2015 Championship League

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]

Championship League
Tournament information
Dates5 January–12 February 2015
VenueCrondon Park Golf Club
CityStock
CountryEngland
Organisation(s)Matchroom Sport
FormatNon-ranking event
Total prize fund£180,100[1]
Winner's share£10,000
Highest break Barry Hawkins (147)
David Gilbert (147)
Final
Champion Stuart Bingham
Runner-up Mark Davis
Score3–2
← 2014
2016 →

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:

  • 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

Table
Pos Team Pld W L FF FA FD
1 Stuart Bingham (Q) 6 5 1 15 9 +6 Qualification to Group 1 play-off
2 Neil Robertson (Q) 6 4 2 15 11 +4
3 Barry Hawkins (Q) 6 4 2 15 12 +3
4 Judd Trump (Q) 6 2 4 13 13 0
5 Marco Fu[lower-alpha 1] (A) 6 2 4 11 15 −4 Advances into Group 2
6 Mark King (E) 6 2 4 10 14 −4 Eliminated from the competition
7 Stephen Maguire (E) 6 2 4 8 13 −5
Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: [8]
(A) Advance to a further round; (E) Eliminated; (Q) Qualified to the phase indicated.
Notes:
  1. Fu finishes ahead of King due to winning more frames

Play-offs
 
Semi Finals
Best of 5 frames		Final
Best of 5 frames
 
      
 
 
 
 
 Stuart Bingham3
 
 
 
 Judd Trump2
 
 Stuart Bingham1
 
 
 
 Barry Hawkins3
 
 Neil Robertson1
 
 
 Barry Hawkins3
 

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

Table
Pos Team Pld W L FF FA FD
1 Ali Carter (Q) 6 4 2 16 10 +6 Qualification to Group 2 play-off
2 Judd Trump (Q) 6 4 2 15 8 +7
3 Marco Fu (Q) 6 4 2 14 10 +4
4 Matthew Selt (Q) 6 3 3 14 15 −1
5 Stuart Bingham (A) 6 2 4 12 16 −4 Advances into Group 3
6 Robert Milkins[lower-alpha 1] (E) 6 2 4 10 16 −6 Eliminated from the competition
7 Michael Holt (E) 6 2 4 9 15 −6
Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: [11]
(A) Advance to a further round; (E) Eliminated; (Q) Qualified to the phase indicated.
Notes:
  1. Milkins finishes ahead of Holt due to defeating him 3–2

Play-offs
 
Semi Finals
Best of 5 frames		Final
Best of 5 frames
 
      
 
 
 
 
 Ali Carter2
 
 
 
 Matthew Selt3
 
 Matthew Selt3
 
 
 
 Judd Trump2
 
 Judd Trump3
 
 
 Marco Fu0
 

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

Table
Pos Team Pld W L FF FA FD
1 Ryan Day (Q) 6 4 2 15 11 +4 Qualification to Group 3 play-off
2 Stuart Bingham (Q) 6 4 2 14 12 +2
3 Ali Carter (Q) 6 3 3 13 13 0
4 Mark Davis[lower-alpha 1] (Q) 6 3 3 12 11 +1
5 Peter Ebdon (A) 6 3 3 12 11 +1 Advances into Group 4
6 Judd Trump (E) 6 2 4 13 15 −2 Eliminated from the competition
7 Marco Fu (E) 6 2 4 9 15 −6
Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: [14]
(A) Advance to a further round; (E) Eliminated; (Q) Qualified to the phase indicated.
Notes:
  1. Davis finishes ahead of Ebdon due to defeating him 3–1

Play-offs
 
Semi Finals
Best of 5 frames		Final
Best of 5 frames
 
      
 
 
 
 
 Ryan Day1
 
 
 
 Mark Davis3
 
 Mark Davis1
 
 
 
 Ali Carter3
 
 Stuart Bingham0
 
 
 Ali Carter3
 

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

Table
Pos Team Pld W L FF FA FD
1 Peter Ebdon (Q) 6 4 2 15 7 +8 Qualification to Group 4 play-off
2 Stuart Bingham (Q) 6 4 2 14 12 +2
3 Michael White (Q) 6 4 2 13 13 0
4 Mark Davis (Q) 6 3 3 13 13 0
5 David Gilbert (A) 6 2 4 11 12 −1 Advances into Group 5
6 Ryan Day (E) 6 2 4 10 14 −4 Eliminated from the competition
7 Matthew Stevens (E) 6 1 5 11 16 −5
Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: [17]
(A) Advance to a further round; (E) Eliminated; (Q) Qualified to the phase indicated.

