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| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Dates | 4 January – 25 March 2010 |
| Venue | Crondon Park Golf Club |
| City | Stock |
| Country | England |
| Organisation | Matchroom Sport |
| Format | Non-ranking event |
| Total prize fund | £173,900 |
| Winner's share | £10,000 (plus bonuses) |
| Highest break | |
| Final | |
| Champion | |
| Runner-up | |
| Score | 3–2 |
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The 2010 Championship League was a professional non-ranking snooker tournament that was played from 4 January to 25 March 2010 at the Crondon Park Golf Club in Stock, England.
Marco Fu won in the final 3–2 against Mark Allen, and earned a place in the 2010 Premier League Snooker.
The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below: [1] [2]
Group one matches were played on 4 and 5 January 2010. [3] [4] Stephen Maguire was the first player to qualify for the winners group.
| Pos | Player | Pld | W | L | FF | FA | FD | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 9 | +6 | Qualification to Group 1 play-off | |
| 2 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 10 | +4 | ||
| 3 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 11 | +3 | ||
| 4 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 12 | +2 | ||
| 5 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 12 | +1 | Advances into Group 2 | |
| 6 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 13 | −5 | Eliminated from the competition | |
| 7 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 18 | −11 |
| Semi-finals Best of 5 frames | Final Best of 5 frames | ||||||||
| 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| 4 | 3 | ||||||||
| 4 | 0 | ||||||||
| 3 | 3 | ||||||||
| 2 | 2 | ||||||||
| 3 | 3 | ||||||||
Group two matches were played on 6 and 7 January 2010. [5] [6] John Higgins was the second player to qualify for the winners group.
| Pos | Player | Pld | W | L | FF | FA | FD | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 15 | 6 | +9 | Qualification to Group 2 play-off | |
| 2 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 9 | +5 | ||
| 3 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 10 | +3 | ||
| 4 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 11 | −1 | ||
| 5 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 14 | −4 | Advances into Group 3 | |
| 6 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 14 | −5 | Eliminated from the competition | |
| 7 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 14 | −7 |
| Semi-finals Best of 5 frames | Final Best of 5 frames | ||||||||
| 1 | 0 | ||||||||
| 4 | 3 | ||||||||
| 4 | 1 | ||||||||
| 2 | 3 | ||||||||
| 2 | 3 | ||||||||
| 3 | 2 | ||||||||
Group three matches were played on 18 and 19 January 2010. [7] [8] Judd Trump was the third player to qualify for the winners group.
| Pos | Player | Pld | W | L | FF | FA | FD | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 17 | 7 | +10 | Qualification to Group 3 play-off | |
| 2 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 10 | +5 | ||
| 3 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 14 | −1 | ||
| 4 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 13 | −2 | ||
| 5 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 14 | −2 | Advances into Group 4 | |
| 6 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 15 | −5 | Eliminated from the competition | |
| 7 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 17 | −5 |
| Semi-finals Best of 5 frames | Final Best of 5 frames | ||||||||
| 1 | 3 | ||||||||
| 4 | 0 | ||||||||
| 1 | 3 | ||||||||
| 3 | 2 | ||||||||
| 2 | 1 | ||||||||
| 3 | 3 | ||||||||
Group four matches were played on 20 and 21 January 2010. [9] [10] Marco Fu was the fourth player to qualify for the winners group.
| Pos | Player | Pld | W | L | FF | FA | FD | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 15 | 9 | +6 | Qualification to Group 4 play-off | |
| 2 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 9 | +5 | ||
| 3 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 9 | +4 | ||
| 4 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 10 | +3 | ||
| 5 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 14 | −4 | Advances into Group 5 | |
| 6 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 14 | −3 | Eliminated from the competition | |
| 7 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 18 | −11 |
| Semi-finals Best of 5 frames | Final Best of 5 frames | ||||||||
| 1 | 3 | ||||||||
| 4 | 1 | ||||||||
| 1 | 0 | ||||||||
| 2 | 3 | ||||||||
| 2 | 3 | ||||||||
| 3 | 2 | ||||||||
Group five matches were played on 8 and 9 February 2010. [11] [12] Mark Allen was to play in this group, but he moved to group six and was replaced by Ricky Walden. [13] Neil Robertson was the fifth player to qualify for the winners group.
| Pos | Player | Pld | W | L | FF | FA | FD | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 16 | 11 | +5 | Qualification to Group 5 play-off | |
| 2 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 16 | 12 | +4 | ||
| 3 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 11 | +4 | ||
| 4 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 13 | +1 | ||
| 5 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 14 | −1 | Advances into Group 6 | |
| 6 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 14 | −4 | Eliminated from the competition | |
| 7 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 16 | −9 |
| Semi-finals Best of 5 frames | Final Best of 5 frames | ||||||||
| 1 | 3 | ||||||||
| 4 | 0 | ||||||||
| 1 | 0 | ||||||||
| 2 | 3 | ||||||||
| 2 | 3 | ||||||||
| 3 | 0 | ||||||||
Group six matches are played on 10 and 11 February 2010. [14] [15] Mark Allen was the sixth player to qualify for the winners group.
