game, Ding Junhui made a mistake at the beginning, and O'Sullivan immediately scored 100 points and led again 8-7. Subsequently, in the 16th game, O'Sullivan won 87:8 with an excellent performance of 74 points, expanding the score to 9-7 and taking the lead to get the match point.
In the end, in the 17th game, O'Sullivan defeated Ding Junhui 10-7 with a wonderful performance of 129 points, won the eighth championship of the British Championships, and successfully created a record of winning the ranking tournament.