2011 Championship League

This article is about the snooker tournament. For the darts tournament, see 2011 Championship League Darts.
Championship League
Tournament information
Dates 3 January-
24 March 2011
Venue Crondon Park Golf Club
City Stock
Country England
Organisation(s) Matchroom Sport
Format Non-ranking event
Total prize fund £205,000
Winner's share £10,000
Highest break 143
Final
Champion Wales Matthew Stevens
Runner-up England Shaun Murphy
Score 3–1
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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.

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]

  • Group 1–7
    • Winner: £3,000
    • Runner-up: £2,000
    • Semi-final: £1,000
    • Frame-win (league stage): £100
    • Frame-win (play-offs): £300
    • Highest break: £500
  • Winners group
    • Winner: £10,000
    • Runner-up: £5,000
    • Semi-final: £3,000
    • Frame-win: £300
    • Highest break: £1,000

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

  • John Higgins 3–0 Mark Wiliams
  • Shaun Murphy 0–3 Mark Selby
  • Ali Carter 3–2 Stephen Maguire
  • Graeme Dott 2–3 John Higgins
  • Mark Williams 2–3 Shaun Murphy
  • Mark Selby 1–3 Ali Carter
  • Stephen Maguire 3–1 Graeme Dott
  • John Higgins 1–3 Shaun Murphy
  • Mark Williams 3–1 Mark Selby
  • Ali Carter 3–0 Graeme Dott
  • Shaun Murphy 2–3 Graeme Dott
  • Stephen Maguire 2–3 Mark Selby
  • John Higgins 3–1 Stephen Maguire
  • Mark Williams 3–0 Ali Carter
  • Mark Selby 3–1 Graeme Dott
  • Shaun Murphy 3–0 Stephen Maguire
  • Mark Williams 3–0 Graeme Dott
  • John Higgins 3–1 Ali Carter
  • Shaun Murphy 1–3 Ali Carter
  • Mark Williams 3–1 Stephen Maguire
  • John Higgins 3–2 Mark Selby

Table

Ranking Scotland
HIG 		Wales
WIL 		England
CAR 		England
SEL 		England
MUR 		Scotland
MAG 		Scotland
DOT 		Frame
W–L 		Match
W–L 		Pld–Pts
1 John Higgins x 3 3 3 1 3 3 16–9 5–1 6–5
2 Mark Williams 0 x 3 3 2 3 3 14–8 4–2 6–4
3 Ali Carter 1 0 x 3 3 3 3 13–10 4–2 6–4
4 Mark Selby 2 1 1 x 3 3 3 13–12 3–3 6–3
5 Shaun Murphy 3 3 1 0 x 3 2 12–12 3–3 6–3
6 Stephen Maguire 1 1 2 2 0 x 3 9–16 1–5 6–1
7 Graeme Dott 2 0 0 1 3 1 x 7–17 1–5 6–1

Play-offs

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

  • Ali Carter 1–3 John Higgins
  • Mark Williams 3–0 Shaun Murphy
  • Neil Robertson 0–3 Ronnie O'Sullivan
  • Jamie Cope 0–3 Ali Carter
  • John Higgins 3–2 Mark Williams
  • Shaun Murphy 3–2 Neil Robertson
  • Ronnie O'Sullivan 3–0 Jamie Cope
  • Ali Carter 1–3 Mark Williams
  • John Higgins 3–2 Shaun Murphy
  • Neil Robertson 3–2 Jamie Cope
  • Mark Williams 3–0 Jamie Cope
  • Ronnie O'Sullivan 3–2 Shaun Murphy
  • Ali Carter 2–3 Ronnie O'Sullivan
  • John Higgins 3–1 Neil Robertson
  • Shaun Murphy 2–3 Jamie Cope
  • Mark Williams 3–0 Ronnie O'Sullivan
  • John Higgins 3–0 Jamie Cope
  • Ali Carter 3–1 Neil Robertson
  • Mark Williams 3–1 Neil Robertson
  • John Higgins 0–3 Ronnie O'Sullivan
  • Ali Carter 1–3 Shaun Murphy

Table

Ranking Wales
WIL 		England
OSU 		Scotland
HIG 		England
MUR 		England
CAR 		Australia
ROB 		England
COP 		Frame
W–L 		Match
W–L 		Pld–Pts
1 Mark Williams x 3 2 3 3 3 3 17–5 5–1 6–5
2 Ronnie O'Sullivan 0 x 3 3 3 3 3 15–7 5–1 6–5
3 John Higgins 3 0 x 3 3 3 3 15–9 5–1 6–5
4 Shaun Murphy 0 2 2 x 3 3 2 12–15 2–4 6–2
5 Ali Carter 1 2 1 1 x 3 3 11–13 2–4 6–2
6 Neil Robertson 1 0 1 2 1 x 3 8–17 1–5 6–1
7 Jamie Cope 0 0 0 3 0 2 x 5–17 1–5 6–1

