2020 Championship League (2020–21 season)
The 2020 Championship League (also known as the BetVictor Championship League Snooker 2020) was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place from 13 September to 30 October 2020 in the Ballroom at Stadium MK in Milton Keynes, England.[1][2] The event featured 117 players from the World Snooker Tour as well as ten players from the 2020 Q School Order of Merit. It featured three rounds of round-robin groups of four, before a best-of-five final. It was the 15th edition of the Championship League, and it was a ranking tournament for the first time.
| Tournament information | |
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| Dates | 13 September – 30 October 2020 |
| Venue | Ballroom, Stadium MK |
| City | Milton Keynes |
| Country | England |
| Organisation(s) | Matchroom Sport |
| Format | Ranking event |
| Total prize fund | £328,000 |
| Winner's share | £33,000 |
| Highest break | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Ryan Day (WAL) (147) John Higgins (SCO) (147) |
| Final | |
| Champion |  Kyren Wilson (ENG) |
| Runner-up | Judd Trump (ENG) |
| Score | 3–1 |
← 2020 (1) 2021 → | |
Ryan Day made his second career maximum break in the final frame of his match against Rod Lawler, and John Higgins made his 11th career maximum in the final frame of his match against Kyren Wilson.
Kyren Wilson won the tournament with a 3–1 final victory over Judd Trump. This was Wilson's fourth ranking title. He ended Trump's 10-final winning streak.
Tournament format
There were 127 players taking part in the event. The competition began with 32 rounds of group matches with each group consisting of four players.[3] Two groups were played to a finish every day during two blocks of eight days, from 13 to 20 September and from 28 September to 5 October, using a two-table setup in the arena. The groups were contested using a round-robin format, with six matches played in each group. All matches in group play were played as best-of-four frames, with three points awarded for a win and one point for a draw. Group positions were determined by points scored, frame difference and then head-to-head results between players who were tied. Places that were still tied were then determined by the highest break made in the group.
The 32 players that topped the group tables qualified for the group winners' stage, consisting of eight groups of four players. The eight winners from the group winners' stage qualified for the two final groups before the final took place later on the same day. The winner took the Championship League title and a place at the 2020 Champion of Champions.
Prize fund
The breakdown of prize money for the tournament is shown below.[1]
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- Tournament total: £328,000
Main draw
Stage One
Stage One consisted of 32 groups, each containing four players.[4]
Group 1
Group 1 was played on 13 September.
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Group 2
Group 2 was played on 13 September.
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Group 3
Group 3 was played on 14 September.
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Group 4
Group 4 was played on 14 September.
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Group 5
Group 5 was played on 15 September.
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Group 6
Group 6 was played on 15 September.
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Group 7
Group 7 was played on 16 September.
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Group 8
Group 8 was played on 16 September.
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Group 9
Group 9 was played on 29 September.
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Group 10
Group 10 was played on 17 September.
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Group 11
Group 11 was played on 28 September.
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Group 12
Group 12 was played on 18 September.
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Group 13
Group 13 was played on 19 September.
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Group 14
Group 14 was played on 19 September.
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Group 15
Group 15 was played on 20 September.
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Anthony Hamilton was originally due to take part in this group, but withdrew and was replaced by Daniel Womersley.[5][6]
Group 16
Group 16 was played on 20 September.
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Group 17
Group 17 was played on 28 September.
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Group 18
Group 18 was played on 18 September.
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Group 19
Group 19 was played on 29 September.
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Group 20
Group 20 was played on 4 October.
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Group 21
Group 21 was played on 17 September.
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Group 22
Group 22 was played on 30 September.
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Group 23
Group 23 was played on 30 September.
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Group 24
Group 24 was played on 3 October.
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Daniel Wells was withdrawn from the group after a positive COVID-19 test.[7]
Group 25
Group 25 was played on 1 October.
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Group 26
Group 26 was played on 1 October.
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Group 27
Group 27 was played on 2 October.
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Group 28
Group 28 was played on 2 October.
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Mark Williams was to take part in this group, but withdrew and was replaced by Haydon Pinhey.[8][9]
Lei Peifan was withdrawn from the group after an invalid COVID-19 test.[10]
Group 29
Group 29 was played on 4 October.
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Group 30
Group 30 was played on 3 October.
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Group 31
Group 31 was played on 5 October.
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Group 32
Group 32 was played on 5 October.
