2012 Championship League

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.

This article is about the snooker tournament. For the darts tournament, see 2012 Championship League Darts.
Championship League
Tournament information
Dates9 January-
22 March 2012
VenueCrondon Park Golf Club
CityStock
CountryEngland
Organisation(s)Matchroom Sport
FormatNon-ranking event
Total prize fund£205,000
Winner's share£10,000
Highest break Mark Allen (144)
Final
Champion Ding Junhui
Runner-up Judd Trump
Score3–1
← 2011
2013 →

Matthew Stevens was the defending champion,[1] but he was eliminated in group four.

Ding Junhui won in the final 3–1 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:[2]

  • Tournament total: £205,000

Group one

Group one matches were played on 9 and 10 January 2012.[3][4][5] Judd Trump was the first player to qualify for the final group.

Matches

Table
Ranking
SEL
DAV
MUR
TRU
STE
HIG
CAR		Frame
W–L		Match
W–L		Pld–Pts
1 Mark Selby x333313 16–115–16–5
2 Mark Davis 2x03333 14–114–26–4
3 Shaun Murphy 23x2332 15–123–36–3
4 Judd Trump 123x033 12–133–36–3
5 Matthew Stevens 1123x13 11–122–46–2
6 Andrew Higginson 31123x0 10–142–46–2
7 Ali Carter 213003x 9–142–46–2

Play-offs
Semi-finals
Best of 5 frames 		Final
Best of 5 frames
      
1 Mark Selby 1
4 Judd Trump 3
4 Judd Trump 3
3 Shaun Murphy 2
2 Mark Davis 1
3 Shaun Murphy 3

Group two

Group two matches were played on 11 and 12 January 2012.[6][7][8] Shaun Murphy was the second player to qualify for the final group.

Matches

Table
Ranking
SEL
MUR
DAV
ROB
STE
BIN
WIL		Frame
W–L		Match
W–L		Pld–Pts
1 Mark Selby x333333 18–96–06–6
2 Shaun Murphy 1x32133 13–103–36–3
3 Mark Davis 10x2333 12–103–36–3
4 Neil Robertson 133x302 12–153–36–3
5 Matthew Stevens 2312x32 13–142–46–2
6 Stuart Bingham 21031x3 10–122–46–2
7 Mark Williams 200330x 8–162–46–2

Play-offs
Semi-finals
Best of 5 frames 		Final
Best of 5 frames
      
1 Mark Selby 3
4 Neil Robertson 1
1 Mark Selby 0
2 Shaun Murphy 3
2 Shaun Murphy 3
3 Mark Davis 0

Group three

Group three matches were played on 23 and 24 January 2012.[9][10] Neil Robertson was the third player to qualify for the final group.

Matches

Table
Ranking
SEL
STE
ROB
DAV
COP
GOU
HEN		Frame
W–L		Match
W–L		Pld–Pts
1 Mark Selby x133323 15–104–26–4
2 Matthew Stevens 3x23313 15–114–26–4
3 Neil Robertson 03x2333 14–114–26–4
4 Mark Davis 023x133 12–123–36–3
5 Jamie Cope 2013x33 12–133–36–3
6 Martin Gould 33101x3 11–143–36–3
7 Stephen Hendry 221122x 10–180–66–0

Play-offs
Semi-finals
Best of 5 frames 		Final
Best of 5 frames
      
1 Mark Selby 3
4 Mark Davis 2
1 Mark Selby 2
3 Neil Robertson 3
2 Matthew Stevens 2
3 Neil Robertson 3

Group four

Group four matches were played on 25 and 26 January 2012.[11][12] Mark Davis was the fourth player to qualify for the final group.

Matches

Table
Ranking
SEL
EBD
DAV
ALL
COP
STE
LEE		Frame
W–L		Match
W–L		Pld–Pts
1 Mark Selby x333333 18–56–06–6
2 Peter Ebdon 0x13333 13–94–26–4
3 Mark Davis 03x0333 12–104–26–4
4 Mark Allen 203x233 13–113–36–3
5 Jamie Cope 0113x32 10–162–46–2
6 Matthew Stevens 20212x3 10–171–56–1
7 Stephen Lee 120132x 9–171–56–1

Play-offs
Semi-finals
Best of 5 frames 		Final
Best of 5 frames
      
1 Mark Selby 3
4 Mark Allen 2
1 Mark Selby 1
3 Mark Davis 3
2 Peter Ebdon 0
3 Mark Davis 3

Group five

Group five matches were played on 6 and 7 February 2012.[13][14][15][16] Barry Hawkins was the fifth player to qualify for the final group.

