Tournament information | |
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Dates | 2 January – 2 March 2017 |
Venue | Ricoh Arena |
City | Coventry |
Country | England |
Format | Non-ranking event |
Total prize fund | £181,800 |
Winner's share | £10,000 (plus bonuses) |
Highest break | Mark Davis (ENG) (147)x2 |
Final | |
Champion | John Higgins (SCO) |
Runner-up | Ryan Day (WAL) |
Score | 3–0 |
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The 2017 Championship League was a professional non-ranking snooker tournament that took place from 2 January to 2 March 2017 at the Ricoh Arena in Coventry, England. [1]
Judd Trump was the defending champion, and he made it to the semi-finals, where he lost 2–3 to John Higgins.
The Scotsman then won the final, clinching his first Championship League title with a 3–0 win over Ryan Day. The Welshman took the largest share of the prize money thanks to a lucrative campaign through six groups before qualifying for the winners' group.
Mark Davis made the 127th official maximum break in the deciding 5th frame of his group 3 final against Neil Robertson. This was Davis' first official 147 break and the ninth of the 2016/2017 season. Davis also became the oldest player to make an official 147, at the age of 44. [2] He surpassed the record set by Fergal O'Brien, who scored the first maximum of his career at the age of 43 in a Championship League round robin match against Davis in the previous season. [3] Later on, Davis made the 129th official maximum break in the deciding 5th frame of his Winners' Group round robin match against John Higgins. It was Davis' second official 147 break and the eleventh of the 2016/2017 season. With that, Davis became the first player to make two maximum breaks in a tournament. It was the fourth consecutive year that a maximum was made in the Championship League. [4] [5] [6]
The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below. [7]
Group 1 was played on 2 and 3 January 2017. [8] David Gilbert was the first player to qualify for the winners group.
Pos | Player | Pld | W | L | FF | FA | FD | |
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1 | Anthony McGill (SCO) | 6 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 10 | +5 | Qualification to Group 1 play-off |
2 | Mark Davis (ENG) | 6 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 12 | +3 | |
3 | David Gilbert (ENG) | 6 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 11 | +3 | |
4 | Ryan Day (WAL) | 6 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 11 | +2 | |
5 | Matthew Selt (ENG) | 6 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 13 | 0 | Advances into Group 2 |
6 | Ben Woollaston (ENG) | 6 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 15 | −4 | Eliminated from the competition |
7 | Robert Milkins (ENG) | 6 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 17 | −9 |
Semi-finals Best of 5 frames | Final Best of 5 frames | |||||
Anthony McGill (SCO) | 2 | |||||
Ryan Day (WAL) | 3 | |||||
Ryan Day (WAL) | 2 | |||||
David Gilbert (ENG) | 3 | |||||
Mark Davis (ENG) | 1 | |||||
David Gilbert (ENG) | 3 | |||||
Group 2 was played on 4 and 5 January 2017. [9] Anthony McGill was the second player to qualify for the winners group.
Pos | Player | Pld | W | L | FF | FA | FD | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Neil Robertson (AUS) | 6 | 5 | 1 | 16 | 10 | +6 | Qualification to Group 2 play-off |
2 | Mark Davis (ENG) | 6 | 4 | 2 | 16 | 11 | +5 | |
3 | Ryan Day (WAL) | 6 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 10 | +5 | |
4 | Anthony McGill (SCO) | 6 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 13 | 0 | |
5 | Mark Williams (WAL) | 6 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 13 | −3 | Advances into Group 3 |
6 | Matthew Selt (ENG) | 6 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 14 | −5 | Eliminated from the competition |
7 | Michael White (WAL) | 6 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 17 | −8 |
Semi-finals Best of 5 frames | Final Best of 5 frames | |||||
Neil Robertson (AUS) | 1 | |||||
Anthony McGill (SCO) | 3 | |||||
Anthony McGill (SCO) | 3 | |||||
Ryan Day (WAL) | 0 | |||||
Mark Davis (ENG) | 2 | |||||
Ryan Day (WAL) | 3 | |||||
Group 3 was played on 9 and 10 January 2017. [10] Mark Davis was the third player to qualify for the winners group, finishing with a maximum break in the fifth frame decider against Neil Robertson in the group play-off final.
