Snooker tournament
The 2015 Championship League was a professional non-ranking snooker tournament that was played from 5 January to 12 February 2015 at the Crondon Park Golf Club in Stock , England .[ 2]
Judd Trump was the defending champion,[ 3] but he was eliminated at the end of group three.
Barry Hawkins made the 111th official maximum break during his league stage match against Stephen Maguire in group one. This was Hawkins second official 147 break and the sixth in the 2014/2015 season . It was also the second maximum break in the history of the tournament.[ 4] David Gilbert made the 114th maximum break and ninth of the season during group 7.[ 5]
Stuart Bingham won in the final 3–2 against Mark Davis , and earned a place at the 2015 Champion of Champions .[ 6]
Prize fund
The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:
Group 1–7
Winner: £ 3,000
Runner-up: £2,000
Semi-final: £1,000
Frame-win (league stage): £100
Frame-win (play-offs): £300
Highest break: £500
Winners' group
Winner: £10,000
Runner-up: £5,000
Semi-final: £3,000
Frame-win (league stage): £200
Frame-win (play-offs): £300
Highest break: £1,000
Tournament total: £180,100[ 1]
Group one
Group one was played on 5 and 6 January 2015. Shaun Murphy was to take part in this group, but he was replaced by Mark King due to a bacterial chest infection .[ 7] Barry Hawkins was the first player to qualify for the winners group.[ 4]
Matches
Stuart Bingham 3 –1 Marco Fu
Barry Hawkins 3 –2 Neil Robertson
Stephen Maguire 0–3 Barry Hawkins
Judd Trump 2–3 Neil Robertson
Mark King 2–3 Stuart Bingham
Marco Fu 3 –2 Judd Trump
Neil Robertson 3 –1 Stephen Maguire
Barry Hawkins 2–3 Stuart Bingham
Mark King 3 –1 Marco Fu
Judd Trump 1–3 Stephen Maguire
Stuart Bingham 3 –0 Stephen Maguire
Neil Robertson 3 –1 Marco Fu
Stuart Bingham 3 –1 Neil Robertson
Barry Hawkins 1–3 Mark King
Marco Fu 3 –1 Stephen Maguire
Mark King 1–3 Judd Trump
Mark King 0–3 Stephen Maguire
Barry Hawkins 3 –2 Marco Fu
Stuart Bingham 0–3 Judd Trump
Mark King 1–3 Neil Robertson
Barry Hawkins 3 –2 Judd Trump
Table
^ Fu finishes ahead of King due to winning more frames
Play-offs
Group two
Group two was played on 7 and 8 January 2015. The group was won by Matthew Selt , who was a late replacement for Neil Robertson .[ 9] [ 10]
Matches
Judd Trump 3 –0 Marco Fu
Stuart Bingham 3 –2 Matthew Selt
Ali Carter 3 –1 Robert Milkins
Michael Holt 3 –2 Stuart Bingham
Marco Fu 3 –2 Ali Carter
Robert Milkins 3 –2 Michael Holt
Matthew Selt 3 –2 Judd Trump
Stuart Bingham 1–3 Judd Trump
Ali Carter 3 –1 Michael Holt
Matthew Selt 2–3 Marco Fu
Judd Trump 3 –0 Michael Holt
Robert Milkins 0–3 Marco Fu
Stuart Bingham 2–3 Robert Milkins
Matthew Selt 3 –2 Ali Carter
Marco Fu 3 –0 Michael Holt
Judd Trump 3 –1 Robert Milkins
Stuart Bingham 1–3 Ali Carter
Matthew Selt 1–3 Michael Holt
Judd Trump 1–3 Ali Carter
Matthew Selt 3 –2 Robert Milkins
Stuart Bingham 3 –2 Marco Fu
Table
^ Milkins finishes ahead of Holt due to defeating him 3–2
Play-offs
Group three
Group three was played on 19 and 20 January 2015. Ricky Walden was to take part this group, but he withdrew and was replaced by Peter Ebdon , who scheduled to play in group six before.[ 12] Ali Carter won the group.[ 13]
Matches
Marco Fu 3 –1 Stuart Bingham
Judd Trump 3 –2 Ali Carter
Ryan Day 3 –1 Peter Ebdon
Mark Davis 1–3 Judd Trump
Stuart Bingham 3 –2 Ryan Day
Ali Carter 3 –2 Marco Fu
Judd Trump 2–3 Marco Fu
Peter Ebdon 1–3 Mark Davis
Ryan Day 3 –1 Mark Davis
Ali Carter 1–3 Stuart Bingham
Marco Fu 0–3 Mark Davis
Peter Ebdon 1–3 Stuart Bingham
Ali Carter 3 –1 Ryan Day
Judd Trump 1–3 Peter Ebdon
Stuart Bingham 1–3 Mark Davis
Judd Trump 2–3 Ryan Day
Marco Fu 0–3 Peter Ebdon
Ali Carter 3 –1 Mark Davis
Marco Fu 1–3 Ryan Day
