2008 Championship League

Championship League

Tournament information
Dates	25 February- 15 May 2008
Venue	Crondon Park Golf Club
City	Stock
Country	England
Organisation(s)	Matchroom Sport
Format	Non-ranking event
Total prize fund	£175,600
Winner's share	£10,000
Highest break	143 (x3)
Final
Champion	Joe Perry
Runner-up	Mark Selby
Score	3–1
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The 2008 Championship League was a professional non-ranking snooker tournament that was played from 25 February to 15 May 2008 at the Crondon Park Golf Club in Stock, England.

Joe Perry won in the final 3–1 against Mark Selby, and earned a place in the 2008 Premier League Snooker.

Prize fund

The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:^[1][2]

• Tournament total: £175,600

Group one

Group one matches were played on 25 and 26 February 2008. Ryan Day was the first player to qualify for the winners group.^[3][4]

Matches

Table

Ranking		PER	CAR	DAY	DOH	WIL	STE	HAW	Frame W–L	Match W–D–L	Pld–Pts
1	Joe Perry	x	2	3	2	3	2	2	14–10	2–4–0	6–8
2	Ali Carter	2	x	0	3	1	4	3	13–11	3–1–2	6–7
3	Ryan Day	1	4	x	3	2	2	1	13–11	2–2–2	6–6
4	Ken Doherty	2	1	1	x	3	3	2	12–12	2–2–2	6–6
5	Mark Williams	1	3	2	1	x	2	3	12–12	2–2–2	6–6
6	Matthew Stevens	2	0	2	1	2	x	3	10–14	1–3–2	6–5
7	Barry Hawkins	2	1	3	2	1	1	x	10–14	1–2–3	6–4

Play-offs

	Semi-finals Best of 5 frames					Final Best of 5 frames
	1	Joe Perry	3
	4	Ken Doherty	0
						1	Joe Perry	2
						3	Ryan Day	3
	2	Ali Carter	1
	3	Ryan Day	3

Group two

Group two matches were played on 27 and 28 January 2008. Ken Doherty was the second player to qualify for the winners group.^[5][6]

Matches

Table

Ranking		CAR	HAM	DOH	PER	SWA	WIL	BON	Frame W–L	Match W–D–L	Pld–Pts
1	Ali Carter	x	1	3	2	2	4	3	15–9	3–2–1	6–8
2	Anthony Hamilton	3	x	2	3	3	0	2	13–11	3–2–1	6–8
3	Ken Doherty	1	2	x	3	1	3	3	13–11	3–1–2	6–7
4	Joe Perry	2	1	1	x	3	3	2	12–12	2–2–2	6–6
5	Joe Swail	2	1	3	1	x	3	1	11–13	2–1–3	6–5
6	Mark Williams	0	4	1	1	1	x	3	10–14	2–0–4	6–4
7	Nigel Bond	1	2	1	2	3	1	x	10–14	1–2–3	6–4

Play-offs

	Semi-finals Best of 5 frames					Final Best of 5 frames
	1	Ali Carter	3
	4	Joe Perry	2
						1	Ali Carter	2
						3	Ken Doherty	3
	2	Anthony Hamilton	0
	3	Ken Doherty	3

Group three

Group three matches were played on 10 and 11 March 2008. Anthony Hamilton was the third player to qualify for the winners group.^[7][8]

Matches

Table

Ranking		MUR	CAR	SEL	HAM	BIN	SWA	HOL	Frame W–L	Match W–D–L	Pld–Pts
1	Shaun Murphy	x	2	3	3	3	3	4	18–6	5–1–0	6–11
2	Ali Carter	2	x	3	2	4	4	3	18–16	4–2–0	6–10
3	Mark Selby	1	1	x	3	2	3	3	13–11	3–1–2	6–7
4	Anthony Hamilton	1	2	1	x	2	4	3	13–11	2–2–2	6–6
5	Stuart Bingham	1	0	2	2	x	2	2	9–15	0–4–2	6–4
6	Joe Swail	1	0	1	0	2	x	3	7–17	1–1–4	6–3
7	Michael Holt	0	1	1	1	2	1	x	6–18	0–1–5	6–1

Play-offs

	Semi-finals Best of 5 frames					Final Best of 5 frames
	1	Shaun Murphy	1
	4	Anthony Hamilton	3
						4	Anthony Hamilton	3
						2	Ali Carter	2
	2	Ali Carter	3
	3	Mark Selby	2

Group four

Group four matches were played on 12 and 13 March 2008. Shaun Murphy was the fourth player to qualify for the winners group.^[9][10]

Matches

Table

Ranking		CAR	MUR	KIN	ALL	PER	BIN	COP	Frame W–L	Match W–D–L	Pld–Pts
1	Ali Carter	x	3	2	2	2	2	3	14–10	2–4–0	6–8
2	Shaun Murphy	1	x	3	1	2	3	4	14–10	3–1–2	6–7
3	Mark King	2	1	x	2	2	3	3	13–11	2–3–1	6–7
4	Mark Allen	2	3	2	x	1	2	3	13–11	2–3–1	6–7
5	Joe Perry	2	2	2	3	x	2	1	12–12	1–4–1	6–6
6	Stuart Bingham	2	1	1	2	2	x	2	10–14	0–4–2	6–4
7	Jamie Cope	1	0	1	1	3	2	x	8–16	1–1–4	6–3

Play-offs

	Semi-finals Best of 5 frames					Final Best of 5 frames
	1	Ali Carter	3
	4	Mark Allen	2
						1	Ali Carter	2
						2	Shaun Murphy	3
	2	Shaun Murphy	3
	4	Mark King	0

Group five

Group five matches were played on 14 and 15 April 2008. Joe Perry was the fifth player to qualify for the winners group.^[11][12]

