2009 Championship League

Championship League
Tournament information
Dates	5 January – 26 March 2009
Venue	Crondon Park Golf Club
City	Stock
Country	England
Organisation	Matchroom Sport
Format	Non-ranking event
Total prize fund	£175,600
Winner's share	£10,000 (plus bonuses)
Highest break	Mark Selby (ENG) (145)
Final
Champion	Judd Trump (ENG)
Runner-up	Mark Selby (ENG)
Score	3–2
	← 2008 2010 →

Last updated July 30, 2023

The 2009 Championship League was a professional non-ranking snooker tournament that was played from 5 January to 26 March 2009 at the Crondon Park Golf Club in Stock, England.

Prize fund

The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:^[2]^[3]

Group 1–7
- Winner: £3,000
- Runner-up: £2,000
- Semi-final: £1,000
- Frame-win in league stage: £100
- Frame-win in play-offs: £300

Winners group
- Winner: £10,000
- Runner-up: £5,000
- Semi-final: £3,000
- Frame-win in league stage: £200
- Frame-win in play-offs: £300

Tournament total: £175,600

Group one

Group one matches were played on 5 and 6 January 2009. Mark Selby was the first player to qualify for the winners group.^[4]^[5]

Matches

Joe Perry 2–2 Ryan Day
Mark Selby 2–2 Ali Carter
Shaun Murphy 2–2 Stephen Hendry
Ding Junhui 3–1 Joe Perry
Ryan Day 1–3 Mark Selby
Ali Carter 2–2 Shaun Murphy
Stephen Hendry 1–3 Ding Junhui
Joe Perry 1–3 Mark Selby
Ryan Day 2–2 Ali Carter
Shaun Murphy 1–3 Ding Junhui
Mark Selby 2–2 Ding Junhui
Stephen Hendry 2–2 Ali Carter
Joe Perry 2–2 Stephen Hendry
Ryan Day 1–3 Shaun Murphy
Ali Carter 1–3 Ding Junhui
Mark Selby 1–3 Stephen Hendry
Joe Perry 4–0 Shaun Murphy
Ryan Day 1–3 Ding Junhui
Ryan Day 3–1 Stephen Hendry
Shaun Murphy 2–2 Mark Selby
Joe Perry 2–2 Ali Carter

Table

Pos	Player	Pld	W	D	L	Pts	FF	FA	FD
1	Ding Junhui (CHN)	6	5	1	0	11	17	7	+10	Qualification to Group 1 play-off
2	Mark Selby (ENG)	6	2	3	1	7	13	11	+2
3	Joe Perry (ENG)	6	1	3	2	5	12	12	0
4	Ali Carter (ENG)	6	0	5	1	5	11	13	−2

5	Stephen Hendry (SCO)	6	1	3	2	5	11	13	−2	Advances into Group 2

6	Shaun Murphy (ENG)	6	1	3	2	5	10	14	−4	Eliminated from the competition
7	Ryan Day (WAL)	6	1	2	3	4	10	14	−4	Eliminated from the competition

Source:

Play-offs

Semi-finals Best of 5 frames			Final Best of 5 frames

1	Ding Junhui (CHN)	2

4	Ali Carter (ENG)	3
			4	Ali Carter (ENG)	1

			2	Mark Selby (ENG)	3
2	Mark Selby (ENG)	3

3	Joe Perry (ENG)	0

Group two

Group two matches were played on 7 and 8 January 2009. Mark Allen was the second player to qualify for the winners group.[6] ^[7]

