2010 Championship League

The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:^[1][2]

• Tournament total: £173,900

Group one matches were played on 4 and 5 January 2010.^[3][4] Stephen Maguire was the first player to qualify for the winners group.

Pos	Player	Pld	W	L	FF	FA	FD
1	Judd Trump (ENG)	6	4	2	15	9	+6	Qualification to Group 1 play-off
2	Ali Carter (ENG)	6	4	2	14	10	+4
3	Stephen Maguire (SCO)	6	4	2	14	11	+3
4	Mark Selby (ENG)	6	4	2	14	12	+2
5	John Higgins (SCO)	6	3	3	13	12	+1	Advances into Group 2
6	Shaun Murphy (ENG)	6	2	4	8	13	−5	Eliminated from the competition
7	Ryan Day (WAL)	6	0	6	7	18	−11

	Semi-finals Best of 5 frames					Final Best of 5 frames
	1	Judd Trump (ENG)	1
	4	Mark Selby (ENG)	3
						4	Mark Selby (ENG)	0
						3	Stephen Maguire (SCO)	3
	2	Ali Carter (ENG)	2
	3	Stephen Maguire (SCO)	3

Group two matches were played on 6 and 7 January 2010.^[5][6] John Higgins was the second player to qualify for the winners group.

Pos	Player	Pld	W	L	FF	FA	FD
1	Marco Fu (HKG)	6	5	1	15	6	+9	Qualification to Group 2 play-off
2	John Higgins (SCO)	6	4	2	14	9	+5
3	Judd Trump (ENG)	6	3	3	13	10	+3
4	Ali Carter (ENG)	6	3	3	10	11	−1
5	Neil Robertson (AUS)	6	2	4	10	14	−4	Advances into Group 3
6	Mark Selby (ENG)	6	2	4	9	14	−5	Eliminated from the competition
7	Ronnie O'Sullivan (ENG)	6	2	4	7	14	−7

	Semi-finals Best of 5 frames					Final Best of 5 frames
	1	Marco Fu (HKG)	0
	4	Ali Carter (ENG)	3
						4	Ali Carter (ENG)	1
						2	John Higgins (SCO)	3
	2	John Higgins (SCO)	3
	3	Judd Trump (ENG)	2

Group three matches were played on 18 and 19 January 2010.^[7][8] Judd Trump was the third player to qualify for the winners group.

Pos	Player	Pld	W	L	FF	FA	FD
1	Judd Trump (ENG)	6	5	1	17	7	+10	Qualification to Group 3 play-off
2	Marco Fu (HKG)	6	4	2	15	10	+5
3	Mark Allen (NIR)	6	4	2	13	14	−1
4	Ali Carter (ENG)	6	3	3	11	13	−2
5	Neil Robertson (AUS)	6	2	4	12	14	−2	Advances into Group 4
6	Joe Perry (ENG)	6	2	4	10	15	−5	Eliminated from the competition
7	Stephen Hendry (SCO)	6	1	5	12	17	−5

	Semi-finals Best of 5 frames					Final Best of 5 frames
	1	Judd Trump (ENG)	3
	4	Ali Carter (ENG)	0
						1	Judd Trump (ENG)	3
						3	Mark Allen (NIR)	2
	2	Marco Fu (HKG)	1
	3	Mark Allen (NIR)	3

Group four matches were played on 20 and 21 January 2010.^[9][10] Marco Fu was the fourth player to qualify for the winners group.

Pos	Player	Pld	W	L	FF	FA	FD
1	Neil Robertson (AUS)	6	5	1	15	9	+6	Qualification to Group 4 play-off
2	Marco Fu (HKG)	6	4	2	14	9	+5
3	Mark Williams (WAL)	6	4	2	13	9	+4
4	Peter Ebdon (ENG)	6	3	3	13	10	+3
5	Mark Allen (NIR)	6	3	3	10	14	−4	Advances into Group 5
6	Liang Wenbo (CHN)	6	2	4	11	14	−3	Eliminated from the competition
7	Ali Carter (ENG)	6	0	6	7	18	−11

	Semi-finals Best of 5 frames					Final Best of 5 frames
	1	Neil Robertson (AUS)	3
	4	Peter Ebdon (ENG)	1
						1	Neil Robertson (AUS)	0
						2	Marco Fu (HKG)	3
	2	Marco Fu (HKG)	3
	3	Mark Williams (WAL)	2

Group five matches were played on 8 and 9 February 2010.^[11][12] Mark Allen was to play in this group, but he moved to group six and was replaced by Ricky Walden.^[13] Neil Robertson was the fifth player to qualify for the winners group.

