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2008 Championship League

This article is about the snooker tournament. For the darts tournament, see 2008 Championship League Darts.

Championship League

Tournament information
Dates	25 February – 15 May 2008 (2008-02-25 – 2008-05-15)
Venue	Crondon Park Golf Club
City	Stock
Country	England
Organisation	Matchroom Sport
Format	Non-ranking event
Total prize fund	£175,600
Winner's share	£10,000 (plus bonuses)
Highest break	Ali Carter (ENG) (143)x2  Dave Harold (ENG) (143)
Final
Champion	Joe Perry (ENG)
Runner-up	Mark Selby (ENG)
Score	3–1
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The 2008 Championship League was a professional non-ranking snooker tournament that was played from 25 February to 15 May 2008 at the Crondon Park Golf Club in Stock, England.

Joe Perry won in the final 3–1 against Mark Selby, and earned a place in the 2008 Premier League Snooker.

Ali Carter played in all seven qualifying groups.

Prize fund[edit]

The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:^[1][2]

• Tournament total: £175,600

Group one[edit]

Group one matches were played on 25 and 26 February 2008. Ryan Day was the first player to qualify for the winners group.^[3][4]

Matches[edit]

Table[edit]

Pos	Player	Pld	W	D	L	Pts	FF	FA	FD
1	Joe Perry (ENG)	6	2	4	0	8	14	10	+4	Qualification to Group 1 play-off
2	Ali Carter (ENG)	6	3	1	2	7	13	11	+2
3	Ryan Day (WAL)	6	2	2	2	6	13	11	+2
4	Ken Doherty (IRL)	6	2	2	2	6	12	12	0
5	Mark Williams (WAL)	6	2	2	2	6	12	12	0	Advances into Group 2
6	Matthew Stevens (WAL)	6	1	3	2	5	10	14	−4	Eliminated from the competition
7	Barry Hawkins (ENG)	6	1	2	3	4	10	14	−4

Play-offs[edit]

	Semi-finals Best of 5 frames					Final Best of 5 frames
	1	Joe Perry (ENG)	3
	4	Ken Doherty (IRL)	0
						1	Joe Perry (ENG)	2
						3	Ryan Day (WAL)	3
	2	Ali Carter (ENG)	1
	3	Ryan Day (WAL)	3

Group two[edit]

Group two matches were played on 27 and 28 February 2008. Ken Doherty was the second player to qualify for the winners group.^[5][6]

Matches[edit]

Table[edit]

Pos	Player	Pld	W	D	L	Pts	FF	FA	FD
1	Ali Carter (ENG)	6	3	2	1	8	15	9	+6	Qualification to Group 2 play-off
2	Anthony Hamilton (ENG)	6	3	2	1	8	13	11	+2
3	Ken Doherty (IRL)	6	3	1	2	7	13	11	+2
4	Joe Perry (ENG)	6	2	2	2	6	12	12	0
5	Joe Swail (NIR)	6	2	1	3	5	11	13	−2	Advances into Group 3
6	Mark Williams (WAL)	6	2	0	4	4	10	14	−4	Eliminated from the competition
7	Nigel Bond (ENG)	6	1	2	3	4	10	14	−4

Play-offs[edit]

	Semi-finals Best of 5 frames					Final Best of 5 frames
	1	Ali Carter (ENG)	3
	4	Joe Perry (ENG)	2
						1	Ali Carter (ENG)	2
						3	Ken Doherty (IRL)	3
	2	Anthony Hamilton (ENG)	0
	3	Ken Doherty (IRL)	3

Group three[edit]

Group three matches were played on 10 and 11 March 2008. Anthony Hamilton was the third player to qualify for the winners group.^[7][8]

Matches[edit]

Table[edit]

Pos	Player	Pld	W	D	L	Pts	FF	FA	FD
1	Shaun Murphy (ENG)	6	5	1	0	11	18	6	+12	Qualification to Group 3 play-off
2	Ali Carter (ENG)	6	4	2	0	10	18	6	+12
3	Mark Selby (ENG)	6	3	1	2	7	13	11	+2
4	Anthony Hamilton (ENG)	6	2	2	2	6	13	11	+2
5	Stuart Bingham (ENG)	6	0	4	2	4	9	15	−6	Advances into Group 4
6	Joe Swail (NIR)	6	1	1	4	3	7	17	−10	Eliminated from the competition
7	Michael Holt (ENG)	6	0	1	5	1	6	18	−12