Ali Carter 1–3 Peter Ebdon
Judd Trump 2–3 Stuart Bingham
Table
^ Davis finishes ahead of Ebdon due to defeating him 3–1
Play-offs
Group four
Group four was played on 21 and 22 January 2015. Martin Gould was to play in this group, but he moved to group six and was replaced by David Gilbert .[ 15] Stuart Bingham was the fourth player to qualify for the winners group.[ 16]
Matches
Mark Davis 1–3 Ryan Day
Stuart Bingham 0–3 Peter Ebdon
David Gilbert 3 –2 Matthew Stevens
Michael White 0–3 Mark Davis
Ryan Day 2–3 Stuart Bingham
Peter Ebdon 3 –0 David Gilbert
Matthew Stevens 2–3 Michael White
Mark Davis 2–3 Stuart Bingham
Ryan Day 0–3 Peter Ebdon
David Gilbert 1–3 Michael White
Stuart Bingham 2–3 Michael White
Matthew Stevens 3 –1 Peter Ebdon
Ryan Day 0–3 David Gilbert
Mark Davis 3 –2 Matthew Stevens
Peter Ebdon 3 –1 Michael White
Stuart Bingham 3 –1 Matthew Stevens
Ryan Day 2–3 Michael White
Mark Davis 1–3 David Gilbert
Stuart Bingham 3 –1 David Gilbert
Ryan Day 3 –1 Matthew Stevens
Mark Davis 3 –2 Peter Ebdon
Table
Play-offs
Group five
Group five was played on 26 and 27 January 2015. This round of group play was won by Mark Davis .[ 18]
Michael White 2–3 David Gilbert
Mark Davis 3 –1 Peter Ebdon
Ronnie O'Sullivan 3 –2 Liang Wenbo
Fergal O'Brien 1–3 Mark Davis
Peter Ebdon 0–3 Michael White
David Gilbert 0–3 Ronnie O'Sullivan
Mark Davis 3 –1 Michael White
Liang Wenbo 1–3 Fergal O'Brien
Ronnie O'Sullivan 3 –0 Fergal O'Brien
Michael White 0–3 Fergal O'Brien
Peter Ebdon 2–3 David Gilbert
Liang Wenbo 0–3 David Gilbert
Mark Davis 3 –0 Liang Wenbo
Peter Ebdon 3 –2 Ronnie O'Sullivan
Michael White 3 –2 Liang Wenbo
David Gilbert 2–3 Fergal O'Brien
Mark Davis 1–3 Ronnie O'Sullivan
Michael White 0–3 Ronnie O'Sullivan
Peter Ebdon 3 –1 Fergal O'Brien
Peter Ebdon 2–3 Liang Wenbo
Mark Davis 3 -2 David Gilbert
Table
Play-offs
Group six
Group six was played on 28 and 29 January 2015. Martin Gould was to take part this group, but he withdrew and was replaced by Rod Lawler .[ 20] Ronnie O'Sullivan withdrew from the tournament ahead of this group and was replaced by Ben Woollaston , who went on to win the group.[ 21]
Matches
Ben Woollaston 0–3 David Gilbert
Fergal O'Brien 3 –1 Peter Ebdon
Kurt Maflin 0–3 Ben Woollaston
Dominic Dale 3 –0 Rod Lawler
David Gilbert 3 –0 Fergal O'Brien
Peter Ebdon 3 –0 Dominic Dale
Ben Woollaston 0–3 Fergal O'Brien
Rod Lawler 0–3 Kurt Maflin
David Gilbert 1–3 Peter Ebdon
Dominic Dale 3 –1 Kurt Maflin
Rod Lawler 2–3 Peter Ebdon
Fergal O'Brien 3 –0 Kurt Maflin
Ben Woollaston 3 –0 Rod Lawler
David Gilbert 3 –1 Dominic Dale
Peter Ebdon 3 –1 Kurt Maflin
Fergal O'Brien 2–3 Rod Lawler
Ben Woollaston 2–3 Dominic Dale
Fergal O'Brien 0–3 Dominic Dale
David Gilbert 3 –2 Kurt Maflin
David Gilbert 1–3 Rod Lawler
Ben Woollaston 3 –0 Peter Ebdon
Table
Play-offs
Group seven
Group seven was played on 9 and 10 February 2015. Xiao Guodong was the last player to qualify for the winners group.[ 5]
Matches
Peter Ebdon 1–3 David Gilbert
Dominic Dale 1–3 Fergal O'Brien
Mark Williams 3 –0 Peter Ebdon
John Higgins 2–3 Xiao Guodong
David Gilbert 3 –2 Dominic Dale
Fergal O'Brien 3 –2 John Higgins
Peter Ebdon 3 –1 Dominic Dale
Xiao Guodong 3 –1 Mark Williams
David Gilbert 3 –2 Fergal O'Brien
John Higgins 3 –1 Mark Williams
Xiao Guodong 2–3 Fergal O'Brien
Dominic Dale 0–3 Mark Williams
David Gilbert 3 –0 John Higgins
Peter Ebdon 3 –1 Xiao Guodong
Dominic Dale 0–3 Xiao Guodong
Fergal O'Brien 2–3 Mark Williams
Peter Ebdon 3 –0 John Higgins
David Gilbert 3 –2 Mark Williams
Dominic Dale 0–3 John Higgins
David Gilbert 2–3 Xiao Guodong
Peter Ebdon 2–3 Fergal O'Brien
Table
Play-offs
Winners' group
The winners' group was played on 11 and 12 February 2015. Stuart Bingham won his first Championship League title.
