The 2025 Championship League (officially the 2025 BetVictor Championship League Snooker) was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place from 30 June to 23 July 2025 at the Leicester Arena in Leicester, England. It was the sixth staging of the ranking edition of the tournament, which was first held in 2020. Organised by Matchroom Sport, it was the first ranking event of the 2025–26 snooker season, preceding the 2025 Saudi Arabia Snooker Masters. The winner received £33,000 from a total prize fund of £328,000.
Ali Carter was the defending champion, having defeated Jackson Page 31 in the final of the previous ranking edition, but he was eliminated in stage one. By topping her group in stage one, Ng On-yee became the first woman to reach the last 32 of a professional ranking event. Stephen Maguire won the tournament, beating Joe O'Connor 31 in the final to claim the seventh ranking title of his career and his first since winning the 2020 Tour Championship over five years earlier. Maguire's win secured him a place in the 2025 Champion of Champions tournament, while O'Connor's defeat meant that he had lost all three of the ranking finals he had played.
The event produced 109 century breaks (86 in stage one, 19 in stage two, and 4 in stage three), of which the highest was a maximum break by Fan Zhengyi in his stage one match against Xu Si. The second maximum of Fan's career, it was the first maximum of the season and the 218th official maximum in professional competition.
Format The competition began with 32 rounds of group matches with each group consisting of four players. Two groups were played to a finish every day using a twotable setup in the arena. The groups were contested using a roundrobin format, with six matches played in each group. All matches in group play were played as bestoffour , with three points awarded for a win and one point for a draw. Group positions were determined by points scored, frame difference and then headtohead results between players who were tied. Places that were still tied were then determined by the highest made in the group. If the highest break was also tied, the next highest break made by the players was used.
The 32 players that topped the group tables qualified for the group winners' stage, consisting of eight groups of four players. The eight winners from the group winners' stage qualified for the two final groups, with the final taking place later on the same day. The winner received the Championship League title and a place in the 2025 Champion of Champions.
Participants No player in the top eight of the world rankings entered the event. Only five top-16 players featured—Barry Hawkins, Zhang Anda, Shaun Murphy, Si Jiahui, and Chris Wakelin. Outside the top 16, Hossein Vafaei, Anthony McGill, Ishpreet Singh Chadha, Sunny Akani, and Ken Doherty also did not enter. Luca Brecel and Jimmy White entered but subsequently withdrew. The tournament featured 24 amateur players, not currently on the World Snooker Tour, indicated by (a) in the tables below.
Broadcasters The event was broadcast by Fox Sports in Australia; Nova in Czechia and Slovakia; Maincast in Ukraine; Rigour in China; Viaplay in Iceland, and the Netherlands; Viasat in Scandinavia; and by Matchroom's YouTube channels in all other territories. DAZN was not announced as one of the broadcast partners, contrary to the previous editions.
Prize fund The breakdown of prize money for the tournament is shown below.
Stage one Winner: £3,000 Runner-up: £2,000 Third place: £1,000 Fourth place: £0
Stage two Winner: £4,000 Runner-up: £3,000 Third place: £2,000 Fourth place: £1,000
Stage three Winner: £6,000 Runner-up: £4,000 Third place: £2,000 Fourth place: £1,000
Final Winner: £20,000 Runner-up: £10,000
Tournament total: £328,000
Note: The champion received a total of £33,000 (£3,000 + £4,000 + £6,000 + £20,000).
Stage one Stage one consisted of 32 groups, each having four players. Numbers in parentheses after the players' names denote the players' seeding, and (a) indicates amateur players not on the main World Snooker Tour. Unlike other tournaments, where the defending champion is usually the top seed, the players were seeded according to their ranking, and the top 32 seeds were allocated to the 32 groups. One exception to this was Group 27, because Luca Brecel, seeded 27, withdrew.
Order of play Order of play as follows: Date Group 30 June Group 15 30 June Group 26 1 July Group 3 1 July Group 22 2 July Group 18 2 July Group 25 3 July Group 9 3 July Group 28 Date Group 4 July Group 2 4 July Group 32 5 July Group 11 5 July Group 17 7 July Group 6 7 July Group 7 8 July Group 13 8 July Group 14 Date Group 9 July Group 12 9 July Group 19 10 July Group 10 10 July Group 23 11 July Group 8 11 July Group 21 12 July Group 4 12 July Group 30 Date Group 14 July Group 1 14 July Group 20 15 July Group 24 15 July Group 31 16 July Group 5 16 July Group 16 17 July Group 27 17 July Group 29
Group 1 Group 1 was played on 14 July. Haydon Pinhey won the group and advanced to Stage 2 Group A, eliminating top seed Barry Hawkins from the tournament.
Group 1 matches
Barry Hawkins 2–2 John Astley Haydon Pinhey 1–3 Haris Tahir Haydon Pinhey 2–2 John Astley Barry Hawkins 3–0 Haris Tahir Haris Tahir 2–2 John Astley Barry Hawkins 0–3 Haydon Pinhey
Group 1 table Player 1 3 1 1 1 6 5 1 90 4 2 3 1 1 1 5 5 0 83 4 3 3 1 1 1 5 6 −1 74 4 4 3 0 3 0 6 6 0 136 3
Group 2 Group 2 was played on 4 July. Zhang Anda won the group and advanced to Stage 2 Group B.
