2008_Championship_League

Championship League
Tournament information
Dates	25 February – 15 May 2008
Venue	Crondon Park Golf Club
City	Stock
Country	England
Organisation	Matchroom Sport
Format	Non-ranking event
Total prize fund	£175,600
Winner's share	£10,000 (plus bonuses)
Highest break	Ali Carter (ENG) (143)x2; Dave Harold (ENG) (143)
Final
Champion	Joe Perry (ENG)
Runner-up	Mark Selby (ENG)
Score	3–1
	← First 2009 →

2008 Championship League

Snooker tournament

The 2008 Championship League was a professional non-ranking snooker tournament that was played from 25 February to 15 May 2008 at the Crondon Park Golf Club in Stock, England.

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Joe Perry won in the final 3–1 against Mark Selby, and earned a place in the 2008 Premier League Snooker.

Ali Carter played in all seven qualifying groups.

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Pos	Player	Pld	W	D	L	Pts	FF	FA	FD
1	Joe Perry (ENG)	6	2	4	0	8	14	10	+4	Qualification to Group 1 play-off
2	Ali Carter (ENG)	6	3	1	2	7	13	11	+2
3	Ryan Day (WAL)	6	2	2	2	6	13	11	+2
4	Ken Doherty (IRL)	6	2	2	2	6	12	12	0

5	Mark Williams (WAL)	6	2	2	2	6	12	12	0	Advances into Group 2

6	Matthew Stevens (WAL)	6	1	3	2	5	10	14	−4	Eliminated from the competition
7	Barry Hawkins (ENG)	6	1	2	3	4	10	14	−4	Eliminated from the competition

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

1	Joe Perry (ENG)	3

4	Ken Doherty (IRL)	0
			1	Joe Perry (ENG)	2

			3	Ryan Day (WAL)	3
2	Ali Carter (ENG)	1

3	Ryan Day (WAL)	3

Pos	Player	Pld	W	D	L	Pts	FF	FA	FD
1	Ali Carter (ENG)	6	3	2	1	8	15	9	+6	Qualification to Group 2 play-off
2	Anthony Hamilton (ENG)	6	3	2	1	8	13	11	+2
3	Ken Doherty (IRL)	6	3	1	2	7	13	11	+2
4	Joe Perry (ENG)	6	2	2	2	6	12	12	0

5	Joe Swail (NIR)	6	2	1	3	5	11	13	−2	Advances into Group 3

6	Mark Williams (WAL)	6	2	0	4	4	10	14	−4	Eliminated from the competition
7	Nigel Bond (ENG)	6	1	2	3	4	10	14	−4	Eliminated from the competition

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

1	Ali Carter (ENG)	3

4	Joe Perry (ENG)	2
			1	Ali Carter (ENG)	2

			3	Ken Doherty (IRL)	3
2	Anthony Hamilton (ENG)	0

3	Ken Doherty (IRL)	3

Pos	Player	Pld	W	D	L	Pts	FF	FA	FD
1	Shaun Murphy (ENG)	6	5	1	0	11	18	6	+12	Qualification to Group 3 play-off
2	Ali Carter (ENG)	6	4	2	0	10	18	6	+12
3	Mark Selby (ENG)	6	3	1	2	7	13	11	+2
4	Anthony Hamilton (ENG)	6	2	2	2	6	13	11	+2

5	Stuart Bingham (ENG)	6	0	4	2	4	9	15	−6	Advances into Group 4

6	Joe Swail (NIR)	6	1	1	4	3	7	17	−10	Eliminated from the competition
7	Michael Holt (ENG)	6	0	1	5	1	6	18	−12	Eliminated from the competition

2008_Championship_League

2008 Championship League

Prize fund

Group one

Matches

Table

Play-offs

Group two

Matches

Table

Play-offs

Group three

Matches

Table

Play-offs

Group four

Matches

Table

Play-offs

Group five

Matches

Table

Play-offs

Group six

Matches

Table

Play-offs

Group seven

Matches

Table

Play-offs

Winners group

Matches

Table

Play-offs

Century breaks

Winnings

References

External links

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Tournament information
Dates	25 February – 15 May 2008 (2008-02-25 – 2008-05-15)
Venue	Crondon Park Golf Club
City	Stock
Country	England
Organisation	Matchroom Sport
Format	Non-ranking event
Total prize fund	£175,600
Winner's share	£10,000 (plus bonuses)
Highest break	Ali Carter (ENG) (143)x2 Dave Harold (ENG) (143)
Final
Champion	Joe Perry (ENG)
Runner-up	Mark Selby (ENG)
Score	3–1
← First 2009 →

Pos	Player	Pld	W	D	L	Pts	FF	FA	FD
1	Ali Carter (ENG)	6	2	4	0	8	14	10	+4	Qualification to Group 4 play-off
2	Shaun Murphy (ENG)	6	3	1	2	7	14	10	+4
3	Mark King (ENG)	6	2	3	1	7	13	11	+2
4	Mark Allen (NIR)	6	2	3	1	7	13	11	+2

5	Joe Perry (ENG)	6	1	4	1	6	12	12	0	Advances into Group 5

6	Stuart Bingham (ENG)	6	0	4	2	4	10	14	−4	Eliminated from the competition
7	Jamie Cope (ENG)	6	1	1	4	3	8	16	−8	Eliminated from the competition

