| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Dates | 7 January – 21 March 2013 |
| Venue | Crondon Park Golf Club |
| City | Stock |
| Country | England |
| Organisation | Matchroom Sport |
| Format | Non-ranking event |
| Total prize fund | £177,200 |
| Winner's share | £10,000 (plus bonuses) |
| Highest break | |
| Final | |
| Champion | |
| Runner-up | |
| Score | 3–2 |
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The 2013 Championship League was a professional non-ranking snooker tournament that was played from 7 January to 21 March 2013 at the Crondon Park Golf Club in Stock, England.
Ding Junhui was the defending champion. [1] but he lost 0–3 against Martin Gould in the semi-finals of the winners group.
Gould won his fourth professional title by defeating Ali Carter 3–2 in the final, [2] and earned a place at the 2013 Champion of Champions. [3]
The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below: [4]
Group one matches were played on 7 and 8 January 2013. [6] [7] John Higgins was the first 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 1 play-off | |
| 2 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 8 | +7 | ||
| 3 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 9 | +4 | ||
| 4 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 11 | +1 | ||
| 5 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 12 | −2 | Advances into Group 2 | |
| 6 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 14 | −6 | Eliminated from the competition | |
| 7 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 17 | −10 |
| Semi-finals Best of 5 frames | Final Best of 5 frames | ||||||||
| 1 | 3 | ||||||||
| 4 | 1 | ||||||||
| 1 | 3 | ||||||||
| 3 | 1 | ||||||||
| 2 | 2 | ||||||||
| 3 | 3 | ||||||||
Group two matches were played on 9 and 10 January 2013. [8] [9] Ali Carter was the second player to qualify for the winners group.
| Pos | Player | Pld | W | L | FF | FA | FD | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 17 | 9 | +8 | Qualification to Group 2 play-off | |
| 2 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 11 | +3 | ||
| 3 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 11 | +2 | ||
| 4 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 12 | −1 | ||
| 5 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 16 | −4 | Advances into Group 3 | |
| 6 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 14 | −4 | Eliminated from the competition | |
| 7 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 13 | −4 |
| Semi-finals Best of 5 frames | Final Best of 5 frames | ||||||||
| 1 | 3 | ||||||||
| 4 | 2 | ||||||||
| 1 | 3 | ||||||||
| 2 | 0 | ||||||||
| 2 | 3 | ||||||||
| 3 | 1 | ||||||||
Group three matches were played on 21 and 22 January 2013. [10] [11] Ding Junhui was the third 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 3 play-off | |
| 2 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 10 | +5 | ||
| 3 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 11 | +2 | ||
| 4 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 0 | ||
| 5 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 15 | −4 | Advances into Group 4 | |
| 6 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 15 | −5 | 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 four matches were played on 23 and 24 January 2013. [12] [13] Mark Allen was the fourth player to qualify for the winners group.
| Pos | Player | Pld | W | L | FF | FA | FD | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 18 | 3 | +15 | Qualification to Group 4 play-off | |
| 2 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 11 | +1 | ||
| 3 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 13 | −2 | ||
| 4 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 12 | −3 | ||
| 5 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 15 | −3 | Advances into Group 5 | |
| 6 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 14 | −3 | Eliminated from the competition | |
| 7 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 14 | −5 |
| Semi-finals Best of 5 frames | Final Best of 5 frames | ||||||||
| 1 | 3 | ||||||||
| 4 | 0 | ||||||||
| 1 | 3 | ||||||||
| 2 | 2 | ||||||||
| 2 | 3 | ||||||||
| 3 | 2 | ||||||||
Group five matches were played on 4 and 5 February 2013. [14] [15] Martin Gould was the fifth 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 5 play-off | |
| 2 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 16 | 7 | +9 | ||
| 3 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 0 | ||
| 4 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 0 | ||
| 5 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 12 | −2 | Advances into Group 6 | |
| 6 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 15 | −3 | Eliminated from the competition | |
| 7 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 18 | −14 |
| Semi-finals Best of 5 frames | Final Best of 5 frames | ||||||||
| 1 | 3 | ||||||||
| 4 | 0 | ||||||||
| 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| 3 | 3 | ||||||||
| 2 | 1 | ||||||||
| 3 | 3 | ||||||||
Group six matches were played on 6 and 7 February 2013. [16] [17] Barry Hawkins was the sixth player to qualify for the winners group.
