2015 Championship League

Championship League

Tournament information
Dates	5 January–12 February 2015
Venue	Crondon Park Golf Club
City	Stock
Country	England
Organisation(s)	Matchroom Sport
Format	Non-ranking event
Total prize fund	£180,100[1]
Winner's share	£10,000
Highest break	147 (x2)
Final
Champion	Stuart Bingham
Runner-up	Mark Davis
Score	3–2
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The 2015 Championship League was a professional non-ranking snooker tournament that was played from 5 January to 12 February at the Crondon Park Golf Club in Stock, England.^[2]

Judd Trump was the defending champion,^[3] but he was eliminated at the end of group three.

Barry Hawkins made the 111th official maximum break during his league stage match against Stephen Maguire in group one. This was Hawkins second official 147 break and the sixth in the 2014/2015 season. It was also the second maximum break in the history of the tournament.^[4] David Gilbert made the 114th maximum break and ninth of the season during group 7.^[5]

Stuart Bingham won in the final 3–2 against Mark Davis, and earned a place at the 2015 Champion of Champions.^[6]

Prize fund

The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:

Group 1–7 Winner: £3,000 Runner-up: £2,000 Semi-final: £1,000 Frame-win (league stage): £100 Frame-win (play-offs): £300 Highest break: £500

Winners' group Winner: £10,000 Runner-up: £5,000 Semi-final: £3,000 Frame-win (league stage): £200 Frame-win (play-offs): £300 Highest break: £1,000

• Tournament total: £180,100^[1]

Group one

Group one was played on 5 and 6 January 2014. Shaun Murphy was to take part in this group, but he was replaced by Mark King due to a bacterial chest infection.^[7] Barry Hawkins was the first player to qualify for the winners group.^[4]

Matches

Stuart Bingham 3–1 Marco Fu Barry Hawkins 3–2 Neil Robertson Stephen Maguire 0–3 Barry Hawkins Judd Trump 2–3 Neil Robertson Mark King 2–3 Stuart Bingham Marco Fu 3–2 Judd Trump Neil Robertson 3–1 Stephen Maguire

Barry Hawkins 2–3 Stuart Bingham Mark King 3–1 Marco Fu Judd Trump 1–3 Stephen Maguire Stuart Bingham 3–0 Stephen Maguire Neil Robertson 3–1 Marco Fu Stuart Bingham 3–1 Neil Robertson Barry Hawkins 1–3 Mark King

Marco Fu 3–1 Stephen Maguire Mark King 1–3 Judd Trump Mark King 0–3 Stephen Maguire Barry Hawkins 3–2 Marco Fu Stuart Bingham 0–3 Judd Trump Mark King 1–3 Neil Robertson Barry Hawkins 3–2 Judd Trump

Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	FF	FA	FD
1	Stuart Bingham (Q)	6	5	1	15	9	+6	Qualification to Group 1 play-off
2	Neil Robertson (Q)	6	4	2	15	11	+4
3	Barry Hawkins (Q)	6	4	2	15	12	+3
4	Judd Trump (Q)	6	2	4	13	13	0
5	Marco Fu[lower-alpha 1] (A)	6	2	4	11	15	−4	Advances into Group 2
6	Mark King (E)	6	2	4	10	14	−4	Eliminated from the competition
7	Stephen Maguire (E)	6	2	4	8	13	−5

Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: ^[8]
(A) Advances to a further round; (E) Eliminated; (Q) Qualified to the phase indicated.
Notes:

1. Fu finishes ahead of King due to winning more frames

Play-offs

	Semi Finals Best of 5 frames				Final Best of 5 frames
	Stuart Bingham	3
	Judd Trump	2
					Stuart Bingham	1
					Barry Hawkins	3
	Neil Robertson	1
	Barry Hawkins	3

Group two

Group two was played on 7 and 8 January 2015. The group was won by Matthew Selt, who was a late replacement for Neil Robertson.^[9][10]

