2016 Championship League

Championship League 2016 01 4 2016 03 3 y Crondon Park Golf Club Stock England Non-ranking event £179,700 £10,000 (plus bonuses) Fergal O'Brien IRL (147) Judd Trump ENG Ronnie O'Sullivan ENG 3–2 2015 2017 The 2016 Championship League was a professional non-ranking snooker tournament that was played from 4 January to 3 March 2016 at the Crondon Park Golf Club in Stock, England.http://www.worldsnooker.com/full-calendar/ Full Calendar Stuart Bingham was the defending champion, but he was eliminated at the league stage of group seven. Judd Trump clinched his third Championship League title after a 3–2 win over Ronnie O'Sullivan in the final. Mark Williams took the largest share of the prize money thanks to a lucrative campaign through 4 groups before qualifying for the winners' group. Fergal O'Brien made the 118th official maximum break during his league stage match against Mark Davis in group six. This was O'Brien's first official 147 break and the fourth in the 2015/2016 season. O'Brien also became the oldest player to make an official 147, at the age of 43.O'Brien Joins 147 Club http://www.worldsnooker.com/obrien-joins-147-club/ World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association 26 February 2016 25 February 2016 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20160225194310/http://www.worldsnooker.com/obrien-joins-147-club/ 25 February 2016 His record was surpassed in the following year's edition of the Championship League, when Mark Davis became the oldest player to score a maximum break, at the age of 44. Davis even scored two 147s in that year's Championship League.http://www.worldsnooker.com/davis-makes-first-147-to-win-cls-group-three/ Davis Makes First 147 To Win CLS Group Three - World Snooker 2017-01-14 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20170114095137/http://www.worldsnooker.com/davis-makes-first-147-to-win-cls-group-three/ 2017-01-14 Prize fund The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below.http://www.championshipleaguesnooker.co.uk/prize-fund/ Prize Fund The maximum possible prize money, if the full five frames are played in each game, is £205,000. 28em 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 (league stage): £200 Frame-win (play-offs): £300 Highest break: £1,000 Tournament total: £179,700 Group one Group one was played on 4 and 5 January 2016. Ronnie O'Sullivan was the first player to qualify for the winners group. Matches 20em Ronnie O'Sullivan 3–2 Mark Williams John Higgins 0–3 Barry Hawkins Ricky Walden 0–3 Ronnie O'Sullivan Robert Milkins 3–2 Ryan Day Mark Williams 3–1 John Higgins Barry Hawkins 2–3 Robert Milkins Ronnie O'Sullivan 3–2 John Higgins Ryan Day 2–3 Ricky Walden Mark Williams 3–2 Barry Hawkins Robert Milkins 1–3 Ricky Walden Ryan Day 2–3 Barry Hawkins John Higgins 3–1 Ricky Walden Ronnie O'Sullivan 3–2 Ryan Day Mark Williams 1–3 Robert Milkins John Higgins 0–3 Ryan Day Barry Hawkins 1–3 Ricky Walden Ronnie O'Sullivan 3–1 Robert Milkins Mark Williams 3–1 Ricky Walden John Higgins 3–2 Robert Milkins Mark Williams 3–1 Ryan Day Ronnie