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Ronnie O'Sullivan was originally due to take part in this group, but withdrew and was replaced by John Astley.[11][12]
Stage Two
Stage Two consisted of eight groups, each containing four players.[13]
Group A
Group A was played on 26 October.
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Group B
Group B was played on 27 October.
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Group C
Group C was played on 26 October.
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Group D
Group D was played on 27 October.
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Group E
Group E was played on 28 October.
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Group F
Group F was played on 28 October.
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Group G
Group G was played on 29 October.
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Group H
Group H was played on 29 October.
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Stage Three
Stage Three consisted of two groups, each containing four players.[14]
Group 1
Group 1 was played on 30 October.
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Group 2
Group 2 was played on 30 October.
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Key: P = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; FW = Frames won; FL = Frames lost; FD = Frame difference; HB = Highest break
Final
| Final: Best of 5 frames. Referee: Marcel Eckardt. Ballroom, Stadium MK, Milton Keynes, England, 30 October 2020. | ||
| Judd Trump England |
1–3 | Kyren Wilson England |
| Frame scores: 20–72 (64), 118–0 (118), 11–69, 0–88 (88) | ||
| 118 | Highest break | 88 |
| 1 | Century breaks | 0 |
| 1 | 50+ breaks | 2 |
Century breaks
A total of 90 century breaks were made during the tournament.[15][16][17]
- 147, 126, 123, 107 John Higgins
- 147, 100, 100 Ryan Day
- 145, 143, 133, 116, 101 Barry Hawkins
- 140 Matthew Stevens
- 139, 122, 109 Ken Doherty
- 139, 103, 100 Graeme Dott
- 139 Jack Lisowski
- 138, 112, 109, 102 Joe Perry
- 135, 108 Thepchaiya Un-Nooh
- 134, 134, 122, 119, 114, 109, 102, 100 Zhou Yuelong
- 134, 128, 118, 118, 109 Mark Selby
- 133 Oliver Lines
- 132 Gerard Greene
- 130, 112 Jamie Clarke
- 130 Michael White
- 129, 127 Stuart Bingham
- 128, 111 Luo Honghao
- 128 Martin O'Donnell
- 126, 120 Chang Bingyu
- 125, 124, 100 Neil Robertson
- 125, 110, 104, 103, 100 Kyren Wilson
- 125 David Gilbert
- 125 Hossein Vafaei
- 124, 118, 110 Judd Trump
- 123 Tom Ford
- 122, 109 Tian Pengfei
- 121, 100 Mark Davis
- 121 Brandon Sargeant
- 121 Xu Si
- 117 Zhao Xintong
- 116, 102 David Grace
- 114, 107 Gao Yang
- 114 Ian Burns
- 112 Robbie Williams
- 111, 102 Shaun Murphy
- 108 Matthew Selt
- 107 Scott Donaldson
- 107 Joe O'Connor
- 106 Mark Allen
- 105, 102 Liang Wenbo
- 105 Xiao Guodong
- 104 Martin Gould
- 103 Jamie Jones
- 102 Lyu Haotian
- 100 Michael Holt
References
- "Tournament".
- "Matches | World Snooker Live Scores". livescores.worldsnookerdata.com.
- "Championship League Draw Made". World Snooker. August 31, 2020.
- "Stage One".
- https://twitter.com/CLSnooker/status/1305801652524417024
- Haigh, Phil (16 September 2020). "Anthony Hamilton feels his career is under threat as coronavirus concerns continue". Metro.
- http://www.championshipleaguesnooker.co.uk/wells-withdraws-from-betvictor-championship-league-snooker-after-positive-covid-19-test/
- https://wst.tv/betvictor-championship-league-fixture-update/
- Caulfield, David (3 October 2020). "Defending Champion Luca Brecel Crashes Out". SnookerHQ.
- https://wst.tv/betvictor-championship-league-revised-schedule/
- https://wst.tv/betvictor-championship-league-updated-schedule-2/
- Hafez, Shamoon (3 October 2020). "Championship League: Ronnie O'Sullivan withdraws because of Covid-19 isolation rules". BBC Sport.
- "Stage Two".
- "Stage Three".
- http://livescores.worldsnookerdata.com/Centuries/CenturyBreaks/14154/matchroom-multi-sport-championship-league-snooker-2020
- http://livescores.worldsnookerdata.com/Centuries/CenturyBreaks/14160/betvictor-championship-league-snooker-2020-wk2
- "Centuries | World Snooker Live Scores". livescores.worldsnookerdata.com. Retrieved 30 October 2020.
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