2016 Championship League
| Tournament information | |
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| Dates | 4 January–3 March 2016 |
| Venue | Crondon Park Golf Club |
| City | Stock |
| Country | England |
| Format | Non-ranking event |
| Total prize fund | £179,200 |
| Winner's share | £10,000 |
| Highest break |  Fergal O'Brien (147) |
| Final | |
| Champion |  Judd Trump |
| Runner-up | Ronnie O'Sullivan |
| Score | 3–2 |
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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.[1]
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.[2] 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 147's in that year's Championship League.[3]
Prize fund[]
The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below.[4] The maximum possible prize money, if the full five frames are played in each game, is £205,000.
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- Tournament total: £179,200
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[]
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Table[]
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | FF | FA | FD | |
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| 1 | Ronnie O'Sullivan (Q)
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6 | 6 | 0 | 18 | 8 | +10 | Qualification to Group 1 play-off |
| 2 |  Mark Williams (Q)
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6 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 11 | +4 | |
| 3 | Robert Milkins (Q)
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6 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 14 | −1 | |
| 4 | Ricky Walden (Q)
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6 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 13 | −2 | |
| 5 | Barry Hawkins (A)
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6 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 14 | −2 | Advances into Group 2 |
| 6 |  John Higgins (E)
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6 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 15 | −6 | Eliminated from the competition |
| 7 | Ryan Day (E)
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6 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 15 | −3 |
Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source:[citation needed]
(A) Advance to a further round; (E) Eliminated; (Q) Qualified to the phase indicated
(A) Advance to a further round; (E) Eliminated; (Q) Qualified to the phase indicated
Play-offs[]
| Semi Finals Best of 5 frames | Final Best of 5 frames | |||||
| Ronnie O'Sullivan | 3 | |||||
| Ricky Walden | 0 | |||||
| Ronnie O'Sullivan | 3 | |||||
| Robert Milkins | 0 | |||||
| Mark Williams | 1 | |||||
| Robert Milkins | 3 | |||||
Group two[]
Group two was played on 6 and 7 January 2016. The group was won by Judd Trump.
Matches[]
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Table[]
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | FF | FA | FD | |
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| 1 | Mark Selby (Q)
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6 | 6 | 0 | 18 | 6 | +12 | Qualification to Group 2 play-off |
| 2 | Mark Williams (Q)
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6 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 12 | +3 | |
| 3 | Joe Perry (Q)
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6 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 13 | 0 | |
| 4 | Judd Trump (Q)
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6 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 0 | |
| 5 | Ricky Walden (A)
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6 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 12 | −2 | Advances into Group 3 |
| 6 | Barry Hawkins (E)
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6 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 14 | −6 | Eliminated from the competition |
| 7 | Robert Milkins (E)
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6 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 16 | −7 |
Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source:[citation needed]
(A) Advance to a further round; (E) Eliminated; (Q) Qualified to the phase indicated
(A) Advance to a further round; (E) Eliminated; (Q) Qualified to the phase indicated
Play-offs[]
| Semi Finals Best of 5 frames | Final Best of 5 frames | |||||
| Mark Selby | 0 | |||||
| Judd Trump | 3 | |||||
| Judd Trump | 3 | |||||
| Mark Williams | 1 | |||||
| Mark Williams | 3 | |||||
| Joe Perry | 0 | |||||
Group three[]
Group three was played on 25 and 26 January 2016. The group was won by Stephen Maguire.
Matches[]
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Table[]
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | FF | FA | FD | |
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| 1 | Stephen Maguire (Q)
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6 | 5 | 1 | 17 | 10 | +7 | Qualification to Group 3 play-off |
| 2 | Mark Selby (Q)
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6 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 8 | +7 | |
| 3 | Michael White (Q)
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6 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 10 | +4 | |
| 4 | Ricky Walden (Q)
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6 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 13 | −2 | |
| 5 | Mark Williams (A)
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6 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 15 | −3 | Advances into Group 4 |
| 6 | Joe Perry (E)
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6 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 14 | −4 | Eliminated from the competition |
| 7 |  Marco Fu (E)
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6 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 15 | −9 |
Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source:[citation needed]
(A) Advance to a further round; (E) Eliminated; (Q) Qualified to the phase indicated
(A) Advance to a further round; (E) Eliminated; (Q) Qualified to the phase indicated
Play-offs[]
| Semi Finals Best of 5 frames | Final Best of 5 frames | |||||
| Stephen Maguire | 3 | |||||
| Ricky Walden | 0 | |||||
| Stephen Maguire | 3 | |||||
| Mark Selby | 2 | |||||
| Mark Selby | 3 | |||||
| Michael White | 0 | |||||
Group four[]
Group four was played on 27 and 28 January 2016. The group was won by Mark Williams.