O'Sullivan 3–1 Barry Hawkins Table main WL Player wins frames AAA BBB CCC DDD EEE FFF GGG Ronnie O'Sullivan ENG Mark Williams WAL Robert Milkins ENG Ricky Walden ENG Barry Hawkins ENG John Higgins SCO Ryan Day WAL 6 0 18 8 4 2 15 11 3 3 13 14 3 3 11 13 2 4 12 14 2 4 9 15 1 5 12 15 yes yes green1 Qualification to Group 1 play-off blue1 Advances into Group 2 red1 Eliminated from the competition WC WC WC WC PO rel rel complete Play-offs main 2 220 high Semi-finalsBest of 5 frames FinalBest of 5 frames Ronnie O'Sullivan ENG 3 Ricky Walden ENG 0 Mark Williams WAL 1 Robert Milkins ENG 3 Ronnie O'Sullivan ENG 3 Robert Milkins ENG 0 Group two Group two was played on 6 and 7 January 2016. The group was won by Judd Trump. Matches 20em Mark Selby 3–2 Judd Trump Joe Perry 2–3 Barry Hawkins Ricky Walden 0–3 Mark Selby Mark Williams 3–1 Robert Milkins Judd Trump 1–3 Joe Perry Barry Hawkins 1–3 Mark Williams Mark Selby 3–1 Joe Perry Robert Milkins 1–3 Ricky Walden Judd Trump 3–0 Barry Hawkins Mark Williams 2–3 Ricky Walden Robert Milkins 3–1 Barry Hawkins Joe Perry 3–1 Ricky Walden Mark Selby 3–1 Robert Milkins Judd Trump 3–2 Mark Williams Joe Perry 3–2 Robert Milkins Barry Hawkins 3–0 Ricky Walden Mark Selby 3–2 Mark Williams Judd Trump 0–3 Ricky Walden Joe Perry 1–3 Mark Williams Judd Trump 3–1 Robert Milkins Mark Selby 3–0 Barry Hawkins Table main WL Player wins frames AAA BBB CCC DDD EEE FFF GGG Mark Selby ENG Mark Williams WAL Joe Perry ENG Judd Trump ENG Ricky Walden ENG Barry Hawkins ENG Robert Milkins ENG 6 0 18 6 3 3 15 12 3 3 13 13 3 3 12 12 3 3 10 12 2 4 8 14 1 5 9 16 yes yes green1 Qualification to Group 2 play-off blue1 Advances into Group 3 red1 Eliminated from the competition WC WC WC WC PO rel rel complete Play-offs main 2 220 high Semi-finalsBest of 5 frames FinalBest of 5 frames Mark Selby ENG 0 Judd Trump ENG 3 Mark Williams WAL 3 Joe Perry ENG 0 Judd Trump ENG 3 Mark Williams WAL 1 Group three Group three was played on 25 and 26 January 2016. The group was won by Stephen Maguire. Matches 20em Stephen Maguire 3–1 Marco Fu Michael White 0–3 Ricky Walden Mark Selby 1–3 Stephen Maguire Joe Perry 3–2 Mark Williams Marco Fu 0–3 Michael White Ricky Walden 3–2 Joe Perry Stephen Maguire 3–2 Michael White Mark Williams 0–3 Mark Selby Marco Fu 3–0 Ricky Walden Joe Perry 0–3 Mark Selby Mark Williams 2–3 Ricky Walden Michael White 3–2 Mark Selby Stephen Maguire 2–3 Mark Williams Marco Fu 0–3 Joe Perry Michael White 3–2 Mark Williams Ricky Walden 1–3 Mark Selby Stephen Maguire 3–2 Joe Perry Marco Fu 1–3 Mark Selby Michael White 3–0 Joe Perry Marco Fu 1–3 Mark Williams Stephen Maguire 3–1 Ricky Walden Table main WL Player wins frames AAA FFF CCC DDD GGG EEE BBB Stephen Maguire SCO Marco Fu HKG Michael White WAL Ricky Walden ENG Joe Perry ENG Mark Selby ENG Mark Williams WAL 5 1 17 10 1 5 6 15 4 2 14 10 3 3 11 13 2 4 10 14 4 2 15 8 2 4 12 15 yes yes green1 Qualification to Group 3 play-off blue1 Advances into Group 4 red1 Eliminated from the competition WC WC WC WC PO rel rel complete Play-offs main 2 220 high Semi-finalsBest of 5 frames FinalBest of 5 frames Stephen