Premier League snooker
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| Tournament status | |
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| Ranking tournament: | - |
| Minor ranking tournament: | - |
| Invitation tournament: | 1987-2012 |
| Tournament dates of the last edition | |
| Venue: | Grimsby Auditorium, Grimsby |
| Prize money (total): | £ 210,000 |
| Prize money (winner): | £ 50,000 |
| Frames in the final: | Best of 13 |
| Records | |
| Most wins: |
 Ronnie O'Sullivan (× 10)
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| Highest Break: | 147 ( Maximum Break ) Stephen Hendry (2 ×) (1992, 1998) Tony Meo (1988) Cliff Thorburn (1989) John Parrott (1992) 
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The Premier League Snooker was a snooker competition .
format
In 2011 ten snooker professionals took part in this league, which ran for several months, and by 2010 there were seven players for years. Due to the character of the invitation, there were no points for the snooker world ranking list.
A special feature of this league compared to world ranking tournaments was that from 2005 there was a so-called shot clock of 20 seconds (previously 25 seconds). H. during this time the player must have taken the push. Five timeouts per match and player were allowed. This made the game faster, which was also one of the objectives of the competition, which ran from 1987 to 2012.
In addition, a maximum playing time of five frames was set for group games. Up to 2010, six frames were the maximum distance, although in contrast to most other tournaments it could also result in a draw. Each player competed on a total of four evenings; the first four of the table qualified and then played a semi-final in the knockout system (best of 9). The final was won by whoever won seven frames first (best of 13).
history
In Great Britain, the Premier League has been recorded and broadcast live by Independent Television (ITV) since it was founded in 1987 , until Sky Sports received the rights in the early 1990s .
The Premier League was called the European Snooker League until 1997 or after the sponsor at the time, Dr. Martens European League and was played in group games of eight frames at that time.
The tournament was dominated by Steve Davis , Stephen Hendry and Ronnie O'Sullivan who is the record winner of the tournament with 10 wins, he won five times in a row from 2005 to 2008.
Tournament status
The tournament was hosted by Matchroom Sport . For a long time the tournament ran independently of the World Snooker Association (WSA), which did not sanction the Premier League, but always set its own dates in such a way that there was no overlap. This changed in 2008 when the WSA organized a new ranking tournament on the Main Tour with the Bahrain Championship , which coincided with the Premier League. Due to the contracts previously concluded with Matchroom, some players had to forego the new world ranking tournament in Bahrain. There was a similar situation with the Paul Hunter Classic in Fürth, which was also not official at the time .
This course of confrontation drew much criticism from the WSA leadership around Sir Rodney Walker. As an indirect consequence of the dispute, Barry Hearn , head of Matchroom Sport, was elected as the new chairman of the ESC in December. Under him, the Premier League (like the Paul Hunter Classic) finally became an official part of the Main Tour.
winner
Championship League
In 2008 a tournament series was introduced as