Play-offs
 
Semi Finals
Best of 5 frames		Final
Best of 5 frames
 
      
 
 
 
 
 Peter Ebdon1
 
 
 
 Mark Davis3
 
 Mark Davis1
 
 
 
 Stuart Bingham3
 
 Stuart Bingham3
 
 
 Michael White0
 

Group five

Group five was played on 26 and 27 January 2015. This round of group play was won by Mark Davis.[18]

Table
Pos Team Pld W L FF FA FD
1 Ronnie O'Sullivan (Q) 6 5 1 17 6 +11 Qualification to Group 5 play-off
2 Mark Davis (Q) 6 5 1 16 8 +8
3 David Gilbert (Q) 6 3 3 13 13 0
4 Fergal O'Brien (Q) 6 3 3 11 12 −1
5 Peter Ebdon (A) 6 2 4 11 15 −4 Advances into Group 6
6 Michael White (E) 6 2 4 9 14 −5 Eliminated from the competition
7 Liang Wenbo (E) 6 1 5 8 17 −9
Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: [19]
(A) Advance to a further round; (E) Eliminated; (Q) Qualified to the phase indicated.

Play-offs
 
Semi Finals
Best of 5 frames		Final
Best of 5 frames
 
      
 
 
 
 
 Ronnie O'Sullivan3
 
 
 
 Fergal O'Brien2
 
 Ronnie O'Sullivan2
 
 
 
 Mark Davis3
 
 Mark Davis3
 
 
 David Gilbert1
 

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

Table
Pos Team Pld W L FF FA FD
1 David Gilbert (Q) 6 5 1 14 9 +5 Qualification to Group 6 play-off
2 Dominic Dale (Q) 6 4 2 13 9 +4
3 Peter Ebdon (Q) 6 4 2 13 10 +3
4 Ben Woollaston (Q) 6 3 3 11 9 +2
5 Fergal O'Brien (A) 6 3 3 11 10 +1 Advances into Group 7
6 Rod Lawler (E) 6 2 4 8 15 −7 Eliminated from the competition
7 Kurt Maflin (E) 6 1 5 7 15 −8
Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: [22]
(A) Advance to a further round; (E) Eliminated; (Q) Qualified to the phase indicated.

Play-offs
 
Semi Finals
Best of 5 frames		Final
Best of 5 frames
 
      
 
 
 
 
 David Gilbert1
 
 
 
 Ben Woollaston3
 
 Ben Woollaston3
 
 
 
 Peter Ebdon0
 
 Dominic Dale1
 
 
 Peter Ebdon3
 

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

Table
Pos Team Pld W L FF FA FD
1 David Gilbert (Q) 6 5 1 17 10 +7 Qualification to Group 7 play-off
2 Xiao Guodong (Q) 6 4 2 16 13 +3
3 Fergal O'Brien (Q) 6 4 2 15 11 +4
4 Mark Williams (Q) 6 3 3 13 11 +2
5 Peter Ebdon (E) 6 3 3 12 11 +1 Eliminated from the competition
6 John Higgins (E) 6 2 4 10 13 −3
7 Dominic Dale (E) 6 0 6 4 18 −14
Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: [23]
(E) Eliminated; (Q) Qualified to the phase indicated.

Play-offs
 
Semi Finals
Best of 5 frames		Final
Best of 5 frames
 
      
 
 
 
 
 Fergal O'Brien0
 
 
 
 Xiao Guodong3
 
 David Gilbert0
 
 
 
 Xiao Guodong3
 
 David Gilbert3
 
 
 Mark Williams1
 

Winners' group

The winners' group was played on 11 and 12 February 2015. Stuart Bingham won his first Championship League title.

Matches

Table
Pos Team Pld W L FF FA FD
1 Matthew Selt (Q) 6 4 2 14 10 +4 Qualification to the Winners' group play-off
2 Mark Davis (Q) 6 4 2 13 10 +3
3 Ben Woollaston (Q) 6 3 3 14 13 +1
4 Stuart Bingham (Q) 6 3 3 11 11 0
5 Barry Hawkins (E) 6 3 3 10 11 −1 Eliminated from the competition
6 Ali Carter (E) 6 2 4 11 14 −3
7 Xiao Guodong (E) 6 2 4 9 13 −4
Source: [24]
(E) Eliminated; (Q) Qualified to the phase indicated.

Play-offs
 
Semi Finals
Best of 5 frames		Final
Best of 5 frames
 
      
 
 
 
 
 Matthew Selt1
 
 
 
 Stuart Bingham3
 
 Stuart Bingham3
 
 
 
 Mark Davis2
 
 Mark Davis3
 
 
 Ben Woollaston2
 

Century breaks

Total: 79

Bold: highest break in the indicated group.