Matches

Ali Carter 1–3 Ding Junhui
Joe Perry 3–1 Stephen Hendry
Mark Allen 3–1 Peter Ebdon
Mark Williams 1–3 Ali Carter
Ding Junhui 3–1 Joe Perry
Stephen Hendry 3–1 Mark Allen
Peter Ebdon 1–3 Mark Williams
Ali Carter 3–1 Joe Perry
Ding Junhui 4–0 Stephen Hendry
Mark Allen 2–2 Mark Williams
Joe Perry 2–2 Mark Williams
Peter Ebdon 1–3 Stephen Hendry
Ali Carter 3–1 Peter Ebdon
Ding Junhui 2–2 Mark Allen
Stephen Hendry 2–2 Mark Williams
Joe Perry 3–1 Peter Ebdon
Ali Carter 1–3 Mark Allen
Ding Junhui 2–2 Mark Williams
Joe Perry 2–2 Mark Allen
Ding Junhui 3–1 Peter Ebdon
Ali Carter 3–1 Stephen Hendry

Table

Pos	Player	Pld	W	D	L	Pts	FF	FA	FD
1	Ding Junhui (CHN)	6	4	2	0	10	17	7	+10	Qualification to Group 2 play-off
2	Ali Carter (ENG)	6	4	0	2	8	14	10	+4
3	Mark Allen (NIR)	6	2	3	1	7	13	11	+2
4	Joe Perry (ENG)	6	2	2	2	6	12	12	0

5	Mark Williams (WAL)	6	1	4	1	6	12	12	0	Advances into Group 3

6	Stephen Hendry (SCO)	6	2	1	3	5	10	14	−4	Eliminated from the competition
7	Peter Ebdon (ENG)	6	0	0	6	0	6	18	−12	Eliminated from the competition

Source:

Play-offs

Semi-finals Best of 5 frames			Final Best of 5 frames

1	Ding Junhui (CHN)	1

4	Joe Perry (ENG)	3
			4	Joe Perry (ENG)	2

			3	Mark Allen (NIR)	3
2	Ali Carter (ENG)	1

3	Mark Allen (NIR)	3

Group three

Group three matches were played on 9 and 10 February 2009. Joe Perry was the third player to qualify for the winners group.[8] ^[9]

Matches

Joe Perry 1–3 Ding Junhui
Ali Carter 2–2 Mark Williams
John Higgins 1–3 Neil Robertson
Barry Hawkins 2–2 Joe Perry
Ding Junhui 2–2 Ali Carter
Mark Williams 2–2 John Higgins
Neil Robertson 2–2 Barry Hawkins
Joe Perry 2–2 Ali Carter
Ding Junhui 1–3 Mark Williams
John Higgins 1–3 Barry Hawkins
Ali Carter 3–1 Barry Hawkins
Neil Robertson 2–2 Mark Williams
Joe Perry 3–1 Neil Robertson
Ding Junhui 2–2 John Higgins
Mark Williams 3–1 Barry Hawkins
Ali Carter 1–3 Neil Robertson
John Higgins 2–2 Joe Perry
Ding Junhui 1–3 Barry Hawkins
Ali Carter 1–3 John Higgins
Neil Robertson 4–0 Ding Junhui
Joe Perry 2–2 Mark Williams

Table

Pos	Player	Pld	W	D	L	Pts	FF	FA	FD
1	Neil Robertson (AUS)	6	3	2	1	8	15	9	+6	Qualification to Group 3 play-off
2	Mark Williams (WAL)	6	2	4	0	8	14	10	+4
3	Barry Hawkins (ENG)	6	2	2	2	6	12	12	0
4	Joe Perry (ENG)	6	1	4	1	6	12	12	0

5	John Higgins (SCO)	6	1	3	2	5	11	13	−2	Advances into Group 4

6	Ali Carter (ENG)	6	1	3	2	5	11	13	−2	Eliminated from the competition
7	Ding Junhui (CHN)	6	1	2	3	4	9	15	−6	Eliminated from the competition

Source:

Play-offs

Semi-finals Best of 5 frames			Final Best of 5 frames

1	Neil Robertson (AUS)	1

4	Joe Perry (ENG)	3
			4	Joe Perry (ENG)	3

			2	Mark Williams (WAL)	0
2	Mark Williams (WAL)	3

3	Barry Hawkins (ENG)	1

Group four

Group four matches were played on 11 and 12 February 2009. Stuart Bingham was the fourth player to qualify for the winners group.[10] ^[11]

