THE FINAL
Mark King 2-3 Barry Hawkins
71-42 (King 71), 0-68 (Hawkins 44), 71-13, 12-65, 0-128 (Hawkins 107)
SEMI-FINALS
Mark Allen 2-3 Mark King
79-51 (King 51, Allen 79), 44-64, 77-6 (Allen 69), 0-65, 8-86 (57)
Peter Ebdon 2-3 Barry Hawkins
64-42 (Ebdon 37), 45-73 (Hawkins 34, Ebdon 45), 73-38 (Hawkins 38, Ebdon 30), 35-60, 1-71 (Hawkins 46)
Dartford’s Barry Hawkins continued on his good run of form as he outlasted a very tough group to carry off Championship League Snooker Group 5 to progress to the winners’ group next month.
Hawkins, who won the Shoot-Out event on Sky Sports a few weeks ago, got the better of Mark King in the final match, a run of 107 capping his victory.
Earlier both semi-finals had been long drawn out affairs with both going to deciders. King’s break of 57 got him over the line against Mark Allen, while Hawkins edged out Peter Ebdon in a war of attrition.
An incredible eight of the days 12 matches went all the way, ending 3-2 and that made for a long, tiring day for the players.
The Championship League Snooker event is a venture between Matchroom Sport and Perform where 25 of the game's finest players compete with all matches broadcast on a host of betting websites.
Each group features seven players with each man playing the other six once in a round-robin basis. Every match is the best of five and the winner gaining a point. At the end of the league phase the top four advances to that group's semi-finals where the two winners meet in the final.
Players are awarded £100 per frame in the round robin stages, and this increases to £300 per frame for the play-offs. In addition, £3,000 goes to the play-off winner, £2,000 to the runner up and £1,000 each to the two semi-finalists.
Each group winner then goes through to the final group on March 21st & 22nd where big money as well as a spot in the Sky Sports-televised Premier League Snooker is up for grabs. The two bottom players are eliminated from the competition, while the remaining four move forward to the next group to be joined by three new players.
Play continues tomorrow (Wednesday 8th) in Group 6 at 11.00am when Cope, Ebdon, Allen and King are joined by Dominic Dale, Marcus Campbell and Joe Perry, a winner of this event in 2008.
Day 2 League Results
Mark Selby 3-0 Ricky Walden
55-15 (Selby 53), 68-13 (Selby 38), 96-0 (Selby 91)
Peter Ebdon 2-3 Barry Hawkins
140-0 (Ebdon 136), 11-89 (Hawkins 80), 5-71 (Hawkins 71), 60-18 (Ebdon 36), 53-66 (Hawkins 39)
Jamie Cope 1-3 Mark King
26-88 (King 79), 69-41 (Cope 50), 7-53 (King 41), 7-68 (King 46)
Mark Allen3-2 Ricky Walden
69-0 (Allen 69), 0-78 (Walden 37, 41), 105-1 (Allen 100), 0-96 (Walden 96), 101-25 (Allen 76)
Peter Ebdon 3-2 Mark King
71-0 (Ebdon 48), 28-78 (King 60), 23-81 (King 79), 98-0 (Ebdon 98), 92-7 (Ebdon 50)
Mark Selby 2-3 Barry Hawkins
20-64 (Hawkins 32), 2-77 (Hawkins 72), 60-26 (Selby 42), 79-36 (Selby 46, 32), 15-75 (Hawkins 31)
Peter Ebdon 3-0 Ricky Walden
63-24, 111-0 (Ebdon 111), 58-19
Mark Selby 2-3 Jamie Cope
0-73 (Cope 72), 6-117 (Cope 108), 68-44 (Selby 50, Cope 44), 55-53 (Selby 50, Cope 36), 4-76 (Cope 46)
Mark Allen 3-0 Barry Hawkins
81-8 (Allen 67), 71-6 (Allen 58), 70-49 (Allen 41, Hawkins 31)
Not before 6pm - Play-off - Second v third.
Century breaks
142 - Ricky Walden v Barry Hawkins (6/2/12)
136 - Peter Ebdon v Barry Hawkins (7/2/12)
128 - Mark King v Mark Allen (6/2/12)
122 - Mark Selby v Mark King (6/2/12)
118 - Mark Selby v Mark King (6/2/12)
116 - Mark Allen v Mark Selby (6/2/12)
111 - Peter Ebdon v Ricky Walden (7/2/12)
108 - Jamie Cope v Mark Selby (7/2/12)
107 – Barry Hawkins v Mark King (7/2/12)
103 - Mark King v Mark Allen (6/2/12)
101 - Peter Ebdon v Mark Selby (6/2/12)
100 - Barry Hawkins v Mark King (6/2/12)
100 - Mark Allen v Ricky Walden (7/2/12)
Championship League Snooker Group 2 – Complete
Player | Ply | Won | Lost | For | Against | Pts | Prize Money | |
1 | Mark Allen | 6 | 5 | 1 | 17 | 10 | 5 | £1,700 |
2 | Barry Hawkins | 6 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 11 | 4 | £1,200 |
3 | Peter Ebdon | 6 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 12 | 3 | £1,400 |
4 | Mark King | 6 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 13 | 3 | £1,300 |
5 | Jamie Cope | 6 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 13 | 3 | £1,200 |
6 | Mark Selby | 6 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 13 | 2 | £1,300 |
7 | Ricky Walden | 6 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 15 | 1 | £600 |
Championship League Snooker is a joint venture between Matchroom Sport and Perform Group. Taking place from January to March, the event features 25 of the world’s best players and is streamed exclusively to 17 major betting sites around the world.
2012 Championship League Snooker - Participating Betting Sites
188 Bet – Asia
Bet365 – Worldwide
Betathome – Central and Eastern Europe
Betfair – UK, Ireland and Southern Europe
Fortuna - Central and Eastern Europe
Fonbet – Eastern Europe
Hititbet – Southern Europe
12bet – Asia -
NordicBet – Nordics
Paddy Power – UK, Ireland
Paris Mutual Urbain – France
Sportingbet – Mainland Europe
Stan James – UK, Ireland
TrioBet – CEE
Unibet – Europe
VivaroBet – CEE
William Hill – UK, Ireland, Australia