2016 Championship League

Championship League
Tournament information
Dates	4 January – 3 March 2016
Venue	Crondon Park Golf Club
City	Stock
Country	England
Format	Non-ranking event
Total prize fund	£179,700
Winner's share	£10,000 (plus bonuses)
Highest break	Fergal O'Brien (IRL) (147)
Final
Champion	Judd Trump (ENG)
Runner-up	Ronnie O'Sullivan (ENG)
Score	3–2
	← 2015 2017 ⊟

The 2016 Championship League was a professional non-ranking snooker tournament that was played from 4 January to 3 March 2016 at the Crondon Park Golf Club in Stock, England.^[1]

Stuart Bingham was the defending champion, but he was eliminated at the league stage of group seven. Judd Trump clinched his third Championship League title after a 3–2 win over Ronnie O'Sullivan in the final. Mark Williams took the largest share of the prize money thanks to a lucrative campaign through 4 groups before qualifying for the winners' group.

Fergal O'Brien made the 118th official maximum break during his league stage match against Mark Davis in group six. This was O'Brien's first official 147 break and the fourth in the 2015/2016 season. O'Brien also became the oldest player to make an official 147, at the age of 43.^[2] His record was surpassed in the following year's edition of the Championship League, when Mark Davis became the oldest player to score a maximum break, at the age of 44. Davis even scored two 147s in that year's Championship League.^[3]

Prize fund

The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below.^[4] The maximum possible prize money, if the full five frames are played in each game, is £205,000.

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: £179,700

Group one

Group one was played on 4 and 5 January 2016. Ronnie O'Sullivan was the first player to qualify for the winners group.

Matches

Ronnie O'Sullivan 3–2 Mark Williams
John Higgins 0–3 Barry Hawkins
Ricky Walden 0–3 Ronnie O'Sullivan
Robert Milkins 3–2 Ryan Day
Mark Williams 3–1 John Higgins
Barry Hawkins 2–3 Robert Milkins
Ronnie O'Sullivan 3–2 John Higgins
Ryan Day 2–3 Ricky Walden
Mark Williams 3–2 Barry Hawkins
Robert Milkins 1–3 Ricky Walden
Ryan Day 2–3 Barry Hawkins
John Higgins 3–1 Ricky Walden
Ronnie O'Sullivan 3–2 Ryan Day
Mark Williams 1–3 Robert Milkins
John Higgins 0–3 Ryan Day
Barry Hawkins 1–3 Ricky Walden
Ronnie O'Sullivan 3–1 Robert Milkins
Mark Williams 3–1 Ricky Walden
John Higgins 3–2 Robert Milkins
Mark Williams 3–1 Ryan Day
Ronnie O'Sullivan 3–1 Barry Hawkins

Table

Pos	Player	Pld	W	L	FF	FA	FD
1	Ronnie O'Sullivan (ENG)	6	6	0	18	8	10	Qualification to Group 1 play-off
2	Mark Williams (WAL)	6	4	2	15	11	4
3	Robert Milkins (ENG)	6	3	3	13	14	−1
4	Ricky Walden (ENG)	6	3	3	11	13	−2

5	Barry Hawkins (ENG)	6	2	4	12	14	−2	Advances into Group 2

6	John Higgins (SCO)	6	2	4	9	15	−6	Eliminated from the competition
7	Ryan Day (WAL)	6	1	5	12	15	−3	Eliminated from the competition

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Play-offs

Semi-finals Best of 5 frames		Final Best of 5 frames



Ronnie O'Sullivan (ENG)	3

Ricky Walden (ENG)	0
		Ronnie O'Sullivan (ENG)	3

		Robert Milkins (ENG)	0
Mark Williams (WAL)	1

Robert Milkins (ENG)	3

Group two

Group two was played on 6 and 7 January 2016. The group was won by Judd Trump.

Matches

Mark Selby 3–2 Judd Trump
Joe Perry 2–3 Barry Hawkins
Ricky Walden 0–3 Mark Selby
Mark Williams 3–1 Robert Milkins
Judd Trump 1–3 Joe Perry
Barry Hawkins 1–3 Mark Williams
Mark Selby 3–1 Joe Perry
Robert Milkins 1–3 Ricky Walden
Judd Trump 3–0 Barry Hawkins
Mark Williams 2–3 Ricky Walden
Robert Milkins 3–1 Barry Hawkins
Joe Perry 3–1 Ricky Walden
Mark Selby 3–1 Robert Milkins
Judd Trump 3–2 Mark Williams
Joe Perry 3–2 Robert Milkins
Barry Hawkins 3–0 Ricky Walden
Mark Selby 3–2 Mark Williams
Judd Trump 0–3 Ricky Walden
Joe Perry 1–3 Mark Williams
Judd Trump 3–1 Robert Milkins
Mark Selby 3–0 Barry Hawkins

