2010 Championship League

Championship League

Tournament information
Dates	4 January- 25 March 2010
Venue	Crondon Park Golf Club
City	Stock
Country	England
Organisation(s)	Matchroom Sport
Format	Non-ranking event
Total prize fund	£200,500
Winner's share	£10,000
Highest break	144 (x2)
Final
Champion	Marco Fu
Runner-up	Mark Allen
Score	3–2
← 2009 2011 →

The 2010 Championship League was a professional non-ranking snooker tournament that was played from 4 January to 25 March 2010 at the Crondon Park Golf Club in Stock, England.

Marco Fu won in the final 3–2 against Mark Allen, and earned a place in the 2010 Premier League Snooker.

Prize fund

The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:^[1][2]

Group 1–7 Winner: £3,000 Runner-up: £2,000 Semi-final: £1,000 Frame-win: £100

Winners group Winner: £10,000 Runner-up: £5,000 Semi-final: £3,000 Frame-win: £300

• Tournament total: £200,500

Group one

Group one matches were played on 4 and 5 January 2010.^[3][4] Stephen Maguire was the first player to qualify for the winners group.

Matches

Judd Trump 3–1 Ryan Day Mark Selby 2–3 Ali Carter Shaun Murphy 0–3 Stephen Maguire John Higgins 0–3 Judd Trump Ryan Day 2–3 Mark Selby Ali Carter 3–0 Shaun Murphy Stephen Maguire 3–2 John Higgins

Judd Trump 1–3 Mark Selby Ryan Day 0–3 Ali Carter Shaun Murphy 1–3 John Higgins Mark Selby 3–2 John Higgins Stephen Maguire 3–2 Ali Carter Judd Trump 3–1 Stephen Maguire Ryan Day 1–3 Shaun Murphy

Ali Carter 0–3 John Higgins Mark Selby 3–1 Stephen Maguire Judd Trump 3–1 Shaun Murphy Ryan Day 2–3 John Higgins Ryan Day 1–3 Stephen Maguire Mark Selby 0–3 Shaun Murphy Judd Trump 2–3 Ali Carter

Table

Ranking		TRU	CAR	MAG	SEL	HIG	MUR	DAY	Frame W-L	Match W-L	Pld-Pts
1	Judd Trump	x	2	3	1	3	3	3	15–9	4–2	6–4
2	Ali Carter	3	x	2	3	0	3	3	14–10	4–2	6–4
3	Stephen Maguire	1	3	x	1	3	3	3	14–11	4–2	6–4
4	Mark Selby	3	2	3	x	3	0	3	14–12	4–2	6–4
5	John Higgins	0	3	2	2	x	3	3	13–12	3–3	6–3
6	Shaun Murphy	1	0	0	3	1	x	3	8–13	2–4	6–2
7	Ryan Day	1	0	1	2	2	1	x	7–18	0–6	6–0

Play-offs

	Semi-finals Best of 5 frames					Final Best of 5 frames
	1	Judd Trump	1
	4	Mark Selby	3
						4	Mark Selby	0
						3	Stephen Maguire	3
	2	Ali Carter	2
	3	Stephen Maguire	3

Group two

Group two matches were played on 6 and 7 January 2010.^[5][6] John Higgins was the second player to qualify for the winners group.

Matches

Ali Carter 3–1 John Higgins Mark Selby 1–3 Judd Trump Neil Robertson 0–3 Marco Fu Ronnie O'Sullivan 3–2 Mark Selby John Higgins 3–2 Neil Robertson Judd Trump 3–0 Ali Carter Marco Fu 0–3 Ronnie O'Sullivan

Mark Selby 3–0 Ali Carter Judd Trump 1–3 John Higgins Neil Robertson 3–0 Ronnie O'Sullivan Ali Carter 3–1 Ronnie O'Sullivan Marco Fu 3–1 John Higgins Mark Selby 0–3 Marco Fu Judd Trump 2–3 Neil Robertson