Pos | Player | Pld | W | L | FF | FA | FD | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Neil Robertson (AUS) | 6 | 4 | 2 | 16 | 9 | +7 | Qualification to Group 3 play-off |
2 | Mark Davis (ENG) | 6 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 9 | +6 | |
3 | Ryan Day (WAL) | 6 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 13 | +2 | |
4 | Barry Hawkins (ENG) | 6 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 10 | +2 | |
5 | Mark Williams (WAL) | 6 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 14 | −4 | Advances into Group 4 |
6 | Ali Carter (ENG) | 6 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 13 | −5 | Eliminated from the competition |
7 | Joe Perry (ENG) | 6 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 16 | −8 |
Semi-finals Best of 5 frames | Final Best of 5 frames | |||||
Neil Robertson (AUS) | 3 | |||||
Barry Hawkins (ENG) | 1 | |||||
Neil Robertson (AUS) | 2 | |||||
Mark Davis (ENG) | 3 | |||||
Mark Davis (ENG) | 3 | |||||
Ryan Day (WAL) | 2 | |||||
Group 4 was played on 11 and 12 January 2017. [11] Barry Hawkins was the fourth player to qualify for the winners group.
Pos | Player | Pld | W | L | FF | FA | FD | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Barry Hawkins (ENG) | 6 | 5 | 1 | 16 | 8 | +8 | Qualification to Group 4 play-off |
2 | Mark Williams (WAL) | 6 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 10 | +4 | |
3 | Shaun Murphy (ENG) | 6 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 12 | +1 | |
4 | Ryan Day (WAL) | 6 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 0 | |
5 | Kyren Wilson (ENG) | 6 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 14 | −4 | Advances into Group 5 |
6 | Neil Robertson (AUS) | 6 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 14 | −1 | Eliminated from the competition |
7 | Mark Allen (NIR) | 6 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 16 | −8 |
Semi-finals Best of 5 frames | Final Best of 5 frames | |||||
Barry Hawkins (ENG) | 3 | |||||
Ryan Day (WAL) | 2 | |||||
Barry Hawkins (ENG) | 3 | |||||
Mark Williams (WAL) | 0 | |||||
Mark Williams (WAL) | 3 | |||||
Shaun Murphy (ENG) | 0 | |||||
Group 5 was played on 20 and 21 February 2017. [12] Judd Trump was the fifth player to qualify for the winners group.
Pos | Player | Pld | W | L | FF | FA | FD | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Judd Trump (ENG) | 6 | 6 | 0 | 18 | 9 | +9 | Qualification to Group 5 play-off |
2 | Mark Williams (WAL) | 6 | 4 | 2 | 16 | 12 | +4 | |
3 | Shaun Murphy (ENG) | 6 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 12 | +2 | |
4 | Ryan Day (WAL) | 6 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 12 | −2 | |
5 | Stuart Bingham (ENG) | 6 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 13 | −2 | Advances into Group 6 |
6 | Kyren Wilson (ENG) | 6 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 12 | −2 | Eliminated from the competition |
7 | Liang Wenbo (CHN) | 6 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 16 | −9 |
Semi-finals Best of 5 frames | Final Best of 5 frames | |||||
Judd Trump (ENG) | 3 | |||||
Ryan Day (WAL) | 0 | |||||
Judd Trump (ENG) | 3 | |||||
Mark Williams (WAL) | 0 | |||||
Mark Williams (WAL) | 3 | |||||
Shaun Murphy (ENG) | 0 | |||||
Group 6 was played on 22 and 23 February 2017. Ryan Day was the sixth player to qualify for the winners group. It was also his sixth try, as he had been part of the tournament since the first group was played out.
Pos | Player | Pld | W | L | FF | FA | FD | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Martin Gould (ENG) | 6 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 11 | +4 | Qualification to Group 6 play-off |
2 | Ricky Walden (ENG) | 6 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 12 | +2 | |
3 | Ryan Day (WAL) | 6 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 11 | +2 | |
4 | Stuart Bingham (ENG) | 6 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 12 | +1 | |
5 | Mark Selby (ENG) | 6 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 10 | +2 | Advances into Group 7 |
6 | Mark Williams (WAL) | 6 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 16 | −5 | Eliminated from the competition |
7 | Shaun Murphy (ENG) | 6 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 14 | −6 |
Semi-finals Best of 5 frames | Final Best of 5 frames | |||||
Martin Gould (ENG) | 3 | |||||
Stuart Bingham (ENG) | 1 | |||||
Martin Gould (ENG) | 1 | |||||
Ryan Day (WAL) | 3 | |||||
Ricky Walden (ENG) | 2 | |||||
Ryan Day (WAL) | 3 | |||||
Group 7 was played on 27 and 28 February 2017. John Higgins was the seventh and final player to qualify for the winners group.
Pos | Player | Pld | W | L | FF | FA | FD | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Stuart Bingham (ENG) | 6 | 6 | 0 | 18 | 4 | +14 | Qualification to Group 7 play-off |
2 | John Higgins (SCO) | 6 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 12 | +3 | |
3 | Michael Holt (ENG) | 6 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 13 | 0 | |
4 | Mark Selby (ENG) | 6 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 0 | |
5 | Ricky Walden (ENG) | 6 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 15 | −4 | Eliminated from the competition |
6 | Martin Gould (ENG) | 6 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 15 | −7 | |
7 | Graeme Dott (SCO) | 6 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 15 | −6 |
Semi-finals Best of 5 frames | Final Best of 5 frames | |||||
Stuart Bingham (ENG) | 2 | |||||
Mark Selby (ENG) | 3 | |||||
Mark Selby (ENG) | 0 | |||||
John Higgins (SCO) | 3 | |||||
John Higgins (SCO) | 3 | |||||
Michael Holt (ENG) | 2 | |||||
The Winners' Group was played on 1 and 2 March 2017. In the final, John Higgins defeated Ryan Day 3–0 to win the Championship League title for the first time in his career.
Pos | Player | Pld | W | L | FF | FA | FD | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Judd Trump (ENG) | 6 | 5 | 1 | 16 | 8 | +8 | Qualification to the Winners' Group play-off |
2 | Barry Hawkins (ENG) | 6 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 11 | +4 | |
3 | Ryan Day (WAL) | 6 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 12 | +3 | |
4 | John Higgins (SCO) | 6 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 12 | +2 | |
5 | Mark Davis (ENG) | 6 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 0 | Eliminated from the competition |
6 | David Gilbert (ENG) | 6 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 15 | −8 | |
7 | Anthony McGill (SCO) | 6 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 16 | −9 |
Semi-finals Best of 5 frames | Final Best of 5 frames | |||||
Judd Trump (ENG) | 2 | |||||
John Higgins (SCO) | 3 | |||||
John Higgins (SCO) | 3 | |||||
Ryan Day (WAL) | 0 | |||||
Barry Hawkins (ENG) | 2 | |||||
Ryan Day (WAL) | 3 | |||||
Total: 112
Bold: highest break in the indicated group.
No. | Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | W | TOTAL |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Ryan Day (WAL) | 5,300 | 4,400 | 3,100 | 2,800 | 2,000 | 6,100 | 8,900 | 32,600 | |
2 | John Higgins (SCO) | 6,300 | 14,600 | 20,900 | ||||||
3 | Mark Davis (ENG) | 2,800 | 3,200 | 6,800 | 3,400 | 16,200 | ||||
4 | Barry Hawkins (ENG) | 2,500 | 6,400 | 6,600 | 15,500 | |||||
5 | Judd Trump (ENG) | 6,600 | 6,800 | 13,400 | ||||||
= | Mark Williams (WAL) | 1,500 | 1,000 | 4,800 | 5,000 | 1,100 | 13,400 | |||
7 | Anthony McGill (SCO) | 3,100 | 6,100 | 1,400 | 10,600 | |||||
8 | Neil Robertson (AUS) | 2,900 | 5,100 | 1,300 | 9,300 | |||||
9 | David Gilbert (ENG) | 6,200 | 1,400 | 7,600 | ||||||
10 | Stuart Bingham (ENG) | 1,100 | 2,600 | 3,400 | 7,100 | |||||
11 | Shaun Murphy (ENG) | 2,300 | 2,400 | 800 | 5,500 | |||||
= | Martin Gould (ENG) | 4,700 | 800 | 5,500 | ||||||
13 | Mark Selby (ENG) | 1,200 | 4,000 | 5,200 | ||||||
14 | Ricky Walden (ENG) | 3,500 | 1,100 | 4,600 | ||||||
15 | Michael Holt (ENG) | 2,900 | 2,900 | |||||||
16 | Matthew Selt (ENG) | 1,300 | 900 | 2,200 | ||||||
17 | Kyren Wilson (ENG) | 1,000 | 1,000 | 2,000 | ||||||
18 | Graeme Dott (SCO) | 1,400 | 1,400 | |||||||
19 | Ben Woollaston (ENG) | 1,100 | 1,100 | |||||||
20 | Michael White (WAL) | 900 | 900 | |||||||
21 | Robert Milkins (ENG) | 800 | 800 | |||||||
= | Ali Carter (ENG) | 800 | 800 | |||||||
= | Joe Perry (ENG) | 800 | 800 | |||||||
= | Mark Allen (NIR) | 800 | 800 | |||||||
25 | Liang Wenbo (CHN) | 700 | 700 | |||||||
Total prize money | 20,600 | 19,900 | 20,100 | 19,400 | 18,800 | 20,000 | 19,900 | 43,100 | 181,800 |
Green: Won the group. Bold: Highest break in the group. All prize money in GBP.
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