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This article is about the snooker tournament. For the darts tournament, see Championship League Darts.
Championship League Tournament information Venue Crondon Park Golf Club Location Stock Country England Established 2008 Organisation(s) Matchroom Sport Format Non-ranking event Total prize fund £205,000 Current champion(s) Matthew Stevens
Championship League is a non-ranking snooker tournament, devised by Matchroom Sport. All tournaments have been held at the Crondon Park Golf Club since its debut in 2008.[1]
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History and format
The event was introduced in 2008 by Barry Hearn to provide additional competition and a qualifier to the Premier League Snooker. 25 professionals take part, there is no audience and every match is broadcast via internet only.[1] Players earn money for every frame won and there are also prizes for being a semi-finalist, runner-up and winner of each group, with more money involved in the winners group.
In the first two years all matches in the group stages were the best of four, meaning that the matches could ended in a draw as all the four frames were played, and the semi-finals and final was best of five. From 2010 all matches are best of five.
The competition runs over eight group, each consisting of seven players. From the league stage of the first seven groups the top four qualify for a play-off, the winner of which qualifies for the winners group. The bottom two players of each league are eliminated and the remaining four moves to the next group, where they are joined by three more players until the seventh group. The winners play in the final group with the overall winner taking a place in that years Premier League Snooker.[1]
Winners
Year Winner Opponent Final score Season 2008 Joe Perry
Mark Selby
3–1 2007/08 2009 Judd Trump
Mark Selby
3–2 2008/09 2010 Marco Fu
Mark Allen
3–2 2009/10 2011 Matthew Stevens
Shaun Murphy
3–1 2010/11 References
- ^ a b c d Turner, Chris. "Matchroom Championship League". cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk. Chris Turner's Snooker Archive. http://www.cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/league.html#ChLg. Retrieved 1 March 2011.
External links
Snooker tournaments Ranking World Championship · UK Championship · World Open · Welsh Open · German Masters · China Open · Shanghai Masters · Australian Goldfields Open · Players Tour Championship (Paul Hunter Classic)Non-ranking The Masters · World Cup · Championship League · Wuxi Classic · Beijing International Challenge · World Seniors Championship · Scottish Professional Championship · Hainan Classic · Brazil Masters · General Cup InternationalWithdrawn tournaments Championship League Full results by year 2008 · 2009 · 2010
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