Matches

Mark Williams 2–2 Neil Robertson
Barry Hawkins 1–3 John Higgins
Dave Harold 0–4 Stuart Bingham
Jamie Cope 3–1 Mark Williams
John Higgins 4–0 Dave Harold
Neil Robertson 0–4 Barry Hawkins
Jamie Cope 3–1 Stuart Bingham
Barry Hawkins 3–1 Mark Williams
Neil Robertson 0–4 John Higgins
Dave Harold 2– 2 Jamie Cope
Barry Hawkins 0–4 Jamie Cope
John Higgins 2–2 Stuart Bingham
Mark Williams 3–1 Stuart Bingham
Neil Robertson 4–0 Dave Harold
John Higgins 2–2 Jamie Cope
Barry Hawkins 2–2 Stuart Bingham
Mark Williams 3–1 Dave Harold
Neil Robertson 2–2 Jamie Cope
Barry Hawkins 2–2 Dave Harold
Neil Robertson 1–3 Stuart Bingham
Mark Williams 2–2 John Higgins

Table

Pos	Player	Pld	W	D	L	Pts	FF	FA	FD
1	John Higgins (SCO)	6	3	3	0	9	17	7	+10	Qualification to Group 4 play-off
2	Jamie Cope (ENG)	6	3	3	0	9	16	8	+8
3	Stuart Bingham (ENG)	6	2	2	2	6	13	11	+2
4	Barry Hawkins (ENG)	6	2	2	2	6	12	12	0

5	Mark Williams (WAL)	6	2	2	2	6	12	12	0	Advances into Group 5

6	Neil Robertson (AUS)	6	1	2	3	4	9	15	−6	Eliminated from the competition
7	Dave Harold (ENG)	6	0	2	4	2	5	19	−14	Eliminated from the competition

Source:

Play-offs

Semi-finals Best of 5 frames			Final Best of 5 frames

1	John Higgins (SCO)	3

4	Barry Hawkins (ENG)	2
			1	John Higgins (SCO)	1

			3	Stuart Bingham (ENG)	3
2	Jamie Cope (ENG)	1

3	Stuart Bingham (ENG)	3

Group five

Group five matches were played on 2 and 3 March 2009. Mark King was the fifth player to qualify for the winners group.[12] ^[13]

Matches

John Higgins 1–3 Jamie Cope
Barry Hawkins 1–3 Mark Williams
Mark King 2–2 Matthew Stevens
Ken Doherty 1–3 John Higgins
Jamie Cope 2–2 Barry Hawkins
Mark Williams 1–3 Mark King
Matthew Stevens 1–3 Ken Doherty
John Higgins 1–3 Barry Hawkins
Jamie Cope 3–1 Mark Williams
Mark King 2–2 Ken Doherty
Barry Hawkins 0–4 Ken Doherty
Matthews Stevens 3–1 Mark Williams
John Higgins 2–2 Matthew Stevens
Jamie Cope 2–2 Mark King
Mark Williams 2–2 Ken Doherty
Barry Hawkins 3–1 Matthew Stevens
John Higgins 3–1 Mark King
Jamie Cope 2–2 Ken Doherty
Barry Hawkins 1–3 Mark King
Jamie Cope 2–2 Matthew Stevens
John Higgins 3–1 Mark Williams

Table

Pos	Player	Pld	W	D	L	Pts	FF	FA	FD
1	Jamie Cope (ENG)	6	2	4	0	8	14	10	+4	Qualification to Group 5 play-off
2	Ken Doherty (IRL)	6	2	3	1	7	14	10	+4
3	John Higgins (SCO)	6	3	1	2	7	13	11	+2
4	Mark King (ENG)	6	2	3	1	7	13	11	+2

