The 2015 Championship League was a professional non-ranking snooker tournament that was played from 5 January to 12 February 2015 at the Crondon Park Golf Club in Stock, England.
Judd Trump was the defending champion, but he was eliminated at the end of group three.
Barry Hawkins made the 111th official maximum break during his league stage match against Stephen Maguire in group one. This was Hawkins second official 147 break and the sixth in the 2014/2015 season. It was also the second maximum break in the history of the tournament. David Gilbert made the 114th maximum break and ninth of the season during group 7.
Stuart Bingham won in the final 3–2 against Mark Davis, and earned a place at the 2015 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: £180,100
Group one Group one was played on 5 and 6 January 2015. Shaun Murphy was to take part in this group, but he was replaced by Mark King due to a bacterial chest infection. Barry Hawkins was the first player to qualify for the winners group.
Matches
Stuart Bingham 3–1 Marco Fu Barry Hawkins 3–2 Neil Robertson Stephen Maguire 0–3 Barry Hawkins Judd Trump 2–3 Neil Robertson Mark King 2–3 Stuart Bingham Marco Fu 3–2 Judd Trump Neil Robertson 3–1 Stephen Maguire Barry Hawkins 2–3 Stuart Bingham Mark King 3–1 Marco Fu Judd Trump 1–3 Stephen Maguire Stuart Bingham 3–0 Stephen Maguire Neil Robertson 3–1 Marco Fu Stuart Bingham 3–1 Neil Robertson Barry Hawkins 1–3 Mark King Marco Fu 3–1 Stephen Maguire Mark King 1–3 Judd Trump Mark King 0–3 Stephen Maguire Barry Hawkins 3–2 Marco Fu Stuart Bingham 0–3 Judd Trump Mark King 1–3 Neil Robertson Barry Hawkins 3–2 Judd Trump
Table
Play-offs
Group two Group two was played on 7 and 8 January 2015. The group was won by Matthew Selt, who was a late replacement for Neil Robertson.
Matches
Judd Trump 3–0 Marco Fu Stuart Bingham 3–2 Matthew Selt Ali Carter 3–1 Robert Milkins Michael Holt 3–2 Stuart Bingham Marco Fu 3–2 Ali Carter Robert Milkins 3–2 Michael Holt Matthew Selt 3–2 Judd Trump Stuart Bingham 1–3 Judd Trump Ali Carter 3–1 Michael Holt Matthew Selt 2–3 Marco Fu Judd Trump 3–0 Michael Holt Robert Milkins 0–3 Marco Fu Stuart Bingham 2–3 Robert Milkins Matthew Selt 3–2 Ali Carter Marco Fu 3–0 Michael Holt Judd Trump 3–1 Robert Milkins Stuart Bingham 1–3 Ali Carter Matthew Selt 1–3 Michael Holt Judd Trump 1–3 Ali Carter Matthew Selt 3–2 Robert Milkins Stuart Bingham 3–2 Marco Fu
Table
Play-offs
Group three Group three was played on 19 and 20 January 2015. Ricky Walden was to take part this group, but he withdrew and was replaced by Peter Ebdon, who scheduled to play in group six before. Ali Carter won the group.
Matches
Marco Fu 3–1 Stuart Bingham Judd Trump 3–2 Ali Carter Ryan Day 3–1 Peter Ebdon Mark Davis 1–3 Judd Trump Stuart Bingham 3–2 Ryan Day Ali Carter 3–2 Marco Fu Judd Trump 2–3 Marco Fu Peter Ebdon 1–3 Mark Davis Ryan Day 3–1 Mark Davis Ali Carter 1–3 Stuart Bingham Marco Fu 0–3 Mark Davis Peter Ebdon 1–3 Stuart Bingham Ali Carter 3–1 Ryan Day Judd Trump 1–3 Peter Ebdon Stuart Bingham 1–3 Mark Davis Judd Trump 2–3 Ryan Day Marco Fu 0–3 Peter Ebdon Ali Carter 3–1 Mark Davis Marco Fu 1–3 Ryan Day Ali Carter 1–3 Peter Ebdon Judd Trump 2–3 Stuart Bingham
Table
Play-offs
Group four Group four was played on 21 and 22 January 2015. Martin Gould was to play in this group, but he moved to group six and was replaced by David Gilbert. Stuart Bingham was the fourth player to qualify for the winners group.
