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2019–20 Championship League

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2019–20 Championship League
2019-20 Championship League snooker logo.jpg
Tournament information
Dates1 October 2019 – 1 March 2020 (2019-10-01 – 2020-03-01)
VenueMorningside Arena
CityLeicester
CountryEngland
FormatNon-ranking event
Total prize fund£180,000
Winner's share£13,000
Highest break Judd Trump (ENG) (145)
Final
Champion Scott Donaldson (SCO)
Runner-up Graeme Dott (SCO)
Score3–0
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The 2019–2020 Championship League was a professional snooker tournament, taking place over most of the 2019-20 snooker season from 7 October 2019 to 5 March 2020 at the Morningside Arena in Leicester, England. The event features seven group stages before a finals stage in March 2020; the first four played in October, two in January, and the final group played in March. It was the 13th staging of the Championship League. The event featured a total prize fund of £180,000 with the winner receiving £13,000.

Martin Gould was the defending champion, having won the 2019 edition of the tournament, beating Jack Lisowski 3–1 in the final.[1] However, Gould did not appear in this event. Scott Donaldson won the tournament, having qualified from group four and defeated Graeme Dott 3–0 in the final. This was the first professional snooker title of Donaldson's career.

Tournament format[]

The event took place at the Morningside Arena in Leicester (shown setup for basketball).

The Championship League was a professional snooker event that took place between 7 October 2019 to 5 March 2020 at the Morningside Arena in Leicester, England.[2] All matches were the best of 5 frames, and played as a round-robin, with seven groups consisting of seven players. From each group the top four players qualified for a knockout round, the winner of which qualified for an eighth "winners group". The lowest two players of each group are eliminated and the remaining four move to the next group, where they are joined by three more participants.[3]

The winners group is played in the same way, with the winner of the knockout phase named as champion, and a place at the 2020 Champion of Champions.[3][4] The event was sponsorted by sports betting company BetVictor;[3] and was broadcast via streaming on various betting websites, as well as on in China.[5]

Prize fund[]

The breakdown of prize money for the 2019–20 Championship League is shown below.[6]

  • Tournament total: £180,800

Tournament summary[]

Scott Donaldson playing a shot with the rest
Scott Donaldson won his first professional championship at the event.

Group 1 was played on 7 and 8 October 2019, where Neil Robertson defeated Ryan Day 3–2 in the final.[7][8] The second group was played on 9 and 10 October,[7] with Stuart Bingham defeating Mark Selby 3–1 to win the group.[9] After this, Selby and Barry Hawkins declined to continue, and were replaced by Xiao Guodong and Ben Woollaston, but both were eliminated in the third group.[10] Group 3 was played on 21 and 22 October 2019,[7] with Gary Wilson defeating Kyren Wilson 3–0.[11] The group 3 matches saw a record number of century breaks made in a Championship League group with a total of 24, beating the record of 23 from the previous year's Winners' Group.[12]

The fourth group was played on 23 and 24 October 2019.[7] Scott Donaldson defeated compatriot Graeme Dott 3–0 in the final.[13] Group 5 was played on 6 and 7 January 2020.[7] Mark Williams won all six of his group matches, but lost in the first round against David Gilbert 2–3. Anthony McGill defeated Gilbert in the final to win the group.[14] On 8 and 9 January 2020 in group six; Judd Trump won after a 3–1 victory over Graeme Dott.[15] Trump also made the highest break of the tournament, a 145 in group six.[16] Group 7 was played on 2 and 3 March 2020.[7] Dott defeated Williams 3–1 to be the last qualifier.[17]

The Winners' Group was played on 4 and 5 March 2020. On the first day, Trump made his 700th career century break in his round-robin match against McGill.[18][19] The four players who qualified from the Winner's Group were Trump, Dott, McGill and Donaldson.[20] Donaldson defeated Trump 3–1, whilst Dott beat Williams 3–2.[21] Donaldson won his first professional tournament with a 3–0 victory over Dott in the final.[22] Due to the additional prizes for frame wins, Donaldson was awarded a total of £20,700 throughout the tournament.[21]

Tournament draw[]

Group 1[]