Play-offs[edit]

	Semi-finals Best of 5 frames					Final Best of 5 frames
	1	Shaun Murphy (ENG)	1
	4	Anthony Hamilton (ENG)	3
						4	Anthony Hamilton (ENG)	3
						2	Ali Carter (ENG)	2
	2	Ali Carter (ENG)	3
	3	Mark Selby (ENG)	2

Group four[edit]

Group four matches were played on 12 and 13 March 2008. Shaun Murphy was the fourth player to qualify for the winners group.^[9][10]

Matches[edit]

Table[edit]

Pos	Player	Pld	W	D	L	Pts	FF	FA	FD
1	Ali Carter (ENG)	6	2	4	0	8	14	10	+4	Qualification to Group 4 play-off
2	Shaun Murphy (ENG)	6	3	1	2	7	14	10	+4
3	Mark King (ENG)	6	2	3	1	7	13	11	+2
4	Mark Allen (NIR)	6	2	3	1	7	13	11	+2
5	Joe Perry (ENG)	6	1	4	1	6	12	12	0	Advances into Group 5
6	Stuart Bingham (ENG)	6	0	4	2	4	10	14	−4	Eliminated from the competition
7	Jamie Cope (ENG)	6	1	1	4	3	8	16	−8

Play-offs[edit]

	Semi-finals Best of 5 frames					Final Best of 5 frames
	1	Ali Carter (ENG)	3
	4	Mark Allen (NIR)	2
						1	Ali Carter (ENG)	2
						2	Shaun Murphy (ENG)	3
	2	Shaun Murphy (ENG)	3
	3	Mark King (ENG)	0

Group five[edit]

Group five matches were played on 14 and 15 April 2008. Joe Perry was the fifth player to qualify for the winners group.^[11][12]

Matches[edit]

Table[edit]

Pos	Player	Pld	W	D	L	Pts	FF	FA	FD
1	Mark King (ENG)	6	3	3	0	9	16	8	+8	Qualification to Group 5 play-off
2	Neil Robertson (AUS)	6	4	1	1	9	16	8	+8
3	Joe Perry (ENG)	6	2	3	1	7	14	10	+4
4	Mark Allen (NIR)	6	2	3	1	7	14	10	+4
5	Ali Carter (ENG)	6	1	2	3	4	10	14	−4	Advances into Group 6
6	Stephen Lee (ENG)	6	1	2	3	4	8	16	−8	Eliminated from the competition
7	Dominic Dale (WAL)	6	0	2	4	2	6	18	−12

Play-offs[edit]

	Semi-finals Best of 5 frames					Final Best of 5 frames
	1	Mark King (ENG)	3
	4	Mark Allen (NIR)	1
						1	Mark King (ENG)	1
						3	Joe Perry (ENG)	3
	2	Neil Robertson (AUS)	1
	3	Joe Perry (ENG)	3

Group six[edit]

Group six matches were played on 16 and 17 April 2008. Mark Selby was the sixth player to qualify for the winners group.^[13][14]

Matches[edit]

Table[edit]

Pos	Player	Pld	W	D	L	Pts	FF	FA	FD
1	Mark Selby (ENG)	6	4	2	0	10	17	7	+10	Qualification to Group 6 play-off
2	Neil Robertson (AUS)	6	4	2	0	10	16	8	+8
3	Mark King (ENG)	6	2	3	1	7	13	11	+2
4	Ali Carter (ENG)	6	3	0	3	6	13	11	+2
5	Jimmy White (ENG)	6	3	0	3	6	10	14	−4	Advances into Group 7
6	Mark Allen (NIR)	6	1	0	5	2	8	16	−8	Eliminated from the competition
7	Gerard Greene (NIR)	6	0	1	5	1	7	17	−10

Play-offs[edit]

	Semi-finals Best of 5 frames					Final Best of 5 frames
	1	Mark Selby (ENG)	3
	4	Ali Carter (ENG)	2
						1	Mark Selby (ENG)	3
						2	Neil Robertson (AUS)	1
	2	Neil Robertson (AUS)	3
	3	Mark King (ENG)	1

Group seven[edit]

Group seven matches were played on 12 and 13 May 2008. Mark King was the last player to qualify for the winners group.^[15][16]

