The 2014

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was a professional non-

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tournament that was played from 6 January to 6 March 2014 at the Crondon Park Golf Club in

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Shaun Murphy Shaun Peter Murphy (born 10 August 1982) is an English professional snooker player who won the 2005 World Snooker Championship, 2005 World Championship. Nicknamed "The Magician", Murphy is noted for his straight Cue stick, cue action and his lo ...

made the 103rd official

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during his league stage match against

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in group two. This was Murphy's second official 147 break and the sixth in the 2013/2014 season. It was also the first maximum break in the history of the tournament. During the same day

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defeated Joe Perry 3–0. During the match he made three

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s, which took the number of his century breaks in the season to 63, breaking the record of most centuries compiled in a single season previously held by

Judd Trump Judd Trump (born 20 August 1989) is an English professional snooker player, a former world champion and former world number one. Widely regarded as one of the sport's most talented players, he is currently sixth on the list of all-time ranki ...

, who compiled 61 in the previous season. In all Robertson made 22 century breaks in this year's Championship League; a substantial contribution to his record-breaking 103 century break season.

won his second Championship League title by defeating defending champion

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3–1 in the final, and earned a place at the 2014 Champion of Champions.

Prize fund

The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below: *Group 1–7 **Winner: £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 (league stage): £200 **Frame-win (play-offs): £300 **Highest break: £1,000 *Tournament total: £179,500

Group one

Group one was played on 6 and 7 January 2014.

Ricky Walden Ricky Walden (born 11 November 1982) is an English professional snooker player from Chester. Walden turned professional in 2000 and it took him eight years to win his first ranking title at the Shanghai Masters. He has since won the 2012 Wuxi ...

was the first player to qualify for the winners group.

Matches

*Judd Trump 3–1 Shaun Murphy *Stuart Bingham 2–3 Ricky Walden *Mark Davis 3–1 Robert Milkins *Ali Carter 3–0 Judd Trump *Shaun Murphy 3–2 Stuart Bingham *Ricky Walden 3–1 Mark Davis *Robert Milkins 0–3 Ali Carter *Judd Trump 3–1 Stuart Bingham *Shaun Murphy 3–2 Ricky Walden *Mark Davis 3–1 Ali Carter *Stuart Bingham 2–3 Ali Carter *Robert Milkins 0–3 Ricky Walden *Judd Trump 3–0 Robert Milkins *Shaun Murphy 0–3 Mark Davis *Ricky Walden 2–3 Ali Carter *Stuart Bingham 3–1 Robert Milkins *Shaun Murphy 1–3 Ali Carter *Judd Trump 3–0 Mark Davis *Stuart Bingham 1–3 Mark Davis *Shaun Murphy 2–3 Robert Milkins *Judd Trump 3–0 Ricky Walden

Table

Play-offs

Group two

Group two was played on 8 and 9 January 2014. Joe Perry was the second player to qualify for the winners group.

Matches

*Judd Trump 3–0 Ali Carter *Mark Davis 2–3 Shaun Murphy *Neil Robertson 3–1 Barry Hawkins *Joe Perry 3–1 Judd Trump *Ali Carter 3–1 Mark Davis *Shaun Murphy 2–3 Neil Robertson *Barry Hawkins 1–3 Joe Perry *Judd Trump 3–1 Mark Davis *Ali Carter 0–3 Shaun Murphy *Neil Robertson 3–0 Joe Perry *Mark Davis 2–3 Joe Perry *Barry Hawkins 0–3 Shaun Murphy *Judd Trump 3–1 Barry Hawkins *Ali Carter 1–3 Neil Robertson *Shaun Murphy 1–3 Joe Perry *Mark Davis 3–0 Barry Hawkins *Ali Carter 1–3 Joe Perry *Judd Trump 3–1 Neil Robertson *Mark Davis 3–0 Neil Robertson *Ali Carter 3–1 Barry Hawkins *Judd Trump 3–1 Shaun Murphy

Table

Play-offs

Group three

Group three was played on 20 and 21 January 2014.

was the third player to qualify for the winners group.

Matches

*Judd Trump 0–3 Neil Robertson *Shaun Murphy 3–0 Mark Davis *Graeme Dott 3–0 Matthew Stevens *Ryan Day 1–3 Judd Trump *Neil Robertson 3–2 Shaun Murphy *Mark Davis 3–2 Graeme Dott *Matthew Stevens 3–1 Ryan Day *Judd Trump 1–3 Shaun Murphy *Neil Robertson 3–1 Mark Davis *Graeme Dott 2–3 Ryan Day *Shaun Murphy 3–1 Ryan Day *Matthew Stevens 3–2 Mark Davis *Judd Trump 3–1 Matthew Stevens *Neil Robertson 3–2 Graeme Dott *Mark Davis 2–3 Ryan Day *Shaun Murphy 3–1 Matthew Stevens *Neil Robertson 2–3 Ryan Day *Judd Trump 3–0 Graeme Dott *Shaun Murphy 3–2 Graeme Dott *Neil Robertson 2–3 Matthew Stevens *Judd Trump 1–3 Mark Davis

Table

Play-offs

Group four

Group four was played on 22 and 23 January 2014.

