2017 Championship League

Championship League

Tournament information
Dates	2 January – 2 March 2017 (2017-01-02 – 2017-03-02)
Venue	Ricoh Arena
City	Coventry
Country	England
Format	Non-ranking event
Total prize fund	£181,800
Winner's share	£10,000 (plus bonuses)
Highest break	Mark Davis (ENG) (147)x2
Final
Champion	John Higgins (SCO)
Runner-up	Ryan Day (WAL)
Score	3–0
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The 2017 Championship League was a professional non-ranking snooker tournament that took place from 2 January to 2 March 2017 at the Ricoh Arena in Coventry, England.^[1]

Judd Trump was the defending champion, and he made it to the semi-finals, where he lost 2–3 to John Higgins.

The Scotsman then won the final, clinching his first Championship League title with a 3–0 win over Ryan Day. The Welshman took the largest share of the prize money thanks to a lucrative campaign through six groups before qualifying for the winners' group.

Mark Davis made the 127th official maximum break in the deciding 5th frame of his group 3 final against Neil Robertson. This was Davis' first official 147 break and the ninth of the 2016/2017 season. Davis also became the oldest player to make an official 147, at the age of 44.^[2] He surpassed the record set by Fergal O'Brien, who scored the first maximum of his career at the age of 43 in a Championship League round robin match against Davis in the previous season.^[3] Later on, Davis made the 129th official maximum break in the deciding 5th frame of his Winners' Group round robin match against John Higgins. It was Davis' second official 147 break and the eleventh of the 2016/2017 season. With that, Davis became the first player to make two maximum breaks in a tournament. It was the fourth consecutive year that a maximum was made in the Championship League.^[4][5][6]

The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below.^[7]

• Tournament total: £181,800

Group 1 was played on 2 and 3 January 2017.^[8] David Gilbert was the first player to qualify for the winners group.

Pos	Player	Pld	W	L	FF	FA	FD
1	Anthony McGill (SCO)	6	4	2	15	10	+5	Qualification to Group 1 play-off
2	Mark Davis (ENG)	6	4	2	15	12	+3
3	David Gilbert (ENG)	6	4	2	14	11	+3
4	Ryan Day (WAL)	6	3	3	13	11	+2
5	Matthew Selt (ENG)	6	3	3	13	13	0	Advances into Group 2
6	Ben Woollaston (ENG)	6	2	4	11	15	−4	Eliminated from the competition
7	Robert Milkins (ENG)	6	1	5	8	17	−9

	Semi-finals Best of 5 frames				Final Best of 5 frames
	Anthony McGill (SCO)	2
	Ryan Day (WAL)	3
					Ryan Day (WAL)	2
					David Gilbert (ENG)	3
	Mark Davis (ENG)	1
	David Gilbert (ENG)	3

Group 2 was played on 4 and 5 January 2017.^[9] Anthony McGill was the second player to qualify for the winners group.

Pos	Player	Pld	W	L	FF	FA	FD
1	Neil Robertson (AUS)	6	5	1	16	10	+6	Qualification to Group 2 play-off
2	Mark Davis (ENG)	6	4	2	16	11	+5
3	Ryan Day (WAL)	6	4	2	15	10	+5
4	Anthony McGill (SCO)	6	3	3	13	13	0
5	Mark Williams (WAL)	6	2	4	10	13	−3	Advances into Group 3
6	Matthew Selt (ENG)	6	2	4	9	14	−5	Eliminated from the competition
7	Michael White (WAL)	6	1	5	9	17	−8

	Semi-finals Best of 5 frames				Final Best of 5 frames
	Neil Robertson (AUS)	1
	Anthony McGill (SCO)	3
					Anthony McGill (SCO)	3
					Ryan Day (WAL)	0
	Mark Davis (ENG)	2
	Ryan Day (WAL)	3

Group 3 was played on 9 and 10 January 2017.^[10] Mark Davis was the third player to qualify for the winners group, finishing with a maximum break in the fifth frame decider against Neil Robertson in the group play-off final.

