Venue Crondon Park Golf Club Total prize fund £180,100 Champion Stuart Bingham Country England Dates 5 Jan 2015 – 12 Feb 2015 | Format Non-ranking event Winner's share £10,000 City Stock Organisation Matchroom Sport Location Stock, United Kingdom | |
Highest break Barry Hawkins (147)
David Gilbert (147) | ||
The 2015 Championship League was a professional non-ranking snooker tournament that was played from 5 January to 12 February at the Crondon Park Golf Club in Stock, England.
Contents
- Prize fund
- Group one
- Group two
- Group three
- Group four
- Group five
- Group six
- Group seven
- Winners group
- Century breaks
- Winnings
- References
Judd Trump was the defending champion, but he was eliminated at the end of group three.
Barry Hawkins made the 111th official maximum break during his league stage match against Stephen Maguire in group one. This was Hawkins second official 147 break and the sixth in the 2014/2015 season. It was also the second maximum break in the history of the tournament. David Gilbert made the 114th maximum break and ninth of the season during group 7.
Stuart Bingham won in the final 3–2 against Mark Davis, and earned a place at the 2015 Champion of Champions.
Prize fund
The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:
Group one
Group one was played on 5 and 6 January 2014. Shaun Murphy was to take part in this group, but he was replaced by Mark King due to a bacterial chest infection. Barry Hawkins was the first player to qualify for the winners group.
Group two
Group two was played on 7 and 8 January 2015. The group was won by Matthew Selt, who was a late replacement for Neil Robertson.
Group three
Group three was played on 19 and 20 January 2015. Ricky Walden was to take part this group, but he withdrew and was replaced by Peter Ebdon, who scheduled to play in group six before. Ali Carter won the group.
Group four
Group four was played on 21 and 22 January 2015. Martin Gould was to play in this group, but he moved to group six and was replaced by David Gilbert. Stuart Bingham was the fourth player to qualify for the winners group.
Group five
Group five was played on 26 and 27 January 2015. This round of group play was won by Mark Davis.
Group six
Group six was played on 28 and 29 January 2015. Martin Gould was to take part this group, but he withdrew and was replaced by Rod Lawler. Ronnie O'Sullivan withdrew from the tournament ahead of this group and was replaced by Ben Woollaston, who went on to win the group.
Group seven
Group seven was played on 9 and 10 February 2015. Xiao Guodong was the last player to qualify for the winners group.
Winners' group
The winners' group was played on 11 and 12 February 2015. Stuart Bingham won his first Championship League title.
Century breaks
Bold: highest break in the indicated group.
Winnings
Green: won the group. Bold: highest break in the group. All prize money in GBP.