2014 Championship League

Championship League

Tournament information
Dates	6 January–6 March 2014
Venue	Crondon Park Golf Club
City	Stock
Country	England
Organisation(s)	Matchroom Sport
Format	Non-ranking event
Defending champion	Martin Gould
← 2013

The 2014 Championship League professional non-ranking snooker tournament is played from 6 January to 6 March at the Crondon Park Golf Club in Stock, England.^[1]

Shaun Murphy made the 103rd official maximum break during his league stage match against Mark Davis in group two. This was Murphy's second official 147 break and the sixth in the 2013/2014 season.^[2] It was also the first maximum break in the history of the tournament.^[3] During the same day Neil Robertson defeated Joe Perry 3–0. During the match he made three century breaks, which took the number of his century breaks in the season to 63, breaking the record of most centuries compiled in a single season previously held by Judd Trump, who compiled 61 in the previous season.^[4]

Martin Gould is the defending champion.^[5]

Group one

Group one was played on 6 and 7 January 2014.^[6][7] Ricky Walden was the first player to qualify for the winners group.

Matches

Table

Ranking		CAR	TRU	DAV	WAL	MUR	BIN	MIL	Frame W–L	Match W–L	Pld–Pts
1	Ali Carter	x	3	1	3	3	3	3	16–8	5–1	6–5
2	Judd Trump	0	x	3	3	3	3	3	15–5	5–1	6–5
3	Mark Davis	3	0	x	1	3	3	3	13–9	4–2	6–4
4	Ricky Walden	2	0	3	x	2	3	3	13–12	3–3	6–3
5	Shaun Murphy	1	1	0	3	x	3	2	10–16	2–4	6–2
6	Stuart Bingham	2	1	1	2	2	x	3	11–16	1–5	6–1
7	Robert Milkins	0	0	1	0	3	1	x	5–17	1–5	6–1

Play-offs

	Semi-finals Best of 5 frames					Final Best of 5 frames
	1	Ali Carter	1
	4	Ricky Walden	3
						4	Ricky Walden	3
						2	Judd Trump	2
	2	Judd Trump	3
	3	Mark Davis	0

Group two

Group two is played on 8 and 9 January 2014.^[8][9] Joe Perry was the second player to qualify for the winners group.

Matches

Table

Ranking		TRU	PER	ROB	MUR	DAV	CAR	HAW	Frame W–L	Match W–L	Pld–Pts
1	Judd Trump	x	1	3	3	3	3	3	16–7	5–1	6–5
2	Joe Perry	3	x	0	3	3	3	3	15–9	5–1	6–5
3	Neil Robertson	1	3	x	3	0	3	3	13–10	4–2	6–4
4	Shaun Murphy	1	1	2	x	3	3	3	13–11	3–3	6–3
5	Mark Davis	1	2	3	2	x	1	3	12–12	2–4	6–2
6	Ali Carter	0	1	1	0	3	x	3	8–14	2–4	6–2
7	Barry Hawkins	1	1	1	0	0	1	x	4–18	0–6	6–0

Play-offs

	Semi-finals Best of 5 frames					Final Best of 5 frames
	1	Judd Trump	3
	4	Shaun Murphy	1
						1	Judd Trump	0
						2	Joe Perry	3
	2	Joe Perry	3
	3	Neil Robertson	2

Group three

Group three was played on 20 and 21 January 2014.^[10][11] Judd Trump was the third player to qualify for the winners group.

Matches

Table

Ranking		MUR	ROB	DAY	TRU	STE	DAV	DOT	Frame W–L	Match W–L	Pld–Pts
1	Shaun Murphy	x	2	3	3	3	3	3	17–8	5–1	6–5
2	Neil Robertson	3	x	2	3	2	3	3	16–11	4–2	6–4
3	Ryan Day	1	3	x	1	1	3	3	12–15	3–3	6–3
4	Judd Trump	1	0	3	x	3	1	3	11–11	3–3	6–3
5	Matthew Stevens	1	3	3	1	x	3	0	11–14	3–3	6–3
6	Mark Davis	0	1	2	3	2	x	3	11–15	2–4	6–2
7	Graeme Dott	2	2	2	0	3	2	x	11–15	1–5	6–1

Play-offs

	Semi-finals Best of 5 frames					Final Best of 5 frames
	1	Shaun Murphy	0
	4	Judd Trump	3
						4	Judd Trump	3
						3	Ryan Day	0
	2	Neil Robertson	2
	3	Ryan Day	3

Group four

Group four was played on 22 and 23 January 2014.^[12][13] Stephen Maguire was the fourth player to qualify for the winners group.

Matches

Table

Ranking		MAG	ROB	MUR	DAY	SEL	STE	FOR	Frame W–L	Match W–L	Pld–Pts
1	Stephen Maguire	x	3	3	3	3	3	3	18–10	6–0	6–6
2	Neil Robertson	2	x	3	3	1	3	2	14–13	3–3	6–3
3	Shaun Murphy	2	2	x	3	3	3	1	14–13	3–3	6–3
4	Ryan Day	2	1	1	x	3	3	3	13–11	3–3	6–3
5	Mark Selby	1	3	2	0	x	2	3	11–13	2–4	6–2
6	Matthew Stevens	2	1	1	1	3	x	3	11–16	2–4	6–2
7	Tom Ford	1	3	3	1	0	2	x	10–15	2–4	6–2

Play-offs

	Semi-finals Best of 5 frames					Final Best of 5 frames
	1	Stephen Maguire	3
	4	Ryan Day	2
						1	Stephen Maguire	3
						2	Neil Robertson	0
	2	Neil Robertson	3
	3	Shaun Murphy	1

Group five

Group five will be played on 10 and 11 February 2014.^[14]

Matches

Group six

Group six will be played on 12 and 13 February 2014.^[15]

Matches

Group seven

Group seven will be played on 3 and 4 March 2014,^[16] and will feature Peter Ebdon, Liang Wenbo, Mark King and four players from group six.^[17]

Winner's group

The winner's group will be played on 5 and 6 March 2014,^[18] and will feature Ricky Walden, Joe Perry, Judd Trump, Stephen Maguire and the winners from the other three groups.^[17]

Century breaks

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• 147, 131, 134, 128, 112, 103, 103 Shaun Murphy
• 144, 141, 137, 137, 134, 133, 131, 129, 124, 119, 118, 109, 107, 103, 102, 102 Neil Robertson
• 142, 142, 130, 117, 113, 108, 102, 100 Judd Trump
• 134, 131, 124, 102, 101 Mark Davis
• 133, 102 Ali Carter
• 132, 128 Stephen Maguire
• 131 Tom Ford
• 130, 126, 105, 102 Mark Selby
• 124 Barry Hawkins
• 117 Ricky Walden
• 107, 105 Ryan Day
• 101 Stuart Bingham

References

External links

• Official website
• Shaun Murphy 147 at 2014 Championship League on YouTube