Matches
Mark Davis 1–3 Ryan Day Stuart Bingham 0–3 Peter Ebdon David Gilbert 3–2 Matthew Stevens Michael White 0–3 Mark Davis Ryan Day 2–3 Stuart Bingham Peter Ebdon 3–0 David Gilbert Matthew Stevens 2–3 Michael White Mark Davis 2–3 Stuart Bingham Ryan Day 0–3 Peter Ebdon David Gilbert 1–3 Michael White Stuart Bingham 2–3 Michael White Matthew Stevens 3–1 Peter Ebdon Ryan Day 0–3 David Gilbert Mark Davis 3–2 Matthew Stevens Peter Ebdon 3–1 Michael White Stuart Bingham 3–1 Matthew Stevens Ryan Day 2–3 Michael White Mark Davis 1–3 David Gilbert Stuart Bingham 3–1 David Gilbert Ryan Day 3–1 Matthew Stevens Mark Davis 3–2 Peter Ebdon
Table
Play-offs
Group five Group five was played on 26 and 27 January 2015. This round of group play was won by Mark Davis.
Michael White 2–3 David Gilbert Mark Davis 3–1 Peter Ebdon Ronnie O'Sullivan 3–2 Liang Wenbo Fergal O'Brien 1–3 Mark Davis Peter Ebdon 0–3 Michael White David Gilbert 0–3 Ronnie O'Sullivan Mark Davis 3–1 Michael White Liang Wenbo 1–3 Fergal O'Brien Ronnie O'Sullivan 3–0 Fergal O'Brien Michael White 0–3 Fergal O'Brien Peter Ebdon 2–3 David Gilbert Liang Wenbo 0–3 David Gilbert Mark Davis 3–0 Liang Wenbo Peter Ebdon 3–2 Ronnie O'Sullivan Michael White 3–2 Liang Wenbo David Gilbert 2–3 Fergal O'Brien Mark Davis 1–3 Ronnie O'Sullivan Michael White 0–3 Ronnie O'Sullivan Peter Ebdon 3–1 Fergal O'Brien Peter Ebdon 2–3 Liang Wenbo Mark Davis 3-2 David Gilbert
Table
Play-offs
Group six Group six was played on 28 and 29 January 2015. Martin Gould was to take part this group, but he withdrew and was replaced by Rod Lawler. Ronnie O'Sullivan withdrew from the tournament ahead of this group and was replaced by Ben Woollaston, who went on to win the group.
Matches
Ben Woollaston 0–3 David Gilbert Fergal O'Brien 3–1 Peter Ebdon Kurt Maflin 0–3 Ben Woollaston Dominic Dale 3–0 Rod Lawler David Gilbert 3–0 Fergal O'Brien Peter Ebdon 3–0 Dominic Dale Ben Woollaston 0–3 Fergal O'Brien Rod Lawler 0–3 Kurt Maflin David Gilbert 1–3 Peter Ebdon Dominic Dale 3–1 Kurt Maflin Rod Lawler 2–3 Peter Ebdon Fergal O'Brien 3–0 Kurt Maflin Ben Woollaston 3–0 Rod Lawler David Gilbert 3–1 Dominic Dale Peter Ebdon 3–1 Kurt Maflin Fergal O'Brien 2–3 Rod Lawler Ben Woollaston 2–3 Dominic Dale Fergal O'Brien 0–3 Dominic Dale David Gilbert 3–2 Kurt Maflin David Gilbert 1–3 Rod Lawler Ben Woollaston 3–0 Peter Ebdon
Table
Play-offs
Group seven Group seven was played on 9 and 10 February 2015. Xiao Guodong was the last player to qualify for the winners group.