Matches
Barry Hawkins 0–3 Matthew Selt
Ali Carter 3 –1 Stuart Bingham
Xiao Guodong 3 –1 Barry Hawkins
Mark Davis 1–3 Ben Woollaston
Matthew Selt 3 –2 Ali Carter
Stuart Bingham 1–3 Mark Davis
Barry Hawkins 3 –0 Ali Carter
Ben Woollaston 3 –2 Xiao Guodong
Matthew Selt 1–3 Stuart Bingham
Mark Davis 3 –0 Xiao Guodong
Ben Woollaston 1–3 Stuart Bingham
Ali Carter 3 –1 Xiao Guodong
Barry Hawkins 3 –2 Ben Woollaston
Matthew Selt 1–3 Mark Davis
Ali Carter 1–3 Ben Woollaston
Stuart Bingham 0–3 Xiao Guodong
Matthew Selt 3 –0 Xiao Guodong
Barry Hawkins 3 –0 Mark Davis
Matthew Selt 3 –2 Ben Woollaston
Ali Carter 2–3 Mark Davis
Barry Hawkins 0–3 Stuart Bingham
Table
Play-offs
Century breaks
Total: 79
147 (1) , 118, 110, 109, 105 – Barry Hawkins
147 (7) , 113, 107, 103, 100, 100 – David Gilbert
139 (W) , 124, 116, 108, 105 – Matthew Selt
139 (5) , 101 – Michael White
138 (2) , 129, 110, 103, 102 – Ali Carter
137 (3) , 136, 125, 105, 104, 103, 100, 100 – Judd Trump
137 (3) , 127, 123, 120, 108, 105, 103, 101 – Peter Ebdon
136, 121 – John Higgins
134, 134, 130, 108, 101 – Marco Fu
134, 134, 126, 120, 118, 115, 110, 108, 103, 101 – Stuart Bingham
132 (6) , 125, 103 – Dominic Dale
131 (4) , 128, 118, 117, 103 – Mark Davis
131 (4) , 105 – Matthew Stevens
128, 126, 101, 100 – Ronnie O'Sullivan
127, 123, 111, 105 – Fergal O'Brien
123, 100 – Neil Robertson
112 – Liang Wenbo
101 – Ben Woollaston
100 – Ryan Day
Bold: highest break in the indicated group.
Winnings
No.
Player
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
W
TOTAL
1
Stuart Bingham (ENG )
4,700
1,200
2,400
6,200
14,000
28,500
2
Mark Davis (ENG )
4,400
4,750
6,400
9,100
24,650
3
Matthew Selt (ENG )
6,200
7,100
13,300
4
Ben Woollaston (ENG )
5,900
6,400
12,300
5
Ali Carter (ENG )
3,700
6,100
2,200
12,000
6
David Gilbert (ENG )
1,100
2,600
2,700
5,100
11,500
7
Peter Ebdon (ENG )
1,450
2,800
1,100
4,200
1,200
10,750
8
Judd Trump (ENG )
2,900
5,000
1,550
9,450
9
Barry Hawkins (ENG )
6,800
2,000
8,800
10
Xiao Guodong (CHN )
6,300
1,800
8,100
11
Fergal O'Brien (IRL )
2,700
1,100
2,600
6,400
12
Ronnie O'Sullivan (ENG )
5,200
5,200
13
Marco Fu (HKG )
1,100
2,400
900
4,400
14
Ryan Day (WAL )
2,800
1,000
3,800
15
Michael White (WAL )
2,300
1,400
3,700
16
Dominic Dale (WAL )
3,100
400
3,500
17
Neil Robertson (AUS )
2,800
2,800
18
Mark Williams (WAL )
2,600
2,600
19
Matthew Stevens (WAL )
1,350
1,350
20
Mark King (ENG )
1,000
1,000
=
Robert Milkins (ENG )
1,000
1,000
=
John Higgins (SCO )
1,000
1,000
23
Michael Holt (ENG )
900
900
24
Stephen Maguire (SCO )
800
800
=
Liang Wenbo (CHN )
800
800
=
Rod Lawler (ENG )
800
800
27
Kurt Maflin (NOR )
700
700
Total prize money
20,100
20,400
19,600
19,500
20,200
18,500
19,200
42,600
180,100
Green: Won the group. Bold: Highest break in the group. All prize money in GBP .
References
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