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Championship League
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
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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.

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.

Prize fund

The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:

Group 1–7
- Winner: £3,000
- Runner-up: £2,000
- Semi-final: £1,000
- Frame-win in league stage: £100
- Frame-win in play-offs: £300
Winners group
- Winner: £10,000
- Runner-up: £5,000
- Semi-final: £3,000
- Frame-win in league stage: £200
- Frame-win in play-offs: £300

Tournament total: £175,600

Group one

Group one matches were played on 25 and 26 February 2008. Ryan Day was the first player to qualify for the winners group.

Matches

Ken Doherty 3–1 Mark Williams
Ali Carter 0–4 Ryan Day
Joe Perry 2–2 Barry Hawkins
Matthew Stevens 1–3 Ken Doherty
Mark Williams 3–1 Ali Carter
Ryan Day 1–3 Joe Perry
Barry Hawkins 1–3 Matthew Stevens
Ken Doherty 1–3 Ali Carter
Mark Williams 2–2 Ryan Day
Joe Perry 2–2 Matthew Stevens
Ali Carter 4–0 Matthew Stevens
Barry Hawkins 3–1 Ryan Day
Ken Doherty 2–2 Barry Hawkins
Mark Williams 1–3 Joe Perry
Ryan Day 2–2 Matthew Stevens
Ali Carter 3–1 Barry Hawkins
Ken Doherty 2–2 Joe Perry
Mark Williams 2–2 Matthew Stevens
Mark Williams 3–1 Barry Hawkins
Ali Carter 2–2 Joe Perry
Ken Doherty 1–3 Ryan Day

Table

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

Source:

Play-offs

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

Group two

Group two matches were played on 27 and 28 February 2008. Ken Doherty was the second player to qualify for the winners group.

Matches

Joe Perry 2–2 Ali Carter
Ken Doherty 3–1 Mark Williams
Joe Swail 1–3 Nigel Bond
Anthony Hamilton 3–1 Joe Perry
Ali Carter 3–1 Ken Doherty
Mark Williams 1–3 Joe Swail
Nigel Bond 2–2 Anthony Hamilton
Joe Perry 1–3 Ken Doherty
Ali Carter 4–0 Mark Williams
Joe Swail 1–3 Anthony Hamilton
Ken Doherty 2–2 Anthony Hamilton
Nigel Bond 1–3 Mark Williams
Joe Perry 2–2 Nigel Bond
Ali Carter 2–2 Joe Swail
Mark Williams 4–0 Anthony Hamilton
Ken Doherty 3–1 Nigel Bond
Joe Perry 3–1 Joe Swail
Ali Carter 1–3 Anthony Hamilton
Ali Carter 3–1 Nigel Bond
Ken Doherty 1–3 Joe Swail
Joe Perry 3–1 Mark Williams

Table

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

Source:

Play-offs

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

Group three

Group three matches were played on 10 and 11 March 2008. Anthony Hamilton was the third player to qualify for the winners group.

Matches

Ali Carter 2–2 Anthony Hamilton
Michael Holt 1–3 Joe Swail
Shaun Murphy 3–1 Mark Selby
Stuart Bingham 0–4 Ali Carter
Anthony Hamilton 3–1 Michael Holt
Joe Swail 1–3 Shaun Murphy
Mark Selby 2–2 Stuart Bingham
Ali Carter 3–1 Michael Holt
Anthony Hamilton 4–0 Joe Swail
Shaun Murphy 3–1 Stuart Bingham
Michael Holt 2–2 Stuart Bingham
Mark Selby 3–1 Joe Swail
Ali Carter 3–1 Mark Selby
Anthony Hamilton 1–3 Shaun Murphy
Joe Swail 2–2 Stuart Bingham
Michael Holt 1–3 Mark Selby
Ali Carter 2–2 Shaun Murphy
Anthony Hamilton 2–2 Stuart Bingham
Anthony Hamilton 1–3 Mark Selby
Michael Holt 0–4 Shaun Murphy
Ali Carter 4–0 Joe Swail

Table

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

Source:

Play-offs

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

1	Shaun Murphy (ENG)	1

4	Anthony Hamilton (ENG)	3
			4	Anthony Hamilton (ENG)	3

			2	Ali Carter (ENG)	2
2	Ali Carter (ENG)	3

3	Mark Selby (ENG)	2

Group four

Group four matches were played on 12 and 13 March 2008. Shaun Murphy was the fourth player to qualify for the winners group.