Maguire SCO 3 Ricky Walden ENG 0 Mark Selby ENG 3 Michael White WAL 0 Stephen Maguire SCO 3 Mark Selby ENG 2 Group four Group four was played on 27 and 28 January 2016. The group was won by Mark Williams. Matches 20em Neil Robertson 3–0 Ben Woollaston Graeme Dott 1–3 Mark Williams Ricky Walden 1–3 Neil Robertson Michael White 2–3 Mark Selby Ben Woollaston 3–0 Graeme Dott Mark Williams 3–0 Michael White Neil Robertson 2–3 Graeme Dott Mark Selby 3–0 Ricky Walden Ben Woollaston 1–3 Mark Williams Michael White 0–3 Ricky Walden Mark Selby 2–3 Mark Williams Graeme Dott 3–2 Ricky Walden Neil Robertson 1–3 Mark Selby Ben Woollaston 1–3 Michael White Graeme Dott 3–2 Mark Selby Mark Williams 3–2 Ricky Walden Neil Robertson 3–1 Michael White Ben Woollaston 1–3 Ricky Walden Graeme Dott 1–3 Michael White Ben Woollaston 0–3 Mark Selby Neil Robertson 3–2 Mark Williams Table main WL Player wins frames DDD GGG AAA CCC FFF EEE BBB Neil Robertson AUS Ben Woollaston ENG Graeme Dott SCO Mark Williams WAL Michael White WAL Ricky Walden ENG Mark Selby ENG 4 2 15 10 1 5 6 15 3 3 11 15 5 1 17 9 2 4 9 14 2 4 11 13 4 2 16 9 yes yes green1 Qualification to Group 4 play-off blue1 Advances into Group 5 red1 Eliminated from the competition WC WC WC WC PO rel rel complete Play-offs main 2 220 high Semi-finalsBest of 5 frames FinalBest of 5 frames Mark Williams WAL 3 Graeme Dott SCO 2 Mark Selby ENG 3 Neil Robertson AUS 1 Mark Williams WAL 3 Mark Selby ENG 0 Group five Group five was played on 22 and 23 February 2016. Neil Robertson withdrew and was replaced by Michael Holt. The group was won by Mark Selby. Matches 20em David Gilbert 2–3 Mark Davis Kyren Wilson 3–0 Ricky Walden Graeme Dott 3–1 David Gilbert Michael Holt 0–3 Mark Selby Mark Davis 3–1 Kyren Wilson Ricky Walden 2–3 Michael Holt David Gilbert 1–3 Kyren Wilson Mark Selby 3–0 Graeme Dott Mark Davis 0–3 Ricky Walden Michael Holt 3–0 Graeme Dott Mark Selby 3–1 Ricky Walden Kyren Wilson 1–3 Graeme Dott David Gilbert 1–3 Mark Selby Mark Davis 3–1 Michael Holt Kyren Wilson 3–1 Mark Selby Ricky Walden 2–3 Graeme Dott David Gilbert 2–3 Michael Holt Mark Davis 3–1 Graeme Dott Kyren Wilson 3–1 Michael Holt Mark Davis 1–3 Mark Selby David Gilbert 3–0 Ricky Walden Table main WL Player wins frames AAA BBB CCC DDD EEE FFF GGG Mark Selby ENG Kyren Wilson ENG Mark Davis ENG Michael Holt ENG Graeme Dott SCO David Gilbert ENG Ricky Walden ENG 5 1 16 6 4 2 14 9 4 2 13 11 3 3 11 13 3 3 10 13 1 5 10 15 1 5 8 15 yes yes green1 Qualification to Group 5 play-off blue1 Advances into Group 6 red1 Eliminated from the competition WC WC WC WC PO rel rel complete Play-offs main 2 220 high Semi-finalsBest of 5 frames FinalBest of 5 frames Mark Selby ENG 3 Michael Holt ENG 0 Kyren Wilson ENG 3 Mark Davis ENG 2 Mark Selby ENG 3 Kyren Wilson ENG 1 Group six Group six was played on 24 and 25 February 2016. Graeme Dott withdrew and was replaced by Dominic Dale. The group was won by Ali Carter. Matches 20em Mark Davis 2–3 Kyren Wilson Fergal O'Brien 3–2 Martin Gould Allister Carter 3–1 Dominic Dale Michael Holt 2–3 Fergal O'Brien Martin Gould 1–3 Allister Carter