Pos	Player	Pld	W	L	FF	FA	FD
1	Jamie Cope (ENG)	6	4	2	16	11	+5	Qualification to Group 5 play-off
2	Neil Robertson (AUS)	6	4	2	16	12	+4
3	Mark Williams (WAL)	6	4	2	15	11	+4
4	Peter Ebdon (ENG)	6	3	3	14	13	+1
5	Barry Hawkins (ENG)	6	3	3	13	14	−1	Advances into Group 6
6	Ricky Walden (ENG)	6	2	4	10	14	−4	Eliminated from the competition
7	Dave Harold (ENG)	6	1	5	7	16	−9

	Semi-finals Best of 5 frames					Final Best of 5 frames
	1	Jamie Cope (ENG)	3
	4	Peter Ebdon (ENG)	0
						1	Jamie Cope (ENG)	0
						2	Neil Robertson (AUS)	3
	2	Neil Robertson (AUS)	3
	3	Mark Williams (WAL)	0

Group six matches are played on 10 and 11 February 2010.^[14][15] Mark Allen was the sixth player to qualify for the winners group.

Pos	Player	Pld	W	L	FF	FA	FD
1	Peter Ebdon (ENG)	6	4	2	16	10	+6	Qualification to Group 6 play-off
2	Mark Allen (NIR)	6	4	2	16	11	+5
3	Joe Swail (NIR)	6	4	2	14	10	+4
4	Mark Williams (WAL)	6	3	3	11	9	+2
5	Jamie Cope (ENG)	6	3	3	11	14	−3	Advances into Group 7
6	Stuart Bingham (ENG)	6	2	4	11	14	−3	Eliminated from the competition
7	Barry Hawkins (ENG)	6	1	5	6	17	−11

	Semi-finals Best of 5 frames					Final Best of 5 frames
	1	Peter Ebdon (ENG)	3
	4	Mark Williams (WAL)	1
						1	Peter Ebdon (ENG)	0
						2	Mark Allen (NIR)	3
	2	Mark Allen (NIR)	3
	3	Joe Swail (NIR)	0

Group seven matches were played on 22 and 23 March 2010.^[16][17] Jamie Cope was the seventh player to qualify for the winners group.

Pos	Player	Pld	W	L	FF	FA	FD
1	Mark Williams (WAL)	6	5	1	17	5	+12	Qualification to Group 7 play-off
2	Peter Ebdon (ENG)	6	5	1	16	10	+6
3	Jamie Cope (ENG)	6	4	2	12	9	+3
4	Ding Junhui (CHN)	6	3	3	13	10	+3
5	Michael Holt (ENG)	6	2	4	9	14	−5	Eliminated from the competition
6	Joe Swail (NIR)	6	1	5	6	15	−9
7	Steve Davis (ENG)	6	1	5	6	16	−10

	Semi-finals Best of 5 frames					Final Best of 5 frames
	1	Mark Williams (WAL)	0
	4	Ding Junhui (CHN)	3
						4	Ding Junhui (CHN)	1
						3	Jamie Cope (ENG)	3
	2	Peter Ebdon (ENG)	2
	3	Jamie Cope (ENG)	3

The matches of the winners group were played on 24 and 25 March 2010.^[18][19] Marco Fu has qualified for the 2010 Premier League.

Pos	Player	Pld	W	L	FF	FA	FD
1	Stephen Maguire (SCO)	6	5	1	17	8	+9	Qualification to Winners' Group play-off
2	Mark Allen (NIR)	6	4	2	16	10	+6
3	Neil Robertson (AUS)	6	4	2	16	11	+5
4	Marco Fu (HKG)	6	3	3	9	12	−3
5	Judd Trump (ENG)	6	2	4	10	14	−4	Eliminated from the competition
6	John Higgins (SCO)	6	2	4	10	16	−6
7	Jamie Cope (ENG)	6	1	5	8	15	−7

	Semi-finals Best of 5 frames					Final Best of 5 frames
	1	Stephen Maguire (SCO)	0
	4	Marco Fu (HKG)	3
						4	Marco Fu (HKG)	3
						2	Mark Allen (NIR)	2
	2	Mark Allen (NIR)	3
	3	Neil Robertson (AUS)	2

Total: 94