Tournament information | |
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Dates | 7 October 2019 – 5 March 2020 |
Venue | Morningside Arena |
City | Leicester |
Country | England |
Format | Non-ranking event |
Total prize fund | Depending on number of frames played |
Winner's share | £10,000 |
Highest break | |
Defending champion | Martin Gould |
Final | |
Champion | |
Runner-up | |
Score | – |
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The 2019/2020 Championship League is an upcoming professional non-ranking snooker tournament, taking place from 7 October 2019 to 5 March 2020}} at the Morningside Arena in Leicester, England.[1] It will be the 13th staging of the tournament.
Martin Gould is the defending champion, having beaten Jack Lisowski 3–1 in the 2019 final.[2]
Tournament Format
The Championship League event sees 25 professionals take part, with players earning prize money for every frame won. Matches are best of 5 frames, and the league is played from October 2019 to March 2020.
The competition runs over eight groups, each consisting of seven players. From each group the top four qualify for a play-off, and the winners of the first seven play-offs qualify for the winners group. The bottom two players of each group are eliminated and the remaining four move to the next group, where they are joined by three more players until the seventh group. The winners play in the final group, and the winner of the Winners' Group play-off takes the title and a place at the 2020 Champion of Champions.
Prize fund
The breakdown of prize money for the 2019/2020 Championship League is shown below.[3]
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- Tournament total: Depending on number of frames played
Group 1
Group 1 will be played on 7 and 8 October 2019.
Matches
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Table
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | FF | FA | FD | |
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1 | Mark Selby | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Qualification to Group 1 play-off |
2 | Barry Hawkins | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
3 | Neil Robertson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
4 | Jack Lisowski | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
5 | Jimmy Robertson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Advances into Group 2 |
6 | Ryan Day | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Eliminated from the competition |
7 | Player 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Play-offs
Semi Finals Best of 5 frames | Final Best of 5 frames | |||||
Group 2
Group 2 will be played on 9 and 10 October 2019.
Matches
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Table
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | FF | FA | FD | |
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1 | Kyren Wilson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Qualification to Group 1 play-off |
2 | Stuart Bingham | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
3 | Gary Wilson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
4 | Player 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
5 | Player 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Advances into Group 2 |
6 | Player 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Eliminated from the competition |
7 | Player 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Play-offs
Semi Finals Best of 5 frames | Final Best of 5 frames | |||||
Group 3
Group 3 was played on 7 and 8 January 2019. Judd Trump was the third player to qualify for the Winners' Group.[4]
Matches
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Table
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | FF | FA | FD | |
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1 | Stuart Bingham (Q) | 6 | 4 | 2 | 16 | 10 | +6 | Qualification to Group 3 play-off |
2 | Barry Hawkins (Q) | 6 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 9 | +5 | |
3 | Mark Selby (Q) | 6 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 11 | +3 | |
4 | Judd Trump (Q) | 6 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 13 | 0 | |
5 | Luca Brecel (A) | 6 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 13 | −2 | Advances into Group 4 |
6 | Kyren Wilson (E) | 6 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 12 | −2 | Eliminated from the competition |
7 | Jimmy Robertson (E) | 6 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 16 | −9 |
(A) Advance to a further round; (E) Eliminated; (Q) Qualified for the phase indicated
Play-offs
Semi Finals Best of 5 frames | Final Best of 5 frames | |||||
Stuart Bingham | 2 | |||||
Judd Trump | 3 | |||||
Judd Trump | 3 | |||||
Barry Hawkins | 0 | |||||
Barry Hawkins | 3 | |||||
Mark Selby | 2 | |||||
Group 4
Group 4 was played on 9 and 10 January 2019. Stuart Bingham was the fourth player to qualify for the Winners' Group.[5]
Matches
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Table
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | FF | FA | FD | |
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1 | Mark Selby (Q) | 6 | 5 | 1 | 16 | 7 | +9 | Qualification to Group 4 play-off |
2 | Stuart Bingham (Q) | 6 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 11 | +2 | |
3 | Barry Hawkins (Q) | 6 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 10 | +1 | |
4 | Ali Carter (Q) | 6 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 12 | −1 | |
5 | Luca Brecel (A) | 6 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 13 | −3 | Advances into Group 5 |
6 | Ryan Day (E) | 6 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 14 | −3 | Eliminated from the competition |
7 | Graeme Dott (E) | 6 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 15 | −5 |
(A) Advance to a further round; (E) Eliminated; (Q) Qualified for the phase indicated
Play-offs
Semi Finals Best of 5 frames | Final Best of 5 frames | |||||
Mark Selby | 3 | |||||
Ali Carter | 1 | |||||
Mark Selby | 1 | |||||
Stuart Bingham | 3 | |||||
Stuart Bingham | 3 | |||||
Barry Hawkins | 1 | |||||
Group 5
Group 5 was played on 21 and 22 January 2019. Mark Selby was the fifth player to qualify for the Winners' Group.[6]
Matches
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Due to illness, Luca Brecel withdrew from the tournament prior to group 5 play. He was replaced in the group by David Gilbert.
