2019–20 Championship League

The 2019–2020 Championship League was a professional non-ranking snooker tournament, taking place from 7 October 2019 to 5 March 2020 at the Morningside Arena in Leicester, England.[1] The event features seven group stages before a finals stage in March 2020. It is the 13th staging of the Championship League.

Championship League
Tournament information
Dates7 October 2019 – 5 March 2020
VenueMorningside Arena
CityLeicester
CountryEngland
FormatNon-ranking event
Total prize fund£180,000
Winner's share£13,000
Highest break Judd Trump (145)
Final
Champion Scott Donaldson
Runner-up Graeme Dott
Score3–0
← 2019
2020 →
Morningside Arena (Leicester)

Martin Gould won the 2019 edition of the tournament, beating Jack Lisowski 3–1 in the final.[2] However, Gould did not appear in the 2019/20 event due to his lower ranking.

Scott Donaldson won his first professional tournament with a 3–0 win over Graeme Dott in the final.

Tournament Format

The Championship League event sees 25 professionals take part, with players earning prize money for every frame won. Matches are best of 5 frames, and the league is played from October 2019 to March 2020.

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 2020 Champion of Champions.

Prize fund

The breakdown of prize money for the 2019/2020 Championship League is shown below.[3]

  • Tournament total: £180,800

Results

Group 1

Group 1 was played on 7 and 8 October 2019. Neil Robertson won the group and qualified for the Winners' Group.[4]

Table
Pos Team Pld W L FF FA FD
1 Barry Hawkins (Q) 6 6 0 18 8 +10 Qualification to Group 1 play-off
2 Neil Robertson (Q) 6 4 2 13 11 +2
3 Mark Selby (Q) 6 3 3 12 12 0
4 Ryan Day (Q) 6 2 4 13 14 −1
5 Jack Lisowski (A) 6 2 4 12 14 −2 Advances into Group 2
6 Jimmy Robertson (E) 6 2 4 10 14 −4 Eliminated from the competition
7 Luca Brecel (E) 6 2 4 10 15 −5
Source: Championship League Snooker by Matchroom Sport
(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
 
      
 
 
 
 
 Barry Hawkins0
 
 
 
 Ryan Day3
 
 Ryan Day2
 
 
 
 Neil Robertson3
 
 Neil Robertson3
 
 
 Mark Selby2
 

Group 2

Group 2 was played on 9 and 10 October 2019. Stuart Bingham won the group and was the second player to qualify for the Winners' Group.[5]

Table
Pos Team Pld W L FF FA FD
1 Kyren Wilson (Q) 6 5 1 17 7 +10 Qualification to Group 2 play-off
2 Gary Wilson (Q) 6 4 2 13 9 +4
3 Stuart Bingham (Q) 6 4 2 13 13 0
4 Mark Selby (Q) 6 3 3 15 9 +6
5 Barry Hawkins (A) 6 3 3 12 13 −1 Advances into Group 3
6 Ryan Day (E) 6 1 5 7 15 −8 Eliminated from the competition
7 Jack Lisowski (E) 6 1 5 6 17 −11
Source: Championship League Snooker by Matchroom Sport
(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
 
      
 
 
 
 
 Kyren Wilson1
 
 
 
 Mark Selby3
 
 Mark Selby1
 
 
 
 Stuart Bingham3
 
 Gary Wilson0
 
 
 Stuart Bingham3
 

Group 3

Group 3 was played on 21 and 22 October 2019. Gary Wilson won the group and was the third player to qualify for the Winners' Group. The group 3 matches saw a record number of century breaks made in a Championship League group with a total of 24, beating the record of 23 from the previous year's Winners' Group.[6]

Note

Barry Hawkins and Mark Selby withdrew from the tournament prior to group 3 play.

