2018 Championship League
Tournament information | |
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Dates | 2 January – 29 March 2018 |
Venue | Ricoh Arena |
City | Coventry |
Country | England |
Format | Non-ranking event |
Total prize fund | £178,900 |
Winner's share | £10,000 |
Highest break | Martin Gould Luca Brecel (147) |
Final | |
Champion | John Higgins |
Runner-up | Zhou Yuelong |
Score | 3–2 |
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The 2018 Championship League was a professional non-ranking snooker tournament taking place from 2 January to 29 March 2018.[1] It was the 11th staging of the tournament.
The defending champion John Higgins retained his title with a 3–2 final win over Zhou Yuelong. As in the previous edition of the tournament Higgins had entered the competition in Group 7 and from there won his way through to the Winners' Group.[2]
Martin Gould and Luca Brecel both made their maiden official maximum breaks in this tournament. Gould achieved his maximum in the deciding frame of his Group 6 round robin match against Li Hang. Brecel achieved his in the third frame of a 3–0 whitewash of defending champion John Higgins in their Group 7 round robin match. These were the 135th and 136th official maximum breaks and the fourth and fifth of the 2017/2018 season. It was the fifth consecutive year that a maximum was made in the Championship League, and the second consecutive year that two were made.[3]
Prize fund[]
The breakdown of prize money for the 2018 Championship League is shown below.[4]
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- Tournament total: £178,900
Group 1[]
Group 1 was played on 2 and 3 January 2018. Zhou Yuelong was the first player to qualify for the Winners' Group.[5]
Matches[]
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Table[]
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | FF | FA | FD | |
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1 | Stephen Maguire (Q) | 6 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 12 | +3 | Qualification to Group 1 play-off |
2 | Zhou Yuelong (Q) | 6 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 10 | +4 | |
3 | Ryan Day (Q) | 6 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 13 | −1 | |
4 | Anthony Hamilton (Q) | 6 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 13 | −1 | |
5 | Kyren Wilson (A) | 6 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 0 | Advances into Group 2 |
6 | Mark King (E) | 6 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 14 | 0 | Eliminated from the competition |
7 | Michael Holt (E) | 6 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 15 | −5 |
(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 | 2 | |||||
Anthony Hamilton | 3 | |||||
Anthony Hamilton | 2 | |||||
Zhou Yuelong | 3 | |||||
Zhou Yuelong | 3 | |||||
Ryan Day | 2 | |||||
Group 2[]
Group 2 was played on 4 and 5 January 2018. Mark Selby was the second player to qualify for the Winners' Group, recording his 500th career century in the Group 2 final against Barry Hawkins.[6]
Matches[]
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* Neil Robertson had to pull out of the Championship League due to personal reasons after his fifth match. Results from Robertson's previous matches were removed from the group table.[7]
Table[]
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | FF | FA | FD | |
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1 | Barry Hawkins (Q) | 5 | 5 | 0 | 15 | 6 | +9 | Qualification to Group 2 play-off |
2 | Ryan Day (Q) | 5 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 9 | +2 | |
3 | Mark Selby (Q) | 5 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 10 | +2 | |
4 | Kyren Wilson (Q) | 5 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 10 | −1 | |
5 | Anthony Hamilton (A) | 5 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 11 | −3 | Advances into Group 3 |
6 | Stephen Maguire (E) | 5 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 13 | −9 | Eliminated from the competition |
7 | Neil Robertson (E) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
(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 | |||||
Barry Hawkins | 3 | |||||
Kyren Wilson | 1 | |||||
Barry Hawkins | 1 | |||||
Mark Selby | 3 | |||||
Ryan Day | 0 | |||||
Mark Selby | 3 | |||||
Group 3[]
Group 3 was played on 8 and 9 January 2018. Kyren Wilson was the third player to qualify for the Winners' Group.[8]
Matches[]
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Anthony McGill withdrew before the tournament and was replaced by Tom Ford.
