The 2013 Championship League was a professional non-ranking snooker tournament that was played from 7 January to 21 March 2013 at the Crondon Park Golf Club in Stock, England.
Ding Junhui was the defending champion. but he lost 0âÂÂ3 against Martin Gould in the semi-finals of the winners group.
Gould won his fourth professional title by defeating Ali Carter 3âÂÂ2 in the final, and earned a place at the 2013 Champion of Champions.
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 (league stage): ã200
- Frame-win (play-offs): ã300
- Highest break: ã1,000
- Tournament total: ã177,200
Group one
Group one matches were played on 7 and 8 January 2013. John Higgins was the first player to qualify for the winners group.
Matches
- Judd Trump 1âÂÂ3 John Higgins
- Shaun Murphy 0âÂÂ3 Ali Carter
- Matthew Stevens 3âÂÂ2 Mark Davis
- Martin Gould 3âÂÂ0 Judd Trump
- John Higgins 3âÂÂ0 Shaun Murphy
- Ali Carter 3âÂÂ0 Matthew Stevens
- Mark Davis 3âÂÂ0 Martin Gould
- Judd Trump 3âÂÂ0 Shaun Murphy
- John Higgins 3âÂÂ2 Ali Carter
- Matthew Stevens 0âÂÂ3 Martin Gould
- Shaun Murphy 3âÂÂ2 Martin Gould
- Mark Davis 3âÂÂ0 Ali Carter
- Judd Trump 3âÂÂ1 Mark Davis
- John Higgins 3âÂÂ2 Matthew Stevens
- Ali Carter 2âÂÂ3 Martin Gould
- Shaun Murphy 2âÂÂ3 Mark Davis
- John Higgins 3âÂÂ1 Martin Gould
- Judd Trump 3âÂÂ2 Matthew Stevens
- Shaun Murphy 3âÂÂ0 Matthew Stevens
- John Higgins 0âÂÂ3 Mark Davis
- Judd Trump 0âÂÂ3 Ali Carter
Table
Play-offs
Group two
Group two matches were played on 9 and 10 January 2013. Ali Carter was the second player to qualify for the winners group.
Matches
- Ali Carter 3âÂÂ0 Mark Davis
- Martin Gould 3âÂÂ2 Judd Trump
- Stephen Maguire 1âÂÂ3 Neil Robertson
- Stuart Bingham 0âÂÂ3 Ali Carter
- Mark Davis 2âÂÂ3 Martin Gould
- Judd Trump 1âÂÂ3 Stephen Maguire
- Neil Robertson 3âÂÂ0 Stuart Bingham
- Ali Carter 3âÂÂ2 Martin Gould
- Mark Davis 2âÂÂ3 Judd Trump
- Stephen Maguire 1âÂÂ3 Stuart Bingham
- Martin Gould 0âÂÂ3 Stuart Bingham
- Neil Robertson 3âÂÂ1 Judd Trump
- Ali Carter 3âÂÂ2 Neil Robertson
- Mark Davis 0âÂÂ3 Stephen Maguire
- Judd Trump 3âÂÂ2 Stuart Bingham
- Martin Gould 3âÂÂ1 Neil Robertson
- Mark Davis 3âÂÂ1 Stuart Bingham
- Ali Carter 2âÂÂ3 Stephen Maguire
- Martin Gould 3âÂÂ0 Stephen Maguire
- Mark Davis 3âÂÂ1 Neil Robertson
- Ali Carter 3âÂÂ2 Judd Trump
Table
Play-offs
Group three
Group three matches were played on 21 and 22 January 2013. Ding Junhui was the third player to qualify for the winners group.
Matches
- Martin Gould 2âÂÂ3 Neil Robertson
- Stephen Maguire 3âÂÂ2 Judd Trump
- Mark Selby 3âÂÂ1 Mark Williams
- Ding Junhui 3âÂÂ1 Martin Gould
- Neil Robertson 0âÂÂ3 Stephen Maguire
- Judd Trump 1âÂÂ3 Mark Selby
- Mark Williams 0âÂÂ3 Ding Junhui
- Martin Gould 2âÂÂ3 Stephen Maguire
- Neil Robertson 2âÂÂ3 Judd Trump
- Mark Selby 3âÂÂ1 Ding Junhui
- Stephen Maguire 3âÂÂ1 Ding Junhui
- Mark Williams 3âÂÂ1 Judd Trump
- Judd Trump 3âÂÂ0 Ding Junhui
- Stephen Maguire 1âÂÂ3 Mark Williams
- Martin Gould 3âÂÂ1 Mark Williams
- Neil Robertson 1âÂÂ3 Mark Selby
- Neil Robertson 1âÂÂ3 Ding Junhui
- Martin Gould 3âÂÂ2 Mark Selby
- Stephen Maguire 3âÂÂ1 Mark Selby
- Neil Robertson 3âÂÂ1 Mark Williams
- Martin Gould 0âÂÂ3 Judd Trump
Table
Play-offs
Group four
Group four matches were played on 23 and 24 January 2013. Mark Allen was the fourth player to qualify for the winners group.