5	Matthew Stevens (WAL)	6	1	3	2	5	11	13	−2	Advances into Group 6

6	Barry Hawkins (ENG)	6	2	1	3	5	10	14	−4	Eliminated from the competition
7	Mark Williams (WAL)	6	1	1	4	3	9	15	−6	Eliminated from the competition

Source:

Play-offs

Semi-finals Best of 5 frames			Final Best of 5 frames

1	Jamie Cope (ENG)	0

4	Mark King (ENG)	3
			4	Mark King (ENG)	3

			2	Ken Doherty (IRL)	1
2	Ken Doherty (IRL)	3

3	John Higgins (SCO)	2

Group six

Group six matches were played on 4 and 5 March 2009. John Higgins was the sixth player to qualify for the winners group.[14] ^[15]

Matches

Ken Doherty 1–3 Jamie Cope
John Higgins 3–1 Joe Swail
Matthew Stevens 2–2 Graeme Dott
Steve Davis 3–1 Ken Doherty
Jamie Cope 1–3 John Higgins
Joe Swail 3–1 Matthew Stevens
Graeme Dott 1–3 Steve Davis
Ken Doherty 2–2 John Higgins
Jamie Cope 3–1 Joe Swail
Matthew Stevens 2–2 Steve Davis
John Higgins 2–2 Steve Davis
Graeme Dott 2–2 Joe Swail
Ken Doherty 3–1 Graeme Dott
Jamie Cope 0–4 Matthew Stevens
Joe Swail 1–3 Steve Davis
John Higgins 3–1 Graeme Dott
Ken Doherty 2–2 Matthew Stevens
Jamie Cope 1–3 Steve Davis
John Higgins 1–3 Matthew Stevens
Jamie Cope 0–4 Graeme Dott
Ken Doherty 1–3 Joe Swail

Table

Pos	Player	Pld	W	D	L	Pts	FF	FA	FD
1	Steve Davis (ENG)	6	4	2	0	10	16	8	+8	Qualification to Group 6 play-off
2	John Higgins (SCO)	6	3	2	1	8	14	10	+4
3	Matthew Stevens (WAL)	6	2	3	1	7	14	10	+4
4	Joe Swail (NIR)	6	2	1	3	5	11	13	−2

5	Graeme Dott (SCO)	6	1	2	3	4	11	13	−2	Advances into Group 7

6	Ken Doherty (IRL)	6	1	2	3	4	10	14	−4	Eliminated from the competition
7	Jamie Cope (ENG)	6	2	0	4	4	8	16	−8	Eliminated from the competition

Source:

Play-offs

Semi-finals Best of 5 frames			Final Best of 5 frames

1	Steve Davis (ENG)	3

4	Joe Swail (NIR)	1
			1	Steve Davis (ENG)	0

			2	John Higgins (SCO)	3
2	John Higgins (SCO)	3

3	Matthew Stevens (WAL)	1

Group seven

Group seven matches were played on 23 and 24 March 2009. Judd Trump was the last player to qualify for the winners group.[16]

Matches

Matthew Stevens 1–3 Steve Davis
Joe Swail 2–2 Graeme Dott
Ricky Walden 3–1 Liang Wenbo
Judd Trump 0–4 Steve Davis
Matthew Stevens 3–1 Joe Swail
Graeme Dott 1–3 Ricky Walden
Liang Wenbo 1–3 Judd Trump
Steve Davis 1–3 Joe Swail
Matthew Stevens 0–4 Graeme Dott
Ricky Walden 1–3 Judd Trump
Joe Swail 1–3 Judd Trump
Liang Wenbo 2–2 Graeme Dott
Steve Davis 4–0 Liang Wenbo
Matthew Stevens 0–4 Ricky Walden
Graeme Dott 1–3 Judd Trump
Joe Swail 2–2 Liang Wenbo
Steve Davis 2–2 Ricky Walden
Matthew Stevens 1–3 Judd Trump
Joe Swail 1–3 Ricky Walden
Matthew Stevens 2–2 Liang Wenbo
Steve Davis 2–2 Graeme Dott

