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Championship League Snooker: 2024 draw, schedule, prize money, how to watch

The 2024/25 snooker season launches on Monday with the ranking event draw of Championship League Snooker in Leicester.

It has been just over one month since Kyren Wilson landed a maiden Crucible crown with his success at the World Snooker Championship in Sheffield.

The Kettering cueist is the top seed in the Championship League Snooker field with the likes of Ronnie O’Sullivan and defending champion Shaun Murphy also in the 2024 draw.

What is the format?

Unlike the invitational version of Championship League Snooker, every professional player has the opportunity of entering this tournament.

Additional spaces have been offered to amateur top-ups through their recent performances at Q School.

The 128 players in total have been split into 32 groups of four, with the winner of each group progressing to Stage Two where there will be a further eight groups of four.

The remaining eight group winners will be separated into two final groups during Stage Three, with the winners of both subsequently facing each other for the title.

All matches in the tournament will be played over a short four frames sprint, except the final which will be the best of five.

When is it?

With only two groups being contested each day, it means the tournament will run for a lengthy 24 days.

The opening day is on Monday, June 10th and Stage One of the competition won’t conclude until June 29th.

Stage Two, featuring the 32 group winners from Stage One, will take place from June 28th until July 2nd.

Stage Three will then be held on Wednesday, July 3rd when the 2024/25 snooker season’s first champion will be crowned.


What is the prize money?

Stage One
Group Winner: ยฃ3,000
Runner-up: ยฃ2,000
3rd place: ยฃ1,000

Stage Two
Group Winner: ยฃ4,000
Runner-up: ยฃ3,000
3rd place: ยฃ2,000
4th place: ยฃ1,000

Stage Three:
Group Winner: ยฃ6000
Runner-up: ยฃ4,000
3rd place: ยฃ2,000
4th place: ยฃ1,000

The Final:
Winner: ยฃ20,000
Runner-up: ยฃ10,000


Who is in the 2024 Championship League Snooker draw?

Kyren Wilson and Ronnie O’Sullivan are the headline acts of the 2024 Championship League Snooker draw.

With a limited prize fund and a busy season ahead, it’s unsurprising to see a lot of the marquee names absent from the lineup, though.

The likes of world number one Mark Allen, Judd Trump, Luca Brecel, and Mark Selby have all opted for a longer rest in between campaigns on the main tour.

But reigning champion Shaun Murphy, Mark Williams, Ali Carter, John Higgins, Neil Robertson, and World Championship runner-up Jak Jones are some of the heavy hitters still involved.

O’Sullivan, who has entered this tournament in the past only to withdraw, is the pre-tournament betting favourite with odds of around 6/1.

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Information for the draw and dates for Stage One is below.


Championship League Snooker
Stage One Draw

Group 1Group 2Group 3Group 4
Scott DonaldsonHe GuoqiangShaun MurphyMark Williams
Kyren WilsonMitchell MannSteven HallworthConnor Benzey
Daniel WomersleyRonnie O’SullivanTian PengfeiDavid Grace
Baipat SiripapornKayden BrierleyReanne EvansFergal Quinn
Group 5Group 6Group 7Group 8
Ali CarterGary WilsonRobbie McGuiganJak Jones
Xing ZihaoJoe PerryBarry PinchesJordan Brown
Joshua ThomandMichael HoltSanderson LamAntoni Kowalski
Kreishh GurbaxaniHuang JiahaoTom FordBulcsรบ Rรฉvรฉsz
Group 9Group 10Group 11Group 12
Ma HailongJackson PageRyan DayJack Lisowski
Ben MertensAndrew HigginsonLiam DaviesMark Davis
John HigginsRobert MilkinsHammad MiahJiang Jun
Artemijs ZizinsIulian BoikoMarco FuAnton Kazakov
Group 13Group 14Group 15Group 16
Si JiahuiHossein VafaeiDavid GilbertFan Zhengyi
Peter LinesLouis HeathcoteXu SiAlfie Burden
Zak SuretyJoshua MulhollandDuane JonesMink Nutcharut
Jimmy RobertsonManasawin PhetmalaikulAndrew PagettZhou Yuelong
Group 17Group 18Group 19Group 20
Chris WakelinStuart BinghamLong ZehuangStuart Carrington
Ian BurnsHamim HussainAlfie DaviesPang Junxu
Rory McLeodAnthony HamiltonLei PeifanGong Chenzhi
Liam PullenAhmed Aly ElsayedJamie O’NeillGerard Greene
Group 21Group 22Group 23Group 24
Neil RobertsonJoe O’ConnorMichael WhiteMartin O’Donnell
Cheung Ka WaiAaron HillRyan DaviesRicky Walden
Jamie ClarkeHarvey ChandlerStephen MaguireRory Thor
Zack RichardsonOliver LinesDean YoungUmut Dikme
Group 25Group 26Group 27Group 28
Matthew StevensAlexander UrsenbacherDavid LilleyWu Yize
Farakh AjaibMatthew SeltYuan SijunRoss Muir
Robbie WilliamsGraeme DottLiam GrahamAllan Taylor
Haydon PinheyFlorian NuesslePaul DeavilleJoshua Cooper
Group 29Group 30Group 31Group 32
Ben WoollastonJamie JonesAshley CartyThepchaiya Un-Nooh
Stan MoodyIshpreet Singh ChadhaElliot SlessorDaniel Wells
Dominic DaleChris TottenSimon BlackwellMark Joyce
Dylan EmeryLiu HongyuMostafa DorghamJulien Leclercq

Stage Two

Group AGroup BGroup CGroup D
Scott DonaldsonDavid GilbertLong ZehuangMark Williams
Fan ZhengyiStuart BinghamHossein VafeaiBen Woollaston
Thepchaiya Un-NoohHe GuoqiangShaun MurphyStuart Carrington
Chris WakelinAshley CartyJamie JonesSi Jiahui
Group EGroup FGroup GGroup H
Ali CarterDavid LilleyJackson PageMartin O’Donnell
Wu YizeGary WilsonAlexander UrsenbacherJak Jones
Jack LisowskiRyan DayRobbie McGuiganMatthew Stevens
Neil RobertsonJoe O’ConnorMichael WhiteMa Hailong

Stage Three

Final Group 1Final Group 2
Ali CarterJackson Page
Scott DonaldsonDavid Gilbert
Mark WilliamsLong Zehuang
Martin O’DonnellDavid Lilley

Final (bo5)

Ali Carter 3-1 Jackson Page


How can I watch Championship League Snooker?

Live coverage of the first tournament of the new season will be available to UK and Ireland viewers on Matchroom.Live via a subscription.

The action on Table 2 is available on the Matchroom Multi Sport YouTube channel.

A full list of broadcasters around the world, as published on the Championship League Snooker website, is below:

  • DAZN: Germany, Spain, USA, Brazil
  • Fox Sports: Australia
  • Nova: Czechia and Slovakia
  • Premier: Philippines
  • Rigour: China
  • Viaplay: Baltics, Iceland, Netherlands
  • Viasat: Scandinavia
  • Matchroom.Live: All other territories including UK and Ireland

Featured photo credit: CLS

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