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 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 in league stage: £100 Frame-win in play-offs: £300 Winners group Winner: £10,000 Runner-up: £5,000 Semi-final: £3,000 Frame-win in league stage: £200 Frame-win in play-offs: £300
Tournament total: £175,600
Group one Group one matches were played on 25 and 26 February 2008. Ryan Day was the first player to qualify for the winners group.
Group one league matches
Ken Doherty 3–1 Mark Williams Ali Carter 0–4 Ryan Day Joe Perry 2–2 Barry Hawkins Matthew Stevens 1–3 Ken Doherty Mark Williams 3–1 Ali Carter Ryan Day 1–3 Joe Perry Barry Hawkins 1–3 Matthew Stevens Ken Doherty 1–3 Ali Carter Mark Williams 2–2 Ryan Day Joe Perry 2–2 Matthew Stevens Ali Carter 4–0 Matthew Stevens Barry Hawkins 3–1 Ryan Day Ken Doherty 2–2 Barry Hawkins Mark Williams 1–3 Joe Perry Ryan Day 2–2 Matthew Stevens Ali Carter 3–1 Barry Hawkins Ken Doherty 2–2 Joe Perry Mark Williams 2–2 Matthew Stevens Mark Williams 3–1 Barry Hawkins Ali Carter 2–2 Joe Perry Ken Doherty 1–3 Ryan Day
Group one league table
Group one league play-offs
Group two Group two matches were played on 27 and 28 February 2008. Ken Doherty was the second player to qualify for the winners group.
Group two league matches
Joe Perry 2–2 Ali Carter Ken Doherty 3–1 Mark Williams Joe Swail 1–3 Nigel Bond Anthony Hamilton 3–1 Joe Perry Ali Carter 3–1 Ken Doherty Mark Williams 1–3 Joe Swail Nigel Bond 2–2 Anthony Hamilton Joe Perry 1–3 Ken Doherty Ali Carter 4–0 Mark Williams Joe Swail 1–3 Anthony Hamilton Ken Doherty 2–2 Anthony Hamilton Nigel Bond 1–3 Mark Williams Joe Perry 2–2 Nigel Bond Ali Carter 2–2 Joe Swail Mark Williams 4–0 Anthony Hamilton Ken Doherty 3–1 Nigel Bond Joe Perry 3–1 Joe Swail Ali Carter 1–3 Anthony Hamilton Ali Carter 3–1 Nigel Bond Ken Doherty 1–3 Joe Swail Joe Perry 3–1 Mark Williams
Group two league table
Group two league play-offs
Group three Group three matches were played on 10 and 11 March 2008. Anthony Hamilton was the third player to qualify for the winners group.
Group three league matches
Ali Carter 2–2 Anthony Hamilton Michael Holt 1–3 Joe Swail Shaun Murphy 3–1 Mark Selby Stuart Bingham 0–4 Ali Carter Anthony Hamilton 3–1 Michael Holt Joe Swail 1–3 Shaun Murphy Mark Selby 2–2 Stuart Bingham Ali Carter 3–1 Michael Holt Anthony Hamilton 4–0 Joe Swail Shaun Murphy 3–1 Stuart Bingham Michael Holt 2–2 Stuart Bingham Mark Selby 3–1 Joe Swail Ali Carter 3–1 Mark Selby Anthony Hamilton 1–3 Shaun Murphy Joe Swail 2–2 Stuart Bingham Michael Holt 1–3 Mark Selby Ali Carter 2–2 Shaun Murphy Anthony Hamilton 2–2 Stuart Bingham Anthony Hamilton 1–3 Mark Selby Michael Holt 0–4 Shaun Murphy Ali Carter 4–0 Joe Swail
Group three league table
Group three league play-offs
Group four Group four matches were played on 12 and 13 March 2008. Shaun Murphy was the fourth player to qualify for the winners group.
Group four league matches
Shaun Murphy 1–3 Ali Carter Mark Allen 2–2 Stuart Bingham Jamie Cope 0–4 Shaun Murphy Joe Perry 2–2 Mark King Ali Carter 2–2 Mark Allen Stuart Bingham 2–2 Joe Perry Mark King 3–1 Jamie Cope Shaun Murphy 1–3 Mark Allen Ali Carter 2–2 Stuart Bingham Joe Perry 1–3 Jamie Cope Mark Allen 3–1 Jamie Cope Mark King 3–1 Stuart Bingham Shaun Murphy 3–1 Mark King Ali Carter 2–2 Joe Perry Stuart Bingham 2–2 Jamie Cope Mark Allen 2–2 Mark King Shaun Murphy 2–2 Joe Perry Ali Carter 3–1 Jamie Cope Joe Perry 3–1 Mark Allen Ali Carter 2–2 Mark King Shaun Murphy 3–1 Stuart Bingham
Group four league table
Group four league play-offs
Group five Group five matches were played on 14 and 15 April 2008. Joe Perry was the fifth player to qualify for the winners group.
Group five league matches
Ali Carter 2–2 Mark King Mark Allen 2–2 Joe Perry Stephen Lee 0–4 Neil Robertson Dominic Dale 0–4 Ali Carter Mark King 2–2 Mark Allen Joe Perry 2–2 Stephen Lee Neil Robertson 3–1 Dominic Dale Ali Carter 2–2 Mark Allen Joe Perry 1–3 Mark King Stephen Lee 2–2 Dominic Dale Mark Allen 4–0 Dominic Dale Neil Robertson 2–2 Joe Perry Ali Carter 1–3 Neil Robertson Mark King 4–0 Stephen Lee Joe Perry 3–1 Dominic Dale Mark Allen 1–3 Neil Robertson Ali Carter 1–3 Stephen Lee Mark King 2–2 Dominic Dale Mark King 3–1 Neil Robertson Mark Allen 3–1 Stephen Lee Ali Carter 0–4 Joe Perry
Group five league table
Group five league play-offs
Group six Group six matches were played on 16 and 17 April 2008. Mark Selby was the sixth player to qualify for the winners group.
