The 2011 Championship League was a professional non-ranking snooker tournament that was played from 3 January to 24 March 2011 at the Crondon Park Golf Club in Stock, England.
Matthew Stevens won in the final 3âÂÂ1 against Shaun Murphy and earned a place in the 2011 Premier League Snooker.
Prize fund
The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:
- Group 1âÂÂ7
- Winner: ã3,000
- Runner-up: ã2,000
- Semi-final: ã1,000
- Frame-win (league stage): ã100
- Frame-win (play-offs): ã300
- Highest break: ã500
- Winners group
- Winner: ã10,000
- Runner-up: ã5,000
- Semi-final: ã3,000
- Frame-win: ã300
- Highest break: ã1,000
- Tournament total: ã189,400
Group one
Group one matches were played on 3 and 4 January 2011. Mark Selby was the first player to qualify for the winners group.
Matches
- John Higgins 3âÂÂ0 Mark Williams
- Shaun Murphy 0âÂÂ3 Mark Selby
- Ali Carter 3âÂÂ2 Stephen Maguire
- Graeme Dott 2âÂÂ3 John Higgins
- Mark Williams 2âÂÂ3 Shaun Murphy
- Mark Selby 1âÂÂ3 Ali Carter
- Stephen Maguire 3âÂÂ1 Graeme Dott
- John Higgins 1âÂÂ3 Shaun Murphy
- Mark Williams 3âÂÂ1 Mark Selby
- Ali Carter 3âÂÂ0 Graeme Dott
- Shaun Murphy 2âÂÂ3 Graeme Dott
- Stephen Maguire 2âÂÂ3 Mark Selby
- John Higgins 3âÂÂ1 Stephen Maguire
- Mark Williams 3âÂÂ0 Ali Carter
- Mark Selby 3âÂÂ1 Graeme Dott
- Shaun Murphy 3âÂÂ0 Stephen Maguire
- Mark Williams 3âÂÂ0 Graeme Dott
- John Higgins 3âÂÂ1 Ali Carter
- Shaun Murphy 1âÂÂ3 Ali Carter
- Mark Williams 3âÂÂ1 Stephen Maguire
- John Higgins 3âÂÂ2 Mark Selby
Table
Play-offs
Group two
Group two matches were played on 5 and 6 January 2011. Mark Williams was the second player to qualify for the winners group.
Matches
- Ali Carter 1âÂÂ3 John Higgins
- Mark Williams 3âÂÂ0 Shaun Murphy
- Neil Robertson 0âÂÂ3 Ronnie O'Sullivan
- Jamie Cope 0âÂÂ3 Ali Carter
- John Higgins 3âÂÂ2 Mark Williams
- Shaun Murphy 3âÂÂ2 Neil Robertson
- Ronnie O'Sullivan 3âÂÂ0 Jamie Cope
- Ali Carter 1âÂÂ3 Mark Williams
- John Higgins 3âÂÂ2 Shaun Murphy
- Neil Robertson 3âÂÂ2 Jamie Cope
- Mark Williams 3âÂÂ0 Jamie Cope
- Ronnie O'Sullivan 3âÂÂ2 Shaun Murphy
- Ali Carter 2âÂÂ3 Ronnie O'Sullivan
- John Higgins 3âÂÂ1 Neil Robertson
- Shaun Murphy 2âÂÂ3 Jamie Cope
- Mark Williams 3âÂÂ0 Ronnie O'Sullivan
- John Higgins 3âÂÂ0 Jamie Cope
- Ali Carter 3âÂÂ1 Neil Robertson
- Mark Williams 3âÂÂ1 Neil Robertson
- John Higgins 0âÂÂ3 Ronnie O'Sullivan
- Ali Carter 1âÂÂ3 Shaun Murphy
Table
Play-offs
Group three
Group three matches were played on 24 and 25 January 2011. Ronnie O'Sullivan withdrew from the tournament ahead of this group and was replaced by Stuart Bingham. Shaun Murphy was the third player to qualify for the winners group.
Matches
- Stuart Bingham 0âÂÂ3 John Higgins
- Shaun Murphy 1âÂÂ3 Ali Carter
- Mark King 1âÂÂ3 Peter Ebdon
- Marco Fu 1âÂÂ3 Stuart Bingham
- John Higgins 0âÂÂ3 Shaun Murphy
- Ali Carter 3âÂÂ0 Mark King
- Peter Ebdon 1âÂÂ3 Marco Fu
- Stuart Bingham 2âÂÂ3 Shaun Murphy
- John Higgins 1âÂÂ3 Ali Carter
- Mark King 3âÂÂ2 Marco Fu
- Shaun Murphy 3âÂÂ1 Marco Fu
- Peter Ebdon 3âÂÂ1 Ali Carter
- Stuart Bingham 3âÂÂ1 Peter Ebdon
- John Higgins 2âÂÂ3 Mark King
- Ali Carter 3âÂÂ1 Marco Fu
- Shaun Murphy 1âÂÂ3 Peter Ebdon
- John Higgins 0âÂÂ3 Marco Fu
- Stuart Bingham 1âÂÂ3 Mark King
- John Higgins 3âÂÂ0 Peter Ebdon
- Shaun Murphy 3âÂÂ1 Mark King
- Stuart Bingham 2âÂÂ3 Ali Carter
Table
Play-offs
Group four
Group four matches were played on 26 and 27 January 2011. Ali Carter was the fourth player to qualify for the winners group.