Group 2 matches
Zhang Anda 3–1 George Pragnell Cheung Ka Wai 2–2 Chris Totten Cheung Ka Wai 2–2 George Pragnell Zhang Anda 2–2 Chris Totten Chris Totten 1–3 George Pragnell Zhang Anda 2–2 Cheung Ka Wai
Group 2 table Player 1 3 1 2 0 7 5 2 107 5 2 3 1 1 1 6 6 0 112 4 3 3 0 3 0 6 6 0 134 3 4 3 0 2 1 5 7 −2 141 2
Group 3 Group 3 was played on 1 July. Alfie Burden won the group and advanced to Stage 2 Group C.
Group 3 matches
Shaun Murphy 1–3 Alfie Burden Bulcsú Révész 3–1 Robbie McGuigan Bulcsú Révész 0–3 Alfie Burden Shaun Murphy 1–3 Robbie McGuigan Robbie McGuigan 3–1 Alfie Burden Shaun Murphy 1–3 Bulcsú Révész
Group 3 table Player 1 3 2 0 1 7 4 3 97 6 2 3 2 0 1 7 5 2 136 6 3 3 2 0 1 6 5 1 104 6 4 3 0 0 3 3 9 −6 78 0
Group 4 Group 4 was played on 12 July. Artemijs Žižins won the group and advanced to Stage 2 Group D.
Group 4 matches
Si Jiahui 3–0 Kayden Brierley Artemijs Žižins 3–1 Farakh Ajaib Artemijs Žižins 3–0 Kayden Brierley Si Jiahui 2–2 Farakh Ajaib Farakh Ajaib 3–1 Kayden Brierley Si Jiahui 0–3 Artemijs Žižins
Group 4 table Player 1 3 3 0 0 9 1 8 92 9 2 3 1 1 1 5 5 0 114 4 3 3 1 1 1 6 6 0 60 4 4 3 0 0 3 1 9 −8 51 0 Note: Si Jiahui and Farakh Ajaib finished Group 4 equal on points and frame difference. Their head-to-head was a draw. Si made a higher break (114) and so was placed above Ajaib in the group.
Group 5 Group 5 was played on 16 July. Chris Wakelin won the group and advanced to Stage 2 Group E.
Group 5 matches
Chris Wakelin 3–1 Daniel Womersley Julien Leclercq 3–0 Mitchell Mann Julien Leclercq 2–2 Daniel Womersley Chris Wakelin 3–0 Mitchell Mann Mitchell Mann 2–2 Daniel Womersley Chris Wakelin 2–2 Julien Leclercq
Group 5 table Player 1 3 2 1 0 8 3 5 136 7 2 3 1 2 0 7 4 3 115 5 3 3 0 2 1 5 7 −2 59 2 4 3 0 1 2 2 8 −6 39 1
Group 6 Group 6 was played on 7 July. Liam Davies won the group, beating the defending champion Ali Carter, and advanced to Stage 2 Group F.
Group 6 matches
Ali Carter 3–1 Jack Bradford Liam Davies 3–1 Huang Jiahao Liam Davies 3–1 Jack Bradford Ali Carter 3–1 Huang Jiahao Huang Jiahao 0–3 Jack Bradford Ali Carter 1–3 Liam Davies
Group 6 table Player 1 3 3 0 0 9 3 6 135 9 2 3 2 0 1 7 5 2 119 6 3 3 1 0 2 5 6 −1 64 3 4 3 0 0 3 2 9 −7 79 0
Group 7 Group 7 was played on 7 July. Amir Sarkhosh won the group and advanced to Stage 2 Group G.
Group 7 matches
Gary Wilson 2–2 Alex Clenshaw Amir Sarkhosh 2–2 Bai Yulu Amir Sarkhosh 3–1 Alex Clenshaw Gary Wilson 2–2 Bai Yulu Bai Yulu 2–2 Alex Clenshaw Gary Wilson 2–2 Amir Sarkhosh
Group 7 table Player 1 3 1 2 0 7 5 2 129 5 2 3 0 3 0 6 6 0 129 3 3 3 0 3 0 6 6 0 96 3 4 3 0 2 1 5 7 −2 64 2 Note: Gary Wilson and Bai Yulu finished Group 7 equal on points and frame difference. Their head-to-head was a draw. Wilson made a higher break (129) and so was placed above Bai in the group.
Group 8 Group 8 was played on 11 July. Tom Ford won the group and advanced to Stage 2 Group H.
