2023 Championship League (invitational)

The 2023 Championship League Invitational was a professional non-ranking snooker tournament, which took place from 19 December 2022 to 2 March 2023 at the Morningside Arena in Leicester, England.

John Higgins defended his title, winning the tournament for the fourth time after beating Judd Trump 3–1 in the final.

Prize fund

The breakdown of prize money for the 2023 Championship League is shown below.

Groups 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: £184,200

Group 1

Group 1 was played on 19 and 20 December 2022. Jack Lisowski won the group and qualified for the Winners' Group.

Matches

• Jack Lisowski 3–1 Jimmy Robertson
• Ryan Day 3–2 Jordan Brown
• Jack Lisowski 3–1 Ali Carter
• Stuart Bingham 2–3 Matthew Selt
• Jimmy Robertson 1–3 Ryan Day
• Ali Carter 0–3 Matthew Selt
• Jack Lisowski 1–3 Ryan Day
• Jordan Brown 3–1 Stuart Bingham
• Ryan Day 3–2 Ali Carter
• Jimmy Robertson 2–3 Jordan Brown
• Ali Carter 3–0 Stuart Bingham
• Jack Lisowski 3–0 Matthew Selt
• Jordan Brown 1–3 Matthew Selt
• Jimmy Robertson 2–3 Stuart Bingham
• Jordan Brown 3–2 Ali Carter
• Stuart Bingham 3–1 Ryan Day
• Jimmy Robertson 1–3 Ali Carter
• Ryan Day 3–2 Matthew Selt
• Jack Lisowski 1–3 Stuart Bingham
• Jimmy Robertson 3–1 Matthew Selt
• Jack Lisowski 1–3 Jordan Brown

Table

Play-offs

Group 2

Group 2 was played on 21 and 22 December 2022. Stuart Bingham won the group and qualified for the Winners' Group.

Matches

• Barry Hawkins 1–3 Ryan Day
• Jamie Jones 3–1 Stuart Bingham
• Barry Hawkins 0–3 Jordan Brown
• Robert Milkins 3–2 Matthew Selt
• Ryan Day 3–0 Jamie Jones
• Jordan Brown 0–3 Matthew Selt
• Barry Hawkins 3–0 Jamie Jones
• Stuart Bingham 1–3 Robert Milkins
• Jamie Jones 0–3 Jordan Brown
• Stuart Bingham 3–2 Ryan Day
• Jordan Brown 3–1 Robert Milkins
• Barry Hawkins 1–3 Matthew Selt
• Stuart Bingham 0–3 Matthew Selt
• Ryan Day 2–3 Robert Milkins
• Stuart Bingham 3–1 Jordan Brown
• Barry Hawkins 2–3 Robert Milkins
• Ryan Day 1–3 Jordan Brown
• Jamie Jones 3–2 Matthew Selt
• Robert Milkins 2–3 Jamie Jones
• Barry Hawkins 1–3 Stuart Bingham
• Ryan Day 0–3 Matthew Selt

Table

Play-offs

Group 3

Group 3 was played on 3 and 4 January 2023. Kyren Wilson won the group and qualified for the Winners' Group.

Matches

• Mark Selby 2–3 Matthew Selt
• Ricky Walden 3–1 Jamie Jones
• Mark Selby 3–1 Jordan Brown
• Kyren Wilson 3–1 Robert Milkins
• Ricky Walden 3–1 Matthew Selt
• Jordan Brown 1–3 Robert Milkins
• Mark Selby 3–1 Ricky Walden
• Kyren Wilson 3–1 Jamie Jones
• Ricky Walden 3–2 Jordan Brown
• Matthew Selt 3–2 Jamie Jones
• Kyren Wilson 2–3 Jordan Brown
• Mark Selby 3–2 Robert Milkins
• Kyren Wilson 3–1 Matthew Selt
• Jamie Jones 0–3 Robert Milkins
• Kyren Wilson 0–3 Ricky Walden
• Jordan Brown 1–3 Jamie Jones
• Ricky Walden 3–1 Robert Milkins
• Jordan Brown 3–0 Matthew Selt
• Mark Selby 2–3 Kyren Wilson
• Mark Selby 1–3 Jamie Jones
• Matthew Selt 3–1 Robert Milkins

Table

Play-offs

Group 4

Group 4 was played on 5 and 6 January 2023. Zhao Xintong was due to enter the event in this group, but was withdrawn after being suspended by the WPBSA, and was replaced by Gary Wilson. Judd Trump won the group and qualified for the Winners' Group.