Table

Pos	Player	Pld	W	L	FF	FA	FD
1	Mark Selby (ENG)	6	6	0	18	6	12	Qualification to Group 2 play-off
2	Mark Williams (WAL)	6	3	3	15	12	3
3	Joe Perry (ENG)	6	3	3	13	13	0
4	Judd Trump (ENG)	6	3	3	12	12	0

5	Ricky Walden (ENG)	6	3	3	10	12	−2	Advances into Group 3

6	Barry Hawkins (ENG)	6	2	4	8	14	−6	Eliminated from the competition
7	Robert Milkins (ENG)	6	1	5	9	16	−7	Eliminated from the competition

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Play-offs

Semi-finals Best of 5 frames		Final Best of 5 frames



Mark Selby (ENG)	0

Judd Trump (ENG)	3
		Judd Trump (ENG)	3

		Mark Williams (WAL)	1
Mark Williams (WAL)	3

Joe Perry (ENG)	0

Group three

Group three was played on 25 and 26 January 2016. The group was won by Stephen Maguire.

Matches

Stephen Maguire 3–1 Marco Fu
Michael White 0–3 Ricky Walden
Mark Selby 1–3 Stephen Maguire
Joe Perry 3–2 Mark Williams
Marco Fu 0–3 Michael White
Ricky Walden 3–2 Joe Perry
Stephen Maguire 3–2 Michael White
Mark Williams 0–3 Mark Selby
Marco Fu 3–0 Ricky Walden
Joe Perry 0–3 Mark Selby
Mark Williams 2–3 Ricky Walden
Michael White 3–2 Mark Selby
Stephen Maguire 2–3 Mark Williams
Marco Fu 0–3 Joe Perry
Michael White 3–2 Mark Williams
Ricky Walden 1–3 Mark Selby
Stephen Maguire 3–2 Joe Perry
Marco Fu 1–3 Mark Selby
Michael White 3–0 Joe Perry
Marco Fu 1–3 Mark Williams
Stephen Maguire 3–1 Ricky Walden

Table

Pos	Player	Pld	W	L	FF	FA	FD
1	Stephen Maguire (SCO)	6	5	1	17	10	7	Qualification to Group 3 play-off
2	Mark Selby (ENG)	6	4	2	15	8	7
3	Michael White (WAL)	6	4	2	14	10	4
4	Ricky Walden (ENG)	6	3	3	11	13	−2

5	Mark Williams (WAL)	6	2	4	12	15	−3	Advances into Group 4

6	Joe Perry (ENG)	6	2	4	10	14	−4	Eliminated from the competition
7	Marco Fu (HKG)	6	1	5	6	15	−9	Eliminated from the competition

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Play-offs

Semi-finals Best of 5 frames		Final Best of 5 frames



Stephen Maguire (SCO)	3

Ricky Walden (ENG)	0
		Stephen Maguire (SCO)	3

		Mark Selby (ENG)	2
Mark Selby (ENG)	3

Michael White (WAL)	0

Group four

Group four was played on 27 and 28 January 2016. The group was won by Mark Williams.

Matches

Neil Robertson 3–0 Ben Woollaston
Graeme Dott 1–3 Mark Williams
Ricky Walden 1–3 Neil Robertson
Michael White 2–3 Mark Selby
Ben Woollaston 3–0 Graeme Dott
Mark Williams 3–0 Michael White
Neil Robertson 2–3 Graeme Dott
Mark Selby 3–0 Ricky Walden
Ben Woollaston 1–3 Mark Williams
Michael White 0–3 Ricky Walden
Mark Selby 2–3 Mark Williams
Graeme Dott 3–2 Ricky Walden
Neil Robertson 1–3 Mark Selby
Ben Woollaston 1–3 Michael White
Graeme Dott 3–2 Mark Selby
Mark Williams 3–2 Ricky Walden
Neil Robertson 3–1 Michael White
Ben Woollaston 1–3 Ricky Walden
Graeme Dott 1–3 Michael White
Ben Woollaston 0–3 Mark Selby
Neil Robertson 3–2 Mark Williams