Matches[]
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Table[]
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | FF | FA | FD | |
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| 1 | Mark Williams (Q)
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6 | 5 | 1 | 17 | 9 | +8 | Qualification to Group 4 play-off |
| 2 | Mark Selby (Q)
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6 | 4 | 2 | 16 | 9 | +7 | |
| 3 |  Neil Robertson (Q)
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6 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 10 | +5 | |
| 4 | Graeme Dott (Q)
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6 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 15 | −4 | |
| 5 | Ricky Walden (A)
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6 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 13 | −2 | Advances into Group 5 |
| 6 | Michael White (E)
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6 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 14 | −5 | Eliminated from the competition |
| 7 | Ben Woollaston (E)
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6 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 15 | −9 |
Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source:[citation needed]
(A) Advance to a further round; (E) Eliminated; (Q) Qualified to the phase indicated
(A) Advance to a further round; (E) Eliminated; (Q) Qualified to the phase indicated
Play-offs[]
| Semi Finals Best of 5 frames | Final Best of 5 frames | |||||
| Mark Williams | 3 | |||||
| Graeme Dott | 2 | |||||
| Mark Williams | 3 | |||||
| Mark Selby | 0 | |||||
| Mark Selby | 3 | |||||
| Neil Robertson | 1 | |||||
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[]
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Table[]
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | FF | FA | FD | |
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| 1 | Mark Selby (Q)
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6 | 5 | 1 | 16 | 6 | +10 | Qualification to Group 5 play-off |
| 2 | Kyren Wilson (Q)
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6 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 9 | +5 | |
| 3 | Mark Davis (Q)
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6 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 11 | +2 | |
| 4 | Michael Holt (Q)
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6 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 13 | −2 | |
| 5 | Graeme Dott (A)
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6 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 13 | −3 | Advances into Group 6 |
| 6 | David Gilbert (E)
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6 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 15 | −5 | Eliminated from the competition |
| 7 | Ricky Walden (E)
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6 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 15 | −7 |
Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source:[citation needed]
(A) Advance to a further round; (E) Eliminated; (Q) Qualified to the phase indicated
(A) Advance to a further round; (E) Eliminated; (Q) Qualified to the phase indicated
Play-offs[]
| Semi Finals Best of 5 frames | Final Best of 5 frames | |||||
| Mark Selby | 3 | |||||
| Michael Holt | 0 | |||||
| Mark Selby | 3 | |||||
| Kyren Wilson | 1 | |||||
| Kyren Wilson | 3 | |||||
| Mark Davis | 2 | |||||
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[]
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Table[]
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | FF | FA | FD | |
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| 1 | Ali Carter (Q)
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6 | 5 | 1 | 17 | 7 | +10 | Qualification to Group 6 play-off |
| 2 | Dominic Dale (Q)
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6 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 11 | +4 | |
| 3 | Michael Holt (Q)
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6 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 14 | 0 | |
| 4 | Mark Davis (Q)
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6 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 13 | 0 | |
| 5 | Kyren Wilson (A)
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6 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 15 | −3 | Advances into Group 7 |
| 6 | Martin Gould (E)
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6 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 16 | −5 | Eliminated from the competition |
| 7 | Fergal O'Brien (E)
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6 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 16 | −6 |
Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source:[citation needed]
(A) Advance to a further round; (E) Eliminated; (Q) Qualified to the phase indicated
(A) Advance to a further round; (E) Eliminated; (Q) Qualified to the phase indicated
Play-offs[]
| Semi Finals Best of 5 frames | Final Best of 5 frames | |||||
| Ali Carter | 3 | |||||
| Mark Davis | 0 | |||||
| Ali Carter | 3 | |||||
| Dominic Dale | 1 | |||||
| Dominic Dale | 3 | |||||
| Michael Holt | 0 | |||||
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[]
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Table[]
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | FF | FA | FD | |
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| 1 |  Liang Wenbo (Q)
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6 | 5 | 1 | 15 | 8 | +7 | Qualification to Group 7 play-off |
| 2 | Mark Davis (Q)
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6 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 10 | +4 | |
| 3 | Matthew Selt (Q)
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6 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 11 | +3 | |
| 4 | Kyren Wilson (Q)
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6 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 11 | +2 | |
