Английская Википедия:Championship League

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Championship League is a professional snooker tournament, devised by Matchroom Sport. The tournament was originally held at the Crondon Park Golf Club in Stock, Essex, from its debut in 2008 until 2016. From 2017 it has been held in Coventry, Barnsley, Milton Keynes and Leicester.

John Higgins is the reigning champion of the invitational tournament and Shaun Murphy is the reigning champion of the ranking tournament.

History and format

The event was introduced in 2008 by Barry Hearn to provide additional competition and as a qualifier to the Premier League Snooker series.

A ranking event version of the tournament began from September 2020, played in a different format to its invitational, non-ranking counterpart and open to the entire World Snooker Tour.

In June 2020 there was a one-off, round-robin, non-ranking edition of the tournament, played in another different format, held in Milton Keynes.

Invitational version format

In the invitational, non-ranking version, 25 players take part, although players often withdraw and are replaced by others. There is no audience. 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 end in a draw as all the four frames were played, and the semi-finals and final were best of five. Since 2010 all matches are best of five. The competition runs over eight groups, 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 move to the next group, where they are joined by three more players until the seventh group. In each group, the players are ranked by the number of matches won, then by most frames won, and then by least frames lost. If two players are tied by these criteria, the player who won the match between them is ranked higher in the table. The winners play in the final group with the champion taking a place in that year's Premier League Snooker until 2012, and in that year's Champion of Champions from 2013.

Ranking version format

In the ranking version, 128 players take part in 32 rounds of group matches with each group consisting of four players. There is no audience. All matches are the best of four with three points awarded for a win and one point for a draw. The 32 players that top the group tables qualify for the group winners' stage, consisting of eight groups of four players, and the eight winners from the group winners' stage qualify for the two final groups. The winners of these two groups play a best-of-five final. The champion takes a place in that year's Champion of Champions.

Maximum breaks

There have been 14 maximum breaks in the history of the tournament. Shaun Murphy made the first in 2014. Barry Hawkins and David Gilbert both made maximums in 2015, and Gilbert made the 147th maximum in 2019. Fergal O'Brien made one in 2016, and Mark Davis made two in 2017. Martin Gould and Luca Brecel both made maximums in 2018, and Ryan Day made one in 2020. John Higgins made maximums in both 2020 and 2024. Stuart Bingham made one in 2021 as did Kyren Wilson in 2024.

Prize fund

The breakdown of prize money for both the invitational and ranking versions of the Championship League is shown below.

Invitational version prize fund

Groups 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 (from 2011 to present): £500

Winners' Group

• Winner: £10,000
• Runner-up: £5,000
• Semi-final: £3,000
• Frame-win (league stage): £200 (£300 in 2011 and 2012)
• Frame-win (play-offs): £300
• Highest break (from 2011 to present): £1,000

• Maximum possible tournament total (since 2013): £205,000 (if all match results are 3Шаблон:Nbnd2)
• Minimum possible tournament total (since 2013): £152,800 (if all match results are 3Шаблон:Nbnd0)

Ranking version prize fund

Note: The champion receives a total of £33,000 (£3,000 + £4,000 + £6,000 + £20,000). Шаблон:Col-begin Шаблон:Col-break

Stage One

• Winner: £3,000
• Runner-up: £2,000
• Third place: £1,000
• Fourth place: £0

Stage Two

• Winner: £4,000
• Runner-up: £3,000
• Third place: £2,000
• Fourth place: £1,000

Stage Three

• Winner: £6,000
• Runner-up: £4,000
• Third place: £2,000
• Fourth place: £1,000

Final

• Winner: £20,000
• Runner-up: £10,000

• Tournament total: £328,000

Winners

Year	Winner	Шаблон:Tooltip	Runner-up	Season	Venue (England)
Invitational tournaments (non-ranking, 2008–present)
2008	Шаблон:Flagathlete	3Шаблон:Nbnd1	Шаблон:Flagathlete	2007/08	Crondon Park Golf Club in Stock, Essex
2009	Шаблон:Flagathlete	3Шаблон:Nbnd2	Шаблон:Flagathlete	2008/09
2010	Шаблон:Flagathlete	3Шаблон:Nbnd2	Шаблон:Flagathlete	2009/10
2011	Шаблон:Flagathlete	3Шаблон:Nbnd1	Шаблон:Flagathlete	2010/11
2012	Шаблон:Flagathlete	3Шаблон:Nbnd1	Шаблон:Flagathlete	2011/12
2013	Шаблон:Flagathlete	3Шаблон:Nbnd2	Шаблон:Flagathlete	2012/13
2014	Шаблон:Flagathlete	3Шаблон:Nbnd1	Шаблон:Flagathlete	2013/14
2015	Шаблон:Flagathlete	3Шаблон:Nbnd2	Шаблон:Flagathlete	2014/15
2016	Шаблон:Flagathlete	3Шаблон:Nbnd2	Шаблон:Flagathlete	2015/16
2017	Шаблон:Flagathlete	3Шаблон:Nbnd0	Шаблон:Flagathlete	2016/17	Ricoh Arena in Coventry
2018	Шаблон:Flagathlete	3Шаблон:Nbnd2	Шаблон:Flagathlete	2017/18
2019	Шаблон:Flagathlete	3Шаблон:Nbnd1	Шаблон:Flagathlete	2018/19	Ricoh Arena in Coventry and Barnsley Metrodome in Barnsley
2020	Шаблон:Flagathlete	3Шаблон:Nbnd0	Шаблон:Flagathlete	2019/20	Morningside Arena in Leicester
2020	Шаблон:Flagathlete	[[Round-robin tournament|RШаблон:NbndR]]Шаблон:Efn	Шаблон:Flagathlete	2019/20	Marshall Arena in Milton Keynes
2021	Шаблон:Flagathlete	3Шаблон:Nbnd2	Шаблон:Flagathlete	2020/21	Ballroom, Stadium MK in Milton Keynes
2022	Шаблон:Flagathlete	3Шаблон:Nbnd2	Шаблон:Flagathlete	2021/22	Morningside Arena in Leicester
2023	Шаблон:Flagathlete	3Шаблон:Nbnd1	Шаблон:Flagathlete	2022/23
2024				2023/24
Ranking tournaments (ranking, 2020–present)
2020	Шаблон:Flagathlete	3Шаблон:Nbnd1	Шаблон:Flagathlete	2020/21	Ballroom, Stadium MK in Milton Keynes
2021	Шаблон:Flagathlete	3Шаблон:Nbnd1	Шаблон:Flagathlete	2021/22	Morningside Arena in Leicester
2022	Шаблон:Flagathlete	3Шаблон:Nbnd1	Шаблон:Flagathlete	2022/23
2023	Шаблон:Flagathlete	3Шаблон:Nbnd0	Шаблон:Flagathlete	2023/24

External links

• Шаблон:Official website