2012 Championship League

Championship League

Tournament information
Dates	9 January- 22 March 2012
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	Mark Allen (144)
Final
Champion	Ding Junhui
Runner-up	Judd Trump
Score	3–1
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The 2012 Championship League was a professional non-ranking snooker tournament that was played from 9 January to 22 March 2012 at the Crondon Park Golf Club in Stock, England.

Matthew Stevens was the defending champion,^[1] but he was eliminated in group four.

Ding Junhui won in the final 3–1 against Judd Trump and earned a place in the 2012 Premier League Snooker.

Prize fund

The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:^[2]

• Tournament total: £205,000

Group one

Group one matches were played on 9 and 10 January 2012.^[3][4][5] Judd Trump was the first player to qualify for the final group.

Matches

Table

Ranking		SEL	DAV	MUR	TRU	STE	HIG	CAR	Frame W–L	Match W–L	Pld–Pts
1	Mark Selby	x	3	3	3	3	1	3	16–11	5–1	6–5
2	Mark Davis	2	x	0	3	3	3	3	14–11	4–2	6–4
3	Shaun Murphy	2	3	x	2	3	3	2	15–12	3–3	6–3
4	Judd Trump	1	2	3	x	0	3	3	12–13	3–3	6–3
5	Matthew Stevens	1	1	2	3	x	1	3	11–12	2–4	6–2
6	Andrew Higginson	3	1	1	2	3	x	0	10–14	2–4	6–2
7	Ali Carter	2	1	3	0	0	3	x	9–14	2–4	6–2

Play-offs

	Semi-finals Best of 5 frames					Final Best of 5 frames
	1	Mark Selby	1
	4	Judd Trump	3
						4	Judd Trump	3
						3	Shaun Murphy	2
	2	Mark Davis	1
	3	Shaun Murphy	3

Group two

Group two matches were played on 11 and 12 January 2012.^[6][7][8] Shaun Murphy was the second player to qualify for the final group.

Matches

Table

Ranking		SEL	MUR	DAV	ROB	STE	BIN	WIL	Frame W–L	Match W–L	Pld–Pts
1	Mark Selby	x	3	3	3	3	3	3	18–9	6–0	6–6
2	Shaun Murphy	1	x	3	2	1	3	3	13–10	3–3	6–3
3	Mark Davis	1	0	x	2	3	3	3	12–10	3–3	6–3
4	Neil Robertson	1	3	3	x	3	0	2	12–15	3–3	6–3
5	Matthew Stevens	2	3	1	2	x	3	2	13–14	2–4	6–2
6	Stuart Bingham	2	1	0	3	1	x	3	10–12	2–4	6–2
7	Mark Williams	2	0	0	3	3	0	x	8–16	2–4	6–2

Play-offs

	Semi-finals Best of 5 frames					Final Best of 5 frames
	1	Mark Selby	3
	4	Neil Robertson	1
						1	Mark Selby	0
						2	Shaun Murphy	3
	2	Shaun Murphy	3
	3	Mark Davis	0

Group three

Group three matches were played on 23 and 24 January 2012.^[9][10] Neil Robertson was the third player to qualify for the final group.

Matches

Table

Ranking		SEL	STE	ROB	DAV	COP	GOU	HEN	Frame W–L	Match W–L	Pld–Pts
1	Mark Selby	x	1	3	3	3	2	3	15–10	4–2	6–4
2	Matthew Stevens	3	x	2	3	3	1	3	15–11	4–2	6–4
3	Neil Robertson	0	3	x	2	3	3	3	14–11	4–2	6–4
4	Mark Davis	0	2	3	x	1	3	3	12–12	3–3	6–3
5	Jamie Cope	2	0	1	3	x	3	3	12–13	3–3	6–3
6	Martin Gould	3	3	1	0	1	x	3	11–14	3–3	6–3
7	Stephen Hendry	2	2	1	1	2	2	x	10–18	0–6	6–0

Play-offs

	Semi-finals Best of 5 frames					Final Best of 5 frames
	1	Mark Selby	3
	4	Mark Davis	2
						1	Mark Selby	2
						3	Neil Robertson	3
	2	Matthew Stevens	2
	3	Neil Robertson	3

Group four

Group four matches were played on 25 and 26 January 2012.^[11][12] Mark Davis was the fourth player to qualify for the final group.

Matches

Table

Ranking		SEL	EBD	DAV	ALL	COP	STE	LEE	Frame W–L	Match W–L	Pld–Pts
1	Mark Selby	x	3	3	3	3	3	3	18–5	6–0	6–6
2	Peter Ebdon	0	x	1	3	3	3	3	13–9	4–2	6–4
3	Mark Davis	0	3	x	0	3	3	3	12–10	4–2	6–4
4	Mark Allen	2	0	3	x	2	3	3	13–11	3–3	6–3
5	Jamie Cope	0	1	1	3	x	3	2	10–16	2–4	6–2
6	Matthew Stevens	2	0	2	1	2	x	3	10–17	1–5	6–1
7	Stephen Lee	1	2	0	1	3	2	x	9–17	1–5	6–1

Play-offs

	Semi-finals Best of 5 frames					Final Best of 5 frames
	1	Mark Selby	3
	4	Mark Allen	2
						1	Mark Selby	1
						3	Mark Davis	3
	2	Peter Ebdon	0
	3	Mark Davis	3

Group five

Group five matches were played on 6 and 7 February 2012.^{[13][14][15][16]} Barry Hawkins was the fifth player to qualify for the final group.

