The 2013 Championship League was an invitation-only snooker tournament as part of the Snooker Main Tour of the 2012/13 season . Between January 6 and March 19, 2013, 7 group rounds were held at Crondon Park Golf Club in Stock , Essex , England , followed by the winners group with the group winners. It was the sixth edition of the Championship League . The defending champion was Ding Junhui from China, who was eliminated this time in the semi-finals against Martin Gould . The Englishman also won the final 3-2 against fellow countryman Ali Carter .
Since the Championship League is an invitation tournament, the prize money did not count towards the world rankings . As in the two previous years, a total of £ 205,000 was awarded for the tournament using the same key.
Groups 1-7
Prize money
winner
£ 3,000
finalist
£ 2,000
Semi-finalist
£ 1,000
Bonus per frame win (knockout phase)
300 pounds
Bonus per frame win (group games)
100 pounds
Highest break
£ 500
Winners' Group
Prize money
Tournament winner
£ 10,000
finalist
£ 5,000
Semi-finalist
£ 3,000
Bonus per frame win (knockout phase)
300 pounds
Bonus per frame win (group games)
£ 200
Highest break
£ 1,000
Qualification groups
In each of the seven groups, seven players competed against each other in round robin mode . The first four players in each group qualified for a knockout phase in which the group winner was determined. Only this qualified for the final Winners' Group . The defeated players in the knockout phase and the player placed in 5th place started again in the following group. The last two in the group were eliminated from the tournament.
Group 1
The first group games took place on January 7th and 8th, 2013.
A total of 93 Century Breaks were played in the 7 qualification groups and the Winners Group . Tournament winner Martin Gould scored 11 breaks of 100 or more points , 5 of them in the final group. Stephen Maguire from Scotland scored a rare 146 break as the highest break in the overall tournament in Group 4 in his match against Barry Hawkins .
The following Centurys were achieved in the 8 groups (in brackets the number of groups in which the player participated):
↑ 2013 CLS Group One Results & Table. In: premierleaguesnooker.com. Snooker Championship League, January 7, 2013, archived from the original on February 23, 2014 ; accessed on September 8, 2018 .
↑ 2013 CLS Group Two Results & Table. In: premierleaguesnooker.com. Snooker Championship League, January 9, 2013, archived from the original on February 23, 2014 ; accessed on September 8, 2018 .
↑ 2013 CLS Group Three Results & Table. In: premierleaguesnooker.com. Snooker Championship League, January 21, 2013, archived from the original on February 23, 2014 ; accessed on September 8, 2018 .
↑ 2013 CLS Group Four Results & Table. In: premierleaguesnooker.com. Snooker Championship League, January 23, 2013, archived from the original on February 22, 2014 ; accessed on September 8, 2018 .
↑ 2013 CLS Group Five Results & Table. In: premierleaguesnooker.com. Snooker Championship League, February 4, 2013, archived from the original on February 23, 2014 ; accessed on September 8, 2018 .
↑ 2013 CLS Group Six Results & Table. In: premierleaguesnooker.com. Snooker Championship League, February 13, 2013, archived from the original on February 23, 2014 ; accessed on September 8, 2018 .
↑ 2013 CLS Group Seven Results & Table. In: premierleaguesnooker.com. Snooker Championship League, March 18, 2013, archived from the original on February 23, 2014 ; accessed on September 8, 2018 .