2019–20 Championship League


The 2019–2020 Championship League was a professional non-ranking snooker tournament, taking place from 7 October 2019 to 5 March 2020 at the Morningside Arena in Leicester, England. The event features seven group stages before a finals stage in March 2020. It is the 13th staging of the Championship League.
Martin Gould won the 2019 edition of the tournament, beating Jack Lisowski 3–1 in the final. However, Gould did not appear in the 2019/20 event due to his lower ranking.
Scott Donaldson won his first professional tournament with a 3–0 win over Graeme Dott in the final.

Tournament Format

The Championship League event sees 25 professionals take part, with players earning prize money for every frame won. Matches are best of 5 frames, and the league is played from October 2019 to March 2020.
The competition runs over eight groups, each consisting of seven players. From each group the top four qualify for a play-off, and the winners of the first seven play-offs qualify for the winners group. The bottom two players of each group are eliminated and the remaining four move to the next group, where they are joined by three more players until the seventh group. The winners play in the final group, and the winner of the Winners' Group play-off takes the title and a place at the 2020 Champion of Champions.

Prize fund

The breakdown of prize money for the 2019/2020 Championship League is shown below.
;Group 1–7
;Winners' Group

Group 1

Group 1 was played on 7 and 8 October 2019. Neil Robertson won the group and qualified for the Winners' Group.

Play-offs

Group 2

Group 2 was played on 9 and 10 October 2019. Stuart Bingham won the group and was the second player to qualify for the Winners' Group.

Play-offs

Group 3

Group 3 was played on 21 and 22 October 2019. Gary Wilson won the group and was the third player to qualify for the Winners' Group. The group 3 matches saw a record number of century breaks made in a Championship League group with a total of 24, beating the record of 23 from the previous year's Winners' Group.
;Note
Barry Hawkins and Mark Selby withdrew from the tournament prior to group 3 play.

Table

Play-offs

Group 4

Group 4 was played on 23 and 24 October 2019. Scott Donaldson won the group and was the fourth player to qualify for the Winners' Group. It was the 100th group in Championship League history.

Play-offs

Group 5

Group 5 was played on 6 and 7 January 2020. Anthony McGill won the group and was the fifth player to qualify for the Winners' Group.

Play-offs

Group 6

Group 6 was played on 8 and 9 January 2020. Judd Trump won the group and was the sixth player to qualify for the Winners' Group.

Play-offs

Group 7

Group 7 was played on 2 and 3 March 2020. Graeme Dott won the group and was the seventh and final player to qualify for the Winners' Group.

Play-offs

Winners' Group

The Winners' Group is played on 4 and 5 March 2020. During the round robin matches, Judd Trump made his 700th career century break.

Play-offs

Century breaks

Total: 104
Bold: highest break in the indicated group.

Winnings

No. Player 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 W TOTAL
1 Graeme Dott 11004400110049006100910026700
2 Scott Donaldson 65001420020700
3 Judd Trump 6700790014600
4 Anthony McGill 5900640012300
5 Kyren Wilson 30004300380090012000
6 Gary Wilson 23006650120010150
7 David Gilbert 46003200230010100
8 Mark Williams 3400140043009100
9 Mark Selby 330052008500
10 Neil Robertson 610022008300
11 Stuart Bingham 610016007600
12 Joe Perry 2800300011006900
13 John Higgins 270035006200
14 Tom Ford 3200120016006000
15 Ryan Day 48007005500
16 Barry Hawkins 280012004000
17 Matthew Selt 25009003400
18 Jack Lisowski 12006001800
19 Xiao Guodong 13501350
20 Ali Carter 12001200
21 Jimmy Robertson 10001000
= Luca Brecel 10001000
23 Ben Woollaston 900900
= Lyu Haotian 900900
25 Ricky Walden 800800
26 Robert Milkins 700700
27 Mark King 600600
Total prize money20,20019,10020,00020,80020,50020,10017,50042,600180,800

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

Parenthesis: World ranking prior to tournament start.
Note
Mark Selby and Barry Hawkins withdrew from the tournament prior to Group 3 play.