Matches

Table
Ranking
ALL
HAW
EBD
KIN
COP
SEL
WAL		Frame
W–L		Match
W–L		Pld–Pts
1 Mark Allen x332333 17–105–16–5
2 Barry Hawkins 0x33330 12–114–26–4
3 Peter Ebdon 12x3233 14–123–36–3
4 Mark King 312x313 13–133–36–3
5 Jamie Cope 2031x33 12–133–36–3
6 Mark Selby 22132x3 13–132–46–2
7 Ricky Walden 230100x 6–151–56–1

Play-offs
Semi-finals
Best of 5 frames 		Final
Best of 5 frames
      
1 Mark Allen 2
4 Mark King 3
Mark King 2
Barry Hawkins 3
2 Barry Hawkins 3
3 Peter Ebdon 2

Group six

Group six matches were played on 8 and 9 February 2012.[17][18] Mark Allen was the sixth player to qualify for the final group.

Matches

Table
Ranking
ALL
EBD
DAL
CAM
PER
KIN
COP		Frame
W–L		Match
W–L		Pld–Pts
1 Mark Allen x333233 17–85–16–5
2 Peter Ebdon 0x33333 15–105–16–5
3 Dominic Dale 22x2333 15–133–36–3
4 Marcus Campbell 213x331 13–133–36–3
5 Joe Perry 3110x33 11–143–36–3
6 Mark King 11122x3 10–161–56–1
7 Jamie Cope 022311x 9–161–56–1

Play-offs
Semi-finals
Best of 5 frames 		Final
Best of 5 frames
      
1 Mark Allen 3
4 Marcus Campbell 1
1 Mark Allen 3
3 Dominic Dale 2
2 Peter Ebdon 2
3 Dominic Dale 3

Group seven

Group seven matches were played on 19 and 20 March 2012.[19][20][21][22] Ding Junhui was the last player to qualify for the final group.

Matches

Table
Ranking
FOR
DIN
CAM
DAY
EBD
PER
DAL		Frame
W–L		Match
W–L		Pld–Pts
1 Tom Ford x333033 15–85–16–5
2 Ding Junhui 1x32333 15–114–26–4
3 Marcus Campbell 22x3331 14–113–36–3
4 Ryan Day 130x233 12–113–36–3
5 Peter Ebdon 3113x21 11–142–46–2
6 Joe Perry 12103x3 10–162–46–2
7 Dominic Dale 003032x 8–142–46–2

Play-offs
Semi-finals
Best of 5 frames 		Final
Best of 5 frames
      
1 Tom Ford 3
4 Ryan Day 2
1 Tom Ford 0
2 Ding Junhui 3
2 Ding Junhui 3
3 Marcus Campbell 0

Final group

The matches of the final group were played on 21 and 22 March 2012.[23][24][25][26] Ding Junhui has qualified for the 2012 Premier League.

Matches

Table
Ranking
DIN
ALL
TRU
HAW
MUR
DAV
ROB		Frame
W–L		Match
W–L		Pld–Pts
1 Ding Junhui x323233 16–94–26–4
2 Mark Allen 2x33331 15–114–26–4
3 Judd Trump 31x2323 14–133–36–3
4 Barry Hawkins 013x332 12–123–36–3
5 Shaun Murphy 3110x33 11–153–36–3
6 Mark Davis 12312x3 12–152–46–2
7 Neil Robertson 031321x 10–152–46–2

Play-offs
Semi-finals
Best of 5 frames 		Final
Best of 5 frames
      
1 Ding Junhui 3
4 Barry Hawkins 1
1 Ding Junhui 3
3 Judd Trump 1
2 Mark Allen 0
3 Judd Trump 3

Century breaks

Total: 111

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