Championship League

Tournament information
Dates	4 January – 25 March 2010 (2010-01-04 – 2010-03-25)
Venue	Crondon Park Golf Club
City	Stock
Country	England
Organisation	Matchroom Sport
Format	Non- ranking event
Total prize fund	£173,900
Winner's share	£10,000 (plus bonuses)
Highest break	Peter Ebdon ( ENG) (144)   Marco Fu ( HKG) (144)
Final
Champion	Marco Fu ( HKG)
Runner-up	Mark Allen ( NIR)
Score	3–2
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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.

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: £173,900

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

Pos	Player	Pld	W	L	FF	FA	FD
1	Judd Trump ( ENG)	6	4	2	15	9	+6	Qualification to Group 1 play-off
2	Ali Carter ( ENG)	6	4	2	14	10	+4
3	Stephen Maguire ( SCO)	6	4	2	14	11	+3
4	Mark Selby ( ENG)	6	4	2	14	12	+2
5	John Higgins ( SCO)	6	3	3	13	12	+1	Advances into Group 2
6	Shaun Murphy ( ENG)	6	2	4	8	13	−5	Eliminated from the competition
7	Ryan Day ( WAL)	6	0	6	7	18	−11

Play-offs

	Semi-finals Best of 5 frames					Final Best of 5 frames
	1	Judd Trump ( ENG)	1
	4	Mark Selby ( ENG)	3
						4	Mark Selby ( ENG)	0
						3	Stephen Maguire ( SCO)	3
	2	Ali Carter ( ENG)	2
	3	Stephen Maguire ( SCO)	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

Pos	Player	Pld	W	L	FF	FA	FD
1	Marco Fu ( HKG)	6	5	1	15	6	+9	Qualification to Group 2 play-off
2	John Higgins ( SCO)	6	4	2	14	9	+5
3	Judd Trump ( ENG)	6	3	3	13	10	+3
4	Ali Carter ( ENG)	6	3	3	10	11	−1
5	Neil Robertson ( AUS)	6	2	4	10	14	−4	Advances into Group 3
6	Mark Selby ( ENG)	6	2	4	9	14	−5	Eliminated from the competition
7	Ronnie O'Sullivan ( ENG)	6	2	4	7	14	−7

Play-offs

	Semi-finals Best of 5 frames					Final Best of 5 frames
	1	Marco Fu ( HKG)	0
	4	Ali Carter ( ENG)	3
						4	Ali Carter ( ENG)	1
						2	John Higgins ( SCO)	3
	2	John Higgins ( SCO)	3
	3	Judd Trump ( ENG)	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

Pos	Player	Pld	W	L	FF	FA	FD
1	Judd Trump ( ENG)	6	5	1	17	7	+10	Qualification to Group 3 play-off
2	Marco Fu ( HKG)	6	4	2	15	10	+5
3	Mark Allen ( NIR)	6	4	2	13	14	−1
4	Ali Carter ( ENG)	6	3	3	11	13	−2
5	Neil Robertson ( AUS)	6	2	4	12	14	−2	Advances into Group 4
6	Joe Perry ( ENG)	6	2	4	10	15	−5	Eliminated from the competition
7	Stephen Hendry ( SCO)	6	1	5	12	17	−5

Play-offs

	Semi-finals Best of 5 frames					Final Best of 5 frames
	1	Judd Trump ( ENG)	3
	4	Ali Carter ( ENG)	0
						1	Judd Trump ( ENG)	3
						3	Mark Allen ( NIR)	2
	2	Marco Fu ( HKG)	1
	3	Mark Allen ( NIR)	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

Pos	Player	Pld	W	L	FF	FA	FD
1	Neil Robertson ( AUS)	6	5	1	15	9	+6	Qualification to Group 4 play-off
2	Marco Fu ( HKG)	6	4	2	14	9	+5
3	Mark Williams ( WAL)	6	4	2	13	9	+4
4	Peter Ebdon ( ENG)	6	3	3	13	10	+3
5	Mark Allen ( NIR)	6	3	3	10	14	−4	Advances into Group 5
6	Liang Wenbo ( CHN)	6	2	4	11	14	−3	Eliminated from the competition
7	Ali Carter ( ENG)	6	0	6	7	18	−11

Play-offs

	Semi-finals Best of 5 frames					Final Best of 5 frames
	1	Neil Robertson ( AUS)	3
	4	Peter Ebdon ( ENG)	1
						1	Neil Robertson ( AUS)	0
						2	Marco Fu ( HKG)	3
	2	Marco Fu ( HKG)	3
	3	Mark Williams ( WAL)	2

Group five

Group five matches were played on 8 and 9 February 2010. ^{[11] [12]} Mark Allen was to play in this group, but he moved to group six and was replaced by Ricky Walden. ^[13] Neil Robertson was the fifth player to qualify for the winners group.

Matches

Table

Pos	Player	Pld	W	L	FF	FA	FD
1	Jamie Cope ( ENG)	6	4	2	16	11	+5	Qualification to Group 5 play-off
2	Neil Robertson ( AUS)	6	4	2	16	12	+4
3	Mark Williams ( WAL)	6	4	2	15	11	+4
4	Peter Ebdon ( ENG)	6	3	3	14	13	+1
5	Barry Hawkins ( ENG)	6	3	3	13	14	−1	Advances into Group 6
6	Ricky Walden ( ENG)	6	2	4	10	14	−4	Eliminated from the competition
7	Dave Harold ( ENG)	6	1	5	7	16	−9

Play-offs

	Semi-finals Best of 5 frames					Final Best of 5 frames
	1	Jamie Cope ( ENG)	3
	4	Peter Ebdon ( ENG)	0
						1	Jamie Cope ( ENG)	0
						2	Neil Robertson ( AUS)	3
	2	Neil Robertson ( AUS)	3
	3	Mark Williams ( WAL)	0

Group six

Group six matches are played on 10 and 11 February 2010. ^{[14] [15]} Mark Allen was the sixth player to qualify for the winners group.

