The 2027 Championship League Invitational (officially the 2027 BetVictor Championship League Snooker Invitational) is an upcoming professional non-ranking snooker tournament that will take place from 21December2026 to 23January2027 at the Leicester Arena in Leicester, England. Part of the 2026–27 snooker season, it will be the 21st edition of the invitational version of the tournament, which was first staged in 2008.
Mark Selby is the defending champion, having retained the title for a third consecutive time at the 2026 event by defeating Wu Yize 3–1 in the final.
Overview The tournament will take place from 21December2026 to 23January2027 at the Leicester Arena in Leicester, England. Mark Selby is the defending champion, having defeated Wu Yize 3–1 in the final of the 2026 event, retaining the title for a third consecutive time.
Format A total of 25 players are initially invited to the event, with the matches played behind closed doors without an audience. Players earn prize money for every won, as well as being semifinalists, runnersup, and winners of each group, with more money involved in the Winners' Group. Since 2010 all matches have been played as the best of five frames.
The tournament is played in a roundrobin format, consisting of eight groups of seven players. The top four players in each group qualify for a playoff, with the winner entering the Winners' Group. The bottom two players in each group are eliminated, and the remaining four moved to the next group, where they are joined by three more players. This format is played for each group, from one to seven. In each group, the players are ranked by the number of matches won, then by most frames won, and then by least frames lost. If two players are tied by these criteria, the player who wins the match between them is ranked higher in the table. The group playoff semifinals are contested between the 1st and 4th place players in the table, and between the 2nd and 3rd place players in the table. The Winners' Group is played at the end, and its playoff winner becomes champion of the tournament.
Group 1 will be played on 21 and 22December2026; Groups 2 to 5 will be played from 2 to 9January2027; Groups 6, 7, and the Winners' Group will be played from 18 to 23January2027. The champion will take a place in the 2027 Champion of Champions.
Prize fund The breakdown of prize money for the 2027 Championship League is as follows:
Groups 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
Maximum possible tournament total: £205,000 (if all match results are 3–2) Minimum possible tournament total: £152,800 (if all match results are 3–0)
Group 1 Group 1 will be played on 21 and 22 December 2026.
Group 1 league matches 21 December
Order of play for the 12 matches to be decided.
22 December
Order of play for the 9 matches to be decided.
Group 1 table
Group 1 play-offs
Group 2 Group 2 will be played on 2 and 3 January 2027.
Group 2 league matches 2 January
Order of play for the 12 matches to be decided.
3 January
Order of play for the 9 matches to be decided.
Group 2 table
Group 2 play-offs
Group 3 Group 3 will be played on 4 and 5 January 2027.
Group 3 league matches 4 January
Order of play for the 12 matches to be decided.
5 January
Order of play for the 9 matches to be decided.
Group 3 table
Group 3 play-offs
Group 4 Group 4 will be played on 6 and 7 January 2027.
Group 4 league matches 6 January
Order of play for the 12 matches to be decided.
7 January
Order of play for the 9 matches to be decided.
Group 4 table
Group 4 play-offs
Group 5 Group 5 will be played on 8 and 9 January 2027.
Group 5 league matches 8 January
Order of play for the 12 matches to be decided.
9 January
Order of play for the 9 matches to be decided.
Group 5 table
Group 5 play-offs
Group 6 Group 6 will be played on 18 and 19 January 2027.
Group 6 league matches 18 January
Order of play for the 12 matches to be decided.
19 January
Order of play for the 9 matches to be decided.
Group 6 table
Group 6 play-offs
Group 7 Group 7 will be played on 20 and 21 January 2027.
Group 7 league matches 20 January
Order of play for the 12 matches to be decided.
21 January
Order of play for the 9 matches to be decided.
Group 7 table
Group 7 play-offs
Winners' Group The Winners' Group will be played on 22 and 23 January 2027.
Winners' Group league matches 22 January
Order of play for the 12 matches to be decided.
23 January
Order of play for the 9 matches to be decided.
Winners' Group table
Winners' Group play-offs
Winnings
No. Player 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 W Total 1 Player 1 2 Player 2 3 Player 3 4 Player 4 5 Player 5 6 Player 6 7 Player 7 8 Player 8 9 Player 9 10 Player 10 11 Player 11 12 Player 12 13 Player 13 14 Player 14 15 Player 15 16 Player 16 17 Player 17 18 Player 18 19 Player 19 20 Player 20 21 Player 21 22 Player 22 23 Player 23 24 Player 24 25 Player 25 Total prize money: 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Green: Won the Group. Bold: Highest break in the Group. Q: Qualified for the Winners' Group. Numbers in parentheses: World ranking prior to tournament start, 21 December 2026. All prize money in GBP.Players receive prize money for frames won in voided matcheseven though they do not count in the group tables.
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References
External links Matchroom Sport – Championship League Snooker Table one channel stream on YouTube Table two channel stream on YouTube