Matches

Judd Trump 3–0 Marco Fu Stuart Bingham 3–2 Matthew Selt Ali Carter 3–1 Robert Milkins Michael Holt 3–2 Stuart Bingham Marco Fu 3–2 Ali Carter Robert Milkins 3–2 Michael Holt Matthew Selt 3–2 Judd Trump

Stuart Bingham 1–3 Judd Trump Ali Carter 3–1 Michael Holt Matthew Selt 2–3 Marco Fu Judd Trump 3–0 Michael Holt Robert Milkins 0–3 Marco Fu Stuart Bingham 2–3 Robert Milkins Matthew Selt 3–2 Ali Carter

Marco Fu 3–0 Michael Holt Judd Trump 3–1 Robert Milkins Stuart Bingham 1–3 Ali Carter Matthew Selt 1–3 Michael Holt Judd Trump 1–3 Ali Carter Matthew Selt 3–2 Robert Milkins Stuart Bingham 3–2 Marco Fu

Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	FF	FA	FD
1	Ali Carter (Q)	6	4	2	16	10	+6	Qualification to Group 2 play-off
2	Judd Trump (Q)	6	4	2	15	8	+7
3	Marco Fu (Q)	6	4	2	14	10	+4
4	Matthew Selt (Q)	6	3	3	14	15	−1
5	Stuart Bingham (A)	6	2	4	12	16	−4	Advances into Group 3
6	Robert Milkins[lower-alpha 1] (E)	6	2	4	10	16	−6	Eliminated from the competition
7	Michael Holt (E)	6	2	4	9	15	−6

Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: ^[11]
(A) Advances to a further round; (E) Eliminated; (Q) Qualified to the phase indicated.
Notes:

1. Milkins finishes ahead of Holt due to defeating him 3–2

Play-offs

	Semi Finals Best of 5 frames				Final Best of 5 frames
	Ali Carter	2
	Matthew Selt	3
					Matthew Selt	3
					Judd Trump	2
	Judd Trump	3
	Marco Fu	0

Group three

Group three was played on 19 and 20 January 2015. Ricky Walden was to take part this group, but he withdrew and was replaced by Peter Ebdon, who scheduled to play in group six before.^[12] Ali Carter won the group.^[13]

Matches

Marco Fu 3–1 Stuart Bingham Judd Trump 3–2 Ali Carter Ryan Day 3–1 Peter Ebdon Mark Davis 1–3 Judd Trump Stuart Bingham 3–2 Ryan Day Ali Carter 3–2 Marco Fu Judd Trump 2–3 Marco Fu

Peter Ebdon 1–3 Mark Davis Ryan Day 3–1 Mark Davis Ali Carter 1–3 Stuart Bingham Marco Fu 0–3 Mark Davis Peter Ebdon 1–3 Stuart Bingham Ali Carter 3–1 Ryan Day Judd Trump 1–3 Peter Ebdon

Stuart Bingham 1–3 Mark Davis Judd Trump 2–3 Ryan Day Marco Fu 0–3 Peter Ebdon Ali Carter 3–1 Mark Davis Marco Fu 1–3 Ryan Day Ali Carter 1–3 Peter Ebdon Judd Trump 2–3 Stuart Bingham

Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	FF	FA	FD
1	Ryan Day (Q)	6	4	2	15	11	+4	Qualification to Group 3 play-off
2	Stuart Bingham (Q)	6	4	2	14	12	+2
3	Ali Carter (Q)	6	3	3	13	13	0
4	Mark Davis[lower-alpha 1] (Q)	6	3	3	12	11	+1
5	Peter Ebdon (A)	6	3	3	12	11	+1	Advances into Group 4
6	Judd Trump (E)	6	2	4	13	15	−2	Eliminated from the competition
7	Marco Fu (E)	6	2	4	9	15	−6

Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: ^[14]
(A) Advances to a further round; (E) Eliminated; (Q) Qualified to the phase indicated.
Notes:

