The 2012 PartyPoker.com Premier League Snooker was a professional non-ranking snooker tournament that was played from 16 August to 25 November 2012. This was the last edition of the tournament, as in 2013 it was replaced by the Champion of Champions.
Ronnie O'Sullivan was the defending champion, but he decided not to compete this year.
Stuart Bingham won his eighth professional title by defeating Judd Trump 7–2 in the final.
The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:
Winner: £50,000Runner-up: £25,000Semi-final: £12,500Frame-win: £1,000 (only in league phase)Century break: £1,000 (only in league phase)Highest break: £5,000Maximum break: £25,000Total: £210,000The top two qualified for the play-offs. If points were level then most frames won determined their positions. If two players had an identical record then the result in their match determined their positions. If their match was a 3–3 draw then the player who got to three first was higher. (Breaks above 50 shown between (parentheses); century breaks are indicated with bold.)
Ding Junhui 4–2 Shaun Murphy → 22–(81), 55–54, (82)–0, 9–76 (63), 79–11, (64) 72–14Mark Selby 1–5 Neil Robertson → 11–72 (63), 12–64, 16–(72), (61) 87–37, 17–72 (62), 9–71Shaun Murphy 3–3 Stuart Bingham → 16–83 (53), (54) 55–(68), 0–105 (59), (88)–51, (58) 97–0, 77–53Neil Robertson 4–2 Shaun Murphy → 44–60, 73–58 (53), 0–(111), (70) 82–0, (113) 118–1, (58) 68–29Stuart Bingham 4–2 Ding Junhui → (75)–24, 79–8, 0–102 (54), 16–(73), (75)–20, (50) 80–37Mark Selby 2–4 Ding Junhui → 27–(96), 27–63, 25–72, 4–94 (79), 73–39, (52) 90–39Stuart Bingham 6–0 Mark Selby → (52) 65–56, (59) 67–0, (54) 69–0, (128)–1, (122)–1, (50) 57–13Stuart Bingham 6–0 Neil Robertson → (135) 139–0, 77–33, 75–66 (66), (127)–0, 61–20, (92)–0Mark Selby 1–5 Shaun Murphy → 6–(86), 81–1, 0–97, 22–72 (55), 0–(116), 0–(81)Neil Robertson 4–2 Ding Junhui → (71)–72 (53), 5–102 (95), 62–(59), (70) 83–26, 77–22, (51) 67–(57)The top two qualified for the play-offs. If points were level then most frames won determined their positions. If two players had an identical record then the result in their match determined their positions. If their match was a 3–3 draw then the player who got to three first was higher. (Breaks above 50 shown between (parentheses); century breaks are indicated with bold.)
Judd Trump 5–1 Stephen Lee → 57–47, (95) 96–0, 63–61, (121)–0, (113)–0, 0–(68)Stephen Lee 1–5 Peter Ebdon → 16–73, 56–60, (87) 90–2, 1–(80), 45–(83), 21–(103)John Higgins 4–2 Mark Allen → 0–71 (67), 69–34, 67–63, 58–70, (59) 95–39, (52) 76–30Mark Allen 4–2 Peter Ebdon → 34–72, (84) 92–1, (76) 81–30, (50) 75–1, 19–(108), (69)–17Judd Trump 4–2 Peter Ebdon → 53–60, 62–55, 7–71, (131)–0, (90)–1, 79–4John Higgins 4–2 Stephen Lee → 13–67, 59–38, 1–76, (72)–0, (57) 80–1, 66–62Mark Allen v Stephen LeeJudd Trump 2–4 John Higgins → 79–0, 4–119 (114), 43–70 (52), 24–80, 39–84 (63), (78) 83–27Judd Trump 5–1 Mark Allen → 102–0, 40–74 (60), (76)–0, 81–0, (76)–54, 77–48John Higgins 2–4 Peter Ebdon → 29–66, (125) 130–1, (133)–0, 1–87 (75), 11–68 (61), 47–(81)24–25 November, Grimsby Auditorium, Grimsby, England
* 71–13, 74–44, 22–94 (58), 0–81 (81), (117) 132–0, 52–65, (50)–(76), (74) 74–8, (57) 71–34
** 65–77 (55), 14–68, 54–15, 0–87, 60–58, 81–0, 56–29, 45–78 (58), 71–16
***7–(83), (82)–0, (100)–8, 76–33, (55, 53) 116–9, (61) 74–5, 0–(101), (71) 115–9, 58–54
The qualification for this tournament, the Championship League was played in eight groups from 9 January to 22 March 2012.
135, 128, 127, 122, 117, 100 Stuart Bingham133, 124, 114 John Higgins131, 121, 113, 101 Judd Trump116, 111 Shaun Murphy113 Neil Robertson108, 103 Peter Ebdon