| 5 | Stuart Bingham (E)
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6 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 13 | −1 | Eliminated from the competition |
| 6 | Dominic Dale (E)
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6 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 14 | −5 | |
| 7 | Michael Holt (E)
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6 | 0 | 6 | 8 | 18 | −10 |
Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source:[citation needed]
(E) Eliminated; (Q) Qualified to the phase indicated
(E) Eliminated; (Q) Qualified to the phase indicated
Play-offs[]
| Semi Finals Best of 5 frames | Final Best of 5 frames | |||||
| Liang Wenbo | 3 | |||||
| Kyren Wilson | 2 | |||||
| Liang Wenbo | 2 | |||||
| Matthew Selt | 3 | |||||
| Mark Davis | 1 | |||||
| Matthew Selt | 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[]
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Table[]
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | FF | FA | FD | |
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| 1 | Ronnie O'Sullivan (Q)
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6 | 5 | 1 | 15 | 11 | +4 | Qualification to the Winners' group play-off |
| 2 | Mark Williams (Q)
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6 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 8 | +4 | |
| 3 | Judd Trump (Q)
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6 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 11 | +2 | |
| 4 | Matthew Selt (Q)
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6 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 0 | |
| 5 | Ali Carter (E)
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6 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 13 | −1 | Eliminated from the competition |
| 6 | Mark Selby (E)
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6 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 14 | −3 | |
| 7 | Stephen Maguire (E)
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6 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 17 | −6 |
Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source:[citation needed]
(E) Eliminated; (Q) Qualified to the phase indicated
(E) Eliminated; (Q) Qualified to the phase indicated
Play-offs[]
| Semi Finals Best of 5 frames | Final Best of 5 frames | |||||
| Ronnie O'Sullivan | 3 | |||||
| Matthew Selt | 0 | |||||
| Ronnie O'Sullivan | 2 | |||||
| Judd Trump | 3 | |||||
| Mark Williams | 2 | |||||
| Judd Trump | 3 | |||||
Century breaks[]
Total: 96
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Bold: highest break in the indicated group.
Winnings[]
| No. | Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | W | TOTAL |
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| 1 | Mark Williams
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2800 | 5200 | 1200 | 6500 | 6000 | 21700 | |||
| 2 | Mark Selby
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2800 | 5000 | 4500 | 6900 | 2200 | 21400 | |||
| 3 | Judd Trump
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6000 | 14400 | 20400 | ||||||
| 4 | Ronnie O'Sullivan
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6600 | 9500 | 16100 | ||||||
| 5 | Matthew Selt
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6200 | 6400 | 12600 | ||||||
| 6 | Stephen Maguire
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7000 | 2200 | 9200 | ||||||
| 7 | Ali Carter
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6500 | 2400 | 8900 | ||||||
| 8 | Kyren Wilson
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4600 | 1200 | 2900 | 8700 | |||||
| 9 | Mark Davis
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2900 | 2300 | 2700 | 7900 | |||||
| 10 | Ricky Walden
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2600 | 1000 | 2100 | 1100 | 800 | 7600 | |||
| 11 | Dominic Dale
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4700 | 900 | 5600 | ||||||
| 12 | Michael Holt
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2100 | 2400 | 800 | 5300 | |||||
| 13 | Robert Milkins
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4200 | 900 | 5100 | ||||||
| 14 | Liang Wenbo
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5000 | 5000 | |||||||
| 15 | Graeme Dott
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2700 | 1000 | 3700 | ||||||
| 16 | Neil Robertson
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3300 | 3300 | |||||||
| = | Michael White
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2400 | 900 | 3300 | ||||||
| = | Joe Perry
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2300 | 1000 | 3300 | ||||||
| 19 | Barry Hawkins
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1200 | 800 | 2000 | ||||||
| 20 | Stuart Bingham
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1700 | 1700 | |||||||
| 21 | Fergal O'Brien
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1500 | 1500 | |||||||
| 22 | Ryan Day
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1200 | 1200 | |||||||
| 23 | Martin Gould
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1100 | 1100 | |||||||
| 24 | David Gilbert
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1000 | 1000 | |||||||
| 25 | John Higgins
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900 | 900 | |||||||
| 26 | Marco Fu
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600 | 600 | |||||||
| = | Ben Woollaston
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600 | 600 |
Green: won the group. Bold: highest break in the group. All prize money in GBP.
References[]
- ^ "Full Calendar".
- ^ "O'Brien Joins 147 Club". World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. 25 February 2016. Archived from the original on 25 February 2016. Retrieved 26 February 2016.
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2017-01-14. Retrieved 2017-01-14.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
- ^ "Prize Fund".
Categories:
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