| Pos | Player | Pld | W | L | FF | FA | FD | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 7 | +7 | Qualification to Group 6 play-off | |
| 2 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 11 | +2 | ||
| 3 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 12 | +2 | ||
| 4 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 0 | ||
| 5 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 13 | −1 | Advances into Group 7 | |
| 6 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 12 | −2 | Eliminated from the competition | |
| 7 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 15 | −8 |
| Semi-finals Best of 5 frames | Final Best of 5 frames | ||||||||
| 1 | 3 | ||||||||
| 4 | 0 | ||||||||
| 1 | 3 | ||||||||
| 2 | 1 | ||||||||
| 2 | 3 | ||||||||
| 3 | 1 | ||||||||
Group seven matches were played on 18 and 19 March 2013. [18] [19] Marco Fu was the last 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 7 play-off | |
| 2 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 8 | +7 | ||
| 3 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 13 | +1 | ||
| 4 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 11 | +1 | ||
| 5 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 14 | −2 | Eliminated from the competition | |
| 6 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 16 | −8 | ||
| 7 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 15 | −5 |
| Semi-finals Best of 5 frames | Final Best of 5 frames | ||||||||
| 1 | 3 | ||||||||
| 4 | 0 | ||||||||
| 1 | 3 | ||||||||
| 2 | 0 | ||||||||
| 2 | 3 | ||||||||
| 3 | 1 | ||||||||
The matches of the winners group were played on 20 and 21 March 2013. [20] [21] Martin Gould won his first Championship League title.
| Pos | Player | Pld | W | L | FF | FA | FD | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 9 | +5 | Qualification to Winners' Group play-off | |
| 2 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 12 | +2 | ||
| 3 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 10 | +3 | ||
| 4 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 11 | +1 | ||
| 5 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 13 | −3 | Eliminated from the competition | |
| 6 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 12 | −3 | ||
| 7 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 14 | −5 |
| Semi-finals Best of 5 frames | Final Best of 5 frames | ||||||||
| 1 | 3 | ||||||||
| 4 | 0 | ||||||||
| 1 | 2 | ||||||||
| 3 | 3 | ||||||||
| 2 | 0 | ||||||||
| 3 | 3 | ||||||||
Total: 89
Bold: highest break in the indicated group.
| No. | Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | W | TOTAL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2,500 | 4,550 | 1,267 | 1,900 | 6,500 | 14,400 | 31,117 | |||
| 2 | 2,700 | 2,900 | 5,200 | 4,900 | 4,500 | 4,400 | 24,600 | |||
| 3 | 5,000 | 6,500 | 9,300 | 20,800 | ||||||
| 4 | 2,700 | 6,800 | 5,400 | 14,900 | ||||||
| 5 | 5,900 | 6,800 | 12,700 | |||||||
| 6 | 1,200 | 2,900 | 6,200 | 1,800 | 12,100 | |||||
| 7 | 6,600 | 2,000 | 8,600 | |||||||
| 8 | 1,000 | 1,200 | 4,967 | 1,100 | 8,267 | |||||
| 9 | 6,300 | 1,800 | 8,100 | |||||||
| 10 | 2,700 | 2,100 | 1,000 | 5,800 | ||||||
| 11 | 1,000 | 2,700 | 1,000 | 4,700 | ||||||
| 12 | 3,100 | 1,000 | 4,100 | |||||||
| 13 | 2,967 | 900 | 3,867 | |||||||
| 14 | 2,850 | 1,000 | 3,850 | |||||||
| 15 | 2,700 | 2,700 | ||||||||
| 16 | 1,200 | 1,200 | 2,400 | |||||||
| 17 | 2,200 | 2,200 | ||||||||
| 18 | 1,200 | 1,200 | ||||||||
| 19 | 900 | 900 | ||||||||
| = | 900 | 900 | ||||||||
| 21 | 800 | 800 | ||||||||
| = | 800 | 800 | ||||||||
| 23 | 700 | 700 | ||||||||
| = | 700 | 700 | ||||||||
| 25 | 400 | 400 | ||||||||
| Total prize money | 19,400 | 19,700 | 19,900 | 19,600 | 19,000 | 19,000 | 19,100 | 41,500 | 177,200 |
Green: Won the group. Bold: Highest break in the group. All prize money in GBP.