The 2012 Championship League was a professional non-ranking snooker tournament that was played from 9 January to 22 March 2012 at the Crondon Park Golf Club in Stock, England.
Matthew Stevens was the defending champion, but he was eliminated in group four.
Ding Junhui won in the final 3âÂÂ1 against Judd Trump and earned a place in the 2012 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
- Final group
- Winner: ã10,000
- Runner-up: ã5,000
- Semi-final: ã3,000
- Frame-win: ã300
- Highest break: ã1,000
- Tournament total: ã192,700
Group one
Group one matches were played on 9 and 10 January 2012. Judd Trump was the first player to qualify for the final group.
Matches
- Matthew Stevens 1âÂÂ3 Mark Selby
- Shaun Murphy 2âÂÂ3 Judd Trump
- Ali Carter 1âÂÂ3 Mark Davis
- Andrew Higginson 3âÂÂ1 Matthew Stevens
- Mark Selby 3âÂÂ2 Shaun Murphy
- Judd Trump 3âÂÂ0 Ali Carter
- Mark Davis 3âÂÂ1 Andrew Higginson
- Matthew Stevens 2âÂÂ3 Shaun Murphy
- Mark Selby 3âÂÂ1 Judd Trump
- Ali Carter 3âÂÂ0 Andrew Higginson
- Shaun Murphy 3âÂÂ1 Andrew Higginson
- Mark Davis 3âÂÂ2 Judd Trump
- Matthew Stevens 1âÂÂ3 Mark Davis
- Mark Selby 3âÂÂ2 Ali Carter
- Judd Trump 3âÂÂ2 Andrew Higginson
- Shaun Murphy 3âÂÂ0 Mark Davis
- Mark Selby 1âÂÂ3 Andrew Higginson
- Matthew Stevens 3âÂÂ0 Ali Carter
- Shaun Murphy 2âÂÂ3 Ali Carter
- Mark Selby 3âÂÂ2 Mark Davis
- Judd Trump 0âÂÂ3 Matthew Stevens
Table
Play-offs
Group two
Group two matches were played on 11 and 12 January 2012. Shaun Murphy was the second player to qualify for the final group.
Matches
- Shaun Murphy 1âÂÂ3 Mark Selby
- Mark Davis 3âÂÂ1 Matthew Stevens
- Mark Williams 3âÂÂ2 Neil Robertson
- Stuart Bingham 1âÂÂ3 Shaun Murphy
- Mark Selby 3âÂÂ1 Mark Davis
- Matthew Stevens 2âÂÂ3 Mark Williams
- Neil Robertson 0âÂÂ3 Stuart Bingham
- Shaun Murphy 3âÂÂ0 Mark Davis
- Mark Selby 3âÂÂ2 Matthew Stevens
- Mark Williams 0âÂÂ3 Stuart Bingham
- Mark Davis 3âÂÂ0 Stuart Bingham
- Neil Robertson 3âÂÂ2 Matthew Stevens
- Shaun Murphy 2âÂÂ3 Neil Robertson
- Mark Selby 3âÂÂ2 Mark Williams
- Matthew Stevens 3âÂÂ1 Stuart Bingham
- Mark Davis 2âÂÂ3 Neil Robertson
- Mark Selby 3âÂÂ2 Stuart Bingham
- Shaun Murphy 3âÂÂ0 Mark Williams
- Mark Davis 3âÂÂ0 Mark Williams
- Mark Selby 3âÂÂ1 Neil Robertson
- Shaun Murphy 1âÂÂ3 Matthew Stevens
Table
Play-offs
Group three
Group three matches were played on 23 and 24 January 2012. Neil Robertson was the third player to qualify for the final group.
Matches
- Mark Selby 3âÂÂ0 Mark Davis
- Neil Robertson 3âÂÂ2 Matthew Stevens
- Martin Gould 1âÂÂ3 Jamie Cope
- Stephen Hendry 2âÂÂ3 Mark Selby
- Mark Davis 3âÂÂ2 Neil Robertson
- Matthew Stevens 1âÂÂ3 Martin Gould
- Jamie Cope 3âÂÂ2 Stephen Hendry
- Mark Selby 3âÂÂ0 Neil Robertson
- Mark Davis 2âÂÂ3 Matthew Stevens
- Martin Gould 3âÂÂ2 Stephen Hendry
- Neil Robertson 3âÂÂ1 Stephen Hendry
- Jamie Cope 0âÂÂ3 Matthew Stevens
- Mark Selby 3âÂÂ2 Jamie Cope
- Mark Davis 3âÂÂ0 Martin Gould
- Matthew Stevens 3âÂÂ2 Stephen Hendry
- Neil Robertson 3âÂÂ1 Jamie Cope
- Mark Davis 3âÂÂ1 Stephen Hendry
- Mark Selby 2âÂÂ3 Martin Gould
- Neil Robertson 3âÂÂ1 Martin Gould
- Mark Davis 1âÂÂ3 Jamie Cope
- Mark Selby 1âÂÂ3 Matthew Stevens
Table
Play-offs
Group four
Group four matches were played on 25 and 26 January 2012. Mark Davis was the fourth player to qualify for the final group.
