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| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Dates | 3 January – 24 March 2011 |
| Venue | Crondon Park Golf Club |
| City | Stock |
| Country | England |
| Organisation | Matchroom Sport |
| Format | Non-ranking event |
| Total prize fund | £189,400 |
| Winner's share | £10,000 (plus bonuses) |
| Highest break | |
| Final | |
| Champion | |
| Runner-up | |
| Score | 3–1 |
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The 2011 Championship League was a professional non-ranking snooker tournament that was played from 3 January to 24 March 2011 at the Crondon Park Golf Club in Stock, England.
Matthew Stevens won in the final 3–1 against Shaun Murphy and earned a place in the 2011 Premier League Snooker. [1]
The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below: [2]
Group one matches were played on 3 and 4 January 2011. [3] [4] [5] Mark Selby was the first player to qualify for the winners group.
| Pos | Player | Pld | W | L | FF | FA | FD | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 16 | 9 | +7 | Qualification to Group 1 play-off | |
| 2 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 8 | +6 | ||
| 3 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 10 | +3 | ||
| 4 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 12 | +1 | ||
| 5 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 0 | Advances into Group 2 | |
| 6 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 16 | −7 | Eliminated from the competition | |
| 7 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 17 | −10 |
| Semi-finals Best of 5 frames | Final Best of 5 frames | ||||||||
| 1 | 2 | ||||||||
| 4 | 3 | ||||||||
| 4 | 3 | ||||||||
| 3 | 2 | ||||||||
| 2 | 0 | ||||||||
| 3 | 3 | ||||||||
Group two matches were played on 5 and 6 January 2011. [6] [7] [8] Mark Williams was the second 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 2 play-off | |
| 2 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 15 | 7 | +8 | ||
| 3 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 15 | 9 | +6 | ||
| 4 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 15 | −3 | ||
| 5 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 13 | −2 | Advances into Group 3 | |
| 6 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 17 | −9 | Eliminated from the competition | |
| 7 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 17 | −12 |
| Semi-finals Best of 5 frames | Final Best of 5 frames | ||||||||
| 1 | 3 | ||||||||
| 4 | 0 | ||||||||
| 1 | 3 | ||||||||
| 2 | 2 | ||||||||
| 2 | 3 | ||||||||
| 3 | 0 | ||||||||
Group three matches were played on 24 and 25 January 2011. [9] [10] [11] Ronnie O'Sullivan withdrew from the tournament ahead of this group and was replaced by Stuart Bingham. [12] Shaun Murphy was the third player to qualify for the winners group.
| Pos | Player | Pld | W | L | FF | FA | FD | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 16 | 8 | +8 | Qualification to Group 3 play-off | |
| 2 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 10 | +4 | ||
| 3 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 12 | −1 | ||
| 4 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 14 | −3 | ||
| 5 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 13 | −2 | Advances into Group 4 | |
| 6 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 14 | −3 | Eliminated from the competition | |
| 7 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 12 | −3 |
| Semi-finals Best of 5 frames | Final Best of 5 frames | ||||||||
| 1 | 2 | ||||||||
| 4 | 3 | ||||||||
| 4 | 2 | ||||||||
| 2 | 3 | ||||||||
| 2 | 3 | ||||||||
| 3 | 2 | ||||||||
Group four matches were played on 26 and 27 January 2011. [13] [14] [15] Ali Carter was the fourth player to qualify for the winners group.
| Pos | Player | Pld | W | L | FF | FA | FD | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 16 | 9 | +7 | Qualification to Group 4 play-off | |
| 2 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 8 | +7 | ||
| 3 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 12 | +1 | ||
| 4 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 0 | ||
| 5 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 15 | −5 | Advances into Group 5 | |
| 6 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 15 | −5 | Eliminated from the competition | |
| 7 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 16 | −5 |
| Semi-finals Best of 5 frames | Final Best of 5 frames | ||||||||
| 1 | 0 | ||||||||
| 4 | 3 | ||||||||
| 4 | 1 | ||||||||
| 2 | 3 | ||||||||
| 2 | 3 | ||||||||
| 3 | 2 | ||||||||
Group five matches were played on 28 February and 1 March 2011. [16] [17] [18] Marco Fu was to play in this group, but he moved to group seven and was replaced by Ryan Day, who went on to win the group. [12]
| Pos | Player | Pld | W | L | FF | FA | FD | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 16 | 7 | +9 | Qualification to Group 5 play-off | |
| 2 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 12 | +2 | ||
| 3 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 10 | +4 | ||
| 4 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 10 | +3 | ||
| 5 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 12 | −3 | Advances into Group 6 | |
| 6 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 14 | −4 | 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 | 2 | ||||||||
| 1 | 0 | ||||||||
| 2 | 3 | ||||||||
| 2 | 3 | ||||||||
| 3 | 2 | ||||||||
Group six matches were played on 2 and 3 March 2011. [19] [20] [21] Mark Allen was the sixth player to qualify for the winners group.