Pos	Player	Pld	W	L	FF	FA	FD
1	Neil Robertson (AUS)	6	4	2	16	9	+7	Qualification to Group 3 play-off
2	Mark Davis (ENG)	6	4	2	15	9	+6
3	Ryan Day (WAL)	6	4	2	15	13	+2
4	Barry Hawkins (ENG)	6	4	2	12	10	+2
5	Mark Williams (WAL)	6	2	4	10	14	−4	Advances into Group 4
6	Ali Carter (ENG)	6	2	4	8	13	−5	Eliminated from the competition
7	Joe Perry (ENG)	6	1	5	8	16	−8

	Semi-finals Best of 5 frames				Final Best of 5 frames
	Neil Robertson (AUS)	3
	Barry Hawkins (ENG)	1
					Neil Robertson (AUS)	2
					Mark Davis (ENG)	3
	Mark Davis (ENG)	3
	Ryan Day (WAL)	2

Group 4 was played on 11 and 12 January 2017.^[11] Barry Hawkins was the fourth player to qualify for the winners group.

Pos	Player	Pld	W	L	FF	FA	FD
1	Barry Hawkins (ENG)	6	5	1	16	8	+8	Qualification to Group 4 play-off
2	Mark Williams (WAL)	6	4	2	14	10	+4
3	Shaun Murphy (ENG)	6	3	3	13	12	+1
4	Ryan Day (WAL)	6	3	3	12	12	0
5	Kyren Wilson (ENG)	6	3	3	10	14	−4	Advances into Group 5
6	Neil Robertson (AUS)	6	2	4	13	14	−1	Eliminated from the competition
7	Mark Allen (NIR)	6	1	5	8	16	−8

	Semi-finals Best of 5 frames				Final Best of 5 frames
	Barry Hawkins (ENG)	3
	Ryan Day (WAL)	2
					Barry Hawkins (ENG)	3
					Mark Williams (WAL)	0
	Mark Williams (WAL)	3
	Shaun Murphy (ENG)	0

Group 5 was played on 20 and 21 February 2017.^[12] Judd Trump was the fifth player to qualify for the winners group.

Pos	Player	Pld	W	L	FF	FA	FD
1	Judd Trump (ENG)	6	6	0	18	9	+9	Qualification to Group 5 play-off
2	Mark Williams (WAL)	6	4	2	16	12	+4
3	Shaun Murphy (ENG)	6	3	3	14	12	+2
4	Ryan Day (WAL)	6	3	3	10	12	−2
5	Stuart Bingham (ENG)	6	2	4	11	13	−2	Advances into Group 6
6	Kyren Wilson (ENG)	6	2	4	10	12	−2	Eliminated from the competition
7	Liang Wenbo (CHN)	6	1	5	7	16	−9

	Semi-finals Best of 5 frames				Final Best of 5 frames
	Judd Trump (ENG)	3
	Ryan Day (WAL)	0
					Judd Trump (ENG)	3
					Mark Williams (WAL)	0
	Mark Williams (WAL)	3
	Shaun Murphy (ENG)	0

Group 6 was played on 22 and 23 February 2017. Ryan Day was the sixth player to qualify for the winners group. It was also his sixth try, as he had been part of the tournament since the first group was played out.

Pos	Player	Pld	W	L	FF	FA	FD
1	Martin Gould (ENG)	6	4	2	15	11	+4	Qualification to Group 6 play-off
2	Ricky Walden (ENG)	6	4	2	14	12	+2
3	Ryan Day (WAL)	6	3	3	13	11	+2
4	Stuart Bingham (ENG)	6	3	3	13	12	+1
5	Mark Selby (ENG)	6	3	3	12	10	+2	Advances into Group 7
6	Mark Williams (WAL)	6	2	4	11	16	−5	Eliminated from the competition
7	Shaun Murphy (ENG)	6	2	4	8	14	−6

	Semi-finals Best of 5 frames				Final Best of 5 frames
	Martin Gould (ENG)	3
	Stuart Bingham (ENG)	1
					Martin Gould (ENG)	1
					Ryan Day (WAL)	3
	Ricky Walden (ENG)	2
	Ryan Day (WAL)	3

Group 7 was played on 27 and 28 February 2017. John Higgins was the seventh and final player to qualify for the winners group.