| Pos | Player | Pld | W | L | FF | FA | FD | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 16 | 10 | +6 | Qualification to Group 6 play-off | |
| 2 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 16 | 11 | +5 | ||
| 3 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 10 | +4 | ||
| 4 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 9 | +2 | ||
| 5 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 14 | −3 | Advances into Group 7 | |
| 6 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 14 | −3 | Eliminated from the competition | |
| 7 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 17 | −11 |
| Semi-finals Best of 5 frames | Final Best of 5 frames | ||||||||
| 1 | 3 | ||||||||
| 4 | 1 | ||||||||
| 1 | 0 | ||||||||
| 2 | 3 | ||||||||
| 2 | 3 | ||||||||
| 3 | 0 | ||||||||
Group seven matches were played on 22 and 23 March 2010. [16] [17] Jamie Cope was the seventh player to qualify for the winners group.
| Pos | Player | Pld | W | L | FF | FA | FD | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 17 | 5 | +12 | Qualification to Group 7 play-off | |
| 2 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 16 | 10 | +6 | ||
| 3 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 9 | +3 | ||
| 4 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 10 | +3 | ||
| 5 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 14 | −5 | Eliminated from the competition | |
| 6 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 15 | −9 | ||
| 7 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 16 | −10 |
| Semi-finals Best of 5 frames | Final Best of 5 frames | ||||||||
| 1 | 0 | ||||||||
| 4 | 3 | ||||||||
| 4 | 1 | ||||||||
| 3 | 3 | ||||||||
| 2 | 2 | ||||||||
| 3 | 3 | ||||||||
The matches of the winners group were played on 24 and 25 March 2010. [18] [19] Marco Fu has qualified for the 2010 Premier League.
| Pos | Player | Pld | W | L | FF | FA | FD | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 17 | 8 | +9 | Qualification to Winners' Group play-off | |
| 2 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 16 | 10 | +6 | ||
| 3 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 16 | 11 | +5 | ||
| 4 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 12 | −3 | ||
| 5 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 14 | −4 | Eliminated from the competition | |
| 6 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 16 | −6 | ||
| 7 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 15 | −7 |
| Semi-finals Best of 5 frames | Final Best of 5 frames | ||||||||
| 1 | 0 | ||||||||
| 4 | 3 | ||||||||
| 4 | 3 | ||||||||
| 2 | 2 | ||||||||
| 2 | 3 | ||||||||
| 3 | 2 | ||||||||
Total: 94
| No. | Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | W | TOTAL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2,500 | 2,800 | 6,200 | 13,600 | 25,100 | |||||
| 2 | 4,800 | 1,000 | 6,400 | 9,700 | 21,900 | |||||
| 3 | 1,000 | 1,200 | 4,400 | 6,400 | 6,800 | 19,800 | ||||
| 4 | 2,800 | 2,900 | 6,500 | 2,000 | 14,200 | |||||
| 5 | 4,500 | 1,100 | 6,000 | 1,600 | 13,200 | |||||
| 6 | 2,600 | 2,400 | 4,500 | 3,200 | 12,700 | |||||
| 7 | 6,200 | 6,400 | 12,600 | |||||||
| 8 | 2,900 | 2,500 | 2,400 | 2,700 | 10,500 | |||||
| 9 | 3,000 | 4,200 | 2,100 | 700 | 10,000 | |||||
| 10 | 1,300 | 6,200 | 2,000 | 9,500 | ||||||
| 11 | 4,300 | 900 | 5,200 | |||||||
| 12 | 4,500 | 4,500 | ||||||||
| 13 | 2,400 | 600 | 3,000 | |||||||
| 14 | 1,300 | 600 | 1,900 | |||||||
| 15 | 1,200 | 1,200 | ||||||||
| 16 | 1,100 | 1,100 | ||||||||
| = | 1,100 | 1,100 | ||||||||
| 18 | 1,000 | 1,000 | ||||||||
| = | 1,000 | 1,000 | ||||||||
| 20 | 900 | 900 | ||||||||
| 21 | 800 | 800 | ||||||||
| 22 | 700 | 700 | ||||||||
| = | 700 | 700 | ||||||||
| = | 700 | 700 | ||||||||
| 25 | 600 | 600 | ||||||||
| Total prize money | 19,100 | 18,400 | 19,600 | 18,900 | 18,800 | 18,500 | 18,500 | 42,100 | 173,900 |
Green: Won the group. All prize money in GBP.
Source=Championship League Snooker by Matchroom Sport