2021 Championship League

The Championship League event sees 25 professionals take part, with players earning prize money for every frame won. Matches are best of five frames, and the league is played from January to April 2021.[3]

The competition runs over eight groups, each consisting of seven players. From each group the top four qualify for a play-off, and the winners of the first seven play-offs qualify for the winners group. The bottom two players of each group are eliminated and the remaining four move to the next group, where they are joined by three more players until the seventh group. The winners play in the final group, and the winner of the Winners' Group play-off takes the title and a place at the 2021 Champion of Champions.

Group 1 was played on 4 and 5 January 2021. Zhou Yuelong won the group and qualified for the Winners' Group.[5]

Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	FF	FA	FD
1	John Higgins (Q)	6	5	1	15	8	+7	Qualification to Group 1 play-off
2	Zhou Yuelong (Q)	6	4	2	16	10	+6
3	Stuart Bingham (Q)	6	4	2	16	11	+5
4	Graeme Dott (Q)	6	4	2	15	13	+2
5	Gary Wilson (A)	6	2	4	12	15	−3	Advances into Group 2
6	Thepchaiya Un-Nooh (E)	6	2	4	10	15	−5	Eliminated from the competition
7	Michael Holt (E)	6	0	6	6	18	−12

Source: Championship League Snooker
(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
	John Higgins	3
	Graeme Dott	1
					John Higgins	2
					Zhou Yuelong	3
	Zhou Yuelong	3
	Stuart Bingham	0

Group 2 was played on 6 and 7 January 2021. Graeme Dott won the group and qualified for the Winners' Group.[6]

Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	FF	FA	FD
1	John Higgins (Q)	6	5	1	15	11	+4	Qualification to Group 2 play-off
2	Matthew Selt (Q)	6	4	2	14	9	+5
3	Scott Donaldson (Q)	6	4	2	14	10	+4
4	Graeme Dott (Q)	6	3	3	14	12	+2
5	Kyren Wilson (A)	6	2	4	11	15	−4	Advances into Group 3
6	Gary Wilson (E)	6	2	4	9	15	−6	Eliminated from the competition
7	Stuart Bingham (E)	6	1	5	11	16	−5

Source: Championship League Snooker
(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
	John Higgins	2
	Graeme Dott	3
					Graeme Dott	3
					Scott Donaldson	1
	Matthew Selt	0
	Scott Donaldson	3

Group 3 was played on 8 and 9 January 2021. John Higgins won the group and qualified for the Winners' Group.[7]

Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	FF	FA	FD
1	John Higgins (Q)	6	4	2	16	10	+6	Qualification to Group 3 play-off
2	Kyren Wilson (Q)	6	4	2	13	12	+1
3	Zhao Xintong (Q)	6	3	3	13	15	−2
4	Tom Ford (Q)	6	3	3	12	12	0
5	Mark Selby (A)	6	3	3	11	12	−1	Advances into Group 4
6	Scott Donaldson (E)	6	2	4	12	14	−2	Eliminated from the competition
7	Matthew Selt (E)	6	2	4	10	12	−2

Source: Championship League Snooker
(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
	John Higgins	3
	Tom Ford	2
					John Higgins	3
					Kyren Wilson	0
	Kyren Wilson	3
	Zhao Xintong	1

Group 4 will be played on 8 and 9 February 2021.

Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	FF	FA	FD
1	Judd Trump	0	0	0	0	0	0	Qualification to Group 4 play-off
2	Mark Williams	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	Jack Lisowski	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	Mark Selby	0	0	0	0	0	0
5	Tom Ford	0	0	0	0	0	0	Advances into Group 5
6	Barry Hawkins	0	0	0	0	0	0	Eliminated from the competition
7	Kyren Wilson	0	0	0	0	0	0

Source: Championship League Snooker

Group 5 will be played on 10 and 11 February 2021.

Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	FF	FA	FD
1	Ronnie O'Sullivan	0	0	0	0	0	0	Qualification to Group 5 play-off
2	Joe Perry	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	Ali Carter	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	Player 4	0	0	0	0	0	0
5	Player 5	0	0	0	0	0	0	Advances into Group 6
6	Player 6	0	0	0	0	0	0	Eliminated from the competition
7	Player 7	0	0	0	0	0	0

Source: Championship League Snooker

Group 6 will be played on 12 and 13 February 2021.

Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	FF	FA	FD
1	Barry Hawkins	0	0	0	0	0	0	Qualification to Group 6 play-off
2	David Gilbert	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	Anthony McGill	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	Player 4	0	0	0	0	0	0
5	Player 5	0	0	0	0	0	0	Advances into Group 7
6	Player 6	0	0	0	0	0	0	Eliminated from the competition
7	Player 7	0	0	0	0	0	0

Source: Championship League Snooker

Group 7 will be played on 29 and 30 March 2021.

Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	FF	FA	FD
1	Kurt Maflin	0	0	0	0	0	0	Qualification to Group 7 play-off
2	Mark Williams	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	Neil Robertson	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	Player 4	0	0	0	0	0	0
5	Player 5	0	0	0	0	0	0	Eliminated from the competition
6	Player 6	0	0	0	0	0	0
7	Player 7	0	0	0	0	0	0

Source: Championship League Snooker

The Winners' Group will be played on 31 March and 1 April 2021.

Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	FF	FA	FD
1	Zhou Yuelong	0	0	0	0	0	0	Qualification to Winners' Group play-off
2	Graeme Dott	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	John Higgins	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	Winner Group 4	0	0	0	0	0	0
5	Winner Group 5	0	0	0	0	0	0	Eliminated from the competition
6	Winner Group 6	0	0	0	0	0	0
7	Winner Group 7	0	0	0	0	0	0

Source: Championship League Snooker

Total: 53

Bold: highest break in the indicated group.

No.	Player	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	W	TOTAL
1	John Higgins (6)	5000	3100	6400					Q	14500
2	Graeme Dott (23)	2800	6200						Q	9000
3	Zhou Yuelong (21)	6400							Q	6400
4	Scott Donaldson (24)		4600	1200						5800
5	Kyren Wilson (5)		1100	4200						5300
6	Stuart Bingham (12)	3100	1100							4200
7	Matthew Selt (26)		2400	1000						3400
8	Zhao Xintong (28)			3100						3100
9	Tom Ford (29)			2800						2800
10	Gary Wilson (20)	1200	1400							2600
11	Mark Selby (4)			1100						1100
12	Thepchaiya Un-Nooh (16)	1000								1000
13	Michael Holt (27)	600								600
	Judd Trump (1)
	Yan Bingtao (11)
	Jack Lisowski (14)
	Ronnie O'Sullivan (3)
	Joe Perry (19)
	Ali Carter (22)
	Mark Williams (15)
	David Gilbert (13)
	TBC
	Kurt Maflin (25)
	TBC
	TBC
	Total prize money	20,100	19,900	19,800						59,800

Green: won the group. Bold: highest break in the group. All prize money in GBP.
Parenthesis: World rankings prior to tournament start, 4 January 2021.

• http://www.championshipleaguesnooker.co.uk/
• http://livescores.worldsnookerdata.com/?year=2021&month=1