2016 Championship League

The 2016 Championship League was a professional non-ranking snooker tournament that was played from 4 January to 3 March 2016 at the Crondon Park Golf Club in Stock, England.[1]

Championship League
Tournament information
Dates4 January–3 March 2016
VenueCrondon Park Golf Club
CityStock
CountryEngland
FormatNon-ranking event
Total prize fund£179,200
Winner's share£10,000
Highest break Fergal O'Brien (147)
Final
Champion Judd Trump
Runner-up Ronnie O'Sullivan
Score3–2
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Stuart Bingham was the defending champion, but he was eliminated at the league stage of group seven. Judd Trump clinched his third Championship League title after a 3–2 win over Ronnie O'Sullivan in the final. Mark Williams took the largest share of the prize money thanks to a lucrative campaign through 4 groups before qualifying for the winners' group.

Fergal O'Brien made the 118th official maximum break during his league stage match against Mark Davis in group six. This was O'Brien's first official 147 break and the fourth in the 2015/2016 season. O'Brien also became the oldest player to make an official 147, at the age of 43.[2] His record was surpassed in the following year's edition of the Championship League, when Mark Davis became the oldest player to score a maximum break, at the age of 44. Davis even scored two 147's in that year's Championship League.[3]

Prize fund

The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below.[4] The maximum possible prize money, if the full five frames are played in each game, is £205,000.

  • Tournament total: £179,200

Group one

Group one was played on 4 and 5 January 2016. Ronnie O'Sullivan was the first player to qualify for the winners group.

Matches

Table
Pos Team Pld W L FF FA FD
1 Ronnie O'Sullivan (Q) 6 6 0 18 8 +10 Qualification to Group 1 play-off
2 Mark Williams (Q) 6 4 2 15 11 +4
3 Robert Milkins (Q) 6 3 3 13 14 −1
4 Ricky Walden (Q) 6 3 3 11 13 −2
5 Barry Hawkins (A) 6 2 4 12 14 −2 Advances into Group 2
6 John Higgins (E) 6 2 4 9 15 −6 Eliminated from the competition
7 Ryan Day (E) 6 1 5 12 15 −3
Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source:
(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
 
 
 
 Ricky Walden0
 
 Ronnie O'Sullivan3
 
 
 
 Robert Milkins0
 
 Mark Williams1
 
 
 Robert Milkins3
 

Group two

Group two was played on 6 and 7 January 2016. The group was won by Judd Trump.

Matches

Table
Pos Team Pld W L FF FA FD
1 Mark Selby (Q) 6 6 0 18 6 +12 Qualification to Group 2 play-off
2 Mark Williams (Q) 6 3 3 15 12 +3
3 Joe Perry (Q) 6 3 3 13 13 0
4 Judd Trump (Q) 6 3 3 12 12 0
5 Ricky Walden (A) 6 3 3 10 12 −2 Advances into Group 3
6 Barry Hawkins (E) 6 2 4 8 14 −6 Eliminated from the competition
7 Robert Milkins (E) 6 1 5 9 16 −7
Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source:
(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
 
      
 
 
 
 
 Mark Selby0
 
 
 
 Judd Trump3
 
 Judd Trump3
 
 
 
 Mark Williams1
 
 Mark Williams3
 
 
 Joe Perry0
 

Group three

Group three was played on 25 and 26 January 2016. The group was won by Stephen Maguire.

Matches

Table
Pos Team Pld W L FF FA FD
1 Stephen Maguire (Q) 6 5 1 17 10 +7 Qualification to Group 3 play-off
2 Mark Selby (Q) 6 4 2 15 8 +7
3 Michael White (Q) 6 4 2 14 10 +4
4 Ricky Walden (Q) 6 3 3 11 13 −2
5 Mark Williams (A) 6 2 4 12 15 −3 Advances into Group 4
6 Joe Perry (E) 6 2 4 10 14 −4 Eliminated from the competition
7 Marco Fu (E) 6 1 5 6 15 −9
Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source:
(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
 
      
 
 
 
 
 Stephen Maguire3
 
 
 
 Ricky Walden0
 
 Stephen Maguire3
 
 
 
 Mark Selby2
 
 Mark Selby3
 
 
 Michael White0
 

Group four

Group four was played on 27 and 28 January 2016. The group was won by Mark Williams.

Matches

Table
Pos Team Pld W L FF FA FD
1 Mark Williams (Q) 6 5 1 17 9 +8 Qualification to Group 4 play-off
2 Mark Selby (Q) 6 4 2 16 9 +7
3 Neil Robertson (Q) 6 4 2 15 10 +5
4 Graeme Dott (Q) 6 3 3 11 15 −4
5 Ricky Walden (A) 6 2 4 11 13 −2 Advances into Group 5
6 Michael White (E) 6 2 4 9 14 −5 Eliminated from the competition
7 Ben Woollaston (E) 6 1 5 6 15 −9
Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source:
(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
 
      
 
 
 
 
 Mark Williams3
 
 
 
 Graeme Dott2
 
 Mark Williams3
 
 
 
 Mark Selby0
 
 Mark Selby3
 
 
 Neil Robertson1
 

Group five

Group five was played on 22 and 23 February 2016. Neil Robertson withdrew and was replaced by Michael Holt. The group was won by Mark Selby.