Matches
- Mark Selby 3âÂÂ2 Matthew Stevens
- Mark Davis 3âÂÂ1 Jamie Cope
- Mark Allen 3âÂÂ1 Stephen Lee
- Peter Ebdon 0âÂÂ3 Mark Selby
- Matthew Stevens 2âÂÂ3 Mark Davis
- Jamie Cope 3âÂÂ2 Mark Allen
- Stephen Lee 2âÂÂ3 Peter Ebdon
- Mark Selby 3âÂÂ0 Mark Davis
- Matthew Stevens 2âÂÂ3 Jamie Cope
- Mark Allen 0âÂÂ3 Peter Ebdon
- Mark Davis 3âÂÂ1 Peter Ebdon
- Stephen Lee 3âÂÂ2 Jamie Cope
- Mark Selby 3âÂÂ1 Stephen Lee
- Matthew Stevens 1âÂÂ3 Mark Allen
- Jamie Cope 1âÂÂ3 Peter Ebdon
- Mark Davis 3âÂÂ0 Stephen Lee
- Matthew Stevens 0âÂÂ3 Peter Ebdon
- Mark Selby 3âÂÂ2 Mark Allen
- Matthew Stevens 3âÂÂ2 Stephen Lee
- Mark Davis 0âÂÂ3 Mark Allen
- Mark Selby 3âÂÂ0 Jamie Cope
Table
Play-offs
Group five
Group five matches were played on 6 and 7 February 2012. Barry Hawkins was the fifth player to qualify for the final group.
Matches
- Peter Ebdon 1âÂÂ3 Mark Allen
- Jamie Cope 0âÂÂ3 Barry Hawkins
- Ricky Walden 1âÂÂ3 Mark King
- Mark Selby 2âÂÂ3 Mark Allen
- Mark Selby 1âÂÂ3 Peter Ebdon
- Mark Allen 3âÂÂ2 Jamie Cope
- Barry Hawkins 0âÂÂ3 Ricky Walden
- Mark King 1âÂÂ3 Mark Selby
- Peter Ebdon 2âÂÂ3 Jamie Cope
- Barry Hawkins 3âÂÂ1 Mark King
- Mark Allen 2âÂÂ3 Mark King
- Ricky Walden 0âÂÂ3 Jamie Cope
- Mark Selby 3âÂÂ0 Ricky Walden
- Peter Ebdon 2âÂÂ3 Barry Hawkins
- Jamie Cope 1âÂÂ3 Mark King
- Mark Allen 3âÂÂ2 Ricky Walden
- Peter Ebdon 3âÂÂ2 Mark King
- Mark Selby 2âÂÂ3 Barry Hawkins
- Peter Ebdon 3âÂÂ0 Ricky Walden
- Mark Allen 3âÂÂ0 Barry Hawkins
- Mark Selby 2âÂÂ3 Jamie Cope
Table
Play-offs
Group six
Group six matches were played on 8 and 9 February 2012. Mark Allen was the sixth player to qualify for the final group.
Matches
- Mark King 1âÂÂ3 Mark Allen
- Peter Ebdon 3âÂÂ2 Jamie Cope
- Marcus Campbell 3âÂÂ0 Joe Perry
- Dominic Dale 3âÂÂ1 Mark King
- Mark Allen 3âÂÂ0 Peter Ebdon
- Jamie Cope 3âÂÂ1 Marcus Campbell
- Joe Perry 1âÂÂ3 Dominic Dale
- Mark King 1âÂÂ3 Peter Ebdon
- Mark Allen 3âÂÂ0 Jamie Cope
- Marcus Campbell 3âÂÂ2 Dominic Dale
- Joe Perry 3âÂÂ1 Jamie Cope
- Peter Ebdon 3âÂÂ2 Dominic Dale
- Mark King 2âÂÂ3 Joe Perry
- Mark Allen 3âÂÂ2 Marcus Campbell
- Peter Ebdon 3âÂÂ1 Joe Perry
- Dominic Dale 3âÂÂ2 Jamie Cope
- Mark Allen 3âÂÂ2 Dominic Dale
- Mark King 2âÂÂ3 Marcus Campbell
- Peter Ebdon 3âÂÂ1 Marcus Campbell
- Mark King 3âÂÂ1 Jamie Cope
- Mark Allen 2âÂÂ3 Joe Perry
Table
Play-offs
Group seven
Group seven matches were played on 19 and 20 March 2012. Ding Junhui was the last player to qualify for the final group.