Table

Pos	Player	Pld	W	L	FF	FA	FD
1	Mark Williams (WAL)	6	5	1	17	9	8	Qualification to Group 4 play-off
2	Mark Selby (ENG)	6	4	2	16	9	7
3	Neil Robertson (AUS)	6	4	2	15	10	5
4	Graeme Dott (SCO)	6	3	3	11	15	−4

5	Ricky Walden (ENG)	6	2	4	11	13	−2	Advances into Group 5

6	Michael White (WAL)	6	2	4	9	14	−5	Eliminated from the competition
7	Ben Woollaston (ENG)	6	1	5	6	15	−9	Eliminated from the competition

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Play-offs

Semi-finals Best of 5 frames		Final Best of 5 frames



Mark Williams (WAL)	3

Graeme Dott (SCO)	2
		Mark Williams (WAL)	3

		Mark Selby (ENG)	0
Mark Selby (ENG)	3

Neil Robertson (AUS)	1

Group five

Group five was played on 22 and 23 February 2016. Neil Robertson withdrew and was replaced by Michael Holt. The group was won by Mark Selby.

Matches

David Gilbert 2–3 Mark Davis
Kyren Wilson 3–0 Ricky Walden
Graeme Dott 3–1 David Gilbert
Michael Holt 0–3 Mark Selby
Mark Davis 3–1 Kyren Wilson
Ricky Walden 2–3 Michael Holt
David Gilbert 1–3 Kyren Wilson
Mark Selby 3–0 Graeme Dott
Mark Davis 0–3 Ricky Walden
Michael Holt 3–0 Graeme Dott
Mark Selby 3–1 Ricky Walden
Kyren Wilson 1–3 Graeme Dott
David Gilbert 1–3 Mark Selby
Mark Davis 3–1 Michael Holt
Kyren Wilson 3–1 Mark Selby
Ricky Walden 2–3 Graeme Dott
David Gilbert 2–3 Michael Holt
Mark Davis 3–1 Graeme Dott
Kyren Wilson 3–1 Michael Holt
Mark Davis 1–3 Mark Selby
David Gilbert 3–0 Ricky Walden

Table

Pos	Player	Pld	W	L	FF	FA	FD
1	Mark Selby (ENG)	6	5	1	16	6	10	Qualification to Group 5 play-off
2	Kyren Wilson (ENG)	6	4	2	14	9	5
3	Mark Davis (ENG)	6	4	2	13	11	2
4	Michael Holt (ENG)	6	3	3	11	13	−2

5	Graeme Dott (SCO)	6	3	3	10	13	−3	Advances into Group 6

6	David Gilbert (ENG)	6	1	5	10	15	−5	Eliminated from the competition
7	Ricky Walden (ENG)	6	1	5	8	15	−7	Eliminated from the competition

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Play-offs

Semi-finals Best of 5 frames		Final Best of 5 frames



Mark Selby (ENG)	3

Michael Holt (ENG)	0
		Mark Selby (ENG)	3

		Kyren Wilson (ENG)	1
Kyren Wilson (ENG)	3

Mark Davis (ENG)	2

Group six

Group six was played on 24 and 25 February 2016. Graeme Dott withdrew and was replaced by Dominic Dale. The group was won by Ali Carter.

Matches

Mark Davis 2–3 Kyren Wilson
Fergal O'Brien 3–2 Martin Gould
Allister Carter 3–1 Dominic Dale
Michael Holt 2–3 Fergal O'Brien
Martin Gould 1–3 Allister Carter
Dominic Dale 2–3 Mark Davis
Kyren Wilson 2–3 Michael Holt
Fergal O'Brien 2–3 Allister Carter
Martin Gould 1–3 Dominic Dale
Mark Davis 3–1 Michael Holt
Michael Holt 3–2 Allister Carter
Kyren Wilson 2–3 Dominic Dale
Fergal O'Brien 1–3 Kyren Wilson
Martin Gould 3–2 Mark Davis
Allister Carter 3–0 Kyren Wilson
Dominic Dale 3–2 Michael Holt
Michael Holt 3–1 Martin Gould
Fergal O'Brien 1–3 Mark Davis
Fergal O'Brien 0–3 Dominic Dale
Martin Gould 3–2 Kyren Wilson
Allister Carter 3–0 Mark Davis

Table

Pos	Player	Pld	W	L	FF	FA	FD
1	Ali Carter (ENG)	6	5	1	17	7	10	Qualification to Group 6 play-off
2	Dominic Dale (WAL)	6	4	2	15	11	4
3	Michael Holt (ENG)	6	3	3	14	14	0
4	Mark Davis (ENG)	6	3	3	13	13	0