Matches

Table
Pos Team Pld W L FF FA FD
1 Mark Selby (Q) 6 5 1 16 6 +10 Qualification to Group 5 play-off
2 Kyren Wilson (Q) 6 4 2 14 9 +5
3 Mark Davis (Q) 6 4 2 13 11 +2
4 Michael Holt (Q) 6 3 3 11 13 −2
5 Graeme Dott (A) 6 3 3 10 13 −3 Advances into Group 6
6 David Gilbert (E) 6 1 5 10 15 −5 Eliminated from the competition
7 Ricky Walden (E) 6 1 5 8 15 −7
Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source:
(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
 
      
 
 
 
 
 Mark Selby3
 
 
 
 Michael Holt0
 
 Mark Selby3
 
 
 
 Kyren Wilson1
 
 Kyren Wilson3
 
 
 Mark Davis2
 

Group six

Group six was played on 24 and 25 February 2016. Graeme Dott withdrew and was replaced by Dominic Dale. The group was won by Ali Carter.

Matches

Table
Pos Team Pld W L FF FA FD
1 Ali Carter (Q) 6 5 1 17 7 +10 Qualification to Group 6 play-off
2 Dominic Dale (Q) 6 4 2 15 11 +4
3 Michael Holt (Q) 6 3 3 14 14 0
4 Mark Davis (Q) 6 3 3 13 13 0
5 Kyren Wilson (A) 6 2 4 12 15 −3 Advances into Group 7
6 Martin Gould (E) 6 2 4 11 16 −5 Eliminated from the competition
7 Fergal O'Brien (E) 6 2 4 10 16 −6
Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source:
(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
 
      
 
 
 
 
 Ali Carter3
 
 
 
 Mark Davis0
 
 Ali Carter3
 
 
 
 Dominic Dale1
 
 Dominic Dale3
 
 
 Michael Holt0
 

Group seven

Group seven was played on 29 February and 1 March 2016. Matthew Selt won the group to take the final spot in the winners' group.

Matches

Table
Pos Team Pld W L FF FA FD
1 Liang Wenbo (Q) 6 5 1 15 8 +7 Qualification to Group 7 play-off
2 Mark Davis (Q) 6 4 2 14 10 +4
3 Matthew Selt (Q) 6 4 2 14 11 +3
4 Kyren Wilson (Q) 6 3 3 13 11 +2
5 Stuart Bingham (E) 6 3 3 12 13 −1 Eliminated from the competition
6 Dominic Dale (E) 6 2 4 9 14 −5
7 Michael Holt (E) 6 0 6 8 18 −10
Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source:
(E) Eliminated; (Q) Qualified to the phase indicated.

Play-offs
 
Semi Finals
Best of 5 frames		Final
Best of 5 frames
 
      
 
 
 
 
 Liang Wenbo3
 
 
 
 Kyren Wilson2
 
 Liang Wenbo2
 
 
 
 Matthew Selt 3
 
 Mark Davis1
 
 
 Matthew Selt3
 

Winners' group

The winners' group was played on 2 and 3 March 2016. Judd Trump beat Ronnie O'Sullivan 3–2 in the final to take the third Championship League title of his career.

Matches

Table
Pos Team Pld W L FF FA FD
1 Ronnie O'Sullivan (Q) 6 5 1 15 11 +4 Qualification to the Winners' group play-off
2 Mark Williams (Q) 6 4 2 12 8 +4
3 Judd Trump (Q) 6 3 3 13 11 +2
4 Matthew Selt (Q) 6 3 3 12 12 0
5 Ali Carter (E) 6 3 3 12 13 −1 Eliminated from the competition
6 Mark Selby (E) 6 2 4 11 14 −3
7 Stephen Maguire (E) 6 1 5 11 17 −6
Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source:
(E) Eliminated; (Q) Qualified to the phase indicated.

Play-offs
 
Semi Finals
Best of 5 frames		Final
Best of 5 frames
 
      
 
 
 
 
 Ronnie O'Sullivan3
 
 
 
 Matthew Selt0
 
 Ronnie O'Sullivan2
 
 
 
 Judd Trump3
 
 Mark Williams2
 
 
 Judd Trump3
 

Century breaks

Total: 96

Bold: highest break in the indicated group.

Winnings
No. Player 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 W TOTAL
1 Mark Williams 2800 5200 1200 6500 6000 21700
2 Mark Selby 2800 5000 4500 6900 2200 21400
3 Judd Trump 6000 14400 20400
4 Ronnie O'Sullivan 6600 9500 16100
5 Matthew Selt 6200 6400 12600
6 Stephen Maguire 7000 2200 9200
7 Ali Carter 6500 2400 8900
8 Kyren Wilson 4600 1200 2900 8700
9 Mark Davis 2900 2300 2700 7900
10 Ricky Walden 2600 1000 2100 1100 800 7600
11 Dominic Dale 4700 900 5600
12 Michael Holt 2100 2400 800 5300
13 Robert Milkins 4200 900 5100
14 Liang Wenbo 5000 5000
15 Graeme Dott 2700 1000 3700
16 Neil Robertson 3300 3300
= Michael White 2400 900 3300
= Joe Perry 2300 1000 3300
19 Barry Hawkins 1200 800 2000
20 Stuart Bingham 1700 1700
21 Fergal O'Brien 1500 1500
22 Ryan Day 1200 1200
23 Martin Gould 1100 1100
24 David Gilbert 1000 1000
25 John Higgins 900 900
26 Marco Fu 600 600
= Ben Woollaston 600 600

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

References
  1. "Full Calendar".
  2. "O'Brien Joins 147 Club". World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. 25 February 2016. Archived from the original on 25 February 2016. Retrieved 26 February 2016.
  3. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2017-01-14. Retrieved 2017-01-14.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  4. "Prize Fund".

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