Matches

• Judd Trump 3–0 Ricky Walden
• Gary Wilson 2–3 Robert Milkins
• Judd Trump 3–0 Mark Selby
• John Higgins 3–1 Matthew Selt
• Gary Wilson 3–2 Ricky Walden
• Mark Selby 3–0 Matthew Selt
• Judd Trump 3–1 Gary Wilson
• John Higgins 3–2 Robert Milkins
• Mark Selby 3–1 Gary Wilson
• Ricky Walden 2–3 Robert Milkins
• Mark Selby 1–3 John Higgins
• Judd Trump 1–3 Matthew Selt
• John Higgins 1–3 Ricky Walden
• Robert Milkins 0–3 Matthew Selt
• John Higgins 3–0 Gary Wilson
• Mark Selby 1–3 Robert Milkins
• Gary Wilson 2–3 Matthew Selt
• Mark Selby 3–1 Ricky Walden
• Judd Trump 2–3 John Higgins
• Judd Trump 3–0 Robert Milkins
• Ricky Walden 3–0 Matthew Selt

Table

Play-offs

Group 5

Group 5 was played on 7 and 8 February 2023. Mark Selby withdrew from the tournament prior to group 5 play. Mark Williams was due to enter the event in this group, but also withdrew. The two players were replaced by Xiao Guodong and Noppon Saengkham. John Higgins won the group and qualified for the Winners' Group.

Matches

• Neil Robertson 3–0 Robert Milkins
• Davild Gilbert 0–3 Matthew Selt
• Neil Robertson 1–3 Xiao Guodong
• Noppon Saengkham 2–3 John Higgins
• David Gilbert 2–3 Robert Milkins
• Xiao Guodong 3–1 John Higgins
• Neil Robertson 3–0 David Gilbert
• Noppon Saengkham 1–3 Matthew Selt
• David Gilbert 3–2 Xiao Guodong
• Robert Milkins 0–3 Matthew Selt
• Noppon Saengkham 2–3 Xiao Guodong
• Neil Robertson 3–2 John Higgins
• Noppon Saengkham 0–3 Robert Milkins
• John Higgins 3–1 Matthew Selt
• Noppon Saengkham 3–1 David Gilbert
• Xiao Guodong 3 –0 Matthew Selt
• David Gilbert 3–1 John Higgins
• Xiao Guodong 1–3 Robert Milkins
• Neil Robertson 2–3 Matthew Selt
• Neil Robertson 1–3 Noppon Saengkham
• John Higgins 3–2 Robert Milkins

Table

Play-offs

Group 6

Group 6 was played on 9 and 10 February 2023. Luca Brecel was due to enter the event in this group but withdrew, and was replaced by Joe Perry. Neil Robertson won the group and qualified for the Winners' Group.

Matches

• Anthony McGill 3–0 Neil Robertson
• Zhou Yuelong 3–2 Xiao Guodong
• Joe Perry 0–3 Matthew Selt
• Anthony McGill 1–3 Xiao Guodong
• Zhou Yuelong 3–2 Robert Milkins
• Xiao Guodong 1–3 Matthew Selt
• Anthony McGill 3–0 Zhou Yuelong
• Joe Perry 3–2 Robert Milkins
• Anthony McGill 2–3 Matthew Selt
• Neil Robertson 2–3 Robert Milkins
• Joe Perry 0–3 Xiao Guodong
• Zhou Yuelong 3–2 Neil Robertson
• Joe Perry 2–3 Neil Robertson
• Robert Milkins 1–3 Matthew Selt
• Joe Perry 2–3 Zhou Yuelong
• Xiao Guodong 3–2 Robert Milkins
• Zhou Yuelong 0–3 Matthew Selt
• Xiao Guodong 2–3 Neil Robertson
• Anthony McGill 1–3 Joe Perry
• Anthony McGill 2–3 Robert Milkins
• Neil Robertson 3–1 Matthew Selt

Table

Play-offs

Group 7

Group 7 was played on 27 and 28 February 2023. Robert Milkins withdrew from the tournament prior to group 7 play. Ronnie O'Sullivan and Shaun Murphy were due to enter the event in this group, but both withdrew. The three players were replaced by Lyu Haotian, Stephen Maguire and Graeme Dott. Xiao Guodong won the group and qualified for the Winners' Group.

