The 2005 (Dec) Betfred Premier League was a professional non-ranking snooker tournament that was played from 15 September to 4 December 2005.

Ronnie O'Sullivan won in the final 6–0 against Stephen Hendry.

Prize fund The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below: Winner: £50,000 Runner-up: £25,000 Semi-final: £12,500 Frame-win: £1,000 Century break: £1,000 Total: £250,000

League phase

Ranking OSU HEN DIN DAV MUR WHI MAG FrameW-L MatchW-D-L Pld-Pts 1 Ronnie O'Sullivan x 3 3 5 5 5 6 26–10 4–2–0 6–10 2 Stephen Hendry 3 x 3 4 4 5 2 21–15 3–2–1 6–8 3 Ding Junhui 3 3 x 2 3 4 3 18–18 1–4–1 6–6 4 Steve Davis 1 2 4 x 3 2 4 16–20 2–1–3 6–5 5 Shaun Murphy 1 2 3 3 x 3 4 16–20 1–3–2 6–5 6 Jimmy White 1 1 2 4 3 x 3 14–22 1–2–3 6–4 7 Stephen Maguire 0 4 3 2 2 3 x 14–22 1–2–3 6–4

Top four qualified for the play-offs. If points were level then most frames won determined their positions. If two players had an identical record then the result in their match determined their positions. If that ended 3–3 then the player who got to three first was higher. (Breaks above 50 shown between (parentheses), century breaks shown in bold.)

15 September – Plymouth Pavilions, Plymouth, England Ding Junhui 4–2 Jimmy White → 22–74 (58), 23–79, 58–48, (83)-24, 84–0, (61) 79–31 Ronnie O'Sullivan 3–3 Stephen Hendry → 50–57, (104) 108–11, 63–58, 0–79, (125)-8, 23–67 22 September – The Dome, Doncaster, England Jimmy White 3–3 Shaun Murphy→ 0–124 (92), 64–54 (53), 33–81 (55), (50) 55–12, 29–70, (76)-7 Stephen Maguire 3–3 Ding Junhui → 76–38, (50) 99–0, 6–118 (80), 45–72 (63), 26–64, 76–40 29 September – The Anvil, Basingstoke, England Stephen Hendry 3–3 Ding Junhui → 1–119 (112), (92) 100–0, 45–78 (74), 69–14, (123)-14, 13–76 Jimmy White 4–2 Steve Davis → 65–35, (54,52) 106–0, 71–7, 57–22, 58–66, 6-(71) 6 October – AECC, Aberdeen, Scotland Shaun Murphy 3–3 Ding Junhui → (84)-0, 58–21, 0-(126), (58)-68, (62) 73–1, 0–134 (114) Stephen Hendry 4–2 Steve Davis → (75) 125–0, 0–128 (103), (61) 76–1, (88)-0, 17-(69), (110) 114–1 20 October – Assembly Rooms, Derby, England Stephen Hendry 5–1 Jimmy White → (94)–0, 63–45, (59) 70–2, 12–71 (50), (57) 94–0, 74–8 Ronnie O'Sullivan 6–0 Stephen Maguire → (83)-0, 86–42, (76)-30, (131)-7, (51) 86–12, (74)-5 27 October – Fairfield Halls, Croydon, England Stephen Maguire 2–4 Shaun Murphy → (56) 66–13, 0–57, 40–78, 73–35, 36–69 (65), 22–72 Ronnie O'Sullivan 5–1 Steve Davis → (60) 86–13, (87)-19, 8–81 (55), 77–49, (101)-0, 65–24 3 November – Grimsby Auditorium, Grimsby, England Steve Davis 3–3 Shaun Murphy → 68–51, 3–65, (117) 126–1, 28–65 (63), (95) 96–19, 0-(125) Ronnie O'Sullivan 5–1 Jimmy White → (60) 105–0, 66–38, 0–71, (54) 72–5, (64) 81–1, (64) 71–0 10 November – Magnum Centre, Irvine, Scotland Stephen Hendry 4–2 Shaun Murphy → 59–40, 1-(82), 73–26, (104)-0, 25-(75), (79)-0 Jimmy White 3–3 Stephen Maguire → 59–15, 65–25, (60) 64–32, 38–67 (62), 33–71, 18–80 17 November – Glades Arena, Kidderminster, England Stephen Maguire 2–4 Steve Davis → 29–77, 48–9, 18–67, 50–87, 66–53, 37–72 (51) Ronnie O'Sullivan 3–3 Ding Junhui → 4–63, (100) 131–0, 46–9, 0–(116), (53) 57–78 (50), 64–57 24 November – St David's Hall, Cardiff, Wales Steve Davis 4–2 Ding Junhui → 67–6, 32–67 (51), 68–59, 69–25, 63–35, 9-(101) Stephen Hendry 2–4 Stephen Maguire → 7–120 (108), 59–26, 2–68, 0–91 (50), 84–35, 7–77 Ronnie O'Sullivan 5–1 Shaun Murphy → 42–64, 88–45, (92)-0, (68) 83–43, (129) 137–0, 71–25

Play-offs 3–4 December – G-Mex, Manchester, England

* (136)–0, (100) 105–1, (66)–72 (66), 0–103 (60), 50–75, (116) 122–0, (134)–0, (85)–0 ** 43–88, 98–36, 62–21, (57) 67–26, (60) 97–0, 13–(89), (61) 76–0 *** (97)–6, 62–60, 73–29, 88–0, 65–41, 65–51

Century breaks

136, 134, 131, 129, 125, 116, 104, 101, 100, 100 Ronnie O'Sullivan 126, 116, 114, 112, 101 Ding Junhui 125 Shaun Murphy 123, 110, 104 Stephen Hendry 117, 103 Steve Davis 108 Stephen Maguire

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