Championship League

Tournament information
Dates	4 January – 3 March 2016 (2016-01-04 – 2016-03-03)
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
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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]

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.

• Tournament total: £179,700

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

	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

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.

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

	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

Total: 96

Bold: highest break in the indicated group.

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.

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