John Higgins 3–0 Ronnie O'Sullivan Ali Carter 1–3 Marco Fu Judd Trump 3–0 Ronnie O'Sullivan Mark Selby 3–2 Neil Robertson Ali Carter 3–0 Neil Robertson Judd Trump 1–3 Marco Fu Mark Selby 0–3 John Higgins

Table

Ranking		FU	HIG	TRU	CAR	ROB	SEL	OSU	Frame W-L	Match W-L	Pld-Pts
1	Marco Fu	x	3	3	3	3	3	0	15–6	5–1	6–5
2	John Higgins	1	x	3	1	3	3	3	14–9	4–2	6–4
3	Judd Trump	1	1	x	3	2	3	3	13–10	3–3	6–3
4	Ali Carter	1	3	0	x	3	0	3	10–11	3–3	6–3
5	Neil Robertson	0	2	3	0	x	2	3	10–14	2–4	6–2
6	Mark Selby	0	0	1	3	3	x	2	9–14	2–4	6–2
7	Ronnie O'Sullivan	3	0	0	1	0	3	x	7–14	2–4	6–2

Play-offs

	Semi-finals Best of 5 frames					Final Best of 5 frames
	1	Marco Fu	0
	4	Ali Carter	3
						4	Ali Carter	1
						2	John Higgins	3
	2	John Higgins	3
	3	Judd Trump	2

Group three

Group three matches were played on 18 and 19 January 2010.^[7][8] Judd Trump was the third player to qualify for the winners group.

Matches

Ali Carter 1–3 Marco Fu Judd Trump 3–1 Neil Robertson Stephen Hendry 2–3 Mark Allen Joe Perry 3–1 Ali Carter Marco Fu 1–3 Judd Trump Neil Robertson 3–2 Stephen Hendry Mark Allen 3–2 Joe Perry

Ali Carter 0–3 Judd Trump Marco Fu 3–1 Neil Robertson Stephen Hendry 2–3 Joe Perry Judd Trump 3–1 Joe Perry Mark Allen 3–2 Neil Robertson Ali Carter 3–0 Mark Allen Marco Fu 3–1 Stephen Hendry

Neil Robertson 3–0 Joe Perry Judd Trump 3–1 Mark Allen Marco Fu 3–1 Joe Perry Ali Carter 3–2 Stephen Hendry Judd Trump 2–3 Stephen Hendry Marco Fu 2–3 Mark Allen Ali Carter 3–2 Neil Robertson

Table

Ranking		TRU	FU	ALL	CAR	ROB	PER	HEN	Frame W-L	Match W-L	Pld-Pts
1	Judd Trump	x	3	3	3	3	3	2	17–7	5–1	6–5
2	Marco Fu	1	x	2	3	3	3	3	15–10	4–2	6–4
3	Mark Allen	1	3	x	0	3	3	3	13–14	4–2	6–4
4	Ali Carter	0	1	3	x	3	1	3	10–13	3–3	6–3
5	Neil Robertson	1	1	2	2	x	3	3	12–14	2–4	6–2
6	Joe Perry	1	1	2	3	0	x	3	10–15	2–4	6–2
7	Stephen Hendry	3	1	2	2	2	2	x	12–17	1–5	6–1

Play-offs

	Semi-finals Best of 5 frames					Final Best of 5 frames
	1	Judd Trump	3
	4	Ali Carter	0
						1	Judd Trump	3
						3	Mark Allen	2
	2	Marco Fu	1
	3	Mark Allen	3

Group four

Group four matches were played on 20 and 21 January 2010.^[9][10] Marco Fu was the fourth player to qualify for the winners group.