Play-offs

Semi-finals
Best of 5 frames 		Final
Best of 5 frames
      
1 Wales Mark Williams 3
4 England Shaun Murphy 0
1 Wales Mark Williams 3
2 England Ronnie O'Sullivan 2
2 England Ronnie O'Sullivan 3
3 Scotland 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

  • Stuart Bingham 0–3 John Higgins
  • Shaun Murphy 1–3 Ali Carter
  • Mark King 1–3 Peter Ebdon
  • Marco Fu 1–3 Stuart Bingham
  • John Higgins 0–3 Shaun Murphy
  • Ali Carter 3–0 Mark King
  • Peter Ebdon 1–3 Marco Fu
  • Stuart Bingham 2–3 Shaun Murphy
  • John Higgins 1–3 Ali Carter
  • Mark King 3–2 Marco Fu
  • Shaun Murphy 3–1 Marco Fu
  • Peter Ebdon 3–1 Ali Carter
  • Stuart Bingham 3–1 Peter Ebdon
  • John Higgins 2–3 Mark King
  • Ali Carter 3–1 Marco Fu
  • Shaun Murphy 1–3 Peter Ebdon
  • John Higgins 0–3 Marco Fu
  • Stuart Bingham 1–3 Mark King
  • John Higgins 3–0 Peter Ebdon
  • Shaun Murphy 3–1 Mark King
  • Stuart Bingham 2–3 Ali Carter

Table

Ranking England
CAR 		England
MUR 		England
EBD 		England
KIN 		Hong Kong
FU 		England
BIN 		Scotland
HIG 		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 Shaun Murphy 1 x 1 3 3 3 3 14–10 4–2 6–4
3 Peter Ebdon 3 3 x 3 1 1 0 11–12 3–3 6–3
4 Mark King 0 1 1 x 3 3 3 11–14 3–3 6–3
5 Marco Fu 1 1 3 2 x 1 3 11–13 2–4 6–2
6 Stuart Bingham 2 2 3 1 3 x 0 11–14 2–4 6–2
7 John Higgins 1 0 3 2 0 3 x 9–12 2–4 6–2

Play-offs

Semi-finals
Best of 5 frames 		Final
Best of 5 frames
      
1 England Ali Carter 2
4 England Mark King 3
4 England Mark King 2
2 England Shaun Murphy 3
2 England Shaun Murphy 3
3 England 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

  • Mark King 0–3 Ali Carter
  • Peter Ebdon 1–3 Marco Fu
  • Stephen Hendry 1–3 Mark Allen
  • Matthew Stevens 3–0 Mark King
  • Ali Carter 3–0 Peter Ebdon
  • Marco Fu 3–1 Stephen Hendry
  • Mark Allen 1–3 Matthew Stevens
  • Mark King 3–2 Peter Ebdon
  • Ali Carter 1–3 Marco Fu
  • Stephen Hendry 2–3 Matthew Stevens
  • Peter Ebdon 3–1 Matthew Stevens
  • Mark Allen 3–1 Marco Fu
  • Mark King 3–2 Mark Allen
  • Ali Carter 3–2 Stephen Hendry
  • Marco Fu 1–3 Matthew Stevens
  • Peter Ebdon 1–3 Mark Allen
  • Ali Carter 2–3 Matthew Stevens
  • Mark King 1–3 Stephen Hendry
  • Peter Ebdon 3–2 Stephen Hendry
  • Ali Carter 3–0 Mark Allen
  • Mark King 3–2 Marco Fu

Table

Ranking Wales
STE 		England
CAR 		Hong Kong
FU 		Northern Ireland
ALL 		England
KIN 		England
EBD 		Scotland
HEN 		Frame
W–L 		Match
W–L 		Pld–Pts
1 Matthew Stevens x 3 3 3 3 1 3 16–9 5–1 6–5
2 Ali Carter 2 x 1 3 3 3 3 15–8 4–2 6–4
3 Marco Fu 1 3 x 1 2 3 3 13–12 4–2 6–4
4 Mark Allen 1 0 3 x 2 3 3 12–12 3–3 6–3
5 Mark King 0 0 3 3 x 3 1 10–15 3–3 6–3
6 Peter Ebdon 3 0 1 1 2 x 3 10–15 2–4 6–2
7 Stephen Hendry 2 2 1 1 3 2 x 11–16 1–5 6–1

