2010 Championship League

The 2010 Championship League was a professional non-ranking snooker tournament that was played from 4 January to 25 March 2010 at the Crondon Park Golf Club in Stock, England.

This article is about the snooker tournament. For the darts tournament, see 2010 Championship League Darts.

Championship League
Tournament information
Dates4 January-
25 March 2010
VenueCrondon Park Golf Club
CityStock
CountryEngland
Organisation(s)Matchroom Sport
FormatNon-ranking event
Total prize fund£200,500
Winner's share£10,000
Highest break Peter Ebdon (144)
Marco Fu (144)
Final
Champion Marco Fu
Runner-up Mark Allen
Score3–2
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Marco Fu won in the final 3–2 against Mark Allen, and earned a place in the 2010 Premier League Snooker.

Prize fund

The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:[1][2]

  • Tournament total: £200,500

Group one

Group one matches were played on 4 and 5 January 2010.[3][4] Stephen Maguire was the first player to qualify for the winners group.

Matches

Table
Ranking
TRU
CAR
MAG
SEL
HIG
MUR
DAY		Frame
W-L		Match
W-L		Pld-Pts
1 Judd Trump x231333 15–94–26–4
2 Ali Carter 3x23033 14–104–26–4
3 Stephen Maguire 13x1333 14–114–26–4
4 Mark Selby 323x303 14–124–26–4
5 John Higgins 0322x33 13–123–36–3
6 Shaun Murphy 10031x3 8–132–46–2
7 Ryan Day 101221x 7–180–66–0

Play-offs
Semi-finals
Best of 5 frames 		Final
Best of 5 frames
      
1 Judd Trump 1
4 Mark Selby 3
4 Mark Selby 0
3 Stephen Maguire 3
2 Ali Carter 2
3 Stephen Maguire 3

Group two

Group two matches were played on 6 and 7 January 2010.[5][6] John Higgins was the second player to qualify for the winners group.

Matches

Table
Ranking
FU
HIG
TRU
CAR
ROB
SEL
OSU		Frame
W-L		Match
W-L		Pld-Pts
1 Marco Fu x333330 15–65–16–5
2 John Higgins 1x31333 14–94–26–4
3 Judd Trump 11x3233 13–103–36–3
4 Ali Carter 130x303 10–113–36–3
5 Neil Robertson 0230x23 10–142–46–2
6 Mark Selby 00133x2 9–142–46–2
7 Ronnie O'Sullivan 300103x 7–142–46–2

Play-offs
Semi-finals
Best of 5 frames 		Final
Best of 5 frames
      
1 Marco Fu 0
4 Ali Carter 3
4 Ali Carter 1
2 John Higgins 3
2 John Higgins 3
3 Judd Trump 2

Group three

Group three matches were played on 18 and 19 January 2010.[7][8] Judd Trump was the third player to qualify for the winners group.

Matches

Table
Ranking
TRU
FU
ALL
CAR
ROB
PER
HEN		Frame
W-L		Match
W-L		Pld-Pts
1 Judd Trump x333332 17–75–16–5
2 Marco Fu 1x23333 15–104–26–4
3 Mark Allen 13x0333 13–144–26–4
4 Ali Carter 013x313 10–133–36–3
5 Neil Robertson 1122x33 12–142–46–2
6 Joe Perry 11230x3 10–152–46–2
7 Stephen Hendry 312222x 12–171–56–1

Play-offs
Semi-finals
Best of 5 frames 		Final
Best of 5 frames
      
1 Judd Trump 3
4 Ali Carter 0
1 Judd Trump 3
3 Mark Allen 2
2 Marco Fu 1
3 Mark Allen 3

Group four

Group four matches were played on 20 and 21 January 2010.[9][10] Marco Fu was the fourth player to qualify for the winners group.