Matches

Mark Allen 0–3 Marco Fu Ali Carter 1–3 Neil Robertson Peter Ebdon 1–3 Mark Williams Liang Wenbo 1–3 Mark Allen Marco Fu 3–0 Ali Carter Neil Robertson 0–3 Peter Ebdon Mark Williams 0–3 Liang Wenbo

Mark Allen 3–2 Ali Carter Marco Fu 2–3 Neil Robertson Peter Ebdon 3–1 Liang Wenbo Ali Carter 2–3 Liang Wenbo Mark Williams 1–3 Neil Robertson Mark Allen 0–3 Mark Williams Marco Fu 3–1 Peter Ebdon

Neil Robertson 3–1 Liang Wenbo Ali Carter 2–3 Mark Williams Marco Fu 3–2 Liang Wenbo Mark Allen 3–2 Peter Ebdon Ali Carter 0–3 Peter Ebdon Marco Fu 0–3 Mark Williams Mark Allen 1–3 Neil Robertson

Table

Ranking		ROB	FU	WIL	EBD	ALL	LIA	CAR	Frame W-L	Match W-L	Pld-Pts
1	Neil Robertson	x	3	3	0	3	3	3	15–9	5–1	6–5
2	Marco Fu	2	x	0	3	3	3	3	14–9	4–2	6–4
3	Mark Williams	1	3	x	3	3	0	3	13–9	4–2	6–4
4	Peter Ebdon	3	1	1	x	2	3	3	13–10	3–3	6–3
5	Mark Allen	1	0	0	3	x	3	3	10–14	3–3	6–3
6	Liang Wenbo	1	2	3	1	1	x	3	11–14	2–4	6–2
7	Ali Carter	1	0	2	0	2	2	x	7–18	0–6	6–0

Play-offs

	Semi-finals Best of 5 frames					Final Best of 5 frames
	1	Neil Robertson	3
	4	Peter Ebdon	1
						1	Neil Robertson	0
						2	Marco Fu	3
	2	Marco Fu	3
	3	Mark Williams	2

Group five

Group five matches were played on 8 and 9 February 2010.^[11][12] Neil Robertson was the fifth player to qualify for the winners group.

Matches

Neil Robertson 3–1 Mark Williams Peter Ebdon 3–0 Ricky Walden Barry Hawkins 2–3 Jamie Cope Dave Harold 1–3 Neil Robertson Mark Williams 2–3 Peter Ebdon Ricky Walden 3–2 Barry Hawkins Jamie Cope 3–1 Dave Harold

Neil Robertson 2–3 Peter Ebdon Mark Williams 3–2 Ricky Walden Barry Hawkins 3–1 Dave Harold Peter Ebdon 1–3 Dave Harold Jamie Cope 3–0 Ricky Walden Neil Robertson 3–2 Jamie Cope Mark Williams 3–0 Barry Hawkins

Ricky Walden 3–0 Dave Harold Peter Ebdon 2–3 Jamie Cope Mark Williams 3–1 Dave Harold Neil Robertson 2–3 Barry Hawkins Peter Ebdon 2–3 Barry Hawkins Mark Williams 3–2 Jamie Cope Neil Robertson 3–2 Ricky Walden

Table

Ranking		COP	ROB	WIL	EBD	HAW	WAL	HAR	Frame W-L	Match W-L	Pld-Pts
1	Jamie Cope	x	2	2	3	3	3	3	16–11	4–2	6–4
2	Neil Robertson	3	x	3	2	2	3	3	16–12	4–2	6–4
3	Mark Williams	3	1	x	2	3	3	3	15–11	4–2	6–4
4	Peter Ebdon	2	3	3	x	2	3	1	14–13	3–3	6–3
5	Barry Hawkins	2	3	0	3	x	2	3	13–14	3–3	6–3
6	Ricky Walden	0	2	2	0	3	x	3	10–14	2–4	6–2
7	Dave Harold	1	1	1	3	1	0	x	7–16	1–5	6–1

Play-offs

	Semi-finals Best of 5 frames					Final Best of 5 frames
	1	Jamie Cope	3
	4	Peter Ebdon	0
						1	Jamie Cope	0
						2	Neil Robertson	3
	2	Neil Robertson	3
	3	Mark Williams	0

Group six

Group six matches are played on 10 and 11 February 2010.^[13][14] Mark Allen was the sixth player to qualify for the winners group.