Matches

Table

Ranking		KIN	ROB	PER	ALL	CAR	LEE	DAL	Frame W–L	Match W–D–L	Pld–Pts
1	Mark King	x	3	3	2	2	4	2	16–8	3–3–0	6–9
2	Neil Robertson	1	x	2	3	3	4	3	16–18	4–1–1	6–9
3	Joe Perry	1	2	x	2	4	2	3	14–10	2–3–1	6–7
4	Mark Allen	2	1	2	x	2	3	4	14–10	2–3–1	6–7
5	Ali Carter	2	1	0	2	x	1	4	10–14	1–2–3	6–4
6	Stephen Lee	0	0	2	1	3	x	2	8–16	1–2–3	6–4
7	Dominic Dale	2	1	1	0	0	2	x	6–18	0–2–4	6–2

Play-offs

	Semi-finals Best of 5 frames					Final Best of 5 frames
	1	Mark King	3
	4	Mark Allen	1
						1	Mark King	1
						4	Joe Perry	3
	2	Neil Robertson	1
	4	Joe Perry	3

Group six

Group six matches were played on 16 and 17 April 2008. Mark Selby was the sixth player to qualify for the winners group.^[13][14]

Matches

Table

Ranking		SEL	ROB	KIN	CAR	WHI	ALL	GRE	Frame W–L	Match W–D–L	Pld–Pts
1	Mark Selby	x	2	2	3	4	3	3	17–7	4–2–0	6–10
2	Neil Robertson	2	x	2	3	3	3	3	16–8	4–2–0	6–10
3	Mark King	2	2	x	3	1	3	2	13–11	2–3–1	6–7
4	Ali Carter	1	1	1	x	4	3	3	13–11	3–0–3	6–6
5	Jimmy White	0	1	3	0	x	3	3	10–14	3–0–3	6–6
6	Mark Allen	1	1	1	1	1	x	3	8–16	1–0–5	6–2
7	Gerard Greene	1	1	2	1	1	1	x	7–17	0–1–5	6–1

Play-offs

	Semi-finals Best of 5 frames					Final Best of 5 frames
	1	Mark Selby	3
	4	Ali Carter	2
						1	Mark Selby	3
						2	Neil Robertson	1
	2	Neil Robertson	3
	4	Mark King	1

Group seven

Group seven matches were played on 12 and 13 May 2008. Mark King was the last player to qualify for the winners group.^[15][16]

Matches

Table

Ranking		OBR	ROB	HAR	KIN	WHI	MCC	CAR	Frame W–L	Match W–D–L	Pld–Pts
1	Fergal O'Brien	x	3	3	2	3	3	3	17–7	5–1–0	6–11
2	Neil Robertson	1	x	3	2	2	3	3	14–10	3–2–1	6–8
3	Dave Harold	1	1	x	3	2	3	4	14–10	3–1–2	6–7
4	Mark King	2	2	1	x	3	1	2	11–13	1–3–2	6–5
5	Jimmy White	1	2	2	1	x	1	3	10–14	1–2–3	6–4
6	Ian McCulloch	1	1	1	3	3	x	0	9–15	2–0–4	6–4
7	Ali Carter	1	1	0	2	1	4	x	9–15	1–1–4	6–3

Play-offs

	Semi-finals Best of 5 frames					Final Best of 5 frames
	1	Fergal O'Brien	0
	4	Mark King	3
						4	Mark King	3
						3	Dave Harold	0
	2	Neil Robertson	1
	3	Dave Harold	3

Winners group

The matches of the winners group were played on 14 and 15 May 2008. Joe Perry has qualifyd to the 2008 Premier League.^[17][18]

Matches

Table

Ranking		DAY	SEL	MUR	PER	DOH	KIN	HAM	Frame W–L	Match W–D–L	Pld–Pts
1	Ryan Day	x	3	3	2	3	3	1	15–9	4–1–1	6–9
2	Mark Selby	1	x	3	3	1	4	3	15–9	4–0–2	6–8
3	Shaun Murphy	1	1	x	4	3	3	3	15–9	4–0–2	6–8
4	Joe Perry	2	1	0	x	4	2	2	11–13	1–3–2	6–5
5	Ken Doherty	1	3	1	0	x	2	4	11–13	2–1–3	6–5
6	Mark King	1	0	1	2	2	x	3	9–15	1–2–3	6–4
7	Anthony Hamilton	3	1	1	2	0	1	x	8–16	1–1–4	6–3

Play-offs

	Semi-finals Best of 5 frames					Final Best of 5 frames
	1	Ryan Day	1
	4	Joe Perry	3
						4	Joe Perry	3
						2	Mark Selby	1
	2	Mark Selby	3
	3	Shaun Murphy	2

Century breaks

^[19]

• 143, 143, 129, 125, 122, 119, 113, 112, 107, 104, 104 Ali Carter
• 143, 133, 120, 101 Dave Harold
• 142, 140, 127, 116, 108, 103, 102, 102, 102, 101, 100 Neil Robertson
• 137, 134, 122, 105, 102 Ryan Day
• 129, 126, 113, 101, 101, 100 Ken Doherty
• 129, 114, 107, 104, 100, 100 Joe Perry
• 128, 128, 117, 112, 112, 105, 105 Shaun Murphy
• 128, 128 Stuart Bingham
• 126, 108, 107, 107, 107, 104, 103, 100 Anthony Hamilton
• 125, 119 Jamie Cope
• 125, 117 Mark King
• 124, 112 Fergal O'Brien
• 114 Mark Williams
• 113 Gerard Greene
• 112, 110, 105 Jimmy White
• 109, 108, 100 Mark Allen
• 103, 100 Mark Selby

References

External links

• Official website