Stephen Maguire Stephen Maguire (born 13 March 1981) is a Scottish professional snooker player. He has won six major ranking tournaments, including the 2004 UK Championship, and has twice since reached the finals of that event. Maguire turned professional in ...

was the fourth player to qualify for the winners group.

Matches

*Ryan Day 1–3 Shaun Murphy *Neil Robertson 3–1 Matthew Stevens *Mark Selby 1–3 Stephen Maguire *Tom Ford 1–3 Ryan Day *Shaun Murphy 2–3 Neil Robertson *Matthew Stevens 3–2 Mark Selby *Stephen Maguire 3–1 Tom Ford *Ryan Day 1–3 Neil Robertson *Shaun Murphy 3–1 Matthew Stevens *Mark Selby 3–0 Tom Ford *Neil Robertson 2–3 Tom Ford *Stephen Maguire 3–2 Matthew Stevens *Ryan Day 2–3 Stephen Maguire *Shaun Murphy 3–2 Mark Selby *Matthew Stevens 3–2 Tom Ford *Neil Robertson 2–3 Stephen Maguire *Shaun Murphy 1–3 Tom Ford *Ryan Day 3–0 Mark Selby *Neil Robertson 1–3 Mark Selby *Shaun Murphy 2–3 Stephen Maguire *Ryan Day 3–1 Matthew Stevens

Table

Play-offs

Group five

Group five was played on 10 and 11 February 2014.

was the fifth player to qualify for the winners group.

Matches

*Neil Robertson 0–3 Shaun Murphy * Ryan Day 3–0 Mark Selby *John Higgins 1–3 Dominic Dale *Marco Fu 3–2 Neil Robertson *Shaun Murphy 3–1 Ryan Day *Mark Selby 0–3 John Higgins *Dominic Dale 1–3 Marco Fu *Neil Robertson 3–1 Ryan Day *Shaun Murphy 3–1 Mark Selby *John Higgins 3–2 Marco Fu *Ryan Day 3–2 Marco Fu *Dominic Dale 0–3 Mark Selby *Neil Robertson 2–3 Dominic Dale *Shaun Murphy 3–0 John Higgins *Mark Selby 3–2 Marco Fu *Ryan Day 1–3 Dominic Dale *Shaun Murphy 1–3 Marco Fu *Neil Robertson 2–3 John Higgins *Ryan Day 3–0 John Higgins *Shaun Murphy 1–3 Dominic Dale *Neil Robertson 2–3 Mark Selby

Table

Play-offs

Group six

Group six was played on 12 and 13 February 2014.

was the sixth player to qualify for the winners group.

Matches

*Dominic Dale 1–3 Marco Fu *Ryan Day 0–3 John Higgins *Martin Gould 1–3 Mark Williams *Michael Holt 3–1 Dominic Dale *Marco Fu 2–3 Ryan Day *John Higgins 1–3 Martin Gould *Mark Williams 3–1 Michael Holt *Dominic Dale 0–3 Ryan Day *Marco Fu 2–3 John Higgins *Martin Gould 3–0 Michael Holt *Ryan Day 3–0 Michael Holt *Mark Williams 0–3 John Higgins *Dominic Dale 1–3 Mark Williams *Marco Fu 2–3 Martin Gould *John Higgins 3–2 Michael Holt *Ryan Day 0–3 Mark Williams *Marco Fu 1–3 Michael Holt *Dominic Dale 1–3 Martin Gould *Ryan Day 1–3 Martin Gould *Marco Fu 1–3 Mark Williams *Dominic Dale 1–3 John Higgins

Table

Play-offs

Group seven

Group seven was played on 3 and 4 March 2014. Ryan Day was the last player to qualify for the winners group.