Table[]
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | FF | FA | FD | |
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1 | Mark Allen (Q) | 6 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 8 | +7 | Qualification to Group 3 play-off |
2 | Barry Hawkins (Q) | 6 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 9 | +5 | |
3 | Kyren Wilson (Q) | 6 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 13 | 0 | |
4 | Tom Ford (Q) | 6 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 11 | +1 | |
5 | Ali Carter (A) | 6 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 13 | −2 | Advances into Group 4 |
6 | Anthony Hamilton (E) | 6 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 15 | −3 | Eliminated from the competition |
7 | Ryan Day (E) | 6 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 17 | −8 |
(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 Allen | 3 | |||||
Tom Ford | 2 | |||||
Mark Allen | 1 | |||||
Kyren Wilson | 3 | |||||
Barry Hawkins | 1 | |||||
Kyren Wilson | 3 | |||||
Group 4[]
Group 4 was played on 10 and 11 January 2018. Ali Carter was the fourth player to qualify for the Winners' Group.[9] On the first day, Judd Trump made his 500th career century in his match against Liang Wenbo.[10]
Matches[]
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* Mark Allen had to withdraw due to family reasons prior to his second match in the group. The result from Allen's first match in the group was removed from the group table.[7]
Table[]
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | FF | FA | FD | |
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1 | Judd Trump (Q) | 5 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 4 | +9 | Qualification to Group 4 play-off |
2 | Barry Hawkins (Q) | 5 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 7 | +6 | |
3 | Shaun Murphy (Q) | 5 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 12 | −3 | |
4 | Ali Carter (Q) | 5 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 10 | −2 | |
5 | Liang Wenbo (A) | 5 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 12 | −5 | Advances into Group 5 |
6 | Tom Ford (E) | 5 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 12 | −5 | Eliminated from the competition |
7 | Mark Allen (E) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
(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 | |||||
Judd Trump | 0 | |||||
Ali Carter | 3 | |||||
Ali Carter | 3 | |||||
Shaun Murphy | 1 | |||||
Barry Hawkins | 2 | |||||
Shaun Murphy | 3 | |||||
Group 5[]
Group 5 was played on 23 and 24 January 2018. Mark Williams was the fifth player to qualify for the Winners' Group.[11]
Matches[]
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Barry Hawkins, Shaun Murphy and Liang Wenbo withdrew from the tournament and were replaced by Joe Perry, David Gilbert and Ben Woollaston.
Table[]
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | FF | FA | FD | |
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1 | Judd Trump (Q) | 6 | 4 | 2 | 16 | 8 | +8 | Qualification to Group 5 play-off |
2 | Ben Woollaston (Q) | 6 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 11 | +4 | |
3 | Mark Williams (Q) | 6 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 8 | +5 | |
4 | Ricky Walden (Q) | 6 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 13 | 0 | |
5 | Martin Gould (A) | 6 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 0 | Advances into Group 6 |
6 | Joe Perry (E) | 6 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 15 | −6 | Eliminated from the competition |
7 | David Gilbert (E) | 6 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 16 | −11 |
(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 | |||||
Judd Trump | 2 | |||||
Ricky Walden | 3 | |||||
Ricky Walden | 1 | |||||
Mark Williams | 3 | |||||
Ben Woollaston | 1 | |||||
Mark Williams | 3 | |||||
Group 6[]
Group 6 was played on 25 and 26 January 2018. Martin Gould was the sixth player to qualify for the Winners' Group.[12]
Matches[]
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Table[]
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | FF | FA | FD | |
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1 | Martin Gould (Q) | 6 | 5 | 1 | 16 | 8 | +8 | Qualification to Group 6 play-off |
2 | Judd Trump (Q) | 6 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 7 | +7 | |
3 | Ricky Walden (Q) | 6 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 13 | −1 | |
4 | Li Hang (Q) | 6 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 11 | +3 | |
5 | Graeme Dott (A) | 6 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 14 | −1 | Advances into Group 7 |
6 | Michael White (E) | 6 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 15 | −7 | Eliminated from the competition |
7 | Ben Woollaston (E) | 6 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 16 | −9 |
(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 | |||||
Martin Gould | 3 | |||||
Li Hang | 2 | |||||
Martin Gould | 3 | |||||
Judd Trump | 0 | |||||
Judd Trump | 3 | |||||
Ricky Walden | 0 | |||||
Group 7[]
Group 7 was played on 26 and 27 March 2018. John Higgins was the seventh player to qualify for the Winners' Group.[13]
Matches[]
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Graeme Dott and Li Hang withdrew from the tournament prior to Group 7 play. They were replaced by Dominic Dale and Jimmy Robertson.