Matches

Jamie Cope 0–3 Mark Williams Peter Ebdon 3–0 Barry Hawkins Mark Allen 3–2 Stuart Bingham Joe Swail 1–3 Jamie Cope Mark Williams 1–3 Peter Ebdon Barry Hawkins 1–3 Mark Allen Stuart Bingham 1–3 Joe Swail

Jamie Cope 3–2 Peter Ebdon Mark Williams 3–0 Barry Hawkins Mark Allen 2–3 Joe Swail Peter Ebdon 3–1 Joe Swail Stuart Bingham 3–2 Barry Hawkins Jamie Cope 0–3 Stuart Bingham Mark Williams 0–3 Mark Allen

Barry Hawkins 0–3 Joe Swail Peter Ebdon 3–2 Stuart Bingham Mark Williams 1–3 Joe Swail Jamie Cope 3–2 Mark Allen Peter Ebdon 2–3 Mark Allen Mark Williams 3–0 Stuart Bingham Jamie Cope 2–3 Barry Hawkins

Table

Ranking		EBD	ALL	SWA	WIL	COP	BIN	HAW	Frame W-L	Match W-L	Pld-Pts
1	Peter Ebdon	x	2	3	3	2	3	3	16–10	4–2	6–4
2	Mark Allen	3	x	2	3	2	3	3	16–11	4–2	6–4
3	Joe Swail	1	3	x	3	1	3	3	14–10	4–2	6–4
4	Mark Williams	1	0	1	x	3	3	3	11–9	3–3	6–3
5	Jamie Cope	3	3	3	0	x	0	2	11–14	3–3	6–3
6	Stuart Bingham	2	2	1	0	3	x	3	11–14	2–4	6–2
7	Barry Hawkins	0	1	0	0	3	2	x	6–17	1–5	6–1

Play-offs

	Semi-finals Best of 5 frames					Final Best of 5 frames
	1	Peter Ebdon	3
	4	Mark Williams	1
						1	Peter Ebdon	0
						2	Mark Allen	3
	2	Mark Allen	3
	3	Joe Swail	0

Group seven

Group seven matches were played on 22 and 23 March 2010.^[15][16] Jamie Cope was the seventh player to qualify for the winners group.

Matches

Peter Ebdon 3–1 Joe Swail Mark Williams 3–0 Jamie Cope Ding Junhui 3–0 Steve Davis Michael Holt 1–3 Peter Ebdon Joe Swail 0–3 Mark Williams Jamie Cope 0–3 Ding Junhui Steve Davis 1–3 Michael Holt

Peter Ebdon 3–2 Mark Williams Joe Swail 0–3 Jamie Cope Ding Junhui 1–3 Michael Holt Mark Williams 3–0 Michael Holt Steve Davis 0–3 Jamie Cope Peter Ebdon 3–2 Steve Davis Joe Swail 1–3 Ding Junhui

Jamie Cope 3–2 Michael Holt Mark Williams 3–0 Steve Davis Joe Swail 3–0 Michael Holt Peter Ebdon 3–1 Ding Junhui Mark Williams 3–2 Ding Junhui Joe Swail 1–3 Steve Davis Peter Ebdon 1–3 Jamie Cope

Table

Ranking		WIL	EBD	COP	DIN	HOL	SWA	DAV	Frame W-L	Match W-L	Pld-Pts
1	Mark Williams	x	2	3	3	3	3	3	17–5	5–1	6–5
2	Peter Ebdon	3	x	1	3	3	3	3	16–10	5–1	6–5
3	Jamie Cope	0	3	x	0	3	3	3	12–9	4–2	6–4
4	Ding Junhui	2	1	3	x	1	3	3	13–10	3–3	6–3
5	Michael Holt	0	1	2	3	x	0	3	9–14	2–4	6–4
6	Joe Swail	0	1	0	1	3	x	1	6–15	1–5	6–1
7	Steve Davis	0	2	0	0	1	3	x	6–16	1–5	6–1