Matches

Shaun Murphy 1–3 Ali Carter
Mark Allen 2–2 Stuart Bingham
Jamie Cope 0–4 Shaun Murphy
Joe Perry 2–2 Mark King
Ali Carter 2–2 Mark Allen
Stuart Bingham 2–2 Joe Perry
Mark King 3–1 Jamie Cope
Shaun Murphy 1–3 Mark Allen
Ali Carter 2–2 Stuart Bingham
Joe Perry 1–3 Jamie Cope
Mark Allen 3–1 Jamie Cope
Mark King 3–1 Stuart Bingham
Shaun Murphy 3–1 Mark King
Ali Carter 2–2 Joe Perry
Stuart Bingham 2–2 Jamie Cope
Mark Allen 2–2 Mark King
Shaun Murphy 2–2 Joe Perry
Ali Carter 3–1 Jamie Cope
Joe Perry 3–1 Mark Allen
Ali Carter 2–2 Mark King
Shaun Murphy 3–1 Stuart Bingham

Table

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

Source:

Play-offs

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

1	Ali Carter (ENG)	3

4	Mark Allen (NIR)	2
			1	Ali Carter (ENG)	2

			2	Shaun Murphy (ENG)	3
2	Shaun Murphy (ENG)	3

3	Mark King (ENG)	0

Group five

Group five matches were played on 14 and 15 April 2008. Joe Perry was the fifth player to qualify for the winners group.

Matches

Ali Carter 2–2 Mark King
Mark Allen 2–2 Joe Perry
Stephen Lee 0–4 Neil Robertson
Dominic Dale 0–4 Ali Carter
Mark King 2–2 Mark Allen
Joe Perry 2–2 Stephen Lee
Neil Robertson 3–1 Dominic Dale
Ali Carter 2–2 Mark Allen
Joe Perry 1–3 Mark King
Stephen Lee 2–2 Dominic Dale
Mark Allen 4–0 Dominic Dale
Neil Robertson 2–2 Joe Perry
Ali Carter 1–3 Neil Robertson
Mark King 4–0 Stephen Lee
Joe Perry 3–1 Dominic Dale
Mark Allen 1–3 Neil Robertson
Ali Carter 1–3 Stephen Lee
Mark King 2–2 Dominic Dale
Mark King 3–1 Neil Robertson
Mark Allen 3–1 Stephen Lee
Ali Carter 0–4 Joe Perry

Table

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

Source:

Play-offs

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

Group six

Group six matches were played on 16 and 17 April 2008. Mark Selby was the sixth player to qualify for the winners group.

Matches

Mark King 3–1 Mark Allen
Neil Robertson 3–1 Ali Carter
Mark Selby 3–1 Gerard Greene
Jimmy White 3–1 Mark King
Ali Carter 1–3 Mark Selby
Mark Allen 1–3 Neil Robertson
Gerard Greene 1–3 Jimmy White
Mark King 2–2 Neil Robertson
Mark Allen 1–3 Ali Carter
Mark Selby 4–0 Jimmy White
Neil Robertson 3–1 Jimmy White
Gerard Greene 1–3 Ali Carter
Mark Selby 3–1 Mark Allen
Mark King 2–2 Gerard Greene
Ali Carter 4–0 Jimmy White
Neil Robertson 3–1 Gerard Greene
Mark Selby 2–2 Mark King
Mark Allen 1–3 Jimmy White
Mark Allen 3–1 Gerard Greene
Neil Robertson 2–2 Mark Selby
Mark King 3–1 Ali Carter

Table

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

Source:

Play-offs

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

Group seven

Group seven matches were played on 12 and 13 May 2008. Mark King was the last player to qualify for the winners group.

