2012 Premier League Snooker
The 2012 PartyPoker.com Premier League 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.
Prize fund
The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:- Winner: £50,000
- Runner-up: £25,000
- Semi-final: £12,500
- Frame-win: £1,000
- Century break: £1,000
- Highest break: £5,000
- Maximum break: £25,000
- Total: £210,000
Players
| Rankings | Player | Qualified via |
| 1 |  Mark Selby | Shanghai Masters champion |
| 2 | Judd Trump | UK champion |
| 5 |  John Higgins | Wildcard |
| 6 | Shaun Murphy | Brazil Masters champion |
| 7 |  Neil Robertson | Masters champion |
| 8 | Stephen Lee | PTC Finals champion |
| 11 |  Ding Junhui | Championship League champion |
| 12 |  Mark Allen | World Open champion |
| 16 | Stuart Bingham | Australian Goldfields Open champion |
| 20 | Peter Ebdon | China Open champion |
League phase
Dates and venues
| Week | Date | Venue |
| 1 | 16 August | Embassy Theatre, Skegness, England |
| 2 | 6 September | Biddulph Leisure Centre, Stoke-on-Trent, England |
| 3 | 13 September | The Sands, Carlisle, England |
| 4 | 27 September | Spiceball Leisure Centre, Banbury, England |
| 5 | 4 October | Southampton Guildhall, Southampton, England |
| 6 | 11 October | Malvern Theatres, Great Malvern, England |
| 7 | 18 October | Penzance Leisure Centre, Cornwall, England |
| 8 | 25 October | Guildford Spectrum, Guildford, England |
| 9 | 8 November | The Dome, Doncaster, England |
| 10 | 15 November | Spennymoor Leisure Centre, Durham, England |
Group one
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.- Ding Junhui 4–2 Shaun Murphy → 22–, 55–54, –0, 9–76, 79–11, 72–14
- Mark Selby 1–5 Neil Robertson → 11–72, 12–64, 16–, 87–37, 17–72, 9–71
- Shaun Murphy 3–3 Stuart Bingham → 16–83, 55–, 0–105, –51, 97–0, 77–53
- Neil Robertson 4–2 Shaun Murphy → 44–60, 73–58, 0–, 82–0, 118–1, 68–29
- Stuart Bingham 4–2 Ding Junhui → –24, 79–8, 0–102, 16–, –20, 80–37
- Mark Selby 2–4 Ding Junhui → 27–, 27–63, 25–72, 4–94, 73–39, 90–39
- Stuart Bingham 6–0 Mark Selby → 65–56, 67–0, 69–0, –1, –1, 57–13
- Stuart Bingham 6–0 Neil Robertson → 139–0, 77–33, 75–66, –0, 61–20, –0
- Mark Selby 1–5 Shaun Murphy → 6–, 81–1, 0–97, 22–72, 0–, 0–
- Neil Robertson 4–2 Ding Junhui → –72, 5–102, 62–, 83–26, 77–22, 67–
Group two
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Judd Trump 5–1 Stephen Lee→ 57–47, 96–0, 63–61, –0, –0, 0– -
Stephen Lee 1–5 Peter Ebdon→ 16–73, 56–60, 90–2, 1–, 45–, 21– - John Higgins 4–2 Mark Allen → 0–71, 69–34, 67–63, 58–70, 95–39, 76–30
- Mark Allen 4–2 Peter Ebdon → 34–72, 92–1, 81–30, 75–1, 19–, –17
- Judd Trump 4–2 Peter Ebdon → 53–60, 62–55, 7–71, –0, –1, 79–4
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John Higgins 4–2 Stephen Lee→ 13–67, 59–38, 1–76, –0, 80–1, 66–62 -
Mark Allen v Stephen Lee - Judd Trump 2–4 John Higgins → 79–0, 4–119, 43–70, 24–80, 39–84, 83–27
- Judd Trump 5–1 Mark Allen → 102–0, 40–74, –0, 81–0, –54, 77–48
- John Higgins 2–4 Peter Ebdon → 29–66, 130–1, –0, 1–87, 11–68, 47–
Play-offs
Qualifiers
The qualification for this tournament, the Championship League was played in eight groups from 9 January to 22 March 2012.Century breaks
- 135, 128, 127, 122, 117, 100 Stuart Bingham
- 133, 124, 114 John Higgins
- 131, 121, 113, 101 Judd Trump
- 116, 111 Shaun Murphy
- 113 Neil Robertson
- 108, 103 Peter Ebdon