Pos	Player	Pld	W	D	L	Pts	FF	FA	FD
1	Mark King (ENG)	6	3	3	0	9	16	8	+8	Qualification to Group 5 play-off
2	Neil Robertson (AUS)	6	4	1	1	9	16	8	+8
3	Joe Perry (ENG)	6	2	3	1	7	14	10	+4
4	Mark Allen (NIR)	6	2	3	1	7	14	10	+4

5	Ali Carter (ENG)	6	1	2	3	4	10	14	−4	Advances into Group 6

6	Stephen Lee (ENG)	6	1	2	3	4	8	16	−8	Eliminated from the competition
7	Dominic Dale (WAL)	6	0	2	4	2	6	18	−12	Eliminated from the competition

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

1	Mark King (ENG)	3

4	Mark Allen (NIR)	1
			1	Mark King (ENG)	1

			3	Joe Perry (ENG)	3
2	Neil Robertson (AUS)	1

3	Joe Perry (ENG)	3

Pos	Player	Pld	W	D	L	Pts	FF	FA	FD
1	Mark Selby (ENG)	6	4	2	0	10	17	7	+10	Qualification to Group 6 play-off
2	Neil Robertson (AUS)	6	4	2	0	10	16	8	+8
3	Mark King (ENG)	6	2	3	1	7	13	11	+2
4	Ali Carter (ENG)	6	3	0	3	6	13	11	+2

5	Jimmy White (ENG)	6	3	0	3	6	10	14	−4	Advances into Group 7

6	Mark Allen (NIR)	6	1	0	5	2	8	16	−8	Eliminated from the competition
7	Gerard Greene (NIR)	6	0	1	5	1	7	17	−10	Eliminated from the competition

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

1	Mark Selby (ENG)	3

4	Ali Carter (ENG)	2
			1	Mark Selby (ENG)	3

			2	Neil Robertson (AUS)	1
2	Neil Robertson (AUS)	3

3	Mark King (ENG)	1

Pos	Player	Pld	W	D	L	Pts	FF	FA	FD
1	Fergal O'Brien (IRL)	6	5	1	0	11	17	7	+10	Qualification to Group 7 play-off
2	Neil Robertson (AUS)	6	3	2	1	8	14	10	+4
3	Dave Harold (ENG)	6	3	1	2	7	14	10	+4
4	Mark King (ENG)	6	1	3	2	5	11	13	−2

5	Jimmy White (ENG)	6	1	2	3	4	10	14	−4	Eliminated from the competition
6	Ian McCulloch (ENG)	6	2	0	4	4	9	15	−6
7	Ali Carter (ENG)	6	1	1	4	3	9	15	−6

Pos	Player	Pld	W	D	L	Pts	FF	FA	FD
1	Ryan Day (WAL)	6	4	1	1	9	15	9	+6	Qualification to Winners' Group play-off
2	Mark Selby (ENG)	6	4	0	2	8	15	9	+6
3	Shaun Murphy (ENG)	6	4	0	2	8	15	9	+6
4	Joe Perry (ENG)	6	1	3	2	5	11	13	−2

5	Ken Doherty (IRL)	6	2	1	3	5	11	13	−2	Eliminated from the competition
6	Mark King (ENG)	6	1	2	3	4	9	15	−6
7	Anthony Hamilton (ENG)	6	1	1	4	3	8	16	−8

No.	Player	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	W	TOTAL
1	Joe Perry (ENG)	4,900	2,800		1,200	6,200			14,000	29,100
2	Ali Carter (ENG)	2,600	5,000	5,300	4,900	1,000	2,900	900		22,600
3	Mark Selby (ENG)			2,900			6,500		9,200	18,600
4	Mark King (ENG)				2,300	4,800	2,600	5,900	1,800	17,400
5	Shaun Murphy (ENG)			3,100	6,200				6,600	15,900
6	Ryan Day (WAL)	6,100							6,300	12,400
7	Ken Doherty (IRL)	2,200	6,100						2,200	10,500
8	Neil Robertson (AUS)					2,900	4,800	2,700		10,400
9	Anthony Hamilton (ENG)		2,300	6,100					1,600	10,000
10	Mark Allen (NIR)				2,900	2,700	800			6,400
11	Dave Harold (ENG)							4,300		4,300
12	Fergal O'Brien (IRL)							2,700		2,700
13	Mark Williams (WAL)	1,200	1,000							2,200
14	Jimmy White (ENG)						1,000	1,000		2,000
15	Stuart Bingham (ENG)			900	1,000					1,900
16	Joe Swail (NIR)		1,100	700						1,800
17	Matthew Stevens (WAL)	1,000								1,000
=	Barry Hawkins (ENG)	1,000								1,000
=	Nigel Bond (ENG)		1,000							1,000
20	Ian McCulloch (ENG)							900		900
21	Jamie Cope (ENG)				800					800
=	Stephen Lee (ENG)					800				800
23	Gerard Greene (NIR)						700			700
24	Dominic Dale (WAL)					600				600
=	Michael Holt (ENG)			600						600
	Total prize money	19,000	19,300	19,600	19,300	19,000	19,300	18,400	41,700	175,600