Matches
- Mark King 0âÂÂ3 Ali Carter
- Peter Ebdon 1âÂÂ3 Marco Fu
- Stephen Hendry 1âÂÂ3 Mark Allen
- Matthew Stevens 3âÂÂ0 Mark King
- Ali Carter 3âÂÂ0 Peter Ebdon
- Marco Fu 3âÂÂ1 Stephen Hendry
- Mark Allen 1âÂÂ3 Matthew Stevens
- Mark King 3âÂÂ2 Peter Ebdon
- Ali Carter 1âÂÂ3 Marco Fu
- Stephen Hendry 2âÂÂ3 Matthew Stevens
- Peter Ebdon 3âÂÂ1 Matthew Stevens
- Mark Allen 3âÂÂ1 Marco Fu
- Mark King 3âÂÂ2 Mark Allen
- Ali Carter 3âÂÂ2 Stephen Hendry
- Marco Fu 1âÂÂ3 Matthew Stevens
- Peter Ebdon 1âÂÂ3 Mark Allen
- Ali Carter 2âÂÂ3 Matthew Stevens
- Mark King 1âÂÂ3 Stephen Hendry
- Peter Ebdon 3âÂÂ2 Stephen Hendry
- Ali Carter 3âÂÂ0 Mark Allen
- Mark King 3âÂÂ2 Marco Fu
Table
Play-offs
Group five
Group five matches were played on 28 February and 1 March 2011. Marco Fu was to play in this group, but he moved to group seven and was replaced by Ryan Day, who went on to win the group.
Matches
- Mark Allen 3âÂÂ0 Matthew Stevens
- Ryan Day 0âÂÂ3 Mark King
- Ding Junhui 3âÂÂ0 Ricky Walden
- Liang Wenbo 2âÂÂ3 Mark Allen
- Matthew Stevens 3âÂÂ2 Ryan Day
- Mark King 2âÂÂ3 Ding Junhui
- Ricky Walden 0âÂÂ3 Liang Wenbo
- Mark Allen 1âÂÂ3 Ryan Day
- Matthew Stevens 0âÂÂ3 Mark King
- Ding Junhui 1âÂÂ3 Liang Wenbo
- Ryan Day 3âÂÂ2 Liang Wenbo
- Ricky Walden 3âÂÂ2 Mark King
- Mark Allen 3âÂÂ0 Ricky Walden
- Matthew Stevens 3âÂÂ0 Ding Junhui
- Mark King 3âÂÂ1 Liang Wenbo
- Ryan Day 3âÂÂ2 Ricky Walden
- Matthew Stevens 0âÂÂ3 Liang Wenbo
- Mark Allen 3âÂÂ2 Ding Junhui
- Ryan Day 3âÂÂ1 Ding Junhui
- Matthew Stevens 3âÂÂ1 Ricky Walden
- Mark Allen 3âÂÂ0 Mark King
Table
Play-offs
Group six
Group six matches were played on 2 and 3 March 2011. Mark Allen was the sixth player to qualify for the winners group.
Matches
- Mark Allen 2âÂÂ3 Liang Wenbo
- Mark King 3âÂÂ0 Matthew Stevens
- Judd Trump 3âÂÂ2 Mark Davis
- Stephen Lee 3âÂÂ2 Mark Allen
- Liang Wenbo 2âÂÂ3 Mark King
- Matthew Stevens 2âÂÂ3 Judd Trump
- Mark Davis 3âÂÂ2 Stephen Lee
- Mark Allen 3âÂÂ0 Mark King
- Liang Wenbo 2âÂÂ3 Matthew Stevens
- Judd Trump 2âÂÂ3 Stephen Lee
- Mark King 0âÂÂ3 Stephen Lee
- Mark Davis 0âÂÂ3 Matthew Stevens
- Mark Allen 3âÂÂ0 Mark Davis
- Liang Wenbo 3âÂÂ1 Judd Trump
- Matthew Stevens 3âÂÂ0 Stephen Lee
- Mark King 3âÂÂ1 Mark Davis
- Liang Wenbo 1âÂÂ3 Stephen Lee
- Mark Allen 3âÂÂ0 Judd Trump
- Mark King 3âÂÂ1 Judd Trump
- Liang Wenbo 3âÂÂ0 Mark Davis
- Mark Allen 1âÂÂ3 Matthew Stevens
Table
Play-offs
Group seven
Group seven matches were played on 21 and 22 March 2011. Matthew Stevens was the last player to qualify for the winners group.
