Mark Selby beat Barry Hawkins 3-1 in the final to win Group 2 of the Championship League on Friday. The world champion won only three of his round-robin fixtures but scraped into the semi-finals thanks to a marginally superior frame difference. In the last four, Selby compiled breaks of 101,[Read More…]
Tag: Championship League
Barry Hawkins Takes Halfway Lead in CLS G2
Barry Hawkins won three out of his opening four round-robin fixtures to top Group 2 of the Championship League after the opening day of action on Thursday in Coventry. The Englishman, who has struggled for form for the majority of this campaign, edged Mark Selby and Kyren Wilson in deciders[Read More…]
Zhou Yuelong Wins Championship League Group 1
Zhou Yuelong became the first player to reach the Championship League Winners’ Group after topping Group 1 in Coventry on Wednesday. The 19 year-old, competing in the Championship League for the first time in his career, qualified from the round-robin phase with four wins from his six league encounters. Zhou[Read More…]
Preview and Draw: Championship League Snooker
We go again. The festivities are over and the transition from one year to the next fully complete, so it’s time once more to knuckle down with the resumption of the 2017/18 snooker campaign. It’ll be full steam ahead pretty much from now until the start of May when the[Read More…]
John Higgins Wins Championship League
John Higgins has won the 2017 Championship League after a 3-0 victory over Ryan Day in the final in Coventry on Thursday. The Scot has enjoyed the Ricoh Arena over the last few months, having also tasted glory in the Champion of Champions at the venue before Christmas. It marks[Read More…]
Judd Trump Championship League Defence Gathers Momentum
Defending champion Judd Trump remains on course for a record fourth Championship League title after a strong start in the Winners’ Group on Wednesday. Trump heads into the final day with three wins from his opening four round-robin ties to all but guarantee his safe passage into the semi-finals. The 27[Read More…]
John Higgins Completes Championship League Winners’ Group
John Higgins became the last player to qualify for the Championship League climax after winning Group Seven in Coventry on Tuesday. The Scot placed second after the round-robin phase with four victories from his six encounters before inflicting a 3-2 defeat on Michael Holt in the last four. The final[Read More…]
Ryan Day into CLS Winners’ Group
Ryan Day won Group Six of the Championship League on Thursday to move into March’s Winners’ Group in Coventry. The Welshman had survived in the event from the very first group in January, reaching the knockout phase in all five previous groups, including a pair of runner-up positions. On Wednesday,[Read More…]
Judd Trump Races to Championship League Group Five Win
Defending champion Judd Trump romped to victory in Group Five of the Championship League in Coventry on Tuesday. The Englishman responded well from an agonising 9-8 defeat to Stuart Bingham in the final of the Welsh Open on Sunday by comprehensively booking his place in March’s Winners’ Group. Trump required[Read More…]
Barry Hawkins Wins Championship League Group Four
Barry Hawkins beat Mark Williams 3-0 to win Group Four of the Championship League in Coventry on Thursday. The 37 year-old was in strong form throughout the two-day event, topping the initial league phase with five wins from his six round-robin encounters to comfortably move into the knockout phase. In[Read More…]