5	Kyren Wilson (ENG)	6	2	4	12	15	−3	Advances into Group 7

6	Martin Gould (ENG)	6	2	4	11	16	−5	Eliminated from the competition
7	Fergal O'Brien (IRL)	6	2	4	10	16	−6	Eliminated from the competition

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Play-offs

Semi-finals Best of 5 frames		Final Best of 5 frames



Ali Carter (ENG)	3

Mark Davis (ENG)	0
		Ali Carter (ENG)	3

		Dominic Dale (WAL)	1
Dominic Dale (WAL)	3

Michael Holt (ENG)	0

Group seven

Group seven was played on 29 February and 1 March 2016. Matthew Selt won the group to take the final spot in the winners' group.

Matches

Matthew Selt 3–0 Liang Wenbo
Stuart Bingham 1–3 Kyren Wilson
Mark Davis 2–3 Matthew Selt
Michael Holt 2–3 Dominic Dale
Liang Wenbo 3–2 Stuart Bingham
Kyren Wilson 3–0 Michael Holt
Dominic Dale 1–3 Mark Davis
Matthew Selt 2–3 Stuart Bingham
Liang Wenbo 3–1 Kyren Wilson
Michael Holt 2–3 Mark Davis
Dominic Dale 1–3 Kyren Wilson
Stuart Bingham 0–3 Mark Davis
Matthew Selt 0–3 Dominic Dale
Liang Wenbo 3–2 Michael Holt
Stuart Bingham 3–1 Dominic Dale
Kyren Wilson 1–3 Mark Davis
Matthew Selt 3–1 Michael Holt
Liang Wenbo 3–0 Mark Davis
Stuart Bingham 3–1 Michael Holt
Liang Wenbo 3–0 Dominic Dale
Matthew Selt 3–2 Kyren Wilson

Table

Pos	Player	Pld	W	L	FF	FA	FD
1	Liang Wenbo (CHN)	6	5	1	15	8	7	Qualification to Group 7 play-off
2	Mark Davis (ENG)	6	4	2	14	10	4
3	Matthew Selt (ENG)	6	4	2	14	11	3
4	Kyren Wilson (ENG)	6	3	3	13	11	2

5	Stuart Bingham (ENG)	6	3	3	12	13	−1	Eliminated from the competition
6	Dominic Dale (WAL)	6	2	4	9	14	−5
7	Michael Holt (ENG)	6	0	6	8	18	−10

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Play-offs

Semi-finals Best of 5 frames		Final Best of 5 frames



Liang Wenbo (CHN)	3

Kyren Wilson (ENG)	2
		Liang Wenbo (CHN)	2

		Matthew Selt (ENG)	3
Mark Davis (ENG)	1

Matthew Selt (ENG)	3

Winners' group

The winners' group was played on 2 and 3 March 2016. Judd Trump beat Ronnie O'Sullivan 3–2 in the final to take the third Championship League title of his career.

Matches

Ronnie O'Sullivan 3–0 Judd Trump
Stephen Maguire 2–3 Mark Williams
Mark Selby 2–3 Ronnie O'Sullivan
Ali Carter 3–1 Matthew Selt
Judd Trump 3–1 Stephen Maguire
Mark Williams 3–0 Ali Carter
Matthew Selt 3–0 Mark Selby
Ronnie O'Sullivan 3–2 Stephen Maguire
Judd Trump 3–0 Mark Williams
Ali Carter 3–1 Mark Selby
Matthew Selt 0–3 Mark Williams
Stephen Maguire 3–2 Mark Selby
Ronnie O'Sullivan 3–2 Matthew Selt
Judd Trump 3–1 Ali Carter
Stephen Maguire 1–3 Matthew Selt
Mark Williams 0–3 Mark Selby
Ronnie O'Sullivan 3–2 Ali Carter
Judd Trump 2–3 Mark Selby
Stephen Maguire 2–3 Ali Carter
Judd Trump 2–3 Matthew Selt
Ronnie O'Sullivan 0–3 Mark Williams

Table

Pos	Player	Pld	W	L	FF	FA	FD
1	Ronnie O'Sullivan (ENG)	6	5	1	15	11	4	Qualification to the Winners' group play-off
2	Mark Williams (WAL)	6	4	2	12	8	4
3	Judd Trump (ENG)	6	3	3	13	11	2
4	Matthew Selt (ENG)	6	3	3	12	12	0

5	Ali Carter (ENG)	6	3	3	12	13	−1	Eliminated from the competition
6	Mark Selby (ENG)	6	2	4	11	14	−3
7	Stephen Maguire (SCO)	6	1	5	11	17	−6