1. Davis finishes ahead of Ebdon due to defeating him 3–1

Play-offs

	Semi Finals Best of 5 frames				Final Best of 5 frames
	Ryan Day	1
	Mark Davis	3
					Mark Davis	1
					Ali Carter	3
	Stuart Bingham	0
	Ali Carter	3

Group four

Group four was played on 21 and 22 January 2015. Martin Gould was to play in this group, but he moved to group six and was replaced by David Gilbert.^[15] Stuart Bingham was the fourth player to qualify for the winners group.^[16]

Matches

Mark Davis 1–3 Ryan Day Stuart Bingham 0–3 Peter Ebdon David Gilbert 3–2 Matthew Stevens Michael White 0–3 Mark Davis Ryan Day 2–3 Stuart Bingham Peter Ebdon 3–0 David Gilbert Matthew Stevens 2–3 Michael White

Mark Davis 2–3 Stuart Bingham Ryan Day 0–3 Peter Ebdon David Gilbert 1–3 Michael White Stuart Bingham 2–3 Michael White Matthew Stevens 3–1 Peter Ebdon Ryan Day 0–3 David Gilbert Mark Davis 3–2 Matthew Stevens

Peter Ebdon 3–1 Michael White Stuart Bingham 3–1 Matthew Stevens Ryan Day 2–3 Michael White Mark Davis 1–3 David Gilbert Stuart Bingham 3–1 David Gilbert Ryan Day 3–1 Matthew Stevens Mark Davis 3–2 Peter Ebdon

Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	FF	FA	FD
1	Peter Ebdon (Q)	6	4	2	15	7	+8	Qualification to Group 4 play-off
2	Stuart Bingham (Q)	6	4	2	14	12	+2
3	Michael White (Q)	6	4	2	13	13	0
4	Mark Davis (Q)	6	3	3	13	13	0
5	David Gilbert (A)	6	2	4	11	12	−1	Advances into Group 5
6	Ryan Day (E)	6	2	4	10	14	−4	Eliminated from the competition
7	Matthew Stevens (E)	6	1	5	11	16	−5

Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: ^[17]
(A) Advances 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
	Peter Ebdon	1
	Mark Davis	3
					Mark Davis	1
					Stuart Bingham	3
	Stuart Bingham	3
	Michael White	0

Group five

Group five was played on 26 and 27 January 2015. This round of group play was won by Mark Davis.^[18]

Michael White 2–3 David Gilbert Mark Davis 3–1 Peter Ebdon Ronnie O'Sullivan 3–2 Liang Wenbo Fergal O'Brien 1–3 Mark Davis Peter Ebdon 0–3 Michael White David Gilbert 0–3 Ronnie O'Sullivan Mark Davis 3–1 Michael White

Liang Wenbo 1–3 Fergal O'Brien Ronnie O'Sullivan 3–0 Fergal O'Brien Michael White 0–3 Fergal O'Brien Peter Ebdon 2–3 David Gilbert Liang Wenbo 0–3 David Gilbert Mark Davis 3–0 Liang Wenbo Peter Ebdon 3–2 Ronnie O'Sullivan

Michael White 3–2 Liang Wenbo David Gilbert 2–3 Fergal O'Brien Mark Davis 1–3 Ronnie O'Sullivan Michael White 0–3 Ronnie O'Sullivan Peter Ebdon 3–1 Fergal O'Brien Peter Ebdon 2–3 Liang Wenbo Mark Davis 32 David Gilbert

Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	FF	FA	FD
1	Ronnie O'Sullivan (Q)	6	5	1	17	6	+11	Qualification to Group 5 play-off
2	Mark Davis (Q)	6	5	1	16	8	+8
3	David Gilbert (Q)	6	3	3	13	13	0
4	Fergal O'Brien (Q)	6	3	3	11	12	−1
5	Peter Ebdon (A)	6	2	4	11	15	−4	Advances into Group 6
6	Michael White (E)	6	2	4	9	14	−5	Eliminated from the competition
7	Liang Wenbo (E)	6	1	5	8	17	−9

Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: ^[19]
(A) Advances 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
	Fergal O'Brien	2
					Ronnie O'Sullivan	2
					Mark Davis	3
	Mark Davis	3
	David Gilbert	1

Group six

Group six was played on 28 and 29 January 2015. Martin Gould was to take part this group, but he withdrew and was replaced by Rod Lawler.^[20] Ronnie O'Sullivan withdrew from the tournament ahead of this group and was replaced by Ben Woollaston, who went on to win the group.^[21]

Matches

Ben Woollaston 0–3 David Gilbert Fergal O'Brien 3–1 Peter Ebdon Kurt Maflin 0–3 Ben Woollaston Dominic Dale 3–0 Rod Lawler David Gilbert 3–0 Fergal O'Brien Peter Ebdon 3–0 Dominic Dale Ben Woollaston 0–3 Fergal O'Brien

Rod Lawler 0–3 Kurt Maflin David Gilbert 1–3 Peter Ebdon Dominic Dale 3–1 Kurt Maflin Rod Lawler 2–3 Peter Ebdon Fergal O'Brien 3–0 Kurt Maflin Ben Woollaston 3–0 Rod Lawler David Gilbert 3–1 Dominic Dale

Peter Ebdon 3–1 Kurt Maflin Fergal O'Brien 2–3 Rod Lawler Ben Woollaston 2–3 Dominic Dale Fergal O'Brien 0–3 Dominic Dale David Gilbert 3–2 Kurt Maflin David Gilbert 1–3 Rod Lawler Ben Woollaston 3–0 Peter Ebdon

Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	FF	FA	FD
1	David Gilbert (Q)	6	5	1	14	9	+5	Qualification to Group 6 play-off
2	Dominic Dale (Q)	6	4	2	13	9	+4
3	Peter Ebdon (Q)	6	4	2	13	10	+3
4	Ben Woollaston (Q)	6	3	3	11	9	+2
5	Fergal O'Brien (A)	6	3	3	11	10	+1	Advances into Group 7
6	Rod Lawler (E)	6	2	4	8	15	−7	Eliminated from the competition
7	Kurt Maflin (E)	6	1	5	7	15	−8

Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: ^[22]
(A) Advances 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
	David Gilbert	1
	Ben Woollaston	3
					Ben Woollaston	3
					Peter Ebdon	0
	Dominic Dale	1
	Peter Ebdon	3

Group seven

Group seven was played on 9 and 10 February 2015. Xiao Guodong was the last player to qualify for the winners group.^[5]

Matches

Peter Ebdon 1–3 David Gilbert Dominic Dale 1–3 Fergal O'Brien Mark Williams 3–0 Peter Ebdon John Higgins 2–3 Xiao Guodong David Gilbert 3–2 Dominic Dale Fergal O'Brien 3–2 John Higgins Peter Ebdon 3–1 Dominic Dale

Xiao Guodong 3–1 Mark Williams David Gilbert 3–2 Fergal O'Brien John Higgins 3–1 Mark Williams Xiao Guodong 2–3 Fergal O'Brien Dominic Dale 0–3 Mark Williams David Gilbert 3–0 John Higgins Peter Ebdon 3–1 Xiao Guodong

Dominic Dale 0–3 Xiao Guodong Fergal O'Brien 2–3 Mark Williams Peter Ebdon 3–0 John Higgins David Gilbert 3–2 Mark Williams Dominic Dale 0–3 John Higgins David Gilbert 2–3 Xiao Guodong Peter Ebdon 2–3 Fergal O'Brien

Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	FF	FA	FD
1	David Gilbert (Q)	6	5	1	17	0	+17	Qualification to Group 7 play-off
2	Xiao Guodong (Q)	6	4	2	16	13	+3
3	Fergal O'Brien (Q)	6	4	2	15	11	+4
4	Mark Williams (Q)	6	3	3	13	11	+2
5	Peter Ebdon (E)	6	3	3	12	11	+1	Eliminated from the competition
6	John Higgins (E)	6	2	4	10	13	−3
7	Dominic Dale (E)	6	0	6	4	18	−14

Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: ^[23]
(E) Eliminated; (Q) Qualified to the phase indicated.