Matches

Table
Ranking
ROB
FU
WIL
EBD
ALL
LIA
CAR		Frame
W-L		Match
W-L		Pld-Pts
1 Neil Robertson x330333 15–95–16–5
2 Marco Fu 2x03333 14–94–26–4
3 Mark Williams 13x3303 13–94–26–4
4 Peter Ebdon 311x233 13–103–36–3
5 Mark Allen 1003x33 10–143–36–3
6 Liang Wenbo 12311x3 11–142–46–2
7 Ali Carter 102022x 7–180–66–0

Play-offs
Semi-finals
Best of 5 frames 		Final
Best of 5 frames
      
1 Neil Robertson 3
4 Peter Ebdon 1
1 Neil Robertson 0
2 Marco Fu 3
2 Marco Fu 3
3 Mark Williams 2

Group five

Group five matches were played on 8 and 9 February 2010.[11][12] Neil Robertson was the fifth player to qualify for the winners group.

Matches

Table
Ranking
COP
ROB
WIL
EBD
HAW
WAL
HAR		Frame
W-L		Match
W-L		Pld-Pts
1 Jamie Cope x223333 16–114–26–4
2 Neil Robertson 3x32233 16–124–26–4
3 Mark Williams 31x2333 15–114–26–4
4 Peter Ebdon 233x231 14–133–36–3
5 Barry Hawkins 2303x23 13–143–36–3
6 Ricky Walden 02203x3 10–142–46–2
7 Dave Harold 111310x 7–161–56–1

Play-offs
Semi-finals
Best of 5 frames 		Final
Best of 5 frames
      
1 Jamie Cope 3
4 Peter Ebdon 0
1 Jamie Cope 0
2 Neil Robertson 3
2 Neil Robertson 3
3 Mark Williams 0

Group six

Group six matches are played on 10 and 11 February 2010.[13][14] Mark Allen was the sixth player to qualify for the winners group.

Matches

Table
Ranking
EBD
ALL
SWA
WIL
COP
BIN
HAW		Frame
W-L		Match
W-L		Pld-Pts
1 Peter Ebdon x233233 16–104–26–4
2 Mark Allen 3x23233 16–114–26–4
3 Joe Swail 13x3133 14–104–26–4
4 Mark Williams 101x333 11–93–36–3
5 Jamie Cope 3330x02 11–143–36–3
6 Stuart Bingham 22103x3 11–142–46–2
7 Barry Hawkins 010032x 6–171–56–1

Play-offs
Semi-finals
Best of 5 frames 		Final
Best of 5 frames
      
1 Peter Ebdon 3
4 Mark Williams 1
1 Peter Ebdon 0
2 Mark Allen 3
2 Mark Allen 3
3 Joe Swail 0

Group seven

Group seven matches were played on 22 and 23 March 2010.[15][16] Jamie Cope was the seventh player to qualify for the winners group.

Matches

Table
Ranking
WIL
EBD
COP
DIN
HOL
SWA
DAV		Frame
W-L		Match
W-L		Pld-Pts
1 Mark Williams x233333 17–55–16–5
2 Peter Ebdon 3x13333 16–105–16–5
3 Jamie Cope 03x0333 12–94–26–4
4 Ding Junhui 213x133 13–103–36–3
5 Michael Holt 0123x03 9–142–46–4
6 Joe Swail 01013x1 6–151–56–1
7 Steve Davis 020013x 6–161–56–1

Play-offs
Semi-finals
Best of 5 frames 		Final
Best of 5 frames
      
1 Mark Williams 0
4 Ding Junhui 3
4 Ding Junhui 1
3 Jamie Cope 3
2 Peter Ebdon 2
3 Jamie Cope 3

Winners group

The matches of the winners group were played on 24 and 25 March 2010.[17][18] Marco Fu has qualified for the 2010 Premier League.

Matches

Table
Ranking
MAG
ALL
ROB
FU
TRU
HIG
COP		Frame
W-L		Match
W-L		Pld-Pts
1 Stephen Maguire x333323 17–85–16–5
2 Mark Allen 2x33323 16–104–26–4
3 Neil Robertson 22x3333 16–114–26–4
4 Marco Fu 000x333 9–123–36–3
5 Judd Trump 0022x33 10–142–46–2
6 John Higgins 33112x0 10–162–46–2
7 Jamie Cope 122003x 8–151–56–1

Play-offs
Semi-finals
Best of 5 frames 		Final
Best of 5 frames
      
1 Stephen Maguire 0
4 Marco Fu 3
4 Marco Fu 3
2 Mark Allen 2
2 Mark Allen 3
3 Neil Robertson 2

Century breaks

Total: 94

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