2011 Championship League

The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:[2]

• Tournament total: £205,000

Group one matches were played on 3 and 4 January 2011.[3][4][5] Mark Selby was the first player to qualify for the winners group.

Table

Ranking		HIG	WIL	CAR	SEL	MUR	MAG	DOT	Frame W–L	Match W–L	Pld–Pts
1	John Higgins	x	3	3	3	1	3	3	16–9	5–1	6–5
2	Mark Williams	0	x	3	3	2	3	3	14–8	4–2	6–4
3	Ali Carter	1	0	x	3	3	3	3	13–10	4–2	6–4
4	Mark Selby	2	1	1	x	3	3	3	13–12	3–3	6–3
5	Shaun Murphy	3	3	1	0	x	3	2	12–12	3–3	6–3
6	Stephen Maguire	1	1	2	2	0	x	3	9–16	1–5	6–1
7	Graeme Dott	2	0	0	1	3	1	x	7–17	1–5	6–1

Play-offs

	Semi-finals Best of 5 frames					Final Best of 5 frames
	1	John Higgins	2
	4	Mark Selby	3
						4	Mark Selby	3
						3	Ali Carter	2
	2	Mark Williams	0
	3	Ali Carter	3

Group two matches were played on 5 and 6 January 2011.[6][7][8] Mark Williams was the second player to qualify for the winners group.

Table

Ranking		WIL	OSU	HIG	MUR	CAR	ROB	COP	Frame W–L	Match W–L	Pld–Pts
1	Mark Williams	x	3	2	3	3	3	3	17–5	5–1	6–5
2	Ronnie O'Sullivan	0	x	3	3	3	3	3	15–7	5–1	6–5
3	John Higgins	3	0	x	3	3	3	3	15–9	5–1	6–5
4	Shaun Murphy	0	2	2	x	3	3	2	12–15	2–4	6–2
5	Ali Carter	1	2	1	1	x	3	3	11–13	2–4	6–2
6	Neil Robertson	1	0	1	2	1	x	3	8–17	1–5	6–1
7	Jamie Cope	0	0	0	3	0	2	x	5–17	1–5	6–1

Play-offs

	Semi-finals Best of 5 frames					Final Best of 5 frames
	1	Mark Williams	3
	4	Shaun Murphy	0
						1	Mark Williams	3
						2	Ronnie O'Sullivan	2
	2	Ronnie O'Sullivan	3
	3	John Higgins	0

Group three matches were played on 24 and 25 January 2011.[9][10][11] Ronnie O'Sullivan withdrew from the tournament ahead of this group and was replaced by Stuart Bingham.[12] Shaun Murphy was the third player to qualify for the winners group.

Table

Ranking		CAR	MUR	EBD	KIN	FU	BIN	HIG	Frame W–L	Match W–L	Pld–Pts
1	Ali Carter	x	3	1	3	3	3	3	16–8	5–1	6–5
2	Shaun Murphy	1	x	1	3	3	3	3	14–10	4–2	6–4
3	Peter Ebdon	3	3	x	3	1	1	0	11–12	3–3	6–3
4	Mark King	0	1	1	x	3	3	3	11–14	3–3	6–3
5	Marco Fu	1	1	3	2	x	1	3	11–13	2–4	6–2
6	Stuart Bingham	2	2	3	1	3	x	0	11–14	2–4	6–2
7	John Higgins	1	0	3	2	0	3	x	9–12	2–4	6–2

Play-offs

	Semi-finals Best of 5 frames					Final Best of 5 frames
	1	Ali Carter	2
	4	Mark King	3
						4	Mark King	2
						2	Shaun Murphy	3
	2	Shaun Murphy	3
	3	Peter Ebdon	2

Group four matches were played on 26 and 27 January 2011.[13][14][15] Ali Carter was the fourth player to qualify for the winners group.

Table

Ranking		STE	CAR	FU	ALL	KIN	EBD	HEN	Frame W–L	Match W–L	Pld–Pts
1	Matthew Stevens	x	3	3	3	3	1	3	16–9	5–1	6–5
2	Ali Carter	2	x	1	3	3	3	3	15–8	4–2	6–4
3	Marco Fu	1	3	x	1	2	3	3	13–12	4–2	6–4
4	Mark Allen	1	0	3	x	2	3	3	12–12	3–3	6–3
5	Mark King	0	0	3	3	x	3	1	10–15	3–3	6–3
6	Peter Ebdon	3	0	1	1	2	x	3	10–15	2–4	6–2
7	Stephen Hendry	2	2	1	1	3	2	x	11–16	1–5	6–1

Play-offs

	Semi-finals Best of 5 frames					Final Best of 5 frames
	1	Matthew Stevens	0
	4	Mark Allen	3
						4	Mark Allen	1
						2	Ali Carter	3
	2	Ali Carter	3
	3	Marco Fu	2