Table[]
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | FF | FA | FD | |
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1 | Judd Trump (Q) | 6 | 5 | 1 | 16 | 8 | +8 | Qualification to Group 7 play-off |
2 | Jimmy Robertson (Q) | 6 | 5 | 1 | 15 | 9 | +6 | |
3 | John Higgins (Q) | 6 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 10 | +4 | |
4 | Ricky Walden (Q) | 6 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 0 | |
5 | Dominic Dale (E) | 6 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 13 | −2 | Eliminated from the competition |
6 | Robert Milkins (E) | 6 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 16 | −8 | |
7 | Luca Brecel (E) | 6 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 15 | −8 |
(E) Eliminated; (Q) Qualified to the phase indicated
Play-offs[]
Semi Finals Best of 5 frames | Final Best of 5 frames | |||||
Judd Trump | 3 | |||||
Ricky Walden | 1 | |||||
Judd Trump | 2 | |||||
John Higgins | 3 | |||||
Jimmy Robertson | 1 | |||||
John Higgins | 3 | |||||
Winners' Group[]
The Winners' Group was played on 28 and 29 March 2018. In the final, John Higgins defeated Zhou Yuelong 3–2 to retain his Championship League title and win it for the second time in his career.[2]
Matches[]
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* Zhou Yuelong was awarded the first frame, due to Mark Selby arriving late.
Table[]
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | FF | FA | FD | |
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1 | John Higgins (Q) | 6 | 5 | 1 | 17 | 8 | +9 | Qualification to the Winners' Group play-off |
2 | Ali Carter (Q) | 6 | 5 | 1 | 16 | 10 | +6 | |
3 | Zhou Yuelong (Q) | 6 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 12 | +3 | |
4 | Mark Selby (Q) | 6 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 10 | +2 | |
5 | Kyren Wilson (E) | 6 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 13 | −1 | Eliminated from the competition |
6 | Mark Williams (E) | 6 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 17 | −8 | |
7 | Martin Gould (E) | 6 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 16 | −11 |
(E) Eliminated; (Q) Qualified to the phase indicated
Play-offs[]
Semi Finals Best of 5 frames | Final Best of 5 frames | |||||
John Higgins | 3 | |||||
Mark Selby | 2 | |||||
John Higgins | 3 | |||||
Zhou Yuelong | 2 | |||||
Ali Carter | 0 | |||||
Zhou Yuelong | 3 | |||||
Century breaks[]
Total: 116
- 147 (6), 140, 108, 106, 102, 101, 101 Martin Gould
- 147 (7), 109 Luca Brecel
- 146, 138, 137, 121, 113, 105, 103 – John Higgins
- 145 (1), 122, 100 Ryan Day
- 144 (5), 136, 133, 123, 111, 104, 100 Mark Williams
- 143, 103, 102 – Li Hang
- 141 (W), 131, 122, 111, 110, 105, 100 Zhou Yuelong
- 140, 137, 134, 125, 124, 120, 120, 118,
110, 109, 108, 104, 103, 100, 100, 100 Judd Trump - 140, 137, 131, 129, 104 – Ricky Walden
- 140 (4), 115 Liang Wenbo
- 139 – Tom Ford
- 139 – Michael Holt
- 138, 129, 122, 114, 104, 103, 101, 101 – Barry Hawkins
- 137 (3), 137, 131, 129, 105 Kyren Wilson
- 136 – Graeme Dott
- 134, 125, 116, 107, 103, 101, 101 – Ali Carter
- 134 (2), 116, 110 Neil Robertson
- 134, 116 – Mark King
- 132, 128, 112, 111, 104, 103, 103, 101, 101 – Mark Selby
- 125, 124, 102 – Mark Allen
- 122, 121, 113, 101 – Jimmy Robertson
- 120, 106, 103, 102, 101 – Ben Woollaston
- 118, 103 – Anthony Hamilton
- 115, 104 – Stephen Maguire
- 113, 111, 100 – Michael White
- 104 – Shaun Murphy
Bold: highest break in the indicated group.