Winnings
No. Player 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 W TOTAL
1 Stuart Bingham 4700 1200 2400 6200 14000 28500
2 Mark Davis 4400 4750 6400 9100 24650
3 Matthew Selt 6200 7200 13400
4 Ben Woollaston 5900 6400 12300
5 Ali Carter 3700 6100 2200 12000
6 David Gilbert 1100 2600 2700 5100 11500
7 Peter Ebdon 1450 2800 1100 4200 1200 10750
8 Judd Trump 2900 5000 1550 9450
9 Barry Hawkins 6800 2000 8800
10 Xiao Guodong 6400 1800 8200
11 Fergal O'Brien 2700 1100 2500 6300
12 Ronnie O'Sullivan 5200 5200
13 Marco Fu 1100 2400 900 4400
14 Ryan Day 2800 1000 3800
15 Michael White 2300 1400 3700
16 Dominic Dale 3100 400 3500
17 Neil Robertson 2800 2800
18 Mark Williams 2600 2600
19 Matthew Stevens 1350 1350
20 Mark King 1000 1000
= Robert Milkins 1000 1000
= John Higgins 1000 1000
23 Michael Holt 900 900
24 Stephen Maguire 800 800
= Liang Wenbo 800 800
= Rod Lawler 800 800
27 Kurt Maflin 700 700

Green: won the group. Bold: highest break in the group. All prize money in GBP.

References
  1. "Fixtures & Results Money Won". championshipleaguesnooker.co.uk. Matchroom Sport. Archived from the original on 13 February 2015. Retrieved 13 February 2015.
  2. "Tournament Calendar 2014/2015". Snooker.org. Retrieved 5 January 2015.
  3. "Trump Triumphs At Championship League". worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. 7 March 2014. Archived from the original on 28 April 2014. Retrieved 7 March 2014.
  4. "Hawkins Takes Group One Crown". worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. 6 January 2015. Retrieved 6 January 2015.
  5. "Xiao Wins CLS7 / Gilbert Makes 147". worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. 11 February 2015. Archived from the original on 11 February 2015. Retrieved 11 February 2015.
  6. "Bingham Is Championship League King". worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. 13 February 2015. Retrieved 13 February 2015.
  7. "From my sick-bed to The Masters". 12 January 2015. Archived from the original on 18 January 2015. Retrieved 12 January 2015.
  8. "Championship League – Group 1 (2015)". Snooker.org. Retrieved 6 January 2015.
  9. "Selt Takes CLS Group Two Honours". worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. 9 January 2015. Retrieved 9 January 2015.
  10. "Selt grabs Group Two honours". championshipleaguesnooker.co.uk. Matchroom Sport. Archived from the original on 25 January 2015. Retrieved 9 January 2015.
  11. "Championship League – Group 2 (2015)". Snooker.org. Retrieved 8 January 2015.
  12. "Fixtures & Results". championshipleaguesnooker.co.uk. Matchroom Sport. Archived from the original on 6 January 2015. Retrieved 21 January 2015.
  13. "Captain Captures CLS Group Three". worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. 21 January 2015. Retrieved 21 January 2015.
  14. "Championship League – Group 3 (2015)". Snooker.org. Retrieved 20 January 2015.
  15. "Fixtures & Results". championshipleaguesnooker.co.uk. Matchroom Sport. Archived from the original on 25 January 2015. Retrieved 23 January 2015.
  16. "Bingham's Best At CLS Group Four". worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. 23 January 2015. Retrieved 23 January 2015.
  17. "Championship League – Group 4 (2015)". Snooker.org. Retrieved 22 January 2015.
  18. "Davis Brings Down Rocket". worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. 28 January 2015. Retrieved 28 January 2015.
  19. "Championship League – Group 5 (2015)". Snooker.org. Retrieved 27 January 2015.
  20. "Fixtures & Results". championshipleaguesnooker.co.uk. Matchroom Sport. Archived from the original on 25 January 2015. Retrieved 28 January 2015.
  21. "Super-Sub Woollaston Wins CLS Group Six". worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. 30 January 2015. Retrieved 30 January 2015.
  22. "Championship League – Group 6 (2015)". Snooker.org. Retrieved 29 January 2015.
  23. "Championship League – Group 7 (2015)". Snooker.org. Retrieved 10 February 2015.
  24. "Championship League – Winners Group (2015)". Snooker.org. Retrieved 12 February 2015.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.