2009 Championship League

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.

This article is about the snooker tournament. For the darts tournament, see 2009 Championship League Darts.

Championship League
Tournament information
Dates5 January-
26 March 2009
VenueCrondon Park Golf Club
CityStock
CountryEngland
Organisation(s)Matchroom Sport
FormatNon-ranking event
Total prize fund£175,600
Winner's share£10,000
Highest break Mark Selby (145)
Final
Champion Judd Trump
Runner-up Mark Selby
Score3–2
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2010 →

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 x233333 17–75–1–06–11
2 Mark Selby 2x32123 13–112–3–16–7
3 Joe Perry 11x2242 12–121–3–26–5
4 Ali Carter 122x222 11–130–5–16–5
5 Stephen Hendry 1322x21 11–131–3–26–5
6 Shaun Murphy 12022x3 10–141–3–26–5
7 Ryan Day 112231x 10–141–2–36–4

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 x323243 17–74–2–06–10
2 Ali Carter 1x13333 14–104–0–26–8
3 Mark Allen 23x2213 13–112–3–16–7
4 Joe Perry 112x233 12–122–2–26–6
5 Mark Williams 2122x23 12–121–4–16–6
6 Stephen Hendry 01312x3 10–142–1–36–5
7 Peter Ebdon 111111x 6–180–0–66–0

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 x221334 15–93–2–16–8
2 Mark Williams 2x32223 14–102–4–06–8
3 Barry Hawkins 21x2313 12–122–2–26–6
4 Joe Perry 322x221 12–121–4–16–6
5 John Higgins 1212x32 11–131–3–26–5
6 Ali Carter 12321x2 11–131–3–26–5
7 Ding Junhui 011322x 9–151–2–36–4

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 x223244 17–73–3–06–9
2 Jamie Cope 2x34322 16–83–3–06–9
3 Stuart Bingham 21x2134 13–112–2–26–6
4 Barry Hawkins 102x342 12–122–2–26–6
5 Mark Williams 2131x23 12–122–2–26–6
6 Neil Robertson 02102x4 9–151–2–36–4
7 Dave Harold 020210x 5–190–2–46–2

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 x232223 14–102–4–06–8
2 Ken Doherty 2x12342 14–102–3–16–7
3 John Higgins 13x3213 13–113–1–26–7
4 Mark King 221x233 13–112–3–16–7
5 Matthew Stevens 2122x13 11–131–3–26–5
6 Barry Hawkins 20313x1 10–142–1–36–5
7 Mark Williams 121113x 9–151–1–46–3

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 x223333 16–84–2–06–10
2 John Higgins 2x13323 14–103–2–16–8
3 Matthew Stevens 23x1224 14–102–3–16–7
4 Joe Swail 112x231 11–132–1–36–5
5 Graeme Dott 1122x14 11–131–2–36–4
6 Ken Doherty 12213x1 10–141–2–36–4
7 Jamie Cope 110303x 8–162–0–46–4

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 x303333 15–95–0–16–10
2 Ricky Walden 1x23334 16–84–1–16–9
3 Steve Davis 42x2143 16–83–2–16–8
4 Graeme Dott 112x224 12–121–3–26–5
5 Joe Swail 1132x21 10–141–2–36–4
6 Liang Wenbo 11022x2 8–160–3–36–3
7 Matthew Stevens 101032x 7–171–1–46–3

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 x331334 17–75–0–16–10
2 Judd Trump 1x23223 13–112–3–16–7
3 Stuart Bingham 12x2323 13–112–3–16–7
4 Joe Perry 312x232 13–112–3–16–7
5 John Higgins 1212x34 13–112–2–26–6
6 Mark Allen 12210x3 9–151–2–36–4
7 Mark King 011211x 6–180–1–56–1

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

Total: 77

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