Table
Pos Team Pld W L FF FA FD
1 Gary Wilson (Q) 6 5 1 16 11 +5 Qualification to Group 3 play-off
2 Tom Ford (Q) 6 4 2 16 8 +8
3 Kyren Wilson (Q) 6 3 3 14 14 0
4 Matthew Selt (Q) 6 3 3 12 14 −2
5 Graeme Dott (A) 6 2 4 11 12 −1 Advances into Group 4
6 Xiao Guodong (E) 6 2 4 11 15 −4 Eliminated from the competition
7 Ben Woollaston (E) 6 2 4 9 15 −6
Source: Championship League Snooker by Matchroom Sport
(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
 
      
 
 
 
 
 Gary Wilson3
 
 
 
 Matthew Selt1
 
 Gary Wilson3
 
 
 
 Kyren Wilson0
 
 Tom Ford2
 
 
 Kyren Wilson3
 

Group 4

Group 4 was played on 23 and 24 October 2019. Scott Donaldson won the group and was the fourth player to qualify for the Winners' Group. It was the 100th group in Championship League history.[7]

Table
Pos Team Pld W L FF FA FD
1 Scott Donaldson (Q) 6 5 1 17 8 +9 Qualification to Group 4 play-off
2 Kyren Wilson (Q) 6 5 1 17 12 +5
3 Graeme Dott (Q) 6 4 2 15 13 +2
4 Joe Perry (Q) 6 2 4 12 14 −2
5 Tom Ford (A) 6 2 4 12 15 −3 Advances into Group 5
6 Ali Carter (E) 6 2 4 12 15 −3 Eliminated from the competition
7 Matthew Selt (E) 6 1 5 9 17 −8
Source: Championship League Snooker by Matchroom Sport
(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
 
      
 
 
 
 
 Scott Donaldson3
 
 
 
 Joe Perry2
 
 Scott Donaldson3
 
 
 
 Graeme Dott0
 
 Kyren Wilson2
 
 
 Graeme Dott3
 

Group 5

Group 5 was played on 6 and 7 January 2020. Anthony McGill won the group and was the fifth player to qualify for the Winners' Group.[8]

Table
Pos Team Pld W L FF FA FD
1 Mark Williams (Q) 6 6 0 18 5 +13 Qualification to Group 5 play-off
2 Joe Perry (Q) 6 3 3 14 12 +2
3 Anthony McGill (Q) 6 3 3 11 12 −1
4 David Gilbert (Q) 6 3 3 11 13 −2
5 Graeme Dott (A) 6 2 4 11 13 −2 Advances into Group 6
6 Tom Ford (E) 6 2 4 11 15 −4 Eliminated from the competition
7 Kyren Wilson (E) 6 2 4 9 14 −5
Source: Championship League Snooker by Matchroom Sport
(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
 
      
 
 
 
 
 Mark Williams2
 
 
 
 David Gilbert3
 
 David Gilbert2
 
 
 
 Anthony McGill3
 
 Joe Perry2
 
 
 Anthony McGill3
 

Group 6

Group 6 was played on 8 and 9 January 2020. Judd Trump won the group and was the sixth player to qualify for the Winners' Group.[9]

Table
Pos Team Pld W L FF FA FD
1 David Gilbert (Q) 6 5 1 16 10 +6 Qualification to Group 6 play-off
2 Judd Trump (Q) 6 4 2 14 10 +4
3 John Higgins (Q) 6 4 2 14 12 +2
4 Graeme Dott (Q) 6 3 3 14 12 +2
5 Mark Williams (A) 6 3 3 14 12 +2 Advances into Group 7
6 Joe Perry (E) 6 2 4 11 15 −4 Eliminated from the competition
7 Mark King (E) 6 0 6 6 18 −12
Source: Championship League Snooker by Matchroom Sport
(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
 
      
 
 
 
 
 David Gilbert2
 
 
 
 Graeme Dott3
 
 Graeme Dott2
 
 
 
 Judd Trump3
 
 Judd Trump3
 
 
 John Higgins1
 

Group 7

Group 7 was played on 2 and 3 March 2020. Graeme Dott won the group and was the seventh and final player to qualify for the Winners' Group.[10]

Table
Pos Team Pld W L FF FA FD
1 John Higgins (Q) 6 5 1 17 4 +13 Qualification to Group 7 play-off
2 Graeme Dott (Q) 6 4 2 13 9 +4
3 David Gilbert (Q) 6 4 2 13 11 +2
4 Mark Williams (Q) 6 3 3 11 11 0
5 Lyu Haotian (E) 6 2 4 9 14 −5 Eliminated from the competition
6 Ricky Walden (E) 6 2 4 8 13 −5
7 Robert Milkins (E) 6 1 5 7 16 −9
Source: Championship League Snooker by Matchroom Sport
(E) Eliminated; (Q) Qualified to the phase indicated.