Matches
- Judd Trump 2âÂÂ3 Stephen Maguire
- Mark Selby 0âÂÂ3 Martin Gould
- Ricky Walden 1âÂÂ3 Mark Allen
- Barry Hawkins 1âÂÂ3 Judd Trump
- Stephen Maguire 0âÂÂ3 Mark Selby
- Martin Gould 0âÂÂ3 Ricky Walden
- Mark Allen 3âÂÂ1 Barry Hawkins
- Judd Trump 3âÂÂ1 Mark Selby
- Stephen Maguire 3âÂÂ0 Martin Gould
- Ricky Walden 1âÂÂ3 Barry Hawkins
- Mark Selby 3âÂÂ2 Barry Hawkins
- Mark Allen 3âÂÂ0 Martin Gould
- Judd Trump 0âÂÂ3 Mark Allen
- Stephen Maguire 3âÂÂ0 Ricky Walden
- Martin Gould 3âÂÂ2 Barry Hawkins
- Mark Selby 0âÂÂ3 Mark Allen
- Stephen Maguire 2âÂÂ3 Barry Hawkins
- Judd Trump 2âÂÂ3 Ricky Walden
- Mark Selby 2âÂÂ3 Ricky Walden
- Stephen Maguire 1âÂÂ3 Mark Allen
- Judd Trump 1âÂÂ3 Martin Gould
Table
Play-offs
Group five
Group five matches were played on 4 and 5 February 2013. Martin Gould was the fifth player to qualify for the winners group.
Matches
- Stephen Maguire 3âÂÂ0 Ricky Walden
- Martin Gould 0âÂÂ3 Barry Hawkins
- Joe Perry 3âÂÂ2 Peter Ebdon
- Ryan Day 0âÂÂ3 Stephen Maguire
- Ricky Walden 3âÂÂ1 Martin Gould
- Barry Hawkins 1âÂÂ3 Joe Perry
- Peter Ebdon 1âÂÂ3 Ryan Day
- Stephen Maguire 3âÂÂ2 Martin Gould
- Ricky Walden 1âÂÂ3 Barry Hawkins
- Joe Perry 1âÂÂ3 Ryan Day
- Martin Gould 3âÂÂ0 Ryan Day
- Peter Ebdon 0âÂÂ3 Barry Hawkins
- Stephen Maguire 3âÂÂ0 Peter Ebdon
- Ricky Walden 3âÂÂ1 Joe Perry
- Barry Hawkins 3âÂÂ1 Ryan Day
- Martin Gould 3âÂÂ1 Peter Ebdon
- Ricky Walden 1âÂÂ3 Ryan Day
- Stephen Maguire 3âÂÂ2 Joe Perry
- Martin Gould 3âÂÂ2 Joe Perry
- Ricky Walden 3âÂÂ0 Peter Ebdon
- Stephen Maguire 2âÂÂ3 Barry Hawkins
Table
Play-offs
Group six
Group six matches were played on 6 and 7 February 2013. Barry Hawkins was the sixth player to qualify for the winners group.
Matches
- Stephen Maguire 0âÂÂ3 Barry Hawkins
- Ricky Walden 1âÂÂ3 Ryan Day
- Marcus Campbell 2âÂÂ3 Marco Fu
- Dominic Dale 3âÂÂ1 Stephen Maguire
- Barry Hawkins 1âÂÂ3 Ricky Walden
- Ryan Day 3âÂÂ1 Marcus Campbell
- Marco Fu 2âÂÂ3 Dominic Dale
- Stephen Maguire 3âÂÂ0 Ricky Walden
- Barry Hawkins 3âÂÂ0 Ryan Day
- Marcus Campbell 3âÂÂ0 Dominic Dale
- Ricky Walden 3âÂÂ2 Dominic Dale
- Marco Fu 1âÂÂ3 Ryan Day
- Stephen Maguire 3âÂÂ2 Marco Fu
- Barry Hawkins 3âÂÂ0 Marcus Campbell
- Ryan Day 1âÂÂ3 Dominic Dale
- Ricky Walden 0âÂÂ3 Marco Fu
- Barry Hawkins 3âÂÂ1 Dominic Dale
- Stephen Maguire 3âÂÂ1 Marcus Campbell
- Ricky Walden 3âÂÂ0 Marcus Campbell
- Barry Hawkins 1âÂÂ3 Marco Fu
- Stephen Maguire 3âÂÂ2 Ryan Day
Table
Play-offs
Group seven
Group seven matches were played on 18 and 19 March 2013. Marco Fu was the last player to qualify for the winners group.
