2005 Premier League Snooker (2004/05)

The 2005 (May) Betfred Premier League was a professional non-ranking snooker tournament that was played from 6 January to 8 May 2005. This was the first Premier League event to use the shot clock.

Betfred Premier League
Tournament information
Dates6 January – 8 May 2005
CountryUnited Kingdom
Organisation(s)Matchroom Sport
FormatNon-ranking event
Highest break134
Final
Champion Ronnie O'Sullivan
Runner-up Mark Williams
Score6–0
2004

Ronnie O'Sullivan won in the final 6–0 against Mark Williams.

League phase

Ranking
FU

HEN

OSU

WIL

WHI

DAV

HUN
Frame
W-L
Match
W-D-L
PldPts
1 Marco Fu x235453 22–143–2–168
2 Stephen Hendry 4x23345 21–153–2–168
3 Ronnie O'Sullivan 34x4234 20–163–2–168
4 Mark Williams 132x445 19–173–1–267
5 Jimmy White 2342x33 17–191–3–265
6 Steve Davis 12323x4 15–211–2–364
7 Paul Hunter 312132x 12–240–2–462

Top four qualified for the play-offs. If points were level then most frames won determined their positions. If two players had an identical record then the result in their match determined their positions. If that ended 3–3 then the player who got to three first was higher. (Breaks above 50 shown between (parentheses), century breaks shown in bold.)[1][2]

  • 6 January – Sands Centre, Carlisle, England
    • Jimmy White 3–3 Stephen Hendry → 34–75, (50) 52–28, 70–25, (58) 67–9, 0–77 (76), 22–94
    • Steve Davis 1–5 Marco Fu → 14–97, 27–75, 10–63, 14–66 (58), (76)–30, 47–71 (64)
  • 13 January – Charter Hall, Colchester, England
    • Mark Williams 5–1 Paul Hunter → 74–17, 40–85, (111)–14, 70–32, (104)–0, (106) 122–0
    • Ronnie O'Sullivan 2–4 Jimmy White → 60–52, 0–71 (62), 1–(73), 6–(77), 35–78, (77)–41
  • 27 January – Rothes Hall, Glenrothes, Scotland
    • Stephen Hendry 4–2 Marco Fu → 7–114 (102), 80–19, (72) 73–5, (93) 94–0, (112) 124–13, 55–71 (51)
    • Mark Williams 4–2 Steve Davis → (61) 76–0, 59–29, 15–64, 40–55, (58) 63–0, (62) 105–0
  • 10 February – Glades Arena, Kidderminster, England
    • Ronnie O'Sullivan 4–2 Paul Hunter → 50–69, 70–38, (83) 101–3, (83)–0, 51–68, 63–49
    • Jimmy White 2–4 Marco Fu → 7–59, 10–112 (93), 26–64 (63), (68) 81–0, 11–60, 72–37
  • 24 February – The Anvil, Basingstoke, England
    • Ronnie O'Sullivan 3–3 Steve Davis → 0–108 (76), (67) 80–32, 91–32, 8–68, 72–(63), 13–(123)
    • Stephen Hendry 5–1 Paul Hunter → 72–60 (52), (66) 70–(59), (60)–68 (62), 78–25, 71–70, (130)–0
  • 3 March – Assembly Rooms, Derby, England
    • Mark Williams 4–2 Jimmy White → 7–(118), 66–33, 74–7, 24–73 (70), (73) 110–0, (97)–8
    • Ronnie O'Sullivan 4–2 Stephen Hendry → 0–(80), 86–4, (95)–1, 2–82, (67) 72–1, 73–32
  • 17 March – King's Hall, Stoke-on-Trent, England
    • Jimmy White 3–3 Steve Davis → 0–121 (93), (105)–4, 18–61, (82) 90–4, 54–63, (92)–0
    • Ronnie O'Sullivan 3–3 Marco Fu → 0–90 (84), 78–25, 75–56, 4–100 (92), 77–64 (59), 4–128 (110)
  • 24 March – Magnum Centre, Irvine, Scotland
    • Mark Williams 3–3 Stephen Hendry → 0–(88), (52) 62–34, (108) 139–5, 24–93, (73)–(64), 14–59
    • Paul Hunter 2–4 Steve Davis → (60) 67–74, 38–77 (51), 13–95 (50), 58–67, 66–45, (88)–6
  • 7 April – Corn Exchange, Ipswich, England
    • Mark Williams 1–5 Marco Fu → 16–74 (62), 53–(65), 29–68 (64), (103)–25, 56–67, 0–(133)
    • Ronnie O'Sullivan 4–2 Mark Williams → (78)–4, 0–76, (63) 78–37, 60–25, 30–(108), (132)–0
  • 14 April – The Dome, Doncaster, England
    • Paul Hunter 3–3 Jimmy White → 34–66, 6–70, 44–79, 67–52, (50) 72–1, 61–46
    • Stephen Hendry 4–2 Steve Davis → 10–99 (85), 37–70, (55) 68–24, (66) 86–35, (76)–1, 71–43
    • Paul Hunter 3–3 Marco Fu → 4–80 (63), (106) 110–5, 13–78, 64–33, 65–59, 15–62

Play-offs

7–8 May – G-Mex, Manchester, England[1][2]

Semi-finals
Best of 9 frames
Final
Best of 11 frames
      
1 Marco Fu 0
4 Mark Williams* 5
4 Mark Williams 0
3 Ronnie O'Sullivan*** 6
2 Stephen Hendry 0
3 Ronnie O'Sullivan** 5

* 34–71 (55), 0–68, 0–134 (124), 15–61, 9–(73)
** 36–61, 38–85 (78), 6–74, 8–(121), 33–81
*** 52–70, 19–(75), 0–(134), 1–(71), 34–60, 0–(95)

Century breaks

Each century break was worth a £1,000 per break.[2]

References

  1. "2005 (Spring) Results". premierleaguesnooker.matchroomcms.com. Matchroom Sport. Archived from the original on 23 December 2009. Retrieved 5 January 2011.
  2. "2005 Betfred Premier League". Global Snooker Centre. Archived from the original on 22 January 2008. Retrieved 5 January 2011.
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