Play-offs
 
Semi Finals
Best of 5 frames		Final
Best of 5 frames
 
      
 
 
 
 
 John Higgins1
 
 
 
 Mark Williams3
 
 Mark Williams1
 
 
 
 Graeme Dott3
 
 Graeme Dott3
 
 
 David Gilbert0
 

Winners' Group

The Winners' Group is played on 4 and 5 March 2020. On the first day, Judd Trump made his 700th career century break in his round-robin match against Anthony McGill.[11][12]

Table
Pos Team Pld W L FF FA FD
1 Judd Trump (Q) 6 6 0 18 7 +11 Qualification to Winners' Group play-off
2 Graeme Dott (Q) 6 4 2 16 9 +7
3 Anthony McGill (Q) 6 3 3 14 13 +1
4 Scott Donaldson (Q) 6 3 3 12 12 0
5 Neil Robertson (E) 6 3 3 11 13 −2 Eliminated from the competition
6 Stuart Bingham (E) 6 2 4 8 13 −5
7 Gary Wilson (E) 6 0 6 6 18 −12
Updated to match(es) played on 4 and 5 March 2020. Source: Championship League Snooker by Matchroom Sport
(E) Eliminated; (Q) Qualified to the phase indicated.

Play-offs
 
Semi Finals
Best of 5 frames		Final
Best of 5 frames
 
      
 
 
 
 
 Judd Trump1
 
 
 
 Scott Donaldson3
 
 Scott Donaldson3
 
 
 
 Graeme Dott0
 
 Graeme Dott3
 
 
 Anthony McGill2
 

Century breaks

Total: 104

Bold: highest break in the indicated group.

Winnings
No. Player 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 W TOTAL
1 Graeme Dott (21) 1100 4400 1100 4900 6100 9100 26700
2 Scott Donaldson (29) 6500 14200 20700
3 Judd Trump (1) 6700 7900 14600
4 Anthony McGill (26) 5900 6400 12300
5 Kyren Wilson (9) 3000 4300 3800 900 12000
6 Gary Wilson (19) 2300 6650 1200 10150
7 David Gilbert (12) 4600 3200 2300 10100
8 Mark Williams (3) 3400 1400 4300 9100
9 Mark Selby(a) (5) 3300 5200 8500
10 Neil Robertson (4) 6100 2200 8300
11 Stuart Bingham (13) 6100 1600 7600
12 Joe Perry (16) 2800 3000 1100 6900
13 John Higgins (6) 2700 3500 6200
14 Tom Ford (25) 3200 1200 1600 6000
15 Ryan Day (20) 4800 700 5500
16 Barry Hawkins(a) (10) 2800 1200 4000
17 Matthew Selt (28) 2500 900 3400
18 Jack Lisowski (11) 1200 600 1800
19 Xiao Guodong (23) 1350 1350
20 Ali Carter (17) 1200 1200
21 Jimmy Robertson (22) 1000 1000
= Luca Brecel (27) 1000 1000
23 Ben Woollaston (40) 900 900
= Lyu Haotian (24) 900 900
25 Ricky Walden (30) 800 800
26 Robert Milkins (39) 700 700
27 Mark King (32) 600 600
Total prize money 20,200 19,100 20,000 20,800 20,500 20,100 17,500 42,600 180,800

Green: won the group. Bold: highest break in the group. All prize money in GBP.
Parenthesis: World ranking prior to tournament start.
Note
(a) Mark Selby and Barry Hawkins withdrew from the tournament prior to Group 3 play.

References
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