Matches
Peter Ebdon 1–3 David Gilbert Dominic Dale 1–3 Fergal O'Brien Mark Williams 3–0 Peter Ebdon John Higgins 2–3 Xiao Guodong David Gilbert 3–2 Dominic Dale Fergal O'Brien 3–2 John Higgins Peter Ebdon 3–1 Dominic Dale Xiao Guodong 3–1 Mark Williams David Gilbert 3–2 Fergal O'Brien John Higgins 3–1 Mark Williams Xiao Guodong 2–3 Fergal O'Brien Dominic Dale 0–3 Mark Williams David Gilbert 3–0 John Higgins Peter Ebdon 3–1 Xiao Guodong Dominic Dale 0–3 Xiao Guodong Fergal O'Brien 2–3 Mark Williams Peter Ebdon 3–0 John Higgins David Gilbert 3–2 Mark Williams Dominic Dale 0–3 John Higgins David Gilbert 2–3 Xiao Guodong Peter Ebdon 2–3 Fergal O'Brien
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Play-offs
Winners' group
The winners' group was played on 11 and 12 February 2015. Stuart Bingham won his first Championship League title.
Matches
Barry Hawkins 0–3 Matthew Selt Ali Carter 3–1 Stuart Bingham Xiao Guodong 3–1 Barry Hawkins Mark Davis 1–3 Ben Woollaston Matthew Selt 3–2 Ali Carter Stuart Bingham 1–3 Mark Davis Barry Hawkins 3–0 Ali Carter Ben Woollaston 3–2 Xiao Guodong Matthew Selt 1–3 Stuart Bingham Mark Davis 3–0 Xiao Guodong Ben Woollaston 1–3 Stuart Bingham Ali Carter 3–1 Xiao Guodong Barry Hawkins 3–2 Ben Woollaston Matthew Selt 1–3 Mark Davis Ali Carter 1–3 Ben Woollaston Stuart Bingham 0–3 Xiao Guodong Matthew Selt 3–0 Xiao Guodong Barry Hawkins 3–0 Mark Davis Matthew Selt 3–2 Ben Woollaston Ali Carter 2–3 Mark Davis Barry Hawkins 0–3 Stuart Bingham
Table
Play-offs
Century breaks Total: 79
147 (1), 118, 110, 109, 105 Barry Hawkins 147 (7), 113, 107, 103, 100, 100 David Gilbert 139 (W), 124, 116, 108, 105 Matthew Selt 139 (5), 101 Michael White 138 (2), 129, 110, 103, 102 Ali Carter 137 (3), 136, 125, 105, 104, 103, 100, 100 Judd Trump 137 (3), 127, 123, 120, 108, 105, 103, 101 Peter Ebdon 136, 121 John Higgins 134, 134, 130, 108, 101 Marco Fu 134, 134, 126, 120, 118, 115, 110, 108, 103, 101 Stuart Bingham 132 (6), 125, 103 Dominic Dale 131 (4), 128, 118, 117, 103 Mark Davis 131 (4), 105 Matthew Stevens 128, 126, 101, 100 Ronnie O'Sullivan 127, 123, 111, 105 Fergal O'Brien 123, 100 Neil Robertson 112 Liang Wenbo 101 Ben Woollaston 100 Ryan Day
Bold: highest break in the indicated group.
Winnings No. Player 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 W TOTAL 1 4,700 1,200 2,400 6,200 14,000 28,500 2 4,400 4,750 6,400 9,100 24,650 3 6,200 7,100 13,300 4 5,900 6,400 12,300 5 3,700 6,100 2,200 12,000 6 1,100 2,600 2,700 5,100 11,500 7 1,450 2,800 1,100 4,200 1,200 10,750 8 2,900 5,000 1,550 9,450 9 6,800 2,000 8,800 10 6,300 1,800 8,100 11 2,700 1,100 2,600 6,400 12 5,200 5,200 13 1,100 2,400 900 4,400 14 2,800 1,000 3,800 15 2,300 1,400 3,700 16 3,100 400 3,500 17 2,800 2,800 18 2,600 2,600 19 1,350 1,350 20 1,000 1,000 = 1,000 1,000 = 1,000 1,000 23 900 900 24 800 800 = 800 800 = 800 800 27 700 700 Total prize money 20,100 20,400 19,600 19,500 20,200 18,500 19,200 42,600 180,100 Green: Won the group. Bold: Highest break in the group. All prize money in GBP.
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