Matches[edit]

Table[edit]

Pos	Player	Pld	W	D	L	Pts	FF	FA	FD
1	Fergal O'Brien (IRL)	6	5	1	0	11	17	7	+10	Qualification to Group 7 play-off
2	Neil Robertson (AUS)	6	3	2	1	8	14	10	+4
3	Dave Harold (ENG)	6	3	1	2	7	14	10	+4
4	Mark King (ENG)	6	1	3	2	5	11	13	−2
5	Jimmy White (ENG)	6	1	2	3	4	10	14	−4	Eliminated from the competition
6	Ian McCulloch (ENG)	6	2	0	4	4	9	15	−6
7	Ali Carter (ENG)	6	1	1	4	3	9	15	−6

Play-offs[edit]

	Semi-finals Best of 5 frames					Final Best of 5 frames
	1	Fergal O'Brien (IRL)	0
	4	Mark King (ENG)	3
						4	Mark King (ENG)	3
						3	Dave Harold (ENG)	0
	2	Neil Robertson (AUS)	1
	3	Dave Harold (ENG)	3

Winners group[edit]

The matches of the winners group were played on 14 and 15 May 2008. Joe Perry has qualified to the 2008 Premier League.^[17][18]

Matches[edit]

Table[edit]

Pos	Player	Pld	W	D	L	Pts	FF	FA	FD
1	Ryan Day (WAL)	6	4	1	1	9	15	9	+6	Qualification to Winners' Group play-off
2	Mark Selby (ENG)	6	4	0	2	8	15	9	+6
3	Shaun Murphy (ENG)	6	4	0	2	8	15	9	+6
4	Joe Perry (ENG)	6	1	3	2	5	11	13	−2
5	Ken Doherty (IRL)	6	2	1	3	5	11	13	−2	Eliminated from the competition
6	Mark King (ENG)	6	1	2	3	4	9	15	−6
7	Anthony Hamilton (ENG)	6	1	1	4	3	8	16	−8

Play-offs[edit]

	Semi-finals Best of 5 frames					Final Best of 5 frames
	1	Ryan Day (WAL)	1
	4	Joe Perry (ENG)	3
						4	Joe Perry (ENG)	3
						2	Mark Selby (ENG)	1
	2	Mark Selby (ENG)	3
	3	Shaun Murphy (ENG)	2

Century breaks[edit]

Total:76

Winnings[edit]

No.	Player	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	W	TOTAL
1	Joe Perry (ENG)	4,900	2,800		1,200	6,200			14,000	29,100
2	Ali Carter (ENG)	2,600	5,000	5,300	4,900	1,000	2,900	900		22,600
3	Mark Selby (ENG)			2,900			6,500		9,200	18,600
4	Mark King (ENG)				2,300	4,800	2,600	5,900	1,800	17,400
5	Shaun Murphy (ENG)			3,100	6,200				6,600	15,900
6	Ryan Day (WAL)	6,100							6,300	12,400
7	Ken Doherty (IRL)	2,200	6,100						2,200	10,500
8	Neil Robertson (AUS)					2,900	4,800	2,700		10,400
9	Anthony Hamilton (ENG)		2,300	6,100					1,600	10,000
10	Mark Allen (NIR)				2,900	2,700	800			6,400
11	Dave Harold (ENG)							4,300		4,300
12	Fergal O'Brien (IRL)							2,700		2,700
13	Mark Williams (WAL)	1,200	1,000							2,200
14	Jimmy White (ENG)						1,000	1,000		2,000
15	Stuart Bingham (ENG)			900	1,000					1,900
16	Joe Swail (NIR)		1,100	700						1,800
17	Matthew Stevens (WAL)	1,000								1,000
=	Barry Hawkins (ENG)	1,000								1,000
=	Nigel Bond (ENG)		1,000							1,000
20	Ian McCulloch (ENG)							900		900
21	Jamie Cope (ENG)				800					800
=	Stephen Lee (ENG)					800				800
23	Gerard Greene (NIR)						700			700
24	Dominic Dale (WAL)					600				600
=	Michael Holt (ENG)			600						600
	Total prize money	19,000	19,300	19,600	19,300	19,000	19,300	18,400	41,700	175,600

Green: Won the group. All prize money in GBP.
Source=Championship League SnookerbyMatchroom Sport

References[edit]

External links[edit]

• Official website