Matches
- Stephen Maguire 3âÂÂ0 Marco Fu
- Ryan Day 2âÂÂ3 Dominic Dale
- Andrew Higginson 3âÂÂ0 Tom Ford
- Robert Milkins 3âÂÂ1 Stephen Maguire
- Marco Fu 3âÂÂ1 Ryan Day
- Dominic Dale 2âÂÂ3 Andrew Higginson
- Tom Ford 0âÂÂ3 Robert Milkins
- Stephen Maguire 3âÂÂ0 Ryan Day
- Marco Fu 3âÂÂ1 Dominic Dale
- Andrew Higginson 1âÂÂ3 Robert Milkins
- Ryan Day 3âÂÂ0 Robert Milkins
- Tom Ford 1âÂÂ3 Dominic Dale
- Stephen Maguire 2âÂÂ3 Tom Ford
- Marco Fu 3âÂÂ2 Andrew Higginson
- Dominic Dale 3âÂÂ2 Robert Milkins
- Ryan Day 2âÂÂ3 Tom Ford
- Marco Fu 3âÂÂ1 Robert Milkins
- Stephen Maguire 3âÂÂ2 Andrew Higginson
- Ryan Day 2âÂÂ3 Andrew Higginson
- Marco Fu 3âÂÂ1 Tom Ford
- Stephen Maguire 3âÂÂ0 Dominic Dale
Table
Play-offs
Winners group
The matches of the winners group were played on 20 and 21 March 2013. Martin Gould won his first Championship League title.
Matches
- John Higgins 1âÂÂ3 Ali Carter
- Ding Junhui 3âÂÂ1 Mark Allen
- Martin Gould 2âÂÂ3 Barry Hawkins
- Marco Fu 0âÂÂ3 John Higgins
- Ali Carter 3âÂÂ1 Ding Junhui
- Mark Allen 0âÂÂ3 Martin Gould
- Barry Hawkins 0âÂÂ3 Marco Fu
- John Higgins 1âÂÂ3 Ding Junhui
- Ali Carter 2âÂÂ3 Mark Allen
- Martin Gould 2âÂÂ3 Marco Fu
- Ding Junhui 3âÂÂ2 Marco Fu
- Barry Hawkins 1âÂÂ3 Mark Allen
- John Higgins 0âÂÂ3 Barry Hawkins
- Ali Carter 0âÂÂ3 Martin Gould
- Mark Allen 0âÂÂ3 Marco Fu
- Ding Junhui 3âÂÂ2 Barry Hawkins
- Ali Carter 3âÂÂ1 Marco Fu
- John Higgins 3âÂÂ0 Martin Gould
- Ding Junhui 1âÂÂ3 Martin Gould
- Ali Carter 3âÂÂ0 Barry Hawkins
- John Higgins 1âÂÂ3 Mark Allen
Table
Play-offs
Century breaks
Total: 89
- 146 <small>(4)</small>, 128, 118, 109, 109, 109, 109, 103 Stephen Maguire
- 143 <small>(W)</small>, 141, 139, 134, 128, 122, 120, 103, 101 Ding Junhui
- 140 <small>(7)</small>, 137, 134, 130, 129, 112, 107, 103, 101 Marco Fu
- 140, 137 <small>(3)</small>, 132, 122, 103 Mark Selby
- 140 <small>(1)</small>, 117, 112, 103, 102, 102 Ali Carter
- 139 <small>(5)</small>, 139, 137 <small>(3)</small>, 133 <small>(2)</small>, 125, 119, 113, 101, 100, 100, 100 Martin Gould
- 137 <small>(3)</small>, 136, 122, 113, 112, 110 Judd Trump
- 137 <small>(6)</small>, 133, 104, 101 Ryan Day
- 133 <small>(2)</small>, 114, 113, 109 Neil Robertson
- 133, 102 Joe Perry
- 131, 126, 103, 102 John Higgins
- 130, 127, 114, 107 Ricky Walden
- 130, 118, 114, 104, 101 Shaun Murphy
- 129, 124, 119, 105, 100 Barry Hawkins
- 129 Andrew Higginson
- 126, 125, 113, 109, 109, 106, 100 Mark Allen
- 122 Stuart Bingham
- 107 Mark Davis
- 102 Matthew Stevens
<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>
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