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Championship League
Tournament information
Dates7 October 2019 – 5 March 2020
VenueMorningside Arena
CityLeicester
CountryEngland
FormatNon-ranking event
Total prize fundDepending on number of frames played
Winner's share£10,000
Highest break
Defending championEngland Martin Gould
Final
Champion
Runner-up
Score
2019
2020/21

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]

  • Tournament total: Depending on number of frames played

Group 1

Group 1 will be played on 7 and 8 October 2019.

Matches

Table

Pos Team Pld W L FF FA FD
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
Updated to match(es) played on 7 and 8 October 2019. Source: Championship League Snooker by Matchroom Sport

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

Table

Pos Team Pld W L FF FA FD
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
Updated to match(es) played on 7 and 8 October 2019. Source: Championship League Snooker by Matchroom Sport

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

Table

Pos Team Pld W L FF FA FD
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
Source: Championship League Snooker by Matchroom Sport
(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 Bingham2
 
 
 
  Judd Trump3
 
  Judd Trump3
 
 
 
  Barry Hawkins0
 
  Barry Hawkins3
 
 
  Mark Selby2
 

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

Table

Pos Team Pld W L FF FA FD
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
Source: Championship League Snooker by Matchroom Sport
(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 Selby3
 
 
 
  Ali Carter1
 
  Mark Selby1
 
 
 
  Stuart Bingham3
 
  Stuart Bingham3
 
 
  Barry Hawkins1
 

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

Note

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
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
Source: Championship League Snooker by Matchroom Sport
(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

Table

Pos Team Pld W L FF FA FD
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
Source: Championship League Snooker by Matchroom Sport
(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

Note

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
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
Source: Championship League Snooker by Matchroom Sport
(E) Eliminated; (Q) Qualified for the phase indicated

Play-offs

 
Semi Finals
Best of 5 frames
Final
Best of 5 frames
 
      
 
 
 
 
  John Higgins3
 
 
 
  Stephen Maguire1
 
  John Higgins3
 
 
 
  Ding Junhui0
 
  Noppon Saengkham2
 
 
  Ding Junhui3
 

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

Table

Pos Team Pld W L FF FA FD
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
Source: Championship League Snooker by Matchroom Sport
(E) Eliminated; (Q) Qualified for the phase indicated

Play-offs

 
Semi Finals
Best of 5 frames
Final
Best of 5 frames
 
      
 
 
 
 
  Neil Robertson0
 
 
 
  Jack Lisowski3
 
  Jack Lisowski1
 
 
 
  Martin Gould3
 
  Martin Gould3
 
 
  John Higgins0
 

Century breaks

Total:


Winnings

No. Player 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 W TOTAL
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

  1. ^ "Betvictor To Title Sponsor Championship League Snooker". World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. 3 October 2019.
  2. ^ "Gould Strikes Gold At Championship League". World Snooker. 14 March 2019.
  3. ^ "Home - Championship League Snooker". Championship League Snooker.
  4. ^ "Trump On Top In Group Three". World Snooker. 8 January 2019.
  5. ^ "Bingham Beats Selby In Group Four Final". World Snooker. 10 January 2019.
  6. ^ "High Five For Selby". World Snooker. 22 January 2019.
  7. ^ "Gould Strikes Gold In Group Six". World Snooker. 24 January 2019.
  8. ^ "And Higgins makes seven". Championshipleague Snooker. 12 March 2019.