Table[]

Pos Team Pld W L FF FA FD
1 England Barry Hawkins (Q) 6 6 0 18 8 +10 Qualification to Group 1 play-off
2 Australia Neil Robertson (Q) 6 4 2 13 11 +2
3 England Mark Selby (Q) 6 3 3 12 12 0
4 Wales Ryan Day (Q) 6 2 4 13 14 −1
5 England Jack Lisowski (A) 6 2 4 12 14 −2 Advances into Group 2
6 England Jimmy Robertson (E) 6 2 4 10 14 −4 Eliminated from the competition
7 Belgium Luca Brecel (E) 6 2 4 10 15 −5
Source: Championship League Snooker by Matchroom Sport
(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
 
      
 
 
 
 
England Barry Hawkins0
 
 
 
Wales Ryan Day3
 
Wales Ryan Day2
 
 
 
Australia Neil Robertson3
 
Australia Neil Robertson3
 
 
England Mark Selby2
 

Group 2[]

Table[]

Pos Team Pld W L FF FA FD
1 England Kyren Wilson (Q) 6 5 1 17 7 +10 Qualification to Group 2 play-off
2 England Gary Wilson (Q) 6 4 2 13 9 +4
3 England Stuart Bingham (Q) 6 4 2 13 13 0
4 England Mark Selby (Q) 6 3 3 15 9 +6
5 England Barry Hawkins (A) 6 3 3 12 13 −1 Advances into Group 3
6 Wales Ryan Day (E) 6 1 5 7 15 −8 Eliminated from the competition
7 England Jack Lisowski (E) 6 1 5 6 17 −11
Source: Championship League Snooker by Matchroom Sport
(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
 
      
 
 
 
 
England Kyren Wilson1
 
 
 
England Mark Selby3
 
England Mark Selby1
 
 
 
England Stuart Bingham3
 
England Gary Wilson0
 
 
England Stuart Bingham3
 

Group 3[]

Note

Barry Hawkins and Mark Selby withdrew from the tournament prior to group 3 play.

Table[]

Pos Team Pld W L FF FA FD
1 England Gary Wilson (Q) 6 5 1 16 11 +5 Qualification to Group 3 play-off
2 England Tom Ford (Q) 6 4 2 16 8 +8
3 England Kyren Wilson (Q) 6 3 3 14 14 0
4 England Matthew Selt (Q) 6 3 3 12 14 −2
5 Scotland Graeme Dott (A) 6 2 4 11 12 −1 Advances into Group 4
6 China Xiao Guodong (E) 6 2 4 11 15 −4 Eliminated from the competition
7 England Ben Woollaston (E) 6 2 4 9 15 −6
Source: Championship League Snooker by Matchroom Sport
(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
 
      
 
 
 
 
England Gary Wilson3
 
 
 
England Matthew Selt1
 
England Gary Wilson3
 
 
 
England Kyren Wilson0
 
England Tom Ford2
 
 
England Kyren Wilson3
 

Group 4[]

Table[]

Pos Team Pld W L FF FA FD
1 Scotland Scott Donaldson (Q) 6 5 1 17 8 +9 Qualification to Group 4 play-off
2 England Kyren Wilson (Q) 6 5 1 17 12 +5
3 Scotland Graeme Dott (Q) 6 4 2 15 13 +2
4 England Joe Perry (Q) 6 2 4 12 14 −2
5 England Tom Ford (A) 6 2 4 12 15 −3 Advances into Group 5
6 England Ali Carter (E) 6 2 4 12 15 −3 Eliminated from the competition
7 England Matthew Selt (E) 6 1 5 9 17 −8
Source: Championship League Snooker by Matchroom Sport
(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
 
      
 
 
 
 
Scotland Scott Donaldson3
 
 
 
England Joe Perry2
 
Scotland Scott Donaldson3
 
 
 
Scotland Graeme Dott0
 
England Kyren Wilson2
 
 
Scotland Graeme Dott3
 

Group 5[]

Table[]