Matches

Neil Robertson 2–2 Mark King
Ali Carter 1–3 Jimmy White
Ian McCulloch 1–3 Fergal O'Brien
Dave Harold 1–3 Neil Robertson
Mark King 2–2 Ali Carter
Jimmy White 1–3 Ian McCulloch
Fergal O'Brien 3–1 Dave Harold
Neil Robertson 3–1 Ali Carter
Mark King 3–1 Jimmy White
Ian McCulloch 1–3 Dave Harold
Ali Carter 0–4 Dave Harold
Fergal O'Brien 3–1 Jimmy White
Neil Robertson 1–3 Fergal O'Brien
Mark King 1–3 Ian McCulloch
Jimmy White 2–2 Dave Harold
Ali Carter 1–3 Fergal O'Brien
Neil Robertson 3–1 Ian McCulloch
Mark King 1–3 Dave Harold
Mark King 2–2 Fergal O'Brien
Ali Carter 4–0 Ian McCulloch
Neil Robertson 2–2 Jimmy White

Table

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

Source:

Play-offs

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

1	Fergal O'Brien (IRL)	0

4	Mark King (ENG)	3
			4	Mark King (ENG)	3

			3	Dave Harold (ENG)	0
2	Neil Robertson (AUS)	1

3	Dave Harold (ENG)	3

Winners group

The matches of the winners group were played on 14 and 15 May 2008. Joe Perry has qualified to the 2008 Premier League.

Matches

Ryan Day 3–1 Ken Doherty
Anthony Hamilton 1–3 Shaun Murphy
Joe Perry 1–3 Mark Selby
Mark King 1–3 Ryan Day
Ken Doherty 4–0 Anthony Hamilton
Shaun Murphy 4–0 Joe Perry
Mark Selby 4–0 Mark King
Ryan Day 1–3 Anthony Hamilton
Ken Doherty 1–3 Shaun Murphy
Joe Perry 2–2 Mark King
Anthony Hamilton 1–3 Mark King
Mark Selby 3–1 Shaun Murphy
Ryan Day 3–1 Mark Selby
Ken Doherty 0–4 Joe Perry
Shaun Murphy 3–1 Mark King
Anthony Hamilton 1–3 Mark Selby
Ryan Day 2–2 Joe Perry
Ken Doherty 2–2 Mark King
Ken Doherty 3–1 Mark Selby
Anthony Hamilton 2–2 Joe Perry
Ryan Day 3–1 Shaun Murphy

Table

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

Source:

Play-offs

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

1	Ryan Day (WAL)	1

4	Joe Perry (ENG)	3
			4	Joe Perry (ENG)	3

			2	Mark Selby (ENG)	1
2	Mark Selby (ENG)	3

3	Shaun Murphy (ENG)	2

Century breaks

Total:76

143, 143, 129, 125, 122, 119, 113, 112, 107, 104, 104 – Ali Carter
143, 133, 120, 101 – Dave Harold
142, 140, 127, 116, 108, 103, 102, 102, 102, 101, 100 – Neil Robertson
137, 134, 122, 105, 102 – Ryan Day
129, 126, 113, 101, 101, 100 – Ken Doherty
129, 114, 107, 104, 100, 100 – Joe Perry
128, 128, 117, 112, 112, 105, 105 – Shaun Murphy
128, 128 – Stuart Bingham
126, 108, 107, 107, 107, 104, 103, 100 – Anthony Hamilton
125, 119 – Jamie Cope
125, 117 – Mark King
124, 112 – Fergal O'Brien
114 – Mark Williams
113 – Gerard Greene
112, 110, 105 – Jimmy White
109, 108, 100 – Mark Allen
103, 100 – Mark Selby

Winnings

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

Green: Won the group. All prize money in GBP.
Source=Championship League Snooker by Matchroom Sport

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External links

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