Dominic Dale 2–3 Mark Davis Kyren Wilson 2–3 Michael Holt Fergal O'Brien 2–3 Allister Carter Martin Gould 1–3 Dominic Dale Mark Davis 3–1 Michael Holt Michael Holt 3–2 Allister Carter Kyren Wilson 2–3 Dominic Dale Fergal O'Brien 1–3 Kyren Wilson Martin Gould 3–2 Mark Davis Allister Carter 3–0 Kyren Wilson Dominic Dale 3–2 Michael Holt Michael Holt 3–1 Martin Gould Fergal O'Brien 1–3 Mark Davis Fergal O'Brien 0–3 Dominic Dale Martin Gould 3–2 Kyren Wilson Allister Carter 3–0 Mark Davis Table main WL Player wins frames AAA BBB EEE CCC FFF GGG DDD Fergal O'Brien IRL Martin Gould ENG Ali Carter ENG Dominic Dale WAL Michael Holt ENG Mark Davis ENG Kyren Wilson ENG 2 4 10 16 2 4 11 16 5 1 17 7 4 2 15 11 3 3 14 14 3 3 13 13 2 4 12 15 yes yes green1 Qualification to Group 6 play-off blue1 Advances into Group 7 red1 Eliminated from the competition WC WC WC WC PO rel rel complete Play-offs main 2 220 high Semi-finalsBest of 5 frames FinalBest of 5 frames Ali Carter ENG 3 Mark Davis ENG 0 Dominic Dale WAL 3 Michael Holt ENG 0 Ali Carter ENG 3 Dominic Dale WAL 1 Group seven Group seven was played on 29 February and 1 March 2016. Matthew Selt won the group to take the final spot in the winners' group. Matches 20em Matthew Selt 3–0 Liang Wenbo Stuart Bingham 1–3 Kyren Wilson Mark Davis 2–3 Matthew Selt Michael Holt 2–3 Dominic Dale Liang Wenbo 3–2 Stuart Bingham Kyren Wilson 3–0 Michael Holt Dominic Dale 1–3 Mark Davis Matthew Selt 2–3 Stuart Bingham Liang Wenbo 3–1 Kyren Wilson Michael Holt 2–3 Mark Davis Dominic Dale 1–3 Kyren Wilson Stuart Bingham 0–3 Mark Davis Matthew Selt 0–3 Dominic Dale Liang Wenbo 3–2 Michael Holt Stuart Bingham 3–1 Dominic Dale Kyren Wilson 1–3 Mark Davis Matthew Selt 3–1 Michael Holt Liang Wenbo 3–0 Mark Davis Stuart Bingham 3–1 Michael Holt Liang Wenbo 3–0 Dominic Dale Matthew Selt 3–2 Kyren Wilson Table main WL Player wins frames BBB FFF AAA DDD CCC GGG EEE Matthew Selt ENG Liang Wenbo CHN Stuart Bingham ENG Kyren Wilson ENG Michael Holt ENG Mark Davis ENG Dominic Dale WAL 4 2 14 11 5 1 15 8 3 3 12 13 3 3 13 11 0 6 8 18 4 2 14 10 2 4 9 14 yes green1 Qualification to Group 7 play-off red1 Eliminated from the competition WC WC WC WC rel rel rel complete Play-offs main 2 220 high Semi-finalsBest of 5 frames FinalBest of 5 frames Liang Wenbo CHN 3 Kyren Wilson ENG 2 Mark Davis ENG 1 Matthew Selt ENG 3 Liang Wenbo CHN 2 Matthew Selt ENG 3 Winners' group The winners' group was played on 2 and 3 March 2016. Judd Trump beat Ronnie O'Sullivan 3–2 in the final to take the third Championship League title of his career. Matches 20em Ronnie O'Sullivan 3–0 Judd Trump Stephen Maguire 2–3 Mark Williams Mark Selby 2–3 Ronnie O'Sullivan Ali Carter 3–1 Matthew Selt Judd Trump 3–1 Stephen Maguire Mark Williams 3–0 Ali Carter Matthew Selt 3–0 Mark Selby Ronnie O'Sullivan 3–2 Stephen Maguire Judd Trump 3–0 Mark Williams Ali Carter 3–1 Mark Selby Matthew Selt 0–3 Mark Williams Stephen Maguire 3–2 Mark Selby Ronnie O'Sullivan 3–2 Matthew Selt Judd Trump 3–1 Ali Carter Stephen Maguire 1–3 Matthew Selt Mark Williams 0–3 Mark Selby Ronnie O'Sullivan 3–2 Ali Carter