Pos	Player	Pld	W	L	FF	FA	FD
1	Stuart Bingham (ENG)	6	6	0	18	4	+14	Qualification to Group 7 play-off
2	John Higgins (SCO)	6	4	2	15	12	+3
3	Michael Holt (ENG)	6	3	3	13	13	0
4	Mark Selby (ENG)	6	3	3	11	11	0
5	Ricky Walden (ENG)	6	2	4	11	15	−4	Eliminated from the competition
6	Martin Gould (ENG)	6	2	4	8	15	−7
7	Graeme Dott (SCO)	6	1	5	9	15	−6

	Semi-finals Best of 5 frames				Final Best of 5 frames
	Stuart Bingham (ENG)	2
	Mark Selby (ENG)	3
					Mark Selby (ENG)	0
					John Higgins (SCO)	3
	John Higgins (SCO)	3
	Michael Holt (ENG)	2

The Winners' Group was played on 1 and 2 March 2017. In the final, John Higgins defeated Ryan Day 3–0 to win the Championship League title for the first time in his career.

Pos	Player	Pld	W	L	FF	FA	FD
1	Judd Trump (ENG)	6	5	1	16	8	+8	Qualification to the Winners' Group play-off
2	Barry Hawkins (ENG)	6	4	2	15	11	+4
3	Ryan Day (WAL)	6	4	2	15	12	+3
4	John Higgins (SCO)	6	3	3	14	12	+2
5	Mark Davis (ENG)	6	3	3	12	12	0	Eliminated from the competition
6	David Gilbert (ENG)	6	1	5	7	15	−8
7	Anthony McGill (SCO)	6	1	5	7	16	−9

	Semi-finals Best of 5 frames				Final Best of 5 frames
	Judd Trump (ENG)	2
	John Higgins (SCO)	3
					John Higgins (SCO)	3
					Ryan Day (WAL)	0
	Barry Hawkins (ENG)	2
	Ryan Day (WAL)	3

Total: 112

Bold: highest break in the indicated group.

No.	Player	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	W	TOTAL
1	Ryan Day (WAL)	5,300	4,400	3,100	2,800	2,000	6,100		8,900	32,600
2	John Higgins (SCO)							6,300	14,600	20,900
3	Mark Davis (ENG)	2,800	3,200	6,800					3,400	16,200
4	Barry Hawkins (ENG)			2,500	6,400				6,600	15,500
5	Judd Trump (ENG)					6,600			6,800	13,400
=	Mark Williams (WAL)		1,500	1,000	4,800	5,000	1,100			13,400
7	Anthony McGill (SCO)	3,100	6,100						1,400	10,600
8	Neil Robertson (AUS)		2,900	5,100	1,300					9,300
9	David Gilbert (ENG)	6,200							1,400	7,600
10	Stuart Bingham (ENG)					1,100	2,600	3,400		7,100
11	Shaun Murphy (ENG)				2,300	2,400	800			5,500
=	Martin Gould (ENG)						4,700	800		5,500
13	Mark Selby (ENG)						1,200	4,000		5,200
14	Ricky Walden (ENG)						3,500	1,100		4,600
15	Michael Holt (ENG)							2,900		2,900
16	Matthew Selt (ENG)	1,300	900							2,200
17	Kyren Wilson (ENG)				1,000	1,000				2,000
18	Graeme Dott (SCO)							1,400		1,400
19	Ben Woollaston (ENG)	1,100								1,100
20	Michael White (WAL)		900							900
21	Robert Milkins (ENG)	800								800
=	Ali Carter (ENG)			800						800
=	Joe Perry (ENG)			800						800
=	Mark Allen (NIR)				800					800
25	Liang Wenbo (CHN)					700				700
	Total prize money	20,600	19,900	20,100	19,400	18,800	20,000	19,900	43,100	181,800

Green: Won the group. Bold: Highest break in the group. All prize money in GBP.

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