Matches

Table

Pos	Player	Pld	W	L	FF	FA	FD
1	Peter Ebdon ( ENG)	6	4	2	16	10	+6	Qualification to Group 6 play-off
2	Mark Allen ( NIR)	6	4	2	16	11	+5
3	Joe Swail ( NIR)	6	4	2	14	10	+4
4	Mark Williams ( WAL)	6	3	3	11	9	+2
5	Jamie Cope ( ENG)	6	3	3	11	14	−3	Advances into Group 7
6	Stuart Bingham ( ENG)	6	2	4	11	14	−3	Eliminated from the competition
7	Barry Hawkins ( ENG)	6	1	5	6	17	−11

Play-offs

	Semi-finals Best of 5 frames					Final Best of 5 frames
	1	Peter Ebdon ( ENG)	3
	4	Mark Williams ( WAL)	1
						1	Peter Ebdon ( ENG)	0
						2	Mark Allen ( NIR)	3
	2	Mark Allen ( NIR)	3
	3	Joe Swail ( NIR)	0

Group seven

Group seven matches were played on 22 and 23 March 2010. ^{[16] [17]} Jamie Cope was the seventh player to qualify for the winners group.

Matches

Table

Pos	Player	Pld	W	L	FF	FA	FD
1	Mark Williams ( WAL)	6	5	1	17	5	+12	Qualification to Group 7 play-off
2	Peter Ebdon ( ENG)	6	5	1	16	10	+6
3	Jamie Cope ( ENG)	6	4	2	12	9	+3
4	Ding Junhui ( CHN)	6	3	3	13	10	+3
5	Michael Holt ( ENG)	6	2	4	9	14	−5	Eliminated from the competition
6	Joe Swail ( NIR)	6	1	5	6	15	−9
7	Steve Davis ( ENG)	6	1	5	6	16	−10

Play-offs

	Semi-finals Best of 5 frames					Final Best of 5 frames
	1	Mark Williams ( WAL)	0
	4	Ding Junhui ( CHN)	3
						4	Ding Junhui ( CHN)	1
						3	Jamie Cope ( ENG)	3
	2	Peter Ebdon ( ENG)	2
	3	Jamie Cope ( ENG)	3

Winners group

The matches of the winners group were played on 24 and 25 March 2010. ^{[18] [19]} Marco Fu has qualified for the 2010 Premier League.

Matches

Table

Pos	Player	Pld	W	L	FF	FA	FD
1	Stephen Maguire ( SCO)	6	5	1	17	8	+9	Qualification to Winners' Group play-off
2	Mark Allen ( NIR)	6	4	2	16	10	+6
3	Neil Robertson ( AUS)	6	4	2	16	11	+5
4	Marco Fu ( HKG)	6	3	3	9	12	−3
5	Judd Trump ( ENG)	6	2	4	10	14	−4	Eliminated from the competition
6	John Higgins ( SCO)	6	2	4	10	16	−6
7	Jamie Cope ( ENG)	6	1	5	8	15	−7

Play-offs

	Semi-finals Best of 5 frames					Final Best of 5 frames
	1	Stephen Maguire ( SCO)	0
	4	Marco Fu ( HKG)	3
						4	Marco Fu ( HKG)	3
						2	Mark Allen ( NIR)	2
	2	Mark Allen ( NIR)	3
	3	Neil Robertson ( AUS)	2

Century breaks

Total: 94

Winnings

No.	Player	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	W	TOTAL
1	Marco Fu ( HKG)		2,500	2,800	6,200				13,600	25,100
2	Mark Allen ( NIR)			4,800	1,000		6,400		9,700	21,900
3	Neil Robertson ( AUS)		1,000	1,200	4,400	6,400			6,800	19,800
4	Judd Trump ( ENG)	2,800	2,900	6,500					2,000	14,200
5	Jamie Cope ( ENG)					4,500	1,100	6,000	1,600	13,200
6	Peter Ebdon ( ENG)				2,600	2,400	4,500	3,200		12,700
7	Stephen Maguire ( SCO)	6,200							6,400	12,600
8	Mark Williams ( WAL)				2,900	2,500	2,400	2,700		10,500
9	Ali Carter ( ENG)	3,000	4,200	2,100	700					10,000
10	John Higgins ( SCO)	1,300	6,200						2,000	9,500
11	Mark Selby ( ENG)	4,300	900							5,200
12	Ding Junhui ( CHN)							4,500		4,500
13	Joe Swail ( NIR)						2,400	600		3,000
14	Barry Hawkins ( ENG)					1,300	600			1,900
15	Stephen Hendry ( SCO)			1,200						1,200
16	Liang Wenbo ( CHN)				1,100					1,100
=	Stuart Bingham ( ENG)						1,100			1,100
18	Joe Perry ( ENG)			1,000						1,000
=	Ricky Walden ( ENG)					1,000				1,000
20	Michael Holt ( ENG)							900		900
21	Shaun Murphy ( ENG)	800								800
22	Ryan Day ( WAL)	700								700
=	Ronnie O'Sullivan ( ENG)		700							700
=	Dave Harold ( ENG)					700				700
25	Steve Davis ( ENG)							600		600
	Total prize money	19,100	18,400	19,600	18,900	18,800	18,500	18,500	42,100	173,900

Green: Won the group. All prize money in GBP.
Source= Championship League Snooker by Matchroom Sport

References

External links

• Official website