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Play-offs

Semi-finals Best of 5 frames		Final Best of 5 frames



Ronnie O'Sullivan (ENG)	3

Matthew Selt (ENG)	0
		Ronnie O'Sullivan (ENG)	2

		Judd Trump (ENG)	3
Mark Williams (WAL)	2

Judd Trump (ENG)	3

Century breaks

Total: 96

147 (6) – Fergal O'Brien
144 (2), 137, 131, 130, 129, 119, 114, 111, 110, 108, 105, 103, 102, 100, 100 – Mark Williams
141 (W), 121, 120, 112 – Matthew Selt
140 (4), 131, 117, 103 – Neil Robertson
140 (7), 101 – Stuart Bingham
139 (3), 138, 112, 110, 108, 102 – Stephen Maguire
138 (1), 133, 107, 106, 102 – Ricky Walden
136, 135, 134, 133, 131 (5), 129, 129, 123, 123, 123, 119, 116, 111, 107, 101, 101, 100 – Mark Selby
136, 134, 133, 126, 120, 119, 117, 115, 106 – Ronnie O'Sullivan
134, 103 – Mark Davis
134, 103 – Dominic Dale
133, 129, 107, 101 – Liang Wenbo
131, 110 – Robert Milkins
129 – Graeme Dott
126, 122 – Marco Fu
123, 122, 103, 100, 100 – Ali Carter
117, 117 – Michael White
111, 106, 102, 100, 100 – Kyren Wilson
110, 105 – Ryan Day
105 – Martin Gould
104 – Ben Woollaston
103, 103, 102 – Judd Trump
101 – David Gilbert

Bold: highest break in the indicated group.

Winnings

No.	Player	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	W	TOTAL
1	Mark Williams (WAL)	2,800	5,200	1,200	6,500				6,000	21,700
2	Mark Selby (ENG)		2,800	5,000	4,500	6,900			2,200	21,400
3	Judd Trump (ENG)		6,000						14,400	20,400
4	Ronnie O'Sullivan (ENG)	6,600							9,500	16,100
5	Matthew Selt (ENG)							6,200	6,400	12,600
6	Stephen Maguire (SCO)			7,000					2,200	9,200
7	Ali Carter (ENG)						6,500		2,400	8,900
8	Kyren Wilson (ENG)					4,600	1,200	2,900		8,700
9	Mark Davis (ENG)					2,900	2,300	2,700		7,900
10	Ricky Walden (ENG)	2,600	1,000	2,100	1,100	800				7,600
11	Dominic Dale (WAL)						4,700	900		5,600
12	Michael Holt (ENG)					2,100	2,400	800		5,300
13	Robert Milkins (ENG)	4,200	900							5,100
14	Liang Wenbo (CHN)							5,000		5,000
15	Graeme Dott (SCO)				2,700	1,000				3,700
16	Neil Robertson (AUS)				3,300					3,300
=	Michael White (WAL)			2,400	900					3,300
=	Joe Perry (ENG)		2,300	1,000						3,300
19	Barry Hawkins (ENG)	1,200	800							2,000
20	Stuart Bingham (ENG)							1,700		1,700
21	Fergal O'Brien (IRL)						1,500			1,500
22	Ryan Day (WAL)	1,200								1,200
23	Martin Gould (ENG)						1,100			1,100
24	David Gilbert (ENG)					1,000				1,000
25	John Higgins (SCO)	900								900
26	Marco Fu (HKG)			600						600
=	Ben Woollaston (ENG)				600					600
	Total prize money	19,500	19,000	19,300	19,600	19,300	19,700	20,200	43,100	179,700

Green: Won the group. Bold: Highest break in the group. All prize money in GBP.

References

^ "Full Calendar".
^ "O'Brien Joins 147 Club". World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. 25 February 2016. Archived from the original on 25 February 2016. Retrieved 26 February 2016.
^ "Davis Makes First 147 To Win CLS Group Three - World Snooker". Archived from the original on 2017-01-14. Retrieved 2017-01-14.
^ "Prize Fund".

http://www.championshipleaguesnooker.co.uk/players/

[1] "Full Calendar".

[2] "O'Brien Joins 147 Club". World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. 25 February 2016. Archived from the original on 25 February 2016. Retrieved 26 February 2016.

[3] "Davis Makes First 147 To Win CLS Group Three - World Snooker". Archived from the original on 2017-01-14. Retrieved 2017-01-14.

[4] "Prize Fund".

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