Winnings[]
No. | Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | W | TOTAL |
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1 | John Higgins | 6200 | 15200 | 21400 | ||||||
2 | Zhou Yuelong | 6200 | 10500 | 16700 | ||||||
3 | Judd Trump | 2300 | 3200 | 4300 | 5100 | 14900 | ||||
4 | Ali Carter | 1100 | 5600 | 6200 | 12900 | |||||
5 | Kyren Wilson | 1100 | 2400 | 6600 | 2400 | 12500 | ||||
6 | Mark Selby | 6300 | 6000 | 12300 | ||||||
7 | Barry Hawkins(3) | 4900 | 2700 | 3200 | 10800 | |||||
8 | Ricky Walden | 4500 | 2200 | 2500 | 9200 | |||||
9 | Martin Gould | 1200 | 6900 | 1000 | 9100 | |||||
10 | Mark Williams | 6600 | 1800 | 8400 | ||||||
11 | Anthony Hamilton | 4700 | 1100 | 1200 | 7000 | |||||
12 | Ryan Day | 3300 | 2100 | 900 | 6300 | |||||
13 | Mark Allen(2) | 4700 | 100 | 4800 | ||||||
14 | Shaun Murphy(3) | 4100 | 4100 | |||||||
15 | Stephen Maguire | 3100 | 700 | 3800 | ||||||
16 | Tom Ford | 2800 | 700 | 3500 | ||||||
= | Ben Woollaston | 2800 | 700 | 3500 | ||||||
18 | Li Hang(4) | 3000 | 3000 | |||||||
19 | Jimmy Robertson | 2800 | 2800 | |||||||
20 | Neil Robertson(1) | 1700 | 1700 | |||||||
21 | Mark King | 1400 | 1400 | |||||||
22 | Graeme Dott(4) | 1300 | 1300 | |||||||
23 | Liang Wenbo(3) | 1200 | 1200 | |||||||
= | Luca Brecel | 1200 | 1200 | |||||||
25 | Dominic Dale | 1100 | 1100 | |||||||
26 | Michael Holt | 1000 | 1000 | |||||||
27 | Joe Perry | 900 | 900 | |||||||
28 | Michael White | 800 | 800 | |||||||
= | Robert Milkins | 800 | 800 | |||||||
30 | David Gilbert | 500 | 500 | |||||||
Total prize money | 20,800 | 19,200 | 20,000 | 17,200 | 19,700 | 19,200 | 19,700 | 43,100 | 178,900 |
Green: won the group. Bold: highest break in the group. All prize money in GBP.
Notes
(1) Neil Robertson withdrew due to personal reasons after his fifth match in Group 2.
(2) Mark Allen withdrew due to family reasons after his first match in Group 4.
(3) Barry Hawkins, Shaun Murphy and Liang Wenbo withdrew from the tournament prior to Group 5 play.
(4) Graeme Dott and Li Hang withdrew from the tournament prior to Group 7 play.
References[]
- ^ "2017/18 World Snooker Calendar" (PDF). World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. 14 July 2017. Retrieved 23 July 2017.
- ^ Jump up to: a b "Higgins Retains Championship League Crown". Championship League Snooker. Matchroom Sport Ltd. Retrieved 30 March 2018.
- ^ "Gould Makes Maiden 147". World Snooker. 26 January 2018.
- ^ "Home - Championship League Snooker". Championship League Snooker.
- ^ "Zhou Wins CLS Group One". World Snooker. 4 January 2018.
- ^ "Selby Makes 500th Century". World Snooker. 5 January 2018.
- ^ Jump up to: a b "Fixtures and results". championshipleaguesnooker.co.uk. Perform. Retrieved 19 February 2018.
- ^ "Kyren Wilson Is Group 3 Champion - Championship League Snooker". 9 January 2018.
- ^ "Ali Carter Is Group 4 Champion - Championship League Snooker". 11 January 2018.
- ^ "2018 Championship League - Group 4". snooker.org. Retrieved 8 December 2020.
- ^ "Williams Is Group 5 Champ - Championship League Snooker". 24 January 2018.
- ^ "Gould Takes Group 6 Honours - Championship League Snooker". 26 January 2018.
- ^ "Higgins Takes Final Berth In Winners' Group". Championship League Snooker. Matchroom Sport Ltd. 27 March 2018.
External links[]
- Championship League
- 2018 in snooker
- 2018 in English sport
- Sports competitions in Coventry
- January 2018 sports events in the United Kingdom
- March 2018 sports events in the United Kingdom