Snooker in 2025 cues off with the return of the invitational model of the Championship League, performed on the Mattioli Enviornment in Leicester.
There was already a rating occasion model of this competitors staged firstly of the marketing campaign with Ali Carter rising victoriously on the identical venue.
Nevertheless it’s again to the event’s authentic format – contested behind closed doorways – over the course of the subsequent month or so.
What’s Championship League Snooker?
Championship League Snooker was launched in 2008 and has been performed yearly since then.
Joe Perry was the inaugural champion whereas Leicester’s personal Mark Selby was the newest winner, triumphing on dwelling turf about ten months in the past.
John Higgins is the document four-time winner of the occasion, whereas world primary Judd Trump and Martin Gould are the opposite a number of champions.
The likes of Kyren Wilson, Ding Junhui, and Stuart Bingham have additionally etched their names onto this trophy previously.
Prize Cash
Teams 1–7
Winner: £3,000
Runner-up: £2,000
Semi-final: £1,000
Body-win (league stage): £100
Body-win (play-offs): £300
Highest break: £500
Winners’ Group
Winner: £10,000
Runner-up: £5,000
Semi-final: £3,000
Body-win (league stage): £200
Body-win (play-offs): £300
Highest break: £1,000
There are seven teams comprising seven gamers in every, with the seven winners advancing to a last group that may decide the general champion.
In every group, the gamers first contest a spherical robin stage earlier than 4 gamers advance to the knockout semi-finals.
All of the semi-finalists, besides the participant who wins the group, plus the fifth-placed runner from the spherical robin get one other alternative within the subsequent group.
Those that end sixth and seventh within the spherical robin are eradicated every time.
In whole, 25 gamers are anticipated to take part within the 2025 Championship League Snooker draw.
Who’s in Group 1?
Group 1 of the occasion takes locations on Friday and Saturday, with World Championship runner-up Jak Jones and four-time rating occasion winner Ryan Day concerned.
Prime 16 members Chris Wakelin and Gary Wilson are joined by Hossein Vafaei, Pang Junxu, and Elliot Slessor.
Marquee names like Trump, Wilson, and Ronnie O’Sullivan are anticipated to affix the fray in one of many later teams.
The participant who lasts the gap within the Championship League Snooker draw will acquire an invite to the profitable Champion of Champions on the finish of the 12 months.
What’s the schedule?
With a busy calendar, this 12 months’s Championship League Snooker shall be accomplished in a a lot shorter timeframe.
All seven qualifying teams happen in January with the ultimate Winners’ Group scheduled for the beginning of February.
Group 1: January 3–4
Chris Wakelin
Gary Wilson
Jak Jones
Hossein Vafaei
Pang Junxu
Ryan Day
Elliot Slessor
Group 2: January 6–7
Ali Carter
Si Jiahui
Robert Milkins
Group 3: January 8–9
Ronnie O’Sullivan
Kyren Wilson
Mark Selby
Group 4: January 10–11
Barry Hawkins
Stuart Bingham
Jackson Web page
Group 5: January 20–21
Judd Trump
Tom Ford
Neil Robertson
Group 6: January 22–23
David Gilbert
Jack Lisowski
Noppon Saengkham
Group 7: January 24–25
Xiao Guodong
Zhou Yuelong
Matthew Selt
Winners’ Group: February 3–4
The best way to watch Championship League Snooker
Followers can watch the motion unfold globally, with complete reside protection obtainable on two tables all through the event.
Desk One shall be streamed reside on the Matchroom Pool YouTube channel and obtainable to UK viewers in addition to on Rigour in China and Viaplay in Scandinavia, the Netherlands, and Iceland.
Desk Two shall be streamed reside on the Matchroom Multi Sport YouTube channel, accessible to followers worldwide.
In response to WST, a full broadcast schedule shall be introduced shortly.
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