Play-offs

	Semi Finals Best of 5 frames				Final Best of 5 frames
	Fergal O'Brien	0
	Xiao Guodong	3
					David Gilbert	0
					Xiao Guodong	3
	David Gilbert	3
	Mark Williams	1

Winners' group

The winners' group was played on 11 and 12 February 2015. Stuart Bingham won his first Championship League title.

Matches

Barry Hawkins 0–3 Matthew Selt Ali Carter 3–1 Stuart Bingham Xiao Guodong 3–1 Barry Hawkins Mark Davis 1–3 Ben Woollaston Matthew Selt 3–2 Ali Carter Stuart Bingham 1–3 Mark Davis Barry Hawkins 3–0 Ali Carter

Ben Woollaston 3–2 Xiao Guodong Matthew Selt 1–3 Stuart Bingham Mark Davis 3–0 Xiao Guodong Ben Woollaston 1–3 Stuart Bingham Ali Carter 3–1 Xiao Guodong Barry Hawkins 3–2 Ben Woollaston Matthew Selt 1–3 Mark Davis

Ali Carter 1–3 Ben Woollaston Stuart Bingham 0–3 Xiao Guodong Matthew Selt 3–0 Xiao Guodong Barry Hawkins 3–0 Mark Davis Matthew Selt 3–2 Ben Woollaston Ali Carter 2–3 Mark Davis Barry Hawkins 0–3 Stuart Bingham

Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	FF	FA	FD
1	Matthew Selt (Q)	6	4	2	14	10	+4	Qualification to the Winners' group play-off
2	Mark Davis (Q)	6	4	2	13	10	+3
3	Ben Woollaston (Q)	6	3	3	14	13	+1
4	Stuart Bingham (Q)	6	3	3	11	11	0
5	Barry Hawkins (E)	6	3	3	10	11	−1	Eliminated from the competition
6	Ali Carter (E)	6	2	4	11	14	−3
7	Xiao Guodong (E)	6	2	4	9	13	−4

Source: ^[24]
(E) Eliminated; (Q) Qualified to the phase indicated.

Play-offs

	Semi Finals Best of 5 frames				Final Best of 5 frames
	Matthew Selt	1
	Stuart Bingham	3
					Stuart Bingham	3
					Mark Davis	2
	Mark Davis	3
	Ben Woollaston	2

Century breaks

Here in descending order of highest breaks is a list of century breaks completed by each player.^{[4][9][13][16][18][21][5][6][25][26][27][28][29][30][31][32]}

• 147, 118, 110, 109, 105 Barry Hawkins
• 147, 113, 107, 103, 100, 100 David Gilbert
• 139, 124, 116, 108, 105 Matthew Selt
• 139, 101 Michael White
• 138, 129, 110, 103, 102 Ali Carter
• 137, 136, 125, 105, 104, 103, 100, 100 Judd Trump
• 137, 127, 123, 120, 108, 105, 103, 101 Peter Ebdon
• 136, 121 John Higgins
• 134, 134, 130, 108, 101 Marco Fu
• 134, 134, 126, 120, 118, 115, 110, 108, 103, 101 Stuart Bingham
• 132, 125, 103 Dominic Dale
• 131, 128, 118, 117, 103 Mark Davis
• 131, 105 Matthew Stevens
• 128, 126, 101, 100 Ronnie O'Sullivan
• 127, 123, 111, 105 Fergal O'Brien
• 123, 100 Neil Robertson
• 112 Liang Wenbo
• 101 Ben Woollaston
• 100 Ryan Day

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