Matches

Table

Ranking		ALL	HAW	EBD	KIN	COP	SEL	WAL	Frame W–L	Match W–L	Pld–Pts
1	Mark Allen	x	3	3	2	3	3	3	17–10	5–1	6–5
2	Barry Hawkins	0	x	3	3	3	3	0	12–11	4–2	6–4
3	Peter Ebdon	1	2	x	3	2	3	3	14–12	3–3	6–3
4	Mark King	3	1	2	x	3	1	3	13–13	3–3	6–3
5	Jamie Cope	2	0	3	1	x	3	3	12–13	3–3	6–3
6	Mark Selby	2	2	1	3	2	x	3	13–13	2–4	6–2
7	Ricky Walden	2	3	0	1	0	0	x	6–15	1–5	6–1

Play-offs

	Semi-finals Best of 5 frames					Final Best of 5 frames
	1	Mark Allen	2
	4	Mark King	3
							Mark King	2
							Barry Hawkins	3
	2	Barry Hawkins	3
	3	Peter Ebdon	2

Group six

Group six matches were played on 8 and 9 February 2012.^[17][18] Mark Allen was the sixth player to qualify for the final group.

Matches

Table

Ranking		ALL	EBD	DAL	CAM	PER	KIN	COP	Frame W–L	Match W–L	Pld–Pts
1	Mark Allen	x	3	3	3	2	3	3	17–8	5–1	6–5
2	Peter Ebdon	0	x	3	3	3	3	3	15–10	5–1	6–5
3	Dominic Dale	2	2	x	2	3	3	3	15–13	3–3	6–3
4	Marcus Campbell	2	1	3	x	3	3	1	13–13	3–3	6–3
5	Joe Perry	3	1	1	0	x	3	3	11–14	3–3	6–3
6	Mark King	1	1	1	2	2	x	3	10–16	1–5	6–1
7	Jamie Cope	0	2	2	3	1	1	x	9–16	1–5	6–1

Play-offs

	Semi-finals Best of 5 frames					Final Best of 5 frames
	1	Mark Allen	3
	4	Marcus Campbell	1
						1	Mark Allen	3
						3	Dominic Dale	2
	2	Peter Ebdon	2
	3	Dominic Dale	3

Group seven

Group seven matches were played on 19 and 20 March 2012.^{[19][20][21][22]} Ding Junhui was the last player to qualify for the final group.

Matches

Table

Ranking		FOR	DIN	CAM	DAY	EBD	PER	DAL	Frame W–L	Match W–L	Pld–Pts
1	Tom Ford	x	3	3	3	0	3	3	15–8	5–1	6–5
2	Ding Junhui	1	x	3	2	3	3	3	15–11	4–2	6–4
3	Marcus Campbell	2	2	x	3	3	3	1	14–11	3–3	6–3
4	Ryan Day	1	3	0	x	2	3	3	12–11	3–3	6–3
5	Peter Ebdon	3	1	1	3	x	2	1	11–14	2–4	6–2
6	Joe Perry	1	2	1	0	3	x	3	10–16	2–4	6–2
7	Dominic Dale	0	0	3	0	3	2	x	8–14	2–4	6–2

Play-offs

	Semi-finals Best of 5 frames					Final Best of 5 frames
	1	Tom Ford	3
	4	Ryan Day	2
						1	Tom Ford	0
						2	Ding Junhui	3
	2	Ding Junhui	3
	3	Marcus Campbell	0

Final group

The matches of the final group were played on 21 and 22 March 2012.^{[23][24][25][26]} Ding Junhui has qualified for the 2012 Premier League.

Matches

Table

Ranking		DIN	ALL	TRU	HAW	MUR	DAV	ROB	Frame W–L	Match W–L	Pld–Pts
1	Ding Junhui	x	3	2	3	2	3	3	16–9	4–2	6–4
2	Mark Allen	2	x	3	3	3	3	1	15–11	4–2	6–4
3	Judd Trump	3	1	x	2	3	2	3	14–13	3–3	6–3
4	Barry Hawkins	0	1	3	x	3	3	2	12–12	3–3	6–3
5	Shaun Murphy	3	1	1	0	x	3	3	11–15	3–3	6–3
6	Mark Davis	1	2	3	1	2	x	3	12–15	2–4	6–2
7	Neil Robertson	0	3	1	3	2	1	x	10–15	2–4	6–2

Play-offs

	Semi-finals Best of 5 frames					Final Best of 5 frames
	1	Ding Junhui	3
	4	Barry Hawkins	1
						1	Ding Junhui	3
						3	Judd Trump	1
	2	Mark Allen	0
	3	Judd Trump	3

Century breaks

^{[4][5][7][8][10][12][15][16][18][21][22][25][26]}

References

External links

• Official website