The 2024/25 snooker season launches on Monday with the rating occasion draw of Championship League Snooker in Leicester.
It has been simply over one month since Kyren Wilson landed a maiden Crucible crown along with his success on the World Snooker Championship in Sheffield.
The Kettering cueist is the highest seed within the Championship League Snooker subject with the likes of Ronnie O’Sullivan and defending champion Shaun Murphy additionally within the 2024 draw.
What’s the format?
Not like the invitational model of Championship League Snooker, each skilled participant has the chance of coming into this match.
Extra areas have been supplied to newbie top-ups by way of their current performances at Q College.
The 128 gamers in complete have been cut up into 32 teams of 4, with the winner of every group progressing to Stage Two the place there can be an additional eight teams of 4.
The remaining eight group winners can be separated into two remaining teams throughout Stage Three, with the winners of each subsequently dealing with one another for the title.
All matches within the match can be performed over a brief 4 frames dash, besides the ultimate which would be the finest of 5.
When is it?
With solely two teams being contested every day, it means the match will run for a prolonged 24 days.
The opening day is on Monday, June tenth and Stage One of many competitors gained’t conclude till June twenty ninth.
Stage Two, that includes the 32 group winners from Stage One, will happen from June twenty eighth till July 2nd.
Stage Three will then be held on Wednesday, July third when the 2024/25 snooker season’s first champion can be topped.
What’s the prize cash?
Stage One
Group Winner: £3,000
Runner-up: £2,000
third place: £1,000
Stage Two
Group Winner: £4,000
Runner-up: £3,000
third place: £2,000
4th place: £1,000
Stage Three:
Group Winner: £6000
Runner-up: £4,000
third place: £2,000
4th place: £1,000
The Last:
Winner: £20,000
Runner-up: £10,000
Who’s within the 2024 Championship League Snooker draw?
Kyren Wilson and Ronnie O’Sullivan are the headline acts of the 2024 Championship League Snooker draw.
With a restricted prize fund and a busy season forward, it’s unsurprising to see a number of the marquee names absent from the lineup, although.
The likes of world primary Mark Allen, Judd Trump, Luca Brecel, and Mark Selby have all opted for an extended relaxation in between campaigns on the primary tour.
However reigning champion Shaun Murphy, Mark Williams, Ali Carter, John Higgins, Neil Robertson, and World Championship runner-up Jak Jones are a number of the heavy hitters nonetheless concerned.
O’Sullivan, who has entered this match prior to now solely to withdraw, is the pre-tournament betting favorite with odds of round 6/1.
Data for the draw and dates for Stage One is under.
Championship League Snooker
Stage One
| Group 1 June twentieth |
Group 2 June twenty fifth |
Group 3 June twenty seventh |
Group 4 June eleventh |
| Kyren Wilson | Ronnie O’Sullivan | Shaun Murphy | Mark Williams |
| Scott Donaldson | He Guoqiang | Tian Pengfei | David Grace |
| Baipat Siripaporn | Mitchell Mann | Reanne Evans | Bai Yulu |
| Daniel Womersley | Kayden Brierley | Steven Hallworth | Conor Benzey |
| Group 5 June twenty sixth |
Group 6 June twenty fourth |
Group 7 June seventeenth |
Group 8 June seventeenth |
| Ali Carter | Gary Wilson | Tom Ford | Jak Jones |
| Xing Zihao | Joe Perry | Sanderson Lam | Jordan Brown |
| Kreishh Gurbaxani | Michael Holt | Robbie McGuigan | Bulcsú Révész |
| Joshua Thomond | Huang Jiahao | Barry Pinches | Antoni Kowalski |
| Group 9 June twenty fourth |
Group 10 June 14th |
Group 11 June tenth |
Group 12 June twenty fifth |
| John Higgins | Robert Milkins | Ryan Day | Jack Lisowski |
| Ma Hailong | Jackson Web page | Marco Fu | Mark Davis |
| Ben Mertens | Andrew Higginson | Hammad Miah | Jiang Jun |
| Artemijs Zizins | Iulian Boiko | Liam Davies | Anton Kazakov |
| Group 13 June twenty first |
Group 14 June twentieth |
Group 15 June twenty seventh |
Group 16 June twenty sixth |
| Si Jiahui | Hossein Vafaei | David Gilbert | Zhou Yuelong |
| Jimmy Robertson | Louis Heathcote | Xu Si | Fan Zhengyi |
| Zak Surety | Manasawin Phetmalaikul | Andrew Pagett | Alfie Burden |
| Lee Daegyu | Josh Mulholland | Duane Jones | Mink Nutcharut |
| Group 17 June eleventh |
Group 18 June twenty first |
Group 19 June twenty second |
Group 20 June twenty second |
| Chris Wakelin | Stuart Bingham | Noppon Saengkham | Pang Junxu |
| Ian Burns | Anthony Hamilton | Lengthy Zehuang | Stuart Carrington |
| Liam Pullen | Ahmed Aly Elsayed | Lei Peifan | Gong Chenzhi |
| Rory McLeod | Hamim Hussain | Alfie Davies | Gerard Greene |
| Group 21 June tenth |
Group 22 June thirteenth |
Group 23 June thirteenth |
Group 24 June 18th |
| Neil Robertson | Joe O’Connor | Stephen Maguire | Ricky Walden |
| Jamie Clarke | Aaron Hill | Michael White | Martin O’Donnell |
| Cheung Ka Wai | Oliver Strains | Dean Younger | Rory Thor |
| Zack Richardson | Harvey Chandler | Ryan Davies | Umut Dikme |
| Group 25 June twelfth |
Group 26 June nineteenth |
Group 27 June nineteenth |
Group 28 June 18th |
| Robbie Williams | Matthew Selt | Yuan Sijun | Wu Yize |
| Matthew Stevens | Graeme Dott | David Lilley | Ross Muir |
| Haydon Pinhey | Alexander Ursenbacher | Liam Graham | Allan Taylor |
| Farakh Ajaib | Florian Nuessle | Paul Deaville | Joshua Cooper |
| Group 29 June fifteenth |
Group 30 June fifteenth |
Group 31 June twelfth |
Group 32 June 14th |
| Dominic Dale | Jamie Jones | Elliot Slessor | Thepchaiya Un-Nooh |
| Ben Woollaston | Liu Hongyu | Ashley Carty | Daniel Wells |
| Stan Moody | Ishpreet Singh Chadha | Mostafa Dorgham | Julien Leclercq |
| Dylan Emery | Chris Totten | Simon Blackwell | Mark Joyce |
How can I watch Championship League Snooker?
Stay protection of the primary match of the brand new season can be out there to UK and Eire viewers on Matchroom.Stay by way of a subscription.
A full record of broadcasters around the globe, as revealed on the Championship League Snooker web site, is under:
- DAZN: Germany, Spain, USA, Brazil
- Fox Sports activities: Australia
- Nova: Czechia and Slovakia
- Premier: Philippines
- Rigour: China
- Viaplay: Baltics, Iceland, Netherlands
- Viasat: Scandinavia
- Matchroom.Stay: All different territories together with UK and Eire
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