Matches
- Dominic Dale 3âÂÂ1 Peter Ebdon
- Marcus Campbell 3âÂÂ1 Joe Perry
- Ding Junhui 2âÂÂ3 Ryan Day
- Tom Ford 3âÂÂ0 Dominic Dale
- Peter Ebdon 1âÂÂ3 Marcus Campbell
- Joe Perry 2âÂÂ3 Ding Junhui
- Ryan Day 1âÂÂ3 Tom Ford
- Dominic Dale 3âÂÂ1 Marcus Campbell
- Peter Ebdon 2âÂÂ3 Joe Perry
- Ding Junhui 1âÂÂ3 Tom Ford
- Marcus Campbell 2âÂÂ3 Tom Ford
- Ryan Day 3âÂÂ0 Joe Perry
- Dominic Dale 0âÂÂ3 Ryan Day
- Peter Ebdon 1âÂÂ3 Ding Junhui
- Joe Perry 1âÂÂ3 Tom Ford
- Marcus Campbell 3âÂÂ0 Ryan Day
- Peter Ebdon 3âÂÂ0 Tom Ford
- Dominic Dale 0âÂÂ3 Ding Junhui
- Marcus Campbell 2âÂÂ3 Ding Junhui
- Peter Ebdon 3âÂÂ2 Ryan Day
- Dominic Dale 2âÂÂ3 Joe Perry
Table
Play-offs
Final group
The matches of the final group were played on 21 and 22 March 2012. Ding Junhui has qualified for the 2012 Premier League.
Matches
- Judd Trump 3âÂÂ1 Shaun Murphy
- Neil Robertson 1âÂÂ3 Mark Davis
- Barry Hawkins 1âÂÂ3 Mark Allen
- Ding Junhui 2âÂÂ3 Judd Trump
- Shaun Murphy 3âÂÂ2 Neil Robertson
- Mark Davis 1âÂÂ3 Barry Hawkins
- Mark Allen 2âÂÂ3 Ding Junhui
- Judd Trump 3âÂÂ1 Neil Robertson
- Shaun Murphy 3âÂÂ2 Mark Davis
- Barry Hawkins 0âÂÂ3 Ding Junhui
- Neil Robertson 0âÂÂ3 Ding Junhui
- Mark Allen 3âÂÂ2 Mark Davis
- Judd Trump 1âÂÂ3 Mark Allen
- Shaun Murphy 0âÂÂ3 Barry Hawkins
- Mark Davis 1âÂÂ3 Ding Junhui
- Neil Robertson 3âÂÂ1 Mark Allen
- Shaun Murphy 3âÂÂ2 Ding Junhui
- Judd Trump 2âÂÂ3 Barry Hawkins
- Neil Robertson 3âÂÂ2 Barry Hawkins
- Shaun Murphy 1âÂÂ3 Mark Allen
- Judd Trump 2âÂÂ3 Mark Davis
Table
Play-offs
Century breaks
Total: 111
- 144 <small>(W)</small>, 134, 130, 128, 125, 116, 115, 103, 100, 100 Mark Allen
- 143 <small>(2)</small>, 136, 127, 116, 115, 113, 109, 106 Neil Robertson
- 142 <small>(3)</small>, 142 <small>(4)</small>, 138, 136, 133, 129, 128, 128, 122, 121, 118, 116, 111, 110, 110, 107, 100, 100 Mark Selby
- 142 <small>(6)</small>, 136, 122, 111, 101, 100 Peter Ebdon
- 142, 127, 122, 117, 109, 105, 104, 102 Ding Junhui
- 142 <small>(5)</small> Ricky Walden
- 139 <small>(7)</small> Marcus Campbell
- 137, 125, 102 Dominic Dale
- 136, 131, 122, 110, 108, 101, 100 Jamie Cope
- 136, 120, 115, 110, 105, 100 Shaun Murphy
- 135 <small>(1)</small> Andrew Higginson
- 133, 128, 100, 100 Mark Davis
- 131, 121, 119, 118, 110, 109, 104, 101 Judd Trump
- 130, 110, 108, 101 Martin Gould
- 128, 103 Mark King
- 127, 122, 118, 107, 105, 101 Matthew Stevens
- 125, 112 Stephen Hendry
- 123, 105, 101 Tom Ford
- 122, 116 Ryan Day
- 122, 115, 110, 110, 107, 100 Barry Hawkins
- 120, 118, 101 Ali Carter
- 101 Stephen Lee
- 100 Joe Perry
<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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