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| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Dates | 9 January – 22 March 2012 |
| Venue | Crondon Park Golf Club |
| City | Stock |
| Country | England |
| Organisation | Matchroom Sport |
| Format | Non-ranking event |
| Total prize fund | £192,700 |
| Winner's share | £10,000 (plus bonuses) |
| Highest break | |
| Final | |
| Champion | |
| Runner-up | |
| Score | 3–1 |
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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.
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.
The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below: [2]
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.
| Pos | Player | Pld | W | L | FF | FA | FD | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 16 | 11 | +5 | Qualification to Group 1 play-off | |
| 2 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 11 | +3 | ||
| 3 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 12 | +3 | ||
| 4 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 13 | −1 | ||
| 5 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 12 | −1 | Advances into Group 2 | |
| 6 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 14 | −4 | Eliminated from the competition | |
| 7 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 14 | −5 |
| Semi-finals Best of 5 frames | Final Best of 5 frames | ||||||||
| 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| 4 | 3 | ||||||||
| 4 | 3 | ||||||||
| 3 | 2 | ||||||||
| 2 | 1 | ||||||||
| 3 | 3 | ||||||||
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.
| Pos | Player | Pld | W | L | FF | FA | FD | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 18 | 9 | +9 | Qualification to Group 2 play-off | |
| 2 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 10 | +3 | ||
| 3 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 10 | +2 | ||
| 4 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 15 | −3 | ||
| 5 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 14 | −1 | Advances into Group 3 | |
| 6 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 12 | −2 | Eliminated from the competition | |
| 7 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 16 | −8 |
| Semi-finals Best of 5 frames | Final Best of 5 frames | ||||||||
| 1 | 3 | ||||||||
| 4 | 1 | ||||||||
| 1 | 0 | ||||||||
| 2 | 3 | ||||||||
| 2 | 3 | ||||||||
| 3 | 0 | ||||||||
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.
| Pos | Player | Pld | W | L | FF | FA | FD | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 10 | +5 | Qualification to Group 3 play-off | |
| 2 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 11 | +4 | ||
| 3 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 11 | +3 | ||
| 4 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 0 | ||
| 5 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 13 | −1 | Advances into Group 4 | |
| 6 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 14 | −3 | Eliminated from the competition | |
| 7 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 10 | 18 | −8 |
| Semi-finals Best of 5 frames | Final Best of 5 frames | ||||||||
| 1 | 3 | ||||||||
| 4 | 2 | ||||||||
| 1 | 2 | ||||||||
| 3 | 3 | ||||||||
| 2 | 2 | ||||||||
| 3 | 3 | ||||||||
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.
| Pos | Player | Pld | W | L | FF | FA | FD | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 18 | 5 | +13 | Qualification to Group 4 play-off | |
| 2 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 9 | +4 | ||
| 3 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 10 | +2 | ||
| 4 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 11 | +2 | ||
| 5 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 16 | −6 | Advances into Group 5 | |
| 6 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 17 | −7 | Eliminated from the competition | |
| 7 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 17 | −8 |
| Semi-finals Best of 5 frames | Final Best of 5 frames | ||||||||
| 1 | 3 | ||||||||
| 4 | 2 | ||||||||
| 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| 3 | 3 | ||||||||
| 2 | 0 | ||||||||
| 3 | 3 | ||||||||
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.
| Pos | Player | Pld | W | L | FF | FA | FD | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 17 | 10 | +7 | Qualification to Group 5 play-off | |
| 2 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 11 | +1 | ||
| 3 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 12 | +2 | ||
| 4 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 13 | 0 | ||
| 5 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 13 | −1 | Advances into Group 6 | |
| 6 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 13 | 0 | Eliminated from the competition | |
| 7 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 15 | −9 |
| Semi-finals Best of 5 frames | Final Best of 5 frames | ||||||||
| 1 | 2 | ||||||||
| 4 | 3 | ||||||||
| 4 | 2 | ||||||||
| 2 | 3 | ||||||||
| 2 | 3 | ||||||||
| 3 | 2 | ||||||||
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.
