2009 Championship League

Championship League

Tournament information
Dates	5 January- 26 March 2009
Venue	Crondon Park Golf Club
City	Stock
Country	England
Organisation(s)	Matchroom Sport
Format	Non-ranking event
Total prize fund	£175,600
Winner's share	£10,000
Highest break	145
Final
Champion	Judd Trump
Runner-up	Mark Selby
Score	3–2
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The 2009 Championship League was a professional non-ranking snooker tournament that was played from 5 January to 26 March 2009 at the Crondon Park Golf Club in Stock, England.

Judd Trump won in the final 3–2 against Mark Selby, and earned a place in the 2009 Premier League Snooker.^[1]

Prize fund

The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:^[2][3]

• Tournament total: £175,600

Group one

Group one matches were played on 5 and 6 January 2009. Mark Selby was the first player to qualify for the winners group.^[4][5]

Matches

Table

Ranking		DIN	SEL	PER	CAR	HEN	MUR	DAY	Frame W-L	Match W-D-L	Pld-Pts
1	Ding Junhui	x	2	3	3	3	3	3	17–7	5–1–0	6–11
2	Mark Selby	2	x	3	2	1	2	3	13–11	2–3–1	6–7
3	Joe Perry	1	1	x	2	2	4	2	12–12	1–3–2	6–5
4	Ali Carter	1	2	2	x	2	2	2	11–13	0–5–1	6–5
5	Stephen Hendry	1	3	2	2	x	2	1	11–13	1–3–2	6–5
6	Shaun Murphy	1	2	0	2	2	x	3	10–14	1–3–2	6–5
7	Ryan Day	1	1	2	2	3	1	x	10–14	1–2–3	6–4

Play-offs

	Semi-finals Best of 5 frames					Final Best of 5 frames
	1	Ding Junhui	1
	4	Ali Carter	3
						4	Ali Carter	1
						2	Mark Selby	3
	2	Mark Selby	3
	3	Joe Perry	0

Group two

Group two matches were played on 7 and 8 January 2009. Mark Allen was the second player to qualify for the winners group.^[6][7]

Matches

Table

Ranking		DIN	CAR	ALL	PER	WIL	HEN	EBD	Frame W-L	Match W-D-L	Pld-Pts
1	Ding Junhui	x	3	2	3	2	4	3	17–7	4–2–0	6–10
2	Ali Carter	1	x	1	3	3	3	3	14–10	4–0–2	6–8
3	Mark Allen	2	3	x	2	2	1	3	13–11	2–3–1	6–7
4	Joe Perry	1	1	2	x	2	3	3	12–12	2–2–2	6–6
5	Mark Williams	2	1	2	2	x	2	3	12–12	1–4–1	6–6
6	Stephen Hendry	0	1	3	1	2	x	3	10–14	2–1–3	6–5
7	Peter Ebdon	1	1	1	1	1	1	x	6–18	0–0–6	6–0

Play-offs

	Semi-finals Best of 5 frames					Final Best of 5 frames
	1	Ding Junhui	1
	4	Joe Perry	3
						4	Joe Perry	2
						3	Mark Allen	3
	2	Ali Carter	1
	3	Mark Allen	3

Group three

Group three matches were played on 9 and 10 February 2009. Joe Perry was the third player to qualify for the winners group.^[8][9]

Matches

Table

Ranking		ROB	WIL	HAW	PER	HIG	CAR	DIN	Frame W-L	Match W-D-L	Pld-Pts
1	Neil Robertson	x	2	2	1	3	3	4	15–9	3–2–1	6–8
2	Mark Williams	2	x	3	2	2	2	3	14–10	2–4–0	6–8
3	Barry Hawkins	2	1	x	2	3	1	3	12–12	2–2–2	6–6
4	Joe Perry	3	2	2	x	2	2	1	12–12	1–4–1	6–6
5	John Higgins	1	2	1	2	x	3	2	11–13	1–3–2	6–5
6	Ali Carter	1	2	3	2	1	x	2	11–13	1–3–2	6–5
7	Ding Junhui	0	1	1	3	2	2	x	9–15	1–2–3	6–4

Play-offs

	Semi-finals Best of 5 frames					Final Best of 5 frames
	1	Neil Robertson	1
	4	Joe Perry	3
						4	Joe Perry	3
						2	Mark Williams	0
	2	Mark Williams	3
	3	Barry Hawkins	1

Group four

Group four matches were played on 11 and 12 February 2009. Stuart Bingham was the fourth player to qualify for the winners group.^[10][11]

Matches

Table

Ranking		HIG	COP	BIN	HAW	WIL	ROB	HAR	Frame W-L	Match W-D-L	Pld-Pts
1	John Higgins	x	2	2	3	2	4	4	17–7	3–3–0	6–9
2	Jamie Cope	2	x	3	4	3	2	2	16–8	3–3–0	6–9
3	Stuart Bingham	2	1	x	2	1	3	4	13–11	2–2–2	6–6
4	Barry Hawkins	1	0	2	x	3	4	2	12–12	2–2–2	6–6
5	Mark Williams	2	1	3	1	x	2	3	12–12	2–2–2	6–6
6	Neil Robertson	0	2	1	0	2	x	4	9–15	1–2–3	6–4
7	Dave Harold	0	2	0	2	1	0	x	5–19	0–2–4	6–2