Table
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | FF | FA | FD | |
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1 | David Gilbert (Q) | 6 | 5 | 1 | 16 | 10 | +6 | Qualification to Group 5 play-off |
2 | Stephen Maguire (Q) | 6 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 10 | +4 | |
3 | Mark Selby (Q) | 6 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 10 | +3 | |
4 | Barry Hawkins (Q) | 6 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 0 | |
5 | Ali Carter (A) | 6 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 13 | −2 | Advances into Group 6 |
6 | Anthony McGill (E) | 6 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 15 | −5 | Eliminated from the competition |
7 | Joe Perry (E) | 6 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 15 | −6 |
(A) Advance to a further round; (E) Eliminated; (Q) Qualified for the phase indicated
Play-offs
Semi Finals Best of 5 frames | Final Best of 5 frames | |||||
David Gilbert | 0 | |||||
Barry Hawkins | 3 | |||||
Barry Hawkins | 0 | |||||
Mark Selby | 3 | |||||
Stephen Maguire | 2 | |||||
Mark Selby | 3 | |||||
Group 6
Group 6 was played on 23 and 24 January 2019. Martin Gould was the sixth player to qualify for the Winners' Group.[7]
Matches
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Table
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | FF | FA | FD | |
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1 | Barry Hawkins (Q) | 6 | 5 | 1 | 16 | 7 | +9 | Qualification to Group 6 play-off |
2 | Mark Davis (Q) | 6 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 11 | +3 | |
3 | Martin Gould (Q) | 6 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 8 | +5 | |
4 | Stephen Maguire (Q) | 6 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 14 | −3 | |
5 | David Gilbert (A) | 6 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 13 | −2 | Advances into Group 7 |
6 | Ali Carter (E) | 6 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 14 | −3 | Eliminated from the competition |
7 | Xiao Guodong (E) | 6 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 15 | −9 |
(A) Advance to a further round; (E) Eliminated; (Q) Qualified for the phase indicated
Play-offs
Semi Finals Best of 5 frames | Final Best of 5 frames | |||||
Barry Hawkins | 3 | |||||
Stephen Maguire | 1 | |||||
Barry Hawkins | 2 | |||||
Martin Gould | 3 | |||||
Mark Davis | 1 | |||||
Martin Gould | 3 | |||||
Group 7
Group 7 was played on 11 and 12 March 2019. John Higgins was the seventh and final player to qualify for the Winners' Group.[8]
Matches
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David Gilbert and Barry Hawkins withdrew from the tournament prior to group 7 play. They were replaced by Tom Ford and Noppon Saengkham.
Table
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | FF | FA | FD | |
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1 | John Higgins (Q) | 6 | 6 | 0 | 18 | 2 | +16 | Qualification to Group 7 play-off |
2 | Noppon Saengkham (Q) | 6 | 5 | 1 | 16 | 8 | +8 | |
3 | Ding Junhui (Q) | 6 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 11 | +1 | |
4 | Stephen Maguire (Q) | 6 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 15 | −4 | |
5 | Mark Davis (E) | 6 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 16 | −7 | Eliminated from the competition |
6 | Tom Ford (E) | 6 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 16 | −7 | |
7 | Michael White (E) | 6 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 16 | −7 |
(E) Eliminated; (Q) Qualified for the phase indicated
Play-offs
Semi Finals Best of 5 frames | Final Best of 5 frames | |||||
John Higgins | 3 | |||||
Stephen Maguire | 1 | |||||
John Higgins | 3 | |||||
Ding Junhui | 0 | |||||
Noppon Saengkham | 2 | |||||
Ding Junhui | 3 | |||||
Winners' Group
The Winners' Group was played on 13 and 14 March 2019. Martin Gould won his second Championship League title, beating Jack Lisowski 3–1 in the final. During the round robin matches, John Higgins made his 750th career century break, and Judd Trump made his 600th.