Play-offs

Semi-finals
Best of 5 frames 		Final
Best of 5 frames
      
1 Wales Matthew Stevens 0
4 Northern Ireland Mark Allen 3
4 Northern Ireland Mark Allen 1
2 England Ali Carter 3
2 England Ali Carter 3
3 Hong Kong 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

  • Mark Allen 3–0 Matthew Stevens
  • Ryan Day 0–3 Mark King
  • Ding Junhui 3–0 Ricky Walden
  • Liang Wenbo 2–3 Mark Allen
  • Matthew Stevens 3–2 Ryan Day
  • Mark King 2–3 Ding Junhui
  • Ricky Walden 0–3 Liang Wenbo
  • Mark Allen 1–3 Ryan Day
  • Matthew Stevens 0–3 Mark King
  • Ding Junhui 1–3 Liang Wenbo
  • Ryan Day 3–2 Liang Wenbo
  • Ricky Walden 3–2 Mark King
  • Mark Allen 3–0 Ricky Walden
  • Matthew Stevens 3–0 Ding Junhui
  • Mark King 3–1 Liang Wenbo
  • Ryan Day 3–2 Ricky Walden
  • Matthew Stevens 0–3 Liang Wenbo
  • Mark Allen 3–2 Ding Junhui
  • Ryan Day 3–1 Ding Junhui
  • Matthew Stevens 3–1 Ricky Walden
  • Mark Allen 3–0 Mark King

Table

Ranking Northern Ireland
ALL 		Wales
DAY 		China
LIA 		England
KIN 		Wales
STE 		China
DIN 		England
WAL 		Frame
W–L 		Match
W–L 		Pld–Pts
1 Mark Allen x 1 3 3 3 3 3 16–8 5–1 6–5
2 Ryan Day 3 x 3 0 2 3 3 14–12 4–2 6–4
3 Liang Wenbo 2 2 x 1 3 3 3 14–10 3–3 6–3
4 Mark King 0 3 3 x 3 2 2 13–10 3–3 6–3
5 Matthew Stevens 0 3 0 0 x 3 3 9–12 3–3 6–3
6 Ding Junhui 2 1 1 3 0 x 3 10–14 2–4 6–2
7 Ricky Walden 1 2 0 3 1 0 x 7–17 1–5 6–1

Play-offs

Semi-finals
Best of 5 frames 		Final
Best of 5 frames
      
1 Northern Ireland Mark Allen 3
4 England Mark King 2
1 Northern Ireland Mark Allen 0
2 Wales Ryan Day 3
2 Wales Ryan Day 3
3 China 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

  • Mark Allen 2–3 Liang Wenbo
  • Mark King 3–0 Matthew Stevens
  • Judd Trump 3–2 Mark Davis
  • Stephen Lee 3–2 Mark Allen
  • Liang Wenbo 2–3 Mark King
  • Matthew Stevens 2–3 Judd Trump
  • Mark Davis 3–2 Stephen Lee
  • Mark Allen 3–0 Mark King
  • Liang Wenbo 2–3 Matthew Stevens
  • Judd Trump 2–3 Stephen Lee
  • Mark King 0–3 Stephen Lee
  • Mark Davis 0–3 Matthew Stevens
  • Mark Allen 3–0 Mark Davis
  • Liang Wenbo 3–1 Judd Trump
  • Matthew Stevens 3–0 Stephen Lee
  • Mark King 3–1 Mark Davis
  • Liang Wenbo 1–3 Stephen Lee
  • Mark Allen 3–0 Judd Trump
  • Mark King 3–1 Judd Trump
  • Liang Wenbo 3–0 Mark Davis
  • Mark Allen 1–3 Matthew Stevens

Table

Ranking Wales
STE 		England
LEE 		England
KIN 		Northern Ireland
ALL 		China
LIA 		England
TRU 		England
DAV 		Frame
W–L 		Match
W–L 		Pld–Pts
1 Matthew Stevens x 3 0 3 3 2 3 14–9 4–2 6–4
2 Stephen Lee 0 x 3 3 3 3 2 14–11 4–2 6–4
3 Mark King 3 0 x 0 3 3 3 12–10 4–2 6–4
4 Mark Allen 1 2 3 x 2 3 3 14–9 3–3 6–3
5 Liang Wenbo 2 1 2 3 x 3 3 14–12 3–3 6–3
6 Judd Trump 3 2 1 0 1 x 3 10–16 2–4 6–4
7 Mark Davis 0 3 1 0 0 2 x 6–17 1–5 6–1

Play-offs

Semi-finals
Best of 5 frames 		Final
Best of 5 frames
      
1 Wales Matthew Stevens 0
4 Northern Ireland Mark Allen 3
4 Northern Ireland Mark Allen 3
2 England Stephen Lee 0
2 England Stephen Lee 3
3 England 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