Play-offs

	Semi-finals Best of 5 frames					Final Best of 5 frames
	1	John Higgins	3
	4	Barry Hawkins	2
						1	John Higgins	1
						3	Stuart Bingham	3
	2	Jamie Cope	1
	3	Stuart Bingham	3

Group five

Group five matches were played on 2 and 3 March 2009. Mark King was the fifth player to qualify for the winners group.^[12][13]

Matches

Table

Ranking		COP	DOH	HIG	KIN	STE	HAW	WIL	Frame W-L	Match W-D-L	Pld-Pts
1	Jamie Cope	x	2	3	2	2	2	3	14–10	2–4–0	6–8
2	Ken Doherty	2	x	1	2	3	4	2	14–10	2–3–1	6–7
3	John Higgins	1	3	x	3	2	1	3	13–11	3–1–2	6–7
4	Mark King	2	2	1	x	2	3	3	13–11	2–3–1	6–7
5	Matthew Stevens	2	1	2	2	x	1	3	11–13	1–3–2	6–5
6	Barry Hawkins	2	0	3	1	3	x	1	10–14	2–1–3	6–5
7	Mark Williams	1	2	1	1	1	3	x	9–15	1–1–4	6–3

Play-offs

	Semi-finals Best of 5 frames					Final Best of 5 frames
	1	Jamie Cope	0
	4	Mark King	3
						4	Mark King	3
						2	Ken Doherty	1
	2	Ken Doherty	3
	3	John Higgins	2

Group six

Group six matches were played on 4 and 5 March 2009. John Higgins was the sixth player to qualify for the winners group.^[14][15]

Matches

Table

Ranking		DAV	HIG	STE	SWA	DOT	DOH	COP	Frame W-L	Match W-D-L	Pld-Pts
1	Steve Davis	x	2	2	3	3	3	3	16–8	4–2–0	6–10
2	John Higgins	2	x	1	3	3	2	3	14–10	3–2–1	6–8
3	Matthew Stevens	2	3	x	1	2	2	4	14–10	2–3–1	6–7
4	Joe Swail	1	1	2	x	2	3	1	11–13	2–1–3	6–5
5	Graeme Dott	1	1	2	2	x	1	4	11–13	1–2–3	6–4
6	Ken Doherty	1	2	2	1	3	x	1	10–14	1–2–3	6–4
7	Jamie Cope	1	1	0	3	0	3	x	8–16	2–0–4	6–4

Play-offs

	Semi-finals Best of 5 frames					Final Best of 5 frames
	1	Steve Davis	3
	4	Joe Swail	1
						1	Steve Davis	0
						2	John Higgins	3
	2	John Higgins	3
	3	Matthew Stevens	1

Group seven

Group seven matches were played on 23 and 24 March 2009. Judd Trump was the last player to qualify for the winners group.^[16]

Matches

Table

Ranking		TRU	WAL	DAV	DOT	SWA	WEN	STE	Frame W-L	Match W-D-L	Pld-Pts
1	Judd Trump	x	3	0	3	3	3	3	15–9	5–0–1	6–10
2	Ricky Walden	1	x	2	3	3	3	4	16–8	4–1–1	6–9
3	Steve Davis	4	2	x	2	1	4	3	16–8	3–2–1	6–8
4	Graeme Dott	1	1	2	x	2	2	4	12–12	1–3–2	6–5
5	Joe Swail	1	1	3	2	x	2	1	10–14	1–2–3	6–4
6	Liang Wenbo	1	1	0	2	2	x	2	8–16	0–3–3	6–3
7	Matthew Stevens	1	0	1	0	3	2	x	7–17	1–1–4	6–3

Play-offs

	Semi-finals Best of 5 frames					Final Best of 5 frames
	1	Judd Trump	3
	4	Graeme Dott	0
						1	Judd Trump	3
						2	Ricky Walden	2
	2	Ricky Walden	3
	3	Steve Davis	2

Winners group

The matches of the winners group were played on 25 and 26 March 2009. Judd Trump has qualified for the 2009 Premier League.^[17][18]

Matches

Table

Ranking		SEL	TRU	BIN	PER	HIG	ALL	KIN	Frame W-L	Match W-D-L	Pld-Pts
1	Mark Selby	x	3	3	1	3	3	4	17–7	5–0–1	6–10
2	Judd Trump	1	x	2	3	2	2	3	13–11	2–3–1	6–7
3	Stuart Bingham	1	2	x	2	3	2	3	13–11	2–3–1	6–7
4	Joe Perry	3	1	2	x	2	3	2	13–11	2–3–1	6–7
5	John Higgins	1	2	1	2	x	3	4	13–11	2–2–2	6–6
6	Mark Allen	1	2	2	1	0	x	3	9–15	1–2–3	6–4
7	Mark King	0	1	1	2	1	1	x	6–18	0–1–5	6–1

Play-offs

	Semi-finals Best of 5 frames					Final Best of 5 frames
	1	Mark Selby	3
	4	Joe Perry	2
						1	Mark Selby	2
						2	Judd Trump	3
	2	Judd Trump	3
	3	Stuart Bingham	2

Century breaks

^[19]

* It was the 400th century break of John Higgins, in the last frame against Judd Trump to secure a 2–2 draw.^[20]

References

External links

• Official website