Group six league matches
Mark King 3–1 Mark Allen Neil Robertson 3–1 Ali Carter Mark Selby 3–1 Gerard Greene Jimmy White 3–1 Mark King Ali Carter 1–3 Mark Selby Mark Allen 1–3 Neil Robertson Gerard Greene 1–3 Jimmy White Mark King 2–2 Neil Robertson Mark Allen 1–3 Ali Carter Mark Selby 4–0 Jimmy White Neil Robertson 3–1 Jimmy White Gerard Greene 1–3 Ali Carter Mark Selby 3–1 Mark Allen Mark King 2–2 Gerard Greene Ali Carter 4–0 Jimmy White Neil Robertson 3–1 Gerard Greene Mark Selby 2–2 Mark King Mark Allen 1–3 Jimmy White Mark Allen 3–1 Gerard Greene Neil Robertson 2–2 Mark Selby Mark King 3–1 Ali Carter
Group six league table
Group six league play-offs
Group seven Group seven matches were played on 12 and 13 May 2008. Mark King was the last player to qualify for the winners group.
Group seven league matches
Neil Robertson 2–2 Mark King Ali Carter 1–3 Jimmy White Ian McCulloch 1–3 Fergal O'Brien Dave Harold 1–3 Neil Robertson Mark King 2–2 Ali Carter Jimmy White 1–3 Ian McCulloch Fergal O'Brien 3–1 Dave Harold Neil Robertson 3–1 Ali Carter Mark King 3–1 Jimmy White Ian McCulloch 1–3 Dave Harold Ali Carter 0–4 Dave Harold Fergal O'Brien 3–1 Jimmy White Neil Robertson 1–3 Fergal O'Brien Mark King 1–3 Ian McCulloch Jimmy White 2–2 Dave Harold Ali Carter 1–3 Fergal O'Brien Neil Robertson 3–1 Ian McCulloch Mark King 1–3 Dave Harold Mark King 2–2 Fergal O'Brien Ali Carter 4–0 Ian McCulloch Neil Robertson 2–2 Jimmy White
Group seven league table
Group seven league play-offs
Winners group The matches of the winners group were played on 14 and 15 May 2008. Joe Perry has qualified to the 2008 Premier League.
Winners group matches
Ryan Day 3–1 Ken Doherty Anthony Hamilton 1–3 Shaun Murphy Joe Perry 1–3 Mark Selby Mark King 1–3 Ryan Day Ken Doherty 4–0 Anthony Hamilton Shaun Murphy 4–0 Joe Perry Mark Selby 4–0 Mark King Ryan Day 1–3 Anthony Hamilton Ken Doherty 1–3 Shaun Murphy Joe Perry 2–2 Mark King Anthony Hamilton 1–3 Mark King Mark Selby 3–1 Shaun Murphy Ryan Day 3–1 Mark Selby Ken Doherty 0–4 Joe Perry Shaun Murphy 3–1 Mark King Anthony Hamilton 1–3 Mark Selby Ryan Day 2–2 Joe Perry Ken Doherty 2–2 Mark King Ken Doherty 3–1 Mark Selby Anthony Hamilton 2–2 Joe Perry Ryan Day 3–1 Shaun Murphy
Winners group table
Winners group play-offs
Century breaks Total:76
143, 143, 129, 125, 122, 119, 113, 112, 107, 104, 104 Ali Carter 143, 133, 120, 101 Dave Harold 142, 140, 127, 116, 108, 103, 102, 102, 102, 101, 100 Neil Robertson 137, 134, 122, 105, 102 Ryan Day 129, 126, 113, 101, 101, 100 Ken Doherty 129, 114, 107, 104, 100, 100 Joe Perry 128, 128, 117, 112, 112, 105, 105 Shaun Murphy 128, 128 Stuart Bingham 126, 108, 107, 107, 107, 104, 103, 100 Anthony Hamilton 125, 119 Jamie Cope 125, 117 Mark King 124, 112 Fergal O'Brien 114 Mark Williams 113 Gerard Greene 112, 110, 105 Jimmy White 109, 108, 100 Mark Allen 103, 100 Mark Selby
Winnings No. Player 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 W TOTAL 1 4,900 2,800 1,200 6,200 14,000 29,100 2 2,600 5,000 5,300 4,900 1,000 2,900 900 22,600 3 2,900 6,500 9,200 18,600 4 2,300 4,800 2,600 5,900 1,800 17,400 5 3,100 6,200 6,600 15,900 6 6,100 6,300 12,400 7 2,200 6,100 2,200 10,500 8 2,900 4,800 2,700 10,400 9 2,300 6,100 1,600 10,000 10 2,900 2,700 800 6,400 11 4,300 4,300 12 2,700 2,700 13 1,200 1,000 2,200 14 1,000 1,000 2,000 15 900 1,000 1,900 16 1,100 700 1,800 17 1,000 1,000 = 1,000 1,000 = 1,000 1,000 20 900 900 21 800 800 = 800 800 23 700 700 24 600 600 = 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 Snooker by Matchroom Sport
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