1999_Premier_League_Snooker

1999 Premier League Snooker

1999 Premier League Snooker

Snooker tournament


The 1999 Riley Premier League was a professional non-ranking snooker tournament that was played from 2 January to 16 May 1999.

Quick Facts Tournament information, Dates ...

John Higgins won in the final 9–4 against Jimmy White.[1]

League phase

More information Ranking, OSU ...

Top four qualified for the play-offs. If points were level then most frames won determined their positions. If two players had an identical record then the result in their match determined their positions. If that ended 4–4 then the player who got to four first was higher.[2]

  • Match Day 1 – Torbay Leisure Centre, Paignton
    • Jimmy White 4–4 Ken Doherty
    • Ronnie O'Sullivan 4–4 Mark Williams
  • Match Day 2 – Torbay Leisure Centre, Paignton
    • Mark Williams 5–3 Steve Davis
    • Stephen Hendry 5–3 John Higgins
    • Jimmy White 4–4 Ronnie O'Sullivan
  • Match Day 3 – Barrow (9 January 1999)
    • John Higgins 4–4 Mark Williams
    • Ronnie O'Sullivan 6–2 Ken Doherty
  • Match Day 4 – Barrow (10 January 1999)
    • Mark Williams 5–3 Ken Doherty
    • Stephen Hendry 6–2 Steve Davis
  • Match Day 5
    • John Higgins 6–2 Steve Davis
    • Ronnie O'Sullivan 6–2 Stephen Hendry
  • Match Day 6 – Lincoln (7 February 1999)
    • Jimmy White 5–3 Stephen Hendry
    • Ronnie O'Sullivan 6–2 Steve Davis
    • John Higgins 6–2 Ken Doherty
  • Match Day 7 – Lincoln (7 February 1999)
    • Jimmy White 4–4 John Higgins
    • Ken Doherty 6–2 Stephen Hendry
  • Match Day 8
    • Mark Williams 5–3 Jimmy White
    • Steve Davis 4–4 Ken Doherty
    • Ronnie O'Sullivan 5–3 John Higgins
  • Match Day 9
    • Mark Williams 5–3 Stephen Hendry
    • Steve Davis 5–3 Jimmy White

Play-offs

15–16 May – Magnet Leisure Centre, Maidenhead, England[2]

Semi-finals
Best of 11 frames
Final
Best of 17 frames
      
1 England Ronnie O'Sullivan 1
4 England Jimmy White 6
4 England Jimmy White 4
3 Scotland John Higgins 9
2 Wales Mark Williams 2
3 Scotland John Higgins 6

References

  1. "Premier/Matchroom League, Matchroom Championship League". Chris Turner's Snooker Archive. Archived from the original on 16 February 2012. Retrieved 18 January 2018.
  2. Layton, Eric. Cuesport Book of Professional Snooker. p. 176.

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