After greater than three weeks of motion in Leicester, Championship League Snooker lastly concludes on Wednesday with the ultimate group levels of the draw.
The final eight contenders for the 2024/25 snooker season’s opening rating title will do battle for the highest prize.
The champion will take dwelling £33,000 in whole prize cash from the event – certainly not the richest jackpot on the calendar however a helpful approach to begin a recent marketing campaign nonetheless.
The third and remaining stage sees the remaining eight gamers divided into two additional teams of 4, with the desk toppers then dealing with off in opposition to one another for the trophy.
The title-deciding encounter will likely be performed below the dash best-of-five body format.
Ultimate Group 1
Mark Williams
Ali Carter
Scott Donaldson
Martin O’Donnell
Mark Williams emerged from the Championship League Snooker attract 2023 to achieve the ultimate, the place he ultimately misplaced to Shaun Murphy.
The Welshman will likely be hoping to go one higher this time round as he bids for a twenty sixth profession rating title.
Because the fourth seed, Williams represents the very best ranked participant left within the working, however fifth seed Ali Carter can also be in his remaining group.
The Captain, trying to safe a sixth rating crown, has been a constant pressure on the World Snooker Tour during the last couple of seasons and would undoubtedly like extra silverware to point out for it.
Scott Donaldson additionally options on this group, with the Scott on target to finish a Championship League double having already captured the invitational model of this event again in 2020.
Martin O’Donnell, in the meantime, completes the foursome – the Londoner again on the enterprise finish of one other occasion as he proves that his run to the Welsh Open remaining final time period was no fluke.
Ultimate Group 2
David Gilbert
Jackson Web page
David Lilley
Lengthy Zehuang
David Gilbert is the one participant among the many remaining eight within the draw who has gained the rating occasion model of Championship League Snooker prior to now.
There will likely be some who consider that his title is already destined to be etched onto the trophy once more this 12 months following his exceptional escape from Stage One final week.
Gilbert will come up in opposition to three gamers at various levels of their careers who’re every attempting to land a maiden skilled title.
Nonetheless solely 22, Jackson Web page stays on target to safe a triumph and a breakthrough that many individuals had predicted of the Welshman from an early age.
On the different finish of the spectrum is David Lilley, who aged 48 has superior to the final eight of a rating occasion for less than the second time in his profession.
Lengthy Zehuang completes the quartet, the Chinese language cueist bettering his run to the final 16 of final season’s Snooker Shoot Out in what was his rookie marketing campaign on the circuit.
Championship League Snooker
Stage One Draw
| Group 1 | Group 2 | Group 3 | Group 4 |
| Scott Donaldson | He Guoqiang | Shaun Murphy | Mark Williams |
| Group 5 | Group 6 | Group 7 | Group 8 |
| Ali Carter | Gary Wilson | Robbie McGuigan | Jak Jones |
| Group 9 | Group 10 | Group 11 | Group 12 |
| Ma Hailong | Jackson Web page | Ryan Day | Jack Lisowski |
| Group 13 | Group 14 | Group 15 | Group 16 |
| Si Jiahui | Hossein Vafaei | David Gilbert | Fan Zhengyi |
| Group 17 | Group 18 | Group 19 | Group 20 |
| Chris Wakelin | Stuart Bingham | Lengthy Zehuang | Stuart Carrington |
| Group 21 | Group 22 | Group 23 | Group 24 |
| Neil Robertson | Joe O’Connor | Michael White | Martin O’Donnell |
| Group 25 | Group 26 | Group 27 | Group 28 |
| Matthew Stevens | Alexander Ursenbacher | David Lilley | Wu Yize |
| Group 29 | Group 30 | Group 31 | Group 32 |
| Ben Woollaston | Jamie Jones | Ashley Carty | Thepchaiya Un-Nooh |
Stage Two
| Group A | Group B | Group C | Group D |
| Scott Donaldson | David Gilbert | Lengthy Zehuang | Mark Williams |
| Group E | Group F | Group G | Group H |
| Ali Carter | David Lilley | Jackson Web page | Martin O’Donnell |
Stage Three
| Ultimate Group 1 July third |
Ultimate Group 2 July third |
| Mark Williams | David Gilbert |
| Ali Carter | Jackson Web page |
| Scott Donaldson | David Lilley |
| Martin O’Donnell | Lengthy Zehuang |
Ultimate (bo5)
Winner of Ultimate Group 1 vs Winner of Ultimate Group 2
July third
Featured photograph credit score: WST