| Pos | Player | Pld | W | L | FF | FA | FD | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 17 | 8 | +9 | Qualification to Group 6 play-off | |
| 2 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 15 | 10 | +5 | ||
| 3 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 13 | +2 | ||
| 4 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 13 | 0 | ||
| 5 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 14 | −3 | Advances into Group 7 | |
| 6 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 16 | −6 | Eliminated from the competition | |
| 7 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 16 | −7 |
| Semi-finals Best of 5 frames | Final Best of 5 frames | ||||||||
| 1 | 3 | ||||||||
| 4 | 1 | ||||||||
| 1 | 3 | ||||||||
| 3 | 2 | ||||||||
| 2 | 2 | ||||||||
| 3 | 3 | ||||||||
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.
| Pos | Player | Pld | W | L | FF | FA | FD | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 15 | 8 | +7 | Qualification to Group 7 play-off | |
| 2 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 11 | +4 | ||
| 3 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 11 | +3 | ||
| 4 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 11 | +1 | ||
| 5 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 14 | −3 | Eliminated from the competition | |
| 6 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 16 | −6 | ||
| 7 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 14 | −6 |
| Semi-finals Best of 5 frames | Final Best of 5 frames | ||||||||
| 1 | 3 | ||||||||
| 4 | 2 | ||||||||
| 1 | 0 | ||||||||
| 2 | 3 | ||||||||
| 2 | 3 | ||||||||
| 3 | 0 | ||||||||
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.
| Pos | Player | Pld | W | L | FF | FA | FD | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 16 | 9 | +7 | Qualification to Winners' Group play-off | |
| 2 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 11 | +4 | ||
| 3 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 13 | +1 | ||
| 4 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 0 | ||
| 5 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 15 | −4 | Eliminated from the competition | |
| 6 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 15 | −3 | ||
| 7 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 15 | −5 |
| Semi-finals Best of 5 frames | Final Best of 5 frames | ||||||||
| 1 | 3 | ||||||||
| 4 | 1 | ||||||||
| 1 | 3 | ||||||||
| 3 | 1 | ||||||||
| 2 | 0 | ||||||||
| 3 | 3 | ||||||||
Total: 111
Bold: highest break in the indicated group.
| No. | Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | W | TOTAL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 6,300 | 16,600 | 22,900 | |||||||
| 2 | 2,900 | 3,300 | 6,500 | 8,500 | 21,200 | |||||
| 3 | 2,900 | 4,700 | 5,500 | 5,500 | 1,300 | 19,900 | ||||
| 4 | 2,700 | 2,200 | 2,800 | 6,000 | 3,600 | 17,300 | ||||
| 5 | 6,000 | 10,400 | 16,400 | |||||||
| 6 | 5,000 | 6,100 | 3,300 | 14,400 | ||||||
| 7 | 6,000 | 6,900 | 12,900 | |||||||
| 8 | 3,000 | 6,200 | 3,000 | 12,200 | ||||||
| 9 | 2,300 | 3,000 | 3,600 | 1,100 | 10,000 | |||||
| 10 | 1,100 | 1,300 | 3,100 | 1,000 | 6,500 | |||||
| 11 | 4,800 | 1,000 | 5,800 | |||||||
| = | 5,000 | 800 | 5,800 | |||||||
| 13 | 2,600 | 2,900 | 5,500 | |||||||
| 14 | 4,400 | 4,400 | ||||||||
| 15 | 1,200 | 1,000 | 1,200 | 900 | 4,300 | |||||
| 16 | 2,800 | 2,800 | ||||||||
| 17 | 1,100 | 1,000 | 2,100 | |||||||
| 18 | 1,500 | 1,500 | ||||||||
| 19 | 1,100 | 1,100 | ||||||||
| = | 1,100 | 1,100 | ||||||||
| 21 | 1,000 | 1,000 | ||||||||
| = | 1,000 | 1,000 | ||||||||
| 23 | 900 | 900 | ||||||||
| = | 900 | 900 | ||||||||
| 25 | 800 | 800 | ||||||||
| Total prize money | 20,100 | 19,100 | 20,900 | 19,600 | 20,700 | 20,700 | 19,300 | 52,300 | 192,700 |
Green: Won the group. Bold: Highest break in the group. All prize money in GBP.