Play-offs

	Semi-finals Best of 5 frames					Final Best of 5 frames
	1	Mark Williams	0
	4	Ding Junhui	3
						4	Ding Junhui	1
						3	Jamie Cope	3
	2	Peter Ebdon	2
	3	Jamie Cope	3

Winners group

The matches of the winners group were played on 24 and 25 March 2010.^[17][18] Marco Fu has qualified for the 2010 Premier League.

Matches

Stephen Maguire 2–3 John Higgins Judd Trump 2–3 Marco Fu Neil Robertson 2–3 Mark Allen Jamie Cope 1–3 Stephen Maguire John Higgins 2–3 Judd Trump Marco Fu 0–3 Neil Robertson Mark Allen 3–2 Jamie Cope

Stephen Maguire 3–0 Judd Trump John Higgins 1–3 Marco Fu Neil Robertson 3–2 Jamie Cope Judd Trump 3–0 Jamie Cope Mark Allen 3–0 Marco Fu Stephen Maguire 3–2 Mark Allen John Higgins 1–3 Neil Robertson

Marco Fu 3–0 Jamie Cope Judd Trump 0–3 Mark Allen John Higgins 0–3 Jamie Cope Stephen Maguire 3–2 Neil Robertson Judd Trump 2–3 Neil Robertson John Higgins 3–2 Mark Allen Stephen Maguire 3–0 Marco Fu

Table

Ranking		MAG	ALL	ROB	FU	TRU	HIG	COP	Frame W-L	Match W-L	Pld-Pts
1	Stephen Maguire	x	3	3	3	3	2	3	17–8	5–1	6–5
2	Mark Allen	2	x	3	3	3	2	3	16–10	4–2	6–4
3	Neil Robertson	2	2	x	3	3	3	3	16–11	4–2	6–4
4	Marco Fu	0	0	0	x	3	3	3	9–12	3–3	6–3
5	Judd Trump	0	0	2	2	x	3	3	10–14	2–4	6–2
6	John Higgins	3	3	1	1	2	x	0	10–16	2–4	6–2
7	Jamie Cope	1	2	2	0	0	3	x	8–15	1–5	6–1

Play-offs

	Semi-finals Best of 5 frames					Final Best of 5 frames
	1	Stephen Maguire	0
	4	Marco Fu	3
						4	Marco Fu	3
						2	Mark Allen	2
	2	Mark Allen	3
	3	Neil Robertson	2

Century breaks

^{[3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18]}

• 144, 141, 139, 130, 122, 114, 102, 102, 101, 101 Peter Ebdon
• 144, 134, 133, 130, 122, 120, 111, 110, 104, 104, 104, 103 Marco Fu
• 143, 135, 117, 104, 104 Mark Williams
• 142 Barry Hawkins
• 140, 118, 110, 101, 101 Stephen Maguire
• 138 Ronnie O'Sullivan
• 138 John Higgins
• 137, 131, 112, 109 Ding Junhui
• 136, 136, 127, 110, 110 Ali Carter
• 135, 131, 122, 116, 116, 115, 113, 113, 111, 110, 105, 104, 103, 101, 100, 100, 100 Neil Robertson
• 133, 113, 105, 102, 102, 100, 100 Jamie Cope
• 133 Ricky Walden
• 131, 128, 122 Mark Selby
• 124, 110 Stuart Bingham
• 118, 110, 108, 107, 107, 106, 104, 103, 102, 101, 100 Judd Trump
• 114, 107, 103, 100, 100 Mark Allen
• 112, 109 Shaun Murphy
• 106 Stephen Hendry
• 101 Joe Perry

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External links

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