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Championship League Snooker: Ultimate day draw and preview

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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
Kyren Wilson Mitchell Mann Steven Hallworth Connor Benzey
Daniel Womersley Ronnie O’Sullivan Tian Pengfei David Grace
Baipat Siripaporn Kayden Brierley Reanne Evans Fergal Quinn
Group 5 Group 6 Group 7 Group 8
Ali Carter Gary Wilson Robbie McGuigan Jak Jones
Xing Zihao Joe Perry Barry Pinches Jordan Brown
Joshua Thomand Michael Holt Sanderson Lam Antoni Kowalski
Kreishh Gurbaxani Huang Jiahao Tom Ford Bulcsú Révész
Group 9 Group 10 Group 11 Group 12
Ma Hailong Jackson Web page Ryan Day Jack Lisowski
Ben Mertens Andrew Higginson Liam Davies Mark Davis
John Higgins Robert Milkins Hammad Miah Jiang Jun
Artemijs Zizins Iulian Boiko Marco Fu Anton Kazakov
Group 13 Group 14 Group 15 Group 16
Si Jiahui Hossein Vafaei David Gilbert Fan Zhengyi
Peter Strains Louis Heathcote Xu Si Alfie Burden
Zak Surety Joshua Mulholland Duane Jones Mink Nutcharut
Jimmy Robertson Manasawin Phetmalaikul Andrew Pagett Zhou Yuelong
Group 17 Group 18 Group 19 Group 20
Chris Wakelin Stuart Bingham Lengthy Zehuang Stuart Carrington
Ian Burns Hamim Hussain Alfie Davies Pang Junxu
Rory McLeod Anthony Hamilton Lei Peifan Gong Chenzhi
Liam Pullen Ahmed Aly Elsayed Jamie O’Neill Gerard Greene
Group 21 Group 22 Group 23 Group 24
Neil Robertson Joe O’Connor Michael White Martin O’Donnell
Cheung Ka Wai Aaron Hill Ryan Davies Ricky Walden
Jamie Clarke Harvey Chandler Stephen Maguire Rory Thor
Zack Richardson Oliver Strains Dean Younger Umut Dikme
Group 25 Group 26 Group 27 Group 28
Matthew Stevens Alexander Ursenbacher David Lilley Wu Yize
Farakh Ajaib Matthew Selt Yuan Sijun Ross Muir
Robbie Williams Graeme Dott Liam Graham Allan Taylor
Haydon Pinhey Florian Nuessle Paul Deaville Joshua Cooper
Group 29 Group 30 Group 31 Group 32
Ben Woollaston Jamie Jones Ashley Carty Thepchaiya Un-Nooh
Stan Moody Ishpreet Singh Chadha Elliot Slessor Daniel Wells
Dominic Dale Chris Totten Simon Blackwell Mark Joyce
Dylan Emery Liu Hongyu Mostafa Dorgham Julien Leclercq

Stage Two

Group A Group B Group C Group D
Scott Donaldson David Gilbert Lengthy Zehuang Mark Williams
Fan Zhengyi Stuart Bingham Hossein Vafeai Ben Woollaston
Thepchaiya Un-Nooh He Guoqiang Shaun Murphy Stuart Carrington
Chris Wakelin Ashley Carty Jamie Jones Si Jiahui
Group E Group F Group G Group H
Ali Carter David Lilley Jackson Web page Martin O’Donnell
Wu Yize Gary Wilson Alexander Ursenbacher Jak Jones
Jack Lisowski Ryan Day Robbie McGuigan Matthew Stevens
Neil Robertson Joe O’Connor Michael White Ma Hailong

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

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