Matches
- Stephen Lee 3âÂÂ2 Marco Fu
- Mark King 3âÂÂ1 Liang Wenbo
- Martin Gould 0âÂÂ3 Andrew Higginson
- Matthew Stevens 1âÂÂ3 Stephen Lee
- Matthew Stevens 3âÂÂ2 Mark King
- Liang Wenbo 2âÂÂ3 Martin Gould
- Andrew Higginson 0âÂÂ3 Marco Fu
- Stephen Lee 3âÂÂ2 Mark King
- Matthew Stevens 2âÂÂ3 Liang Wenbo
- Martin Gould 0âÂÂ3 Marco Fu
- Mark King 3âÂÂ1 Marco Fu
- Andrew Higginson 0âÂÂ3 Liang Wenbo
- Stephen Lee 0âÂÂ3 Andrew Higginson
- Matthew Stevens 3âÂÂ1 Martin Gould
- Liang Wenbo 3âÂÂ1 Marco Fu
- Mark King 2âÂÂ3 Andrew Higginson
- Matthew Stevens 3âÂÂ1 Marco Fu
- Stephen Lee 3âÂÂ1 Martin Gould
- Mark King 1âÂÂ3 Martin Gould
- Matthew Stevens 3âÂÂ2 Andrew Higginson
- Stephen Lee 0âÂÂ3 Liang Wenbo
Table
Play-offs
Winners group
The matches of the winners group were played on 23 and 24 March 2011. Matthew Stevens has qualified for the 2011 Premier League.
Matches
- Mark Selby 1âÂÂ3 Mark Williams
- Shaun Murphy 3âÂÂ1 Ali Carter
- Ryan Day 2âÂÂ3 Mark Allen
- Matthew Stevens 1âÂÂ3 Mark Selby
- Mark Williams 1âÂÂ3 Shaun Murphy
- Ali Carter 3âÂÂ0 Ryan Day
- Mark Allen 0âÂÂ3 Matthew Stevens
- Mark Selby 3âÂÂ2 Shaun Murphy
- Mark Williams 2âÂÂ3 Ali Carter
- Ryan Day 0âÂÂ3 Matthew Stevens
- Shaun Murphy 2âÂÂ3 Matthew Stevens
- Mark Allen 3âÂÂ2 Ali Carter
- Mark Selby 2âÂÂ3 Mark Allen
- Mark Williams 3âÂÂ2 Ryan Day
- Ali Carter 2âÂÂ3 Matthew Stevens
- Shaun Murphy 3âÂÂ1 Mark Allen
- Mark Williams 1âÂÂ3 Matthew Stevens
- Mark Selby 1âÂÂ3 Ryan Day
- Shaun Murphy 2âÂÂ3 Ryan Day
- Mark Williams 3âÂÂ0 Mark Allen
- Mark Selby 0âÂÂ3 Ali Carter
Table
Play-offs
Century breaks
Total: 86
- 143 <small>(W)</small>, 141, 138 <small>(2)</small>, 137, 119, 107 Mark Williams
- 142 <small>(1)</small>, 138, 133, 109, 106, 104 John Higgins
- 140 <small>(6)</small>, 131, 117, 104 Liang Wenbo
- 139 <small>(3)</small>, 137, 122, 112, 107, 101, 101, 100 Shaun Murphy
- 138 <small>(2)</small>, 132, 115, 113, 108, 101 Ronnie O'Sullivan
- 136 <small>(5)</small>, 127, 122, 112, 108, 105 Mark King
- 137 Graeme Dott
- 136 <small>(5)</small>, 134 <small>(4)</small>, 134 <small>(7)</small>, 128, 126, 122, 116, 111, 108, 106, 101, 101, 100 Matthew Stevens
- 135, 124 Mark Selby
- 133 Neil Robertson
- 133, 126, 112, 109, 108, 102 Marco Fu
- 131, 121, 120, 119, 118, 115, 103, 101, 101, 100, 100 Mark Allen
- 129 Stephen Hendry
- 122, 115 Ding Junhui
- 121, 117, 108, 102, 101, 101, 100 Ali Carter
- 117 Stephen Lee
- 114, 112, 102 Ryan Day
- 103 Martin Gould
- 102 Andrew Higginson
<small>Bold: highest break in the indicated group.</small>
Winnings
<small> Green: Won the group. Bold: Highest break in the group. All prize money in GBP. </small>
References
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