Group five matches were played on 28 February and 1 March 2011.[16][17][18] Marco Fu was to play in this group, but he moved to group seven and was replaced by Ryan Day, who went on to win the group.[12]

Table

Ranking		ALL	DAY	LIA	KIN	STE	DIN	WAL	Frame W–L	Match W–L	Pld–Pts
1	Mark Allen	x	1	3	3	3	3	3	16–8	5–1	6–5
2	Ryan Day	3	x	3	0	2	3	3	14–12	4–2	6–4
3	Liang Wenbo	2	2	x	1	3	3	3	14–10	3–3	6–3
4	Mark King	0	3	3	x	3	2	2	13–10	3–3	6–3
5	Matthew Stevens	0	3	0	0	x	3	3	9–12	3–3	6–3
6	Ding Junhui	2	1	1	3	0	x	3	10–14	2–4	6–2
7	Ricky Walden	1	2	0	3	1	0	x	7–17	1–5	6–1

Play-offs

	Semi-finals Best of 5 frames					Final Best of 5 frames
	1	Mark Allen	3
	4	Mark King	2
						1	Mark Allen	0
						2	Ryan Day	3
	2	Ryan Day	3
	3	Liang Wenbo	2

Group six matches were played on 2 and 3 March 2011.[19][20][21] Mark Allen was the sixth player to qualify for the winners group.

Table

Ranking		STE	LEE	KIN	ALL	LIA	TRU	DAV	Frame W–L	Match W–L	Pld–Pts
1	Matthew Stevens	x	3	0	3	3	2	3	14–9	4–2	6–4
2	Stephen Lee	0	x	3	3	3	3	2	14–11	4–2	6–4
3	Mark King	3	0	x	0	3	3	3	12–10	4–2	6–4
4	Mark Allen	1	2	3	x	2	3	3	14–9	3–3	6–3
5	Liang Wenbo	2	1	2	3	x	3	3	14–12	3–3	6–3
6	Judd Trump	3	2	1	0	1	x	3	10–16	2–4	6–4
7	Mark Davis	0	3	1	0	0	2	x	6–17	1–5	6–1

Play-offs

	Semi-finals Best of 5 frames					Final Best of 5 frames
	1	Matthew Stevens	0
	4	Mark Allen	3
						4	Mark Allen	3
						2	Stephen Lee	0
	2	Stephen Lee	3
	3	Mark King	1

Group seven matches were played on 21 and 22 March 2011.[22][23][24] Matthew Stevens was the last player to qualify for the winners group.

Table

Ranking		LIA	STE	LEE	HIG	KIN	FU	GOU	Frame W–L	Match W–L	Pld–Pts
1	Liang Wenbo	x	3	3	3	1	3	3	16–9	5–1	6–5
2	Matthew Stevens	2	x	1	3	3	3	3	15–12	4–2	6–4
3	Stephen Lee	0	3	x	0	3	3	3	12–12	4–2	6–4
4	Andrew Higginson	0	2	3	x	3	0	3	11–11	3–3	6–3
5	Mark King	3	2	2	2	x	3	1	13–12	2–4	6–2
6	Marco Fu	1	1	2	3	1	x	3	11–14	2–4	6–2
7	Martin Gould	3	1	1	0	3	0	x	8–16	2–4	6–2

Play-offs

	Semi-finals Best of 5 frames					Final Best of 5 frames
	1	Liang Wenbo	3
	4	Andrew Higginson	2
						1	Liang Wenbo	0
						2	Matthew Stevens	3
	2	Matthew Stevens	3
	3	Stephen Lee	1

The matches of the winners group were played on 23 and 24 March 2011.[25][26][27] Matthew Stevens has qualified for the 2011 Premier League.

Table

Ranking		STE	MUR	CAR	WIL	ALL	DAY	SEL	Frame W–L	Match W–L	Pld–Pts
1	Matthew Stevens	x	3	3	3	3	3	1	16–8	5–1	6–5
2	Shaun Murphy	2	x	3	3	3	2	2	15–12	3–3	6–3
3	Ali Carter	2	1	x	3	2	3	3	14–11	3–3	6–3
4	Mark Williams	1	1	2	x	3	3	3	13–12	3–3	6–3
5	Mark Allen	0	1	3	0	x	3	3	10–15	3–3	6–3
6	Ryan Day	0	3	0	2	2	x	3	10–15	2–4	6–2
7	Mark Selby	3	3	0	1	2	1	x	10–15	2–4	6–2

Play-offs

	Semi-finals Best of 5 frames					Final Best of 5 frames
	1	Matthew Stevens	3
	4	Mark Williams	1
						1	Matthew Stevens	3
						2	Shaun Murphy	1
	2	Shaun Murphy	3
	3	Ali Carter	2

Total: 86

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