  • Stephen Lee 3–2 Marco Fu
  • Mark King 3–1 Liang Wenbo
  • Martin Gould 0–3 Andrew Higginson
  • Matthew Stevens 1–3 Stephen Lee
  • Matthew Stevens 3–2 Mark King
  • Liang Wenbo 2–3 Martin Gould
  • Andrew Higginson 0–3 Marco Fu
  • Stephen Lee 3–2 Mark King
  • Matthew Stevens 2–3 Liang Wenbo
  • Martin Gould 0–3 Marco Fu
  • Mark King 3–1 Marco Fu
  • Andrew Higginson 0–3 Liang Wenbo
  • Stephen Lee 0–3 Andrew Higginson
  • Matthew Stevens 3–1 Martin Gould
  • Liang Wenbo 3–1 Marco Fu
  • Mark King 2–3 Andrew Higginson
  • Matthew Stevens 3–1 Marco Fu
  • Stephen Lee 3–1 Martin Gould
  • Mark King 1–3 Martin Gould
  • Matthew Stevens 3–2 Andrew Higginson
  • Stephen Lee 0–3 Liang Wenbo

Table

Ranking China
LIA 		Wales
STE 		England
LEE 		England
HIG 		England
KIN 		Hong Kong
FU 		England
GOU 		Frame
W–L 		Match
W–L 		Pld–Pts
1 Liang Wenbo x 3 3 3 1 3 3 16–9 5–1 6–5
2 Matthew Stevens 2 x 1 3 3 3 3 15–12 4–2 6–4
3 Stephen Lee 0 3 x 0 3 3 3 12–12 4–2 6–4
4 Andrew Higginson 0 2 3 x 3 0 3 11–11 3–3 6–3
5 Mark King 3 2 2 2 x 3 1 13–12 2–4 6–2
6 Marco Fu 1 1 2 3 1 x 3 11–14 2–4 6–2
7 Martin Gould 3 1 1 0 3 0 x 8–16 2–4 6–2

Play-offs

Semi-finals
Best of 5 frames 		Final
Best of 5 frames
      
1 China Liang Wenbo 3
4 England Andrew Higginson 2
1 China Liang Wenbo 0
2 Wales Matthew Stevens 3
2 Wales Matthew Stevens 3
3 England 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

  • Mark Selby 1–3 Mark Williams
  • Shaun Murphy 3–1 Ali Carter
  • Ryan Day 2–3 Mark Allen
  • Matthew Stevens 1–3 Mark Selby
  • Mark Williams 1–3 Shaun Murphy
  • Ali Carter 3–0 Ryan Day
  • Mark Allen 0–3 Matthew Stevens
  • Mark Selby 3–2 Shaun Murphy
  • Mark Williams 2–3 Ali Carter
  • Ryan Day 0–3 Matthew Stevens
  • Shaun Murphy 2–3 Matthew Stevens
  • Mark Allen 3–2 Ali Carter
  • Mark Selby 2–3 Mark Allen
  • Mark Williams 3–2 Ryan Day
  • Ali Carter 2–3 Matthew Stevens
  • Shaun Murphy 3–1 Mark Allen
  • Mark Williams 1–3 Matthew Stevens
  • Mark Selby 1–3 Ryan Day
  • Shaun Murphy 2–3 Ryan Day
  • Mark Williams 3–0 Mark Allen
  • Mark Selby 0–3 Ali Carter

Table

Ranking Wales
STE 		England
MUR 		England
CAR 		Wales
WIL 		Northern Ireland
ALL 		Wales
DAY 		England
SEL 		Frame
W–L 		Match
W–L 		Pld–Pts
1 Matthew Stevens x 3 3 3 3 3 1 16–8 5–1 6–5
2 Shaun Murphy 2 x 3 3 3 2 2 15–12 3–3 6–3
3 Ali Carter 2 1 x 3 2 3 3 14–11 3–3 6–3
4 Mark Williams 1 1 2 x 3 3 3 13–12 3–3 6–3
5 Mark Allen 0 1 3 0 x 3 3 10–15 3–3 6–3
6 Ryan Day 0 3 0 2 2 x 3 10–15 2–4 6–2
7 Mark Selby 3 3 0 1 2 1 x 10–15 2–4 6–2

Play-offs

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

Century breaks

[4][5][7][8][10][11][13][14][16][17][19][20][22][23][25][26]

References

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  2. ↑ "Matchroom Championship League 2011". Brownball.de. Retrieved 10 February 2012.
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  25. ↑ 25.0 25.1 "2011 CLS – Winners Group results". championshipleaguesnooker.co.uk. Matchroom Sport. Retrieved 24 March 2011.
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