Pos Team Pld W L FF FA FD
1 Wales Mark Williams (Q) 6 6 0 18 5 +13 Qualification to Group 5 play-off
2 England Joe Perry (Q) 6 3 3 14 12 +2
3 Scotland Anthony McGill (Q) 6 3 3 11 12 −1
4 England David Gilbert (Q) 6 3 3 11 13 −2
5 Scotland Graeme Dott (A) 6 2 4 11 13 −2 Advances into Group 6
6 England Tom Ford (E) 6 2 4 11 15 −4 Eliminated from the competition
7 England Kyren Wilson (E) 6 2 4 9 14 −5
Source: Championship League Snooker by Matchroom Sport
(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
 
      
 
 
 
 
Wales Mark Williams2
 
 
 
England David Gilbert3
 
England David Gilbert2
 
 
 
Scotland Anthony McGill3
 
England Joe Perry2
 
 
Scotland Anthony McGill3
 

Group 6[]

Table[]

Pos Team Pld W L FF FA FD
1 England David Gilbert (Q) 6 5 1 16 10 +6 Qualification to Group 6 play-off
2 England Judd Trump (Q) 6 4 2 14 10 +4
3 Scotland John Higgins (Q) 6 4 2 14 13 +1
4 Scotland Graeme Dott (Q) 6 3 3 14 12 +2
5 Wales Mark Williams (A) 6 3 3 14 12 +2 Advances into Group 7
6 England Joe Perry (E) 6 2 4 11 14 −3 Eliminated from the competition
7 England Mark King (E) 6 0 6 6 18 −12
Source: Championship League Snooker by Matchroom Sport
(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
 
      
 
 
 
 
England David Gilbert2
 
 
 
Scotland Graeme Dott3
 
Scotland Graeme Dott2
 
 
 
England Judd Trump3
 
England Judd Trump3
 
 
Scotland John Higgins1
 

Group 7[]

Table[]

Pos Team Pld W L FF FA FD
1 Scotland John Higgins (Q) 6 5 1 17 4 +13 Qualification to Group 7 play-off
2 Scotland Graeme Dott (Q) 6 4 2 13 9 +4
3 England David Gilbert (Q) 6 4 2 13 11 +2
4 Wales Mark Williams (Q) 6 3 3 11 11 0
5 China Lyu Haotian (E) 6 2 4 9 14 −5 Eliminated from the competition
6 England Ricky Walden (E) 6 2 4 8 13 −5
7 England Robert Milkins (E) 6 1 5 7 16 −9
Source: Championship League Snooker by Matchroom Sport
(E) Eliminated; (Q) Qualified to the phase indicated

Play-offs[]

 
Semi Finals
Best of 5 frames		Final
Best of 5 frames
 
      
 
 
 
 
Scotland John Higgins1
 
 
 
Wales Mark Williams3
 
Wales Mark Williams1
 
 
 
Scotland Graeme Dott3
 
Scotland Graeme Dott3
 
 
England David Gilbert0
 

Winners' Group[]

Table[]

Pos Team Pld W L FF FA FD
1 England Judd Trump (Q) 6 6 0 18 7 +11 Qualification to Winners' Group play-off
2 Scotland Graeme Dott (Q) 6 4 2 16 9 +7
3 Scotland Anthony McGill (Q) 6 3 3 14 13 +1
4 Scotland Scott Donaldson (Q) 6 3 3 12 12 0
5 Australia Neil Robertson (E) 6 3 3 11 13 −2 Eliminated from the competition
6 England Stuart Bingham (E) 6 2 4 8 13 −5
7 England Gary Wilson (E) 6 0 6 6 18 −12
Updated to match(es) played on 4 and 5 March 2020. Source: Championship League Snooker by Matchroom Sport
(E) Eliminated; (Q) Qualified to the phase indicated

Play-offs[]

 
Semi Finals
Best of 5 frames		Final
Best of 5 frames
 
      
 
 
 
 
England Judd Trump1
 
 
 
Scotland Scott Donaldson3
 
Scotland Scott Donaldson3
 
 
 
Scotland Graeme Dott0
 
Scotland Graeme Dott3
 
 
Scotland Anthony McGill2
 


Century breaks[]

A total of 104 century breaks were made during the event.[16]

Bold: highest break in the indicated group.

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