2017 Championship League


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.
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. 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. 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.

Prize fund

The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below.
Group 1 was played on 2 and 3 January 2017. David Gilbert was the first player to qualify for the winners group.

Matches

Play-offs

Group 2

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

Matches

Play-offs

Group 3

Group 3 was played on 9 and 10 January 2017. 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.

Matches

Play-offs

Group 4

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

Matches

Play-offs

Group 5

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

Matches

Play-offs

Group 6

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.

Matches

Play-offs

Group 7

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

Matches

Play-offs

Winners' Group

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.

Matches

Play-offs

Century breaks

Total: 112
106, 105, 101, 101, 100, 100 Judd Trump
117, 117, 117, 116, 114, 112, 104, 103, 101 Ryan Day
104, 103, 102, 100, 100, 100 Neil Robertson
''Bold: highest break in the indicated group.

Winnings

Green: won the group. Bold: highest break in the group. All prize money in GBP.