Judd Trump 2–3 Mark Selby Stephen Maguire 2–3 Ali Carter Judd Trump 2–3 Matthew Selt Ronnie O'Sullivan 0–3 Mark Williams Table main WL Player wins frames AAA DDD BBB GGG FFF EEE CCC Ronnie O'Sullivan ENG Judd Trump ENG Stephen Maguire SCO Mark Williams WAL Mark Selby ENG Ali Carter ENG Matthew Selt ENG 5 1 15 11 3 3 13 11 1 5 11 17 4 2 12 8 2 4 11 14 3 3 12 13 3 3 12 12 yes green1 Qualification to the Winners' group play-off red1 Eliminated from the competition WC WC WC WC rel rel rel complete Play-offs main 2 220 high Semi-finalsBest of 5 frames FinalBest of 5 frames Ronnie O'Sullivan ENG 3 Matthew Selt ENG 0 Mark Williams WAL 2 Judd Trump ENG 3 Ronnie O'Sullivan ENG 2 Judd Trump ENG 3 Century breaks Total: 96 28em 147 (6) Fergal O'Brien 144 (2), 137, 131, 130, 129, 119, 114, 111, 110, 108, 105, 103, 102, 100, 100 Mark Williams 141 (W), 121, 120, 112 Matthew Selt 140 (4), 131, 117, 103 Neil Robertson 140 (7), 101 Stuart Bingham 139 (3), 138, 112, 110, 108, 102 Stephen Maguire 138 (1), 133, 107, 106, 102 Ricky Walden 136, 135, 134, 133, 131 (5), 129, 129, 123, 123, 123, 119, 116, 111, 107, 101, 101, 100 Mark Selby 136, 134, 133, 126, 120, 119, 117, 115, 106 Ronnie O'Sullivan 134, 103 Mark Davis 134, 103 Dominic Dale 133, 129, 107, 101 Liang Wenbo 131, 110 Robert Milkins 129 Graeme Dott 126, 122 Marco Fu 123, 122, 103, 100, 100 Ali Carter 117, 117 Michael White 111, 106, 102, 100, 100 Kyren Wilson 110, 105 Ryan Day 105 Martin Gould 104 Ben Woollaston 103, 103, 102 Judd Trump 101 David Gilbert Bold: highest break in the indicated group. Winnings No. Player 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 W TOTAL 1 Mark Williams WAL 2,800 5,200 1,200 6,500 6,000 21,700 2 Mark Selby ENG 2,800 5,000 4,500 6,900 2,200 21,400 3 Judd Trump ENG 6,000 14,400 20,400 4 Ronnie O'Sullivan ENG 6,600 9,500 16,100 5 Matthew Selt ENG 6,200 6,400 12,600 6 Stephen Maguire SCO 7,000 2,200 9,200 7 Ali Carter ENG 6,500 2,400 8,900 8 Kyren Wilson ENG 4,600 1,200 2,900 8,700 9 Mark Davis ENG 2,900 2,300 2,700 7,900 10 Ricky Walden ENG 2,600 1,000 2,100 1,100 800 7,600 11 Dominic Dale WAL 4,700 900 5,600 12 Michael Holt ENG 2,100 2,400 800 5,300 13 Robert Milkins ENG 4,200 900 5,100 14 Liang Wenbo CHN 5,000 5,000 15 Graeme Dott SCO 2,700 1,000 3,700 16 Neil Robertson AUS 3,300 3,300 = Michael White WAL 2,400 900 3,300 = Joe Perry ENG 2,300 1,000 3,300 19 Barry Hawkins ENG 1,200 800 2,000 20 Stuart Bingham ENG 1,700 1,700 21 Fergal O'Brien IRL 1,500 1,500 22 Ryan Day WAL 1,200 1,200 23 Martin Gould ENG 1,100 1,100 24 David Gilbert ENG 1,000 1,000 25 John Higgins SCO 900 900 26 Marco Fu HKG 600 600 = Ben Woollaston ENG 600 600 Total prize money 19,500 19,000 19,300 19,600 19,300 19,700 20,200 43,100 179,700 Green: Won the group. Bold: Highest break in the group. All prize money in GBP. References 2 http://www.championshipleaguesnooker.co.uk/players/ 2016 Category:2016 in snooker Category:2016 in English sport Category:January 2016 sports events in the United Kingdom Category:February 2016 sports events in the United Kingdom Category:March 2016 sports events in the United Kingdom