Matches
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Table
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | FF | FA | FD | |
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1 | Neil Robertson (Q) | 6 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 10 | +3 | Qualification to Winners' Group play-off |
2 | Martin Gould (Q) | 6 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 9 | +3 | |
3 | John Higgins (Q) | 6 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 13 | 0 | |
4 | Jack Lisowski (Q) | 6 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 11 | +1 | |
5 | Mark Selby (E) | 6 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 11 | +1 | Eliminated from the competition |
6 | Judd Trump (E) | 6 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 0 | |
7 | Stuart Bingham (E) | 6 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 16 | −8 |
(E) Eliminated; (Q) Qualified for the phase indicated
Play-offs
Semi Finals Best of 5 frames | Final Best of 5 frames | |||||
Neil Robertson | 0 | |||||
Jack Lisowski | 3 | |||||
Jack Lisowski | 1 | |||||
Martin Gould | 3 | |||||
Martin Gould | 3 | |||||
John Higgins | 0 | |||||
Century breaks
Total:
Winnings
No. | Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | W | TOTAL |
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1 | Martin Gould (27) | 6100 | 14200 | 20300 | ||||||
2 | Jack Lisowski (16) | 4300 | 6400 | 8600 | 19300 | |||||
3 | Mark Selby (1) | 3250 | 5300 | 6100 | 2400 | 17050 | ||||
4 | John Higgins (4) | 7100 | 5600 | 12700 | ||||||
5 | Neil Robertson (10) | 6800 | 5600 | 12400 | ||||||
6 | Barry Hawkins(2) (7) | 4300 | 2400 | 4100 | 5100 | 15900 | ||||
7 | Stuart Bingham (12) | 3450 | 6100 | 1600 | 11150 | |||||
8 | Judd Trump (5) | 1100 | 6100 | 3200 | 10400 | |||||
9 | Stephen Maguire (15) | 3000 | 2400 | 2400 | 7800 | |||||
10 | Luca Brecel(1) (14) | 4100 | 1100 | 1000 | 6200 | |||||
11 | Ali Carter (17) | 2400 | 1100 | 1600 | 5100 | |||||
12 | Jimmy Robertson (23) | 1100 | 2900 | 700 | 4700 | |||||
13 | Kyren Wilson (9) | 3400 | 1000 | 4400 | ||||||
14 | David Gilbert(2) (19) | 3100 | 1100 | 4200 | ||||||
15 | Ding Junhui (8) | 4100 | 4100 | |||||||
16 | Ricky Walden (34) | 2500 | 1200 | 3700 | ||||||
17 | Mark Davis (35) | 2700 | 900 | 3600 | ||||||
18 | Anthony Hamilton (30) | 2200 | 1000 | 3200 | ||||||
= | Noppon Saengkham (32) | 3200 | 3200 | |||||||
20 | Mark King (26) | 1100 | 1100 | |||||||
= | Ryan Day (13) | 1100 | 1100 | |||||||
22 | Graeme Dott (22) | 1000 | 1000 | |||||||
= | Anthony McGill (20) | 1000 | 1000 | |||||||
24 | Robert Milkins (32) | 900 | 900 | |||||||
= | Joe Perry (18) | 900 | 900 | |||||||
= | Tom Ford (28) | 900 | 900 | |||||||
= | Michael White (36) | 900 | 900 | |||||||
28 | Xiao Guodong (25) | 600 | 600 | |||||||
Total prize money | 18,900 | 19,900 | 19,900 | 19,200 | 19,300 | 19,600 | 19,500 | 41,200 | 177,500 |
Green: won the group. Bold: highest break in the group. All prize money in GBP.
Parenthesis: World rankings prior to tournament start, 1 January 2019.
Notes
(1) Due to illness, Luca Brecel withdrew from the tournament prior to Group 5 play.
(2) Barry Hawkins and David Gilbert withdrew from the tournament prior to Group 7 play.
References
- ^ "Betvictor To Title Sponsor Championship League Snooker". World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. 3 October 2019.
- ^ "Gould Strikes Gold At Championship League". World Snooker. 14 March 2019.
- ^ "Home - Championship League Snooker". Championship League Snooker.
- ^ "Trump On Top In Group Three". World Snooker. 8 January 2019.
- ^ "Bingham Beats Selby In Group Four Final". World Snooker. 10 January 2019.
- ^ "High Five For Selby". World Snooker. 22 January 2019.
- ^ "Gould Strikes Gold In Group Six". World Snooker. 24 January 2019.
- ^ "And Higgins makes seven". Championshipleague Snooker. 12 March 2019.