Matches

*John Higgins 3–0 Mark Williams *Ryan Day 3–0 Marcus Campbell *Peter Ebdon 3–2 Andrew Higginson *Mark King 0–3 John Higgins *Mark Williams 2–3 Ryan Day *Marcus Campbell 3–2 Peter Ebdon *Andrew Higginson 2–3 Mark King *John Higgins 3–0 Ryan Day *Mark Williams 0–3 Marcus Campbell *Peter Ebdon 0–3 Mark King *Ryan Day 3–0 Mark King *Andrew Higginson 3–1 Marcus Campbell *John Higgins 3–0 Andrew Higginson *Mark Williams 0–3 Peter Ebdon *Marcus Campbell 0–3 Mark King *Ryan Day 3–2 Andrew Higginson *Mark Williams 3–2 Mark King *John Higgins 3–1 Peter Ebdon *Ryan Day 3–1 Peter Ebdon *Mark Williams 1–3 Andrew Higginson *John Higgins 3–1 Marcus Campbell

Table

Play-offs

Winners' group

The winners' group was played on 5 and 6 March 2014.

won his second Championship League title.

Matches

*Ricky Walden 3–1 Joe Perry *Judd Trump 2–3 Stephen Maguire *Shaun Murphy 2–3 Martin Gould *Ryan Day 0–3 Ricky Walden *Joe Perry 2–3 Judd Trump *Stephen Maguire 1–3 Shaun Murphy *Martin Gould 2–3 Ryan Day *Ricky Walden 1–3 Judd Trump *Joe Perry 1–3 Stephen Maguire *Shaun Murphy 3–0 Ryan Day *Judd Trump 0–3 Ryan Day *Martin Gould 2–3 Stephen Maguire *Ricky Walden 1–3 Martin Gould *Joe Perry 1–3 Shaun Murphy *Stephen Maguire 3–2 Ryan Day *Judd Trump 3–2 Martin Gould *Joe Perry 3–1 Ryan Day *Ricky Walden 1–3 Shaun Murphy *Judd Trump 2–3 Shaun Murphy *Joe Perry 1–3 Martin Gould *Ricky Walden 3–2 Stephen Maguire

Table

Play-offs

Century breaks

Total: 93 *

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(2), 131, 134, 128, 121, 112, 109, 107, 103, 103, 102, 101

* 144, 141 (4), 137, 137, 135, 134, 133, 131, 129, 128, 127, 124, 119, 118, 117, 109, 107, 104, 103, 102, 102, 101

* 142 (1), 142 (3), 130, 119, 117, 113, 109, 108, 102, 100

* 139 (7), 137

John Higgins John Higgins, (born 18 May 1975) is a Scottish professional snooker player. He has won 31 career ranking titles, placing him in third position on the all-time list of ranking event winners, behind Ronnie O'Sullivan (39) and Stephen Hendry ( ...

* 139 (7), 122, 104, 101

Andrew Higginson Andrew Higginson (born 13 December 1977) is an English former professional snooker player from Widnes, Cheshire. He is best known for being the surprise finalist of the 2007 Welsh Open. Career Early years After some success in amateur tourn ...

* 137 (5), 129, 122, 108, 105, 103, 100

Marco Fu Marco Fu Ka-chun, MH, JP (, born 8 January 1978) is a Hong Kong professional snooker player. He is a three-time snooker world rankings, ranking event winner, having won the 2007 Grand Prix (snooker), 2007 Grand Prix, the 2013 Australian ...

* 135 (W), 132, 128

* 134, 131, 124, 102, 101

* 133, 102

Ali Carter Allister Carter (born 25 July 1979) is an English professional snooker player. He has twice been the World Championship runner-up, in 2008 and 2012, losing both finals to Ronnie O'Sullivan. He has won four ranking titles and briefly reached numb ...

* 131

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* 130, 126, 119, 105, 106, 102

Mark Selby Mark Anthony Selby (born 19 June 1983) is an English professional snooker player, who is a four-time World Snooker Champion. Ranked world number one on multiple occasions, he has won a total of 21 ranking titles, placing him eighth on the ...

* 130, 108

Peter Ebdon Peter David Ebdon (born 27 August 1970) is an English former snooker player. The winner of the 2002 World Snooker Championship, Ebdon won nine world ranking events, placing twelfth on the all-time list of ranking tournament winners. In addit ...

* 128 (6), 120, 110

* 124

Barry Hawkins Barry Hawkins (born 23 April 1979) is an English professional snooker player from Ditton, Kent. He turned professional in 1996, but only rose to prominence in the 2004–05 snooker season, when he reached the last 16 of the 2004 UK Championsh ...

* 123, 118, 115, 107, 105, 101 Ryan Day * 121, 106, 106, 105 Michael Holt * 117

* 103 Joe Perry * 101

Stuart Bingham Stuart Bingham (born 21 May 1976) is an English professional snooker player who is a former world and Masters champion. Bingham won the 1996 World Amateur Championship but enjoyed little sustained success in the early part of his professional ...

''Bold: highest break in the indicated group.''

Winnings

''Green: Won the group. Bold: Highest break in the group. All prize money in

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References

External links

* {{Snooker season 2013/2014

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