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2011 Championship League
The 2011 Championship League was a professional non-Snooker world rankings, ranking snooker tournament that was played from 3 January to 24 March 2011 at the Crondon Park Golf Club in Stock, Essex, Stock, England. Matthew Stevens won in the final 3–1 against Shaun Murphy and earned a place in the 2011 Premier League Snooker. Prize fund The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below: *Group 1–7 **Winner: Pound sterling, £3,000 **Runner-up: £2,000 **Semi-final: £1,000 **Frame-win (league stage): £100 **Frame-win (play-offs): £300 **Highest break: £500 *Winners group **Winner: £10,000 **Runner-up: £5,000 **Semi-final: £3,000 **Frame-win: £300 **Highest break: £1,000 *Tournament total: £189,400 Group one Group one matches were played on 3 and 4 January 2011. Mark Selby was the first player to qualify for the winners group. Matches *John Higgins 3–0 Mark Williams *Shaun Murphy 0–3 Mark Selby *Ali Carter 3–2 Stephen Maguire *Graeme Dott 2–3 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Championship League
Championship League is a professional snooker tournament, devised by Matchroom Sport. A ranking event version of the tournament began from September 2020, played similarly to its invitational, non-ranking counterpart but with some minor changes and opened to the entire World Snooker Tour. The tournament was originally held at the Crondon Park Golf Club in Stock, Essex, from its debut in 2008 until 2016. From 2017 to 2018, it was held at the Ricoh Arena in Coventry. Luca Brecel is the reigning champion of the ranking edition and John Higgins is the reigning champion of the invitational edition. History and format The event was introduced in 2008 by Barry Hearn to provide additional competition and a qualifier to the Premier League Snooker. 25 professionals take part, there is no audience. Players earn money for every frame won and there are also prizes for being a semi-finalist, runner-up and winner of each group, with more money involved in the winners group. In the first two ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |