2008 Championship League

The 2008 Championship League was a professional non-ranking snooker tournament that was played from 25 February to 15 May 2008 at the Crondon Park Golf Club in Stock, England.

Joe Perry won in the final 3–1 against Mark Selby, and earned a place in the 2008 Premier League Snooker.

Ali Carter played in all seven qualifying groups.

Prize fund
The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:


 * Group 1–7
 * Winner: £3,000
 * Runner-up: £2,000
 * Semi-final: £1,000
 * Frame-win in league stage: £100
 * Frame-win in play-offs: £300
 * Winners group
 * Winner: £10,000
 * Runner-up: £5,000
 * Semi-final: £3,000
 * Frame-win in league stage: £200
 * Frame-win in play-offs: £300


 * Tournament total: £175,600

Group one
Group one matches were played on 25 and 26 February 2008. Ryan Day was the first player to qualify for the winners group.

Matches

 * Ken Doherty 3–1 Mark Williams
 * Ali Carter 0–4 Ryan Day
 * Joe Perry 2–2 Barry Hawkins
 * Matthew Stevens 1–3 Ken Doherty
 * Mark Williams 3–1 Ali Carter
 * Ryan Day 1–3 Joe Perry
 * Barry Hawkins 1–3 Matthew Stevens 
 * Ken Doherty 1–3 Ali Carter 
 * Mark Williams 2–2 Ryan Day
 * Joe Perry 2–2 Matthew Stevens
 * Ali Carter 4–0 Matthew Stevens
 * Barry Hawkins 3–1 Ryan Day
 * Ken Doherty 2–2 Barry Hawkins
 * Mark Williams 1–3 Joe Perry
 * Ryan Day 2–2 Matthew Stevens
 * Ali Carter 3–1 Barry Hawkins
 * Ken Doherty 2–2 Joe Perry
 * Mark Williams 2–2 Matthew Stevens
 * Mark Williams 3–1 Barry Hawkins
 * Ali Carter 2–2 Joe Perry
 * Ken Doherty 1–3 Ryan Day

Group two
Group two matches were played on 27 and 28 February 2008. Ken Doherty was the second player to qualify for the winners group.

Matches

 * Joe Perry 2–2 Ali Carter
 * Ken Doherty 3–1 Mark Williams
 * Joe Swail 1–3 Nigel Bond
 * Anthony Hamilton 3–1 Joe Perry
 * Ali Carter 3–1 Ken Doherty
 * Mark Williams 1–3 Joe Swail
 * Nigel Bond 2–2 Anthony Hamilton
 * Joe Perry 1–3 Ken Doherty
 * Ali Carter 4–0 Mark Williams
 * Joe Swail 1–3 Anthony Hamilton
 * Ken Doherty 2–2 Anthony Hamilton
 * Nigel Bond 1–3 Mark Williams
 * Joe Perry 2–2 Nigel Bond
 * Ali Carter 2–2 Joe Swail
 * Mark Williams 4–0 Anthony Hamilton
 * Ken Doherty 3–1 Nigel Bond
 * Joe Perry 3–1 Joe Swail
 * Ali Carter 1–3 Anthony Hamilton
 * Ali Carter 3–1 Nigel Bond
 * Ken Doherty 1–3 Joe Swail
 * Joe Perry 3–1 Mark Williams

Group three
Group three matches were played on 10 and 11 March 2008. Anthony Hamilton was the third player to qualify for the winners group.

Matches

 * Ali Carter 2–2 Anthony Hamilton
 * Michael Holt 1–3 Joe Swail
 * Shaun Murphy 3–1 Mark Selby
 * Stuart Bingham 0–4 Ali Carter
 * Anthony Hamilton 3–1 Michael Holt
 * Joe Swail 1–3 Shaun Murphy
 * Mark Selby 2–2 Stuart Bingham
 * Ali Carter 3–1 Michael Holt
 * Anthony Hamilton 4–0 Joe Swail
 * Shaun Murphy 3–1 Stuart Bingham
 * Michael Holt 2–2 Stuart Bingham
 * Mark Selby 3–1 Joe Swail
 * Ali Carter 3–1 Mark Selby
 * Anthony Hamilton 1–3 Shaun Murphy
 * Joe Swail 2–2 Stuart Bingham
 * Michael Holt 1–3 Mark Selby 
 * Ali Carter 2–2 Shaun Murphy
 * Anthony Hamilton 2–2 Stuart Bingham
 * Anthony Hamilton 1–3 Mark Selby
 * Michael Holt 0–4 Shaun Murphy
 * Ali Carter 4–0 Joe Swail

Group four
Group four matches were played on 12 and 13 March 2008. Shaun Murphy was the fourth player to qualify for the winners group.

Matches

 * Shaun Murphy 1–3 Ali Carter
 * Mark Allen 2–2 Stuart Bingham
 * Jamie Cope 0–4 Shaun Murphy
 * Joe Perry 2–2 Mark King
 * Ali Carter 2–2 Mark Allen
 * Stuart Bingham 2–2 Joe Perry
 * Mark King 3–1 Jamie Cope
 * Shaun Murphy 1–3 Mark Allen
 * Ali Carter 2–2 Stuart Bingham
 * Joe Perry 1–3 Jamie Cope
 * Mark Allen 3–1 Jamie Cope
 * Mark King 3–1 Stuart Bingham
 * Shaun Murphy 3–1 Mark King
 * Ali Carter 2–2 Joe Perry
 * Stuart Bingham 2–2 Jamie Cope
 * Mark Allen 2–2 Mark King
 * Shaun Murphy 2–2 Joe Perry
 * Ali Carter 3–1 Jamie Cope
 * Joe Perry 3–1 Mark Allen
 * Ali Carter 2–2 Mark King
 * Shaun Murphy 3–1 Stuart Bingham

Group five
Group five matches were played on 14 and 15 April 2008. Joe Perry was the fifth player to qualify for the winners group.

Matches

 * Ali Carter 2–2 Mark King
 * Mark Allen 2–2 Joe Perry
 * Stephen Lee 0–4 Neil Robertson
 * Dominic Dale 0–4 Ali Carter
 * Mark King 2–2 Mark Allen
 * Joe Perry 2–2 Stephen Lee
 * Neil Robertson 3–1 Dominic Dale
 * Ali Carter 2–2 Mark Allen
 * Joe Perry 1–3 Mark King 
 * Stephen Lee 2–2 Dominic Dale
 * Mark Allen 4–0 Dominic Dale
 * Neil Robertson 2–2 Joe Perry
 * Ali Carter 1–3 Neil Robertson
 * Mark King 4–0 Stephen Lee
 * Joe Perry 3–1 Dominic Dale
 * Mark Allen 1–3 Neil Robertson
 * Ali Carter 1–3 Stephen Lee
 * Mark King 2–2 Dominic Dale
 * Mark King 3–1 Neil Robertson
 * Mark Allen 3–1 Stephen Lee
 * Ali Carter 0–4 Joe Perry

Group six
Group six matches were played on 16 and 17 April 2008. Mark Selby was the sixth player to qualify for the winners group.

Matches

 * Mark King 3–1 Mark Allen
 * Neil Robertson 3–1 Ali Carter
 * Mark Selby 3–1 Gerard Greene
 * Jimmy White 3–1 Mark King
 * Ali Carter 1–3 Mark Selby
 * Mark Allen 1–3 Neil Robertson
 * Gerard Greene 1–3 Jimmy White 
 * Mark King 2–2 Neil Robertson
 * Mark Allen 1–3 Ali Carter
 * Mark Selby 4–0 Jimmy White
 * Neil Robertson 3–1 Jimmy White
 * Gerard Greene 1–3 Ali Carter
 * Mark Selby 3–1 Mark Allen
 * Mark King 2–2 Gerard Greene
 * Ali Carter 4–0 Jimmy White
 * Neil Robertson 3–1 Gerard Greene
 * Mark Selby 2–2 Mark King
 * Mark Allen 1–3 Jimmy White
 * Mark Allen 3–1 Gerard Greene
 * Neil Robertson 2–2 Mark Selby
 * Mark King 3–1 Ali Carter

Group seven
Group seven matches were played on 12 and 13 May 2008. Mark King was the last player to qualify for the winners group.

Matches

 * Neil Robertson 2–2 Mark King
 * Ali Carter 1–3 Jimmy White
 * Ian McCulloch 1–3 Fergal O'Brien
 * Dave Harold 1–3 Neil Robertson
 * Mark King 2–2 Ali Carter
 * Jimmy White 1–3 Ian McCulloch
 * Fergal O'Brien 3–1 Dave Harold
 * Neil Robertson 3–1 Ali Carter
 * Mark King 3–1 Jimmy White
 * Ian McCulloch 1–3 Dave Harold
 * Ali Carter 0–4 Dave Harold
 * Fergal O'Brien 3–1 Jimmy White
 * Neil Robertson 1–3 Fergal O'Brien
 * Mark King 1–3 Ian McCulloch
 * Jimmy White 2–2 Dave Harold
 * Ali Carter 1–3 Fergal O'Brien
 * Neil Robertson 3–1 Ian McCulloch
 * Mark King 1–3 Dave Harold
 * Mark King 2–2 Fergal O'Brien
 * Ali Carter 4–0 Ian McCulloch
 * Neil Robertson 2–2 Jimmy White

Winners group
The matches of the winners group were played on 14 and 15 May 2008. Joe Perry has qualified to the 2008 Premier League.

Matches

 * Ryan Day 3–1 Ken Doherty
 * Anthony Hamilton 1–3 Shaun Murphy
 * Joe Perry 1–3 Mark Selby
 * Mark King 1–3 Ryan Day 
 * Ken Doherty 4–0 Anthony Hamilton
 * Shaun Murphy 4–0 Joe Perry
 * Mark Selby 4–0 Mark King
 * Ryan Day 1–3 Anthony Hamilton
 * Ken Doherty 1–3 Shaun Murphy
 * Joe Perry 2–2 Mark King
 * Anthony Hamilton 1–3 Mark King
 * Mark Selby 3–1 Shaun Murphy
 * Ryan Day 3–1 Mark Selby
 * Ken Doherty 0–4 Joe Perry
 * Shaun Murphy 3–1 Mark King
 * Anthony Hamilton 1–3 Mark Selby
 * Ryan Day 2–2 Joe Perry
 * Ken Doherty 2–2 Mark King
 * Ken Doherty 3–1 Mark Selby
 * Anthony Hamilton 2–2 Joe Perry
 * Ryan Day 3–1 Shaun Murphy

Century breaks
Total:76


 * 143, 143, 129, 125, 122, 119, 113, 112, 107, 104, 104 – Ali Carter
 * 143, 133, 120, 101 – Dave Harold
 * 142, 140, 127, 116, 108, 103, 102, 102, 102, 101, 100 – Neil Robertson
 * 137, 134, 122, 105, 102 – Ryan Day
 * 129, 126, 113, 101, 101, 100 – Ken Doherty
 * 129, 114, 107, 104, 100, 100 – Joe Perry
 * 128, 128, 117, 112, 112, 105, 105 – Shaun Murphy
 * 128, 128 – Stuart Bingham
 * 126, 108, 107, 107, 107, 104, 103, 100 – Anthony Hamilton
 * 125, 119 – Jamie Cope
 * 125, 117 – Mark King
 * 124, 112 – Fergal O'Brien
 * 114 – Mark Williams
 * 113 – Gerard Greene
 * 112, 110, 105 – Jimmy White
 * 109, 108, 100 – Mark Allen
 * 103, 100 – Mark Selby

Winnings
''Green: Won the group. All prize money in GBP.'' Source=Championship League Snooker by Matchroom Sport