Table

Pos	Player	Pld	W	D	L	Pts	FF	FA	FD
1	Judd Trump (ENG)	6	5	0	1	10	15	9	+6	Qualification to Group 7 play-off
2	Ricky Walden (ENG)	6	4	1	1	9	16	8	+8
3	Steve Davis (ENG)	6	3	2	1	8	16	8	+8
4	Graeme Dott (SCO)	6	1	3	2	5	12	12	0

5	Joe Swail (NIR)	6	1	2	3	4	10	14	−4	Eliminated from the competition
6	Liang Wenbo (CHN)	6	0	3	3	3	8	16	−8
7	Matthew Stevens (WAL)	6	1	1	4	3	7	17	−10

Source:

Play-offs

Semi-finals Best of 5 frames			Final Best of 5 frames

1	Judd Trump (ENG)	3

4	Graeme Dott (SCO)	0
			1	Judd Trump (ENG)	3

			2	Ricky Walden (ENG)	2
2	Ricky Walden (ENG)	3

3	Steve Davis (ENG)	2

Winners group

The matches of the winners group were played on 25 and 26 March 2009. Judd Trump has qualified for the 2009 Premier League.[17] ^[18]

Matches

Mark Selby 3–1 Mark Allen
Joe Perry 2–2 Stuart Bingham
Mark King 1–3 John Higgins
Judd Trump 1–3 Mark Selby
Mark Allen 1–3 Joe Perry
Stuart Bingham 3–1 Mark King
John Higgins 2–2 Judd Trump
Mark Selby 1–3 Joe Perry
Mark Allen 2–2 Stuart Bingham
Mark King 1–3 Judd Trump
Joe Perry 1–3 Judd Trump
John Higgins 1–3 Stuart Bingham
Mark Selby 3–1 John Higgins
Mark Allen 3–1 Mark King
Stuart Bingham 2–2 Judd Trump
Joe Perry 2–2 John Higgins
Mark Allen 2–2 Judd Trump
Mark Selby 4–0 Mark King
Joe Perry 2–2 Mark King
Mark Allen 0–4 John Higgins
Mark Selby 3–1 Stuart Bingham

Table

Pos	Player	Pld	W	D	L	Pts	FF	FA	FD
1	Mark Selby (ENG)	6	5	0	1	10	17	7	+10	Qualification to Winners' Group play-off
2	Judd Trump (ENG)	6	2	3	1	7	13	11	+2
3	Stuart Bingham (ENG)	6	2	3	1	7	13	11	+2
4	Joe Perry (ENG)	6	2	3	1	7	13	11	+2

5	John Higgins (SCO)	6	2	2	2	6	13	11	+2	Eliminated from the competition
6	Mark Allen (NIR)	6	1	2	3	4	9	15	−6
7	Mark King (ENG)	6	0	1	5	1	6	18	−12

Source:

Play-offs

Semi-finals Best of 5 frames			Final Best of 5 frames

1	Mark Selby (ENG)	3

4	Joe Perry (ENG)	2
			1	Mark Selby (ENG)	2

			2	Judd Trump (ENG)	3
2	Judd Trump (ENG)	3

3	Stuart Bingham (ENG)	2

Century breaks

Total: 77

145, 133, 132, 122, 121, 113 – Mark Selby
144, 125, 106 – Barry Hawkins
137, 125, 125, 122, 108, 104 – Jamie Cope
136, 128, 125, 109, 108, 105, 102, 101 – Joe Perry
134, 127 – Stuart Bingham
134, 115, 101 – Ricky Walden
133, 131, 130, 125, 123, 123, 113,
113, 109, 109, 106, 104, 103, 103 – John Higgins
133, 118, 113, 111, 104 – Judd Trump
133 – Liang Wenbo
132, 131, 125, 123, 122, 120, 117, 115, 105, 101 – Ding Junhui
131, 126, 114, 113 – Matthew Stevens
129 – Dave Harold
127, 115, 109 – Ken Doherty
127 – Mark Allen
121, 113, 101 – Ali Carter
118, 116 – Mark Williams
114 – Graeme Dott
106 – Stephen Hendry
106 – Steve Davis
105, 101 – Neil Robertson

