2011 Championship League

The 2011 Championship League was a professional non-ranking snooker tournament that was played from 3 January to 24 March 2011 at the Crondon Park Golf Club in Stock, England.

This article is about the snooker tournament. For the darts tournament, see 2011 Championship League Darts.
Championship League
Tournament information
Dates3 January-
24 March 2011
VenueCrondon Park Golf Club
CityStock
CountryEngland
Organisation(s)Matchroom Sport
FormatNon-ranking event
Total prize fund£205,000
Winner's share£10,000
Highest break Mark Williams (143)
Final
Champion Matthew Stevens
Runner-up Shaun Murphy
Score3–1
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Matthew Stevens won in the final 3–1 against Shaun Murphy and earned a place in the 2011 Premier League Snooker.[1]

Prize fund

The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:[2]

  • Tournament total: £205,000

Group one

Group one matches were played on 3 and 4 January 2011.[3][4][5] Mark Selby was the first player to qualify for the winners group.

Matches

Table
Ranking
HIG
WIL
CAR
SEL
MUR
MAG
DOT		Frame
W–L		Match
W–L		Pld–Pts
1 John Higgins x333133 16–95–16–5
2 Mark Williams 0x33233 14–84–26–4
3 Ali Carter 10x3333 13–104–26–4
4 Mark Selby 211x333 13–123–36–3
5 Shaun Murphy 3310x32 12–123–36–3
6 Stephen Maguire 11220x3 9–161–56–1
7 Graeme Dott 200131x 7–171–56–1

Play-offs
Semi-finals
Best of 5 frames 		Final
Best of 5 frames
      
1 John Higgins 2
4 Mark Selby 3
4 Mark Selby 3
3 Ali Carter 2
2 Mark Williams 0
3 Ali Carter 3

Group two

Group two matches were played on 5 and 6 January 2011.[6][7][8] Mark Williams was the second player to qualify for the winners group.

Matches

Table
Ranking
WIL
OSU
HIG
MUR
CAR
ROB
COP		Frame
W–L		Match
W–L		Pld–Pts
1 Mark Williams x323333 17–55–16–5
2 Ronnie O'Sullivan 0x33333 15–75–16–5
3 John Higgins 30x3333 15–95–16–5
4 Shaun Murphy 022x332 12–152–46–2
5 Ali Carter 1211x33 11–132–46–2
6 Neil Robertson 10121x3 8–171–56–1
7 Jamie Cope 000302x 5–171–56–1

Play-offs
Semi-finals
Best of 5 frames 		Final
Best of 5 frames
      
1 Mark Williams 3
4 Shaun Murphy 0
1 Mark Williams 3
2 Ronnie O'Sullivan 2
2 Ronnie O'Sullivan 3
3 John Higgins 0

Group three

Group three matches were played on 24 and 25 January 2011.[9][10][11] Shaun Murphy was the third player to qualify for the winners group.

Matches

Table
Ranking
CAR
MUR
EBD
KIN
FU
BIN
HIG		Frame
W–L		Match
W–L		Pld–Pts
1 Ali Carter x313333 16–85–16–5
2 Shaun Murphy 1x13333 14–104–26–4
3 Peter Ebdon 33x3110 11–123–36–3
4 Mark King 011x333 11–143–36–3
5 Marco Fu 1132x13 11–132–46–2
6 Stuart Bingham 22313x0 11–142–46–2
7 John Higgins 103203x 9–122–46–2

Play-offs
Semi-finals
Best of 5 frames 		Final
Best of 5 frames
      
1 Ali Carter 2
4 Mark King 3
4 Mark King 2
2 Shaun Murphy 3
2 Shaun Murphy 3
3 Peter Ebdon 2

Group four

Group four matches were played on 26 and 27 January 2011.[12][13][14] Ali Carter was the fourth player to qualify for the winners group.