Matches

• Lyu Haotian 3–0 Matthew Selt
• Stephen Maguire 2–3 Graeme Dott
• Lyu Haotian 1–3 Xiao Guodong
• Tom Ford 3–1 Zhou Yuelong
• Stephen Maguire 3–1 Matthew Selt
• Xiao Guodong 2–3 Zhou Yuelong
• Lyu Haotian 1–3 Stephen Maguire
• Tom Ford 2–3 Graeme Dott
• Stephen Maguire 3–1 Xiao Guodong
• Matthew Selt 0–3 Graeme Dott
• Tom Ford 2–3 Xiao Guodong
• Lyu Haotian 3–2 Zhou Yuelong
• Tom Ford 0–3 Matthew Selt
• Graeme Dott 3–2 Zhou Yuelong
• Tom Ford 3–2 Stephen Maguire
• Xiao Guodong 1–3 Graeme Dott
• Stephen Maguire 3–1 Zhou Yuelong
• Xiao Guodong 3–1 Matthew Selt
• Lyu Haotian 3–1 Tom Ford
• Lyu Haotian 3–1 Graeme Dott
• Matthew Selt 0–3 Zhou Yuelong

Table

Play-offs

Winners' Group

The Winners' Group was played on 1 and 2 March 2023. John Higgins won the Championship League for a fourth time, beating Judd Trump 3–1 in the final.

Matches

• Neil Robertson 2–3 Stuart Bingham
• John Higgins 0–3 Kyren Wilson
• Neil Robertson 3–1 Jack Lisowski
• Judd Trump 3–1 Xiao Guodong
• John Higgins 3–2 Stuart Bingham
• Jack Lisowski 3–1 Xiao Guodong
• Neil Robertson 3–2 John Higgins
• Judd Trump 3–1 Kyren Wilson
• John Higgins 3–1 Jack Lisowski
• Kyren Wilson 3–1 Stuart Bingham
• Judd Trump 3–1 Jack Lisowski
• Neil Robertson 0–3 Xiao Guodong
• Judd Trump 3–1 Stuart Bingham
• Kyren Wilson 3–1 Xiao Guodong
• Judd Trump 2–3 John Higgins
• Kyren Wilson 3–2 Jack Lisowski
• John Higgins 3–1 Xiao Guodong
• Jack Lisowski 3–1 Stuart Bingham
• Neil Robertson 0–3 Judd Trump
• Neil Robertson 3–2 Kyren Wilson
• Stuart Bingham 3–2 Xiao Guodong

Table

Play-offs

Century breaks

A total of 159 century breaks were made during the tournament.

• 144 <small>(W)</small>, 141 <small>(4)</small>, 141, 137, 135, 126, 121, 116, 115, 108, 107, 102, 100, 100 John Higgins
• 143 <small>(5)</small>, 139, 130, 122, 118, 114, 111, 108, 107, 101 Neil Robertson
• 143 <small>(5)</small>, 109, 103, 100, 100 Robert Milkins
• 143 <small>(1)</small>, 105, 100 Jimmy Robertson
• 142 <small>(2)</small>, 140, 139, 138, 132, 130, 120, 118, 112, 109, 108, 104, 103, 100 Stuart Bingham
• 142, 135, 119, 115, 111, 101 Jack Lisowski
• 141, 138 <small>(6)</small>, 138, 133, 130, 128, 127, 127, 127, 126, 123, 117, 111, 110, 110, 108, 107, 106, 106, 103, 102, 101, 101 Matthew Selt
• 140 <small>(7)</small>, 106 Graeme Dott
• 138, 134, 131, 124 Gary Wilson
• 137, 133 <small>(3)</small>, 129, 112, 105, 104, 104, 103, 101 Kyren Wilson
• 137, 114 Ali Carter
• 136, 132, 112 Jordan Brown
• 136, 122 Tom Ford
• 135, 119, 103 Noppon Saengkham
• 135, 115 David Gilbert
• 134, 108 Joe Perry
• 131, 131, 124, 122, 118, 117, 113, 112, 111, 111, 110, 110, 109, 106, 105, 102 Xiao Guodong
• 130, 112, 107, 107, 104 Ricky Walden
• 130, 128, 116, 106, 100, 100 Lyu Haotian
• 129, 122, 116, 108, 108, 108, 104, 102, 100, 100 Judd Trump
• 128, 120, 117 Jamie Jones
• 124, 121, 118 Mark Selby
• 124 Stephen Maguire
• 123, 112 Anthony McGill
• 118, 113, 109 Zhou Yuelong
• 115, 105, 105, 100, 100, 100 Ryan Day

<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. <br>Parenthesis: Ranking prior to tournament start, 19 December 2022. <br>Notes <br>^(a) Mark Selby withdrew from the tournament prior to group 5 play. <br>^(b) Robert Milkins withdrew from the tournament prior to group 7 play. </small>

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