| Pos | Player | Pld | W | L | FF | FA | FD | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 9 | +5 | Qualification to Group 6 play-off | |
| 2 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 11 | +3 | ||
| 3 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 10 | +2 | ||
| 4 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 9 | +5 | ||
| 5 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 12 | +2 | Advances into Group 7 | |
| 6 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 16 | −6 | Eliminated from the competition | |
| 7 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 17 | −11 |
| Semi-finals Best of 5 frames | Final Best of 5 frames | ||||||||
| 1 | 0 | ||||||||
| 4 | 3 | ||||||||
| 4 | 3 | ||||||||
| 2 | 0 | ||||||||
| 2 | 3 | ||||||||
| 3 | 1 | ||||||||
Group seven matches were played on 21 and 22 March 2011. [22] [23] [24] Matthew Stevens was the last 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 7 play-off | |
| 2 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 12 | +3 | ||
| 3 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 12 | 0 | ||
| 4 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 0 | ||
| 5 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 14 | −1 | Eliminated from the competition | |
| 6 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 12 | −1 | ||
| 7 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 15 | −7 |
| Semi-finals Best of 5 frames | Final Best of 5 frames | ||||||||
| 1 | 3 | ||||||||
| 4 | 2 | ||||||||
| 1 | 0 | ||||||||
| 2 | 3 | ||||||||
| 2 | 3 | ||||||||
| 3 | 1 | ||||||||
The matches of the winners group were played on 23 and 24 March 2011. [25] [26] [27] Matthew Stevens has qualified for the 2011 Premier League.
| Pos | Player | Pld | W | L | FF | FA | FD | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 16 | 8 | +8 | Qualification to Winners' Group play-off | |
| 2 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 12 | +3 | ||
| 3 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 11 | +3 | ||
| 4 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 12 | +1 | ||
| 5 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 15 | −5 | Eliminated from the competition | |
| 6 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 15 | −5 | ||
| 7 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 15 | −5 |
| Semi-finals Best of 5 frames | Final Best of 5 frames | ||||||||
| 1 | 3 | ||||||||
| 4 | 1 | ||||||||
| 1 | 3 | ||||||||
| 2 | 1 | ||||||||
| 2 | 3 | ||||||||
| 3 | 2 | ||||||||
Total: 86
Bold: highest break in the indicated group.
| No. | Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | W | TOTAL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3,100 | 1,150 | 2,400 | 6,800 | 16,600 | 30,050 | ||||
| 2 | 4,800 | 1,100 | 3,200 | 6,300 | 7,800 | 23,200 | ||||
| 3 | 1,200 | 2,200 | 6,700 | 10,700 | 20,800 | |||||
| 4 | 4,400 | 4,500 | 6,200 | 3,000 | 18,100 | |||||
| 5 | 2,400 | 6,750 | 8,200 | 17,350 | ||||||
| 6 | 4,600 | 1,000 | 3,150 | 2,500 | 1,300 | 12,550 | ||||
| 7 | 3,000 | 1,900 | 4,400 | 9,300 | ||||||
| 8 | 6,200 | 3,000 | 9,200 | |||||||
| 9 | 6,100 | 3,000 | 9,100 | |||||||
| 10 | 3,700 | 2,500 | 900 | 7,100 | ||||||
| 11 | 4,300 | 2,500 | 6,800 | |||||||
| 12 | 5,250 | 5,250 | ||||||||
| 13 | 1,100 | 2,900 | 1,100 | 5,100 | ||||||
| 14 | 2,700 | 1,000 | 3,700 | |||||||
| 15 | 2,700 | 2,700 | ||||||||
| 16 | 1,100 | 1,100 | ||||||||
| = | 1,100 | 1,100 | ||||||||
| 18 | 1,000 | 1,000 | ||||||||
| = | 1,000 | 1,000 | ||||||||
| 20 | 900 | 900 | ||||||||
| 21 | 800 | 800 | ||||||||
| = | 800 | 800 | ||||||||
| 23 | 700 | 700 | ||||||||
| 24 | 600 | 600 | ||||||||
| = | 600 | 600 | ||||||||
| 26 | 500 | 500 | ||||||||
| Total prize money | 19,800 | 19,100 | 20,300 | 19,800 | 19,600 | 18,900 | 19,600 | 52,300 | 189,400 |
Green: Won the group. Bold: Highest break in the group. All prize money in GBP.