Matches

Table
Ranking
STE
CAR
FU
ALL
KIN
EBD
HEN		Frame
W–L		Match
W–L		Pld–Pts
1 Matthew Stevens x333313 16–95–16–5
2 Ali Carter 2x13333 15–84–26–4
3 Marco Fu 13x1233 13–124–26–4
4 Mark Allen 103x233 12–123–36–3
5 Mark King 0033x31 10–153–36–3
6 Peter Ebdon 30112x3 10–152–46–2
7 Stephen Hendry 221132x 11–161–56–1

Play-offs
Semi-finals
Best of 5 frames 		Final
Best of 5 frames
      
1 Matthew Stevens 0
4 Mark Allen 3
4 Mark Allen 1
2 Ali Carter 3
2 Ali Carter 3
3 Marco Fu 2

Group five

Group five matches were played on 28 February and 1 March 2011.[15][16][17] Ryan Day was the fifth player to qualify for the winners group.

Matches

Table
Ranking
ALL
DAY
LIA
KIN
STE
DIN
WAL		Frame
W–L		Match
W–L		Pld–Pts
1 Mark Allen x133333 16–85–16–5
2 Ryan Day 3x30233 14–124–26–4
3 Liang Wenbo 22x1333 14–103–36–3
4 Mark King 033x322 13–103–36–3
5 Matthew Stevens 0300x33 9–123–36–3
6 Ding Junhui 21130x3 10–142–46–2
7 Ricky Walden 120310x 7–171–56–1

Play-offs
Semi-finals
Best of 5 frames 		Final
Best of 5 frames
      
1 Mark Allen 3
4 Mark King 2
1 Mark Allen 0
2 Ryan Day 3
2 Ryan Day 3
3 Liang Wenbo 2

Group six

Group six matches were played on 2 and 3 March 2011.[18][19][20] Mark Allen was the sixth player to qualify for the winners group.

Matches

Table
Ranking
STE
LEE
KIN
ALL
LIA
TRU
DAV		Frame
W–L		Match
W–L		Pld–Pts
1 Matthew Stevens x303323 14–94–26–4
2 Stephen Lee 0x33332 14–114–26–4
3 Mark King 30x0333 12–104–26–4
4 Mark Allen 123x233 14–93–36–3
5 Liang Wenbo 2123x33 14–123–36–3
6 Judd Trump 32101x3 10–162–46–4
7 Mark Davis 031002x 6–171–56–1

Play-offs
Semi-finals
Best of 5 frames 		Final
Best of 5 frames
      
1 Matthew Stevens 0
4 Mark Allen 3
4 Mark Allen 3
2 Stephen Lee 0
2 Stephen Lee 3
3 Mark King 1

Group seven

Group seven matches were played on 21 and 22 March 2011.[21][22][23] Matthew Stevens was the last player to qualify for the winners group.

Matches

Table
Ranking
LIA
STE
LEE
HIG
KIN
FU
GOU		Frame
W–L		Match
W–L		Pld–Pts
1 Liang Wenbo x333133 16–95–16–5
2 Matthew Stevens 2x13333 15–124–26–4
3 Stephen Lee 03x0333 12–124–26–4
4 Andrew Higginson 023x303 11–113–36–3
5 Mark King 3222x31 13–122–46–2
6 Marco Fu 11231x3 11–142–46–2
7 Martin Gould 311030x 8–162–46–2

Play-offs
Semi-finals
Best of 5 frames 		Final
Best of 5 frames
      
1 Liang Wenbo 3
4 Andrew Higginson 2
1 Liang Wenbo 0
2 Matthew Stevens 3
2 Matthew Stevens 3
3 Stephen Lee 1

Winners group

The matches of the winners group were played on 23 and 24 March 2011.[24][25][26] Matthew Stevens has qualified for the 2011 Premier League.

Matches

Table
Ranking
STE
MUR
CAR
WIL
ALL
DAY
SEL		Frame
W–L		Match
W–L		Pld–Pts
1 Matthew Stevens x333331 16–85–16–5
2 Shaun Murphy 2x33322 15–123–36–3
3 Ali Carter 21x3233 14–113–36–3
4 Mark Williams 112x333 13–123–36–3
5 Mark Allen 0130x33 10–153–36–3
6 Ryan Day 03022x3 10–152–46–2
7 Mark Selby 330121x 10–152–46–2

Play-offs
Semi-finals
Best of 5 frames 		Final
Best of 5 frames
      
1 Matthew Stevens 3
4 Mark Williams 1
1 Matthew Stevens 3
2 Shaun Murphy 1
2 Shaun Murphy 3
3 Ali Carter 2

Century breaks

Total: 86

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