Winnings

No.	Player	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	W	TOTAL
1	Judd Trump (ENG)							6,300	14,400	20,700
2	Joe Perry (ENG)	2,200	4,700	6,000					6,200	19,100
3	John Higgins (SCO)			1,100	4,900	2,900	6,200		2,600	17,700
4	Mark Selby (ENG)	6,100							9,900	16,000
5	Stuart Bingham (ENG)				6,100				6,200	12,300
6	Ali Carter (ENG)	4,300	2,700	1,100						8,100
7	Mark Allen (NIR)		6,100						1,800	7,900
8	Steve Davis (ENG)						4,500	3,200		7,700
9	Mark Williams (WAL)		1,200	4,300	1,200	900				7,600
10	Mark King (ENG)					6,100			1,200	7,300
11	Ding Junhui (CHN)	3,300	3,000	900						7,200
12	Barry Hawkins (ENG)			2,500	2,800	1,000				6,300
13	Jamie Cope (ENG)				2,900	2,400	800			6,100
14	Ken Doherty (IRL)					4,600	1,000			5,600
15	Ricky Walden (ENG)							5,100		5,100
16	Matthew Stevens (WAL)					1,100	2,700	700		4,500
17	Neil Robertson (AUS)			2,800	900					3,700
18	Joe Swail (NIR)						2,400	1,000		3,400
19	Graeme Dott (SCO)						1,100	2,200		3,300
20	Stephen Hendry (SCO)	1,100	1,000							2,100
21	Shaun Murphy (ENG)	1,000								1,000
=	Ryan Day (WAL)	1,000								1,000
23	Liang Wenbo (CHN)							800		800
24	Peter Ebdon (ENG)		600							600
25	Dave Harold (ENG)				500					500
	Total prize money	19,000	19,300	18,700	19,300	19,000	18,700	19,300	42,300	175,600

Green: Won the group. All prize money in GBP.
Source=Championship League Snooker by Matchroom Sport

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v t e Championship League
Part of the European Series (2020, 2022)
Non-ranking	2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2019–20 2020 (Jun) 2021 (Jan–Apr) 2021–22 2022–23
Ranking	2020 (Sep–Oct) 2021 (Jul–Aug) 2022 2023
Winners	List of winners

v t e 2008–09 snooker season
« 2007–08 2009–10 »
Ranking events	Northern Ireland Trophy Shanghai Masters Grand Prix Bahrain Championship UK Championship Welsh Open China Open World Championship
World Series of Snooker	World Series of Snooker Jersey World Series of Snooker Berlin World Series of Snooker Warsaw World Series of Snooker Moscow World Series of Snooker Grand Final
Non-ranking events	Jiangsu Classic Irish Classic Masters Qualifying Event Premier League Masters Championship League
Variant events	Six-red Snooker International

Tournament information

Dates	5 January – 26 March 2009 (2009-01-05 – 2009-03-26)
Venue	Crondon Park Golf Club
City	Stock
Country	England
Organisation	Matchroom Sport
Format	Non-ranking event
Total prize fund	£175,600
Winner's share	£10,000 (plus bonuses)
Highest break	Mark Selby (ENG) (145)
Final
Champion	Judd Trump (ENG)
Runner-up	Mark Selby (ENG)
Score	3–2
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2009 Championship League

Contents

Prize fund

Group one

Matches

Table

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Winnings

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