Group 8 matches
Tom Ford 2–2 Simon Blackwell Allan Taylor 2–2 Mink Nutcharut Allan Taylor 2–2 Simon Blackwell Tom Ford 3–0 Mink Nutcharut Mink Nutcharut 1–3 Simon Blackwell Tom Ford 2–2 Allan Taylor
Group 8 table Player 1 3 1 2 0 7 4 3 132 5 2 3 1 2 0 7 5 2 69 5 3 3 0 3 0 6 6 0 80 3 4 3 0 1 2 3 8 −5 78 1
Group 9 Group 9 was played on 3 July. Wu Yize won the group and advanced to Stage 2 Group H.
Group 9 matches
Wu Yize 2–2 Craig Steadman Wang Yuchen 3–1 Kreishh Gurbaxani Wang Yuchen 1–3 Craig Steadman Wu Yize 3–0 Kreishh Gurbaxani Kreishh Gurbaxani 1–3 Craig Steadman Wu Yize 3–0 Wang Yuchen
Group 9 table Player 1 3 2 1 0 8 2 6 94 7 2 3 2 1 0 8 4 4 68 7 3 3 1 0 2 4 7 −3 140 3 4 3 0 0 3 2 9 −7 119 0
Group 10 Group 10 was played on 10 July. Ben Mertens won the group and advanced to Stage 2 Group G.
Group 10 matches
Jak Jones 2–2 Alfie Davies Ben Mertens 3–0 Jonas Luz Ben Mertens 2–2 Alfie Davies Jak Jones 3–0 Jonas Luz Jonas Luz 0–3 Alfie Davies Jak Jones 0–3 Ben Mertens
Group 10 table Player 1 3 2 1 0 8 2 6 131 7 2 3 1 2 0 7 4 3 102 5 3 3 1 1 1 5 5 0 102 4 4 3 0 0 3 0 9 −9 22 0
Group 11 Group 11 was played on 5 July. Stuart Bingham won the group and advanced to Stage 2 Group F.
Group 11 matches
Stuart Bingham 3–0 Halim Hussain Antoni Kowalski 3–1 Hatem Yassen Antoni Kowalski 3–0 Halim Hussain Stuart Bingham 3–0 Hatem Yassen Hatem Yassen 3–0 Halim Hussain Stuart Bingham 3–1 Antoni Kowalski
Group 11 table Player 1 3 3 0 0 9 1 8 102 9 2 3 2 0 1 7 4 3 88 6 3 3 1 0 2 4 6 −2 53 3 4 3 0 0 3 0 9 −9 42 0
Group 12 Group 12 was played on 9 July. David Gilbert won the group and advanced to Stage 2 Group E.
Group 12 matches
David Gilbert 3–0 Paul Deaville Duane Jones 3–1 Louis Heathcote Duane Jones 3–0 Paul Deaville David Gilbert 3–1 Louis Heathcote Louis Heathcote 3–1 Paul Deaville David Gilbert 3–1 Duane Jones
Group 12 table Player 1 3 3 0 0 9 2 7 139 9 2 3 2 0 1 7 4 3 118 6 3 3 1 0 2 5 7 −2 128 3 4 3 0 0 3 1 9 −8 82 0
Group 13 Group 13 was played on 8 July. Jack Lisowski won the group and advanced to Stage 2 Group D.
Group 13 matches
Jack Lisowski 3–1 Ashley Carty Gong Chenzhi 2–2 Ross Muir Gong Chenzhi 3–0 Ashley Carty Jack Lisowski 3–0 Ross Muir Ross Muir 2–2 Ashley Carty Jack Lisowski 2–2 Gong Chenzhi
Group 13 table Player 1 3 2 1 0 8 3 5 101 7 2 3 1 2 0 7 4 3 103 5 3 3 0 2 1 4 7 −3 66 2 4 3 0 1 2 3 8 −5 65 1
Group 14 Group 14 was played on 8 July. Pang Junxu won the group and advanced to Stage 2 Group C.
Group 14 matches
Pang Junxu 3–0 Dean Young Oliver Lines 2–2 Jiang Jun Oliver Lines 3–0 Dean Young Pang Junxu 1–3 Jiang Jun 1–3 Dean Young Pang Junxu 3–0 Oliver Lines
Group 14 table Player 1 3 2 0 1 7 3 4 136 6 2 3 1 1 1 6 6 0 123 4 3 3 1 1 1 5 5 0 74 4 4 3 1 0 2 3 7 −4 84 3 Note: Jiang Jun and Oliver Lines finished Group 14 equal on points and frame difference. Their head-to-head was a draw. Jiang made a higher break (123) and so was placed above Lines in the group.
Group 15 Group 15 was played on 30 June. Stephen Maguire won the group and advanced to Stage 2 Group B.
Group 15 matches
Stephen Maguire 3–1 James Cahill Michael Holt 2–2 Liam Graham Michael Holt 3–0 James Cahill Stephen Maguire 3–0 Liam Graham Liam Graham 2–2 James Cahill Stephen Maguire 3–0 Michael Holt
Group 15 table Player 1 3 3 0 0 9 1 8 119 9 2 3 1 1 1 5 5 0 89 4 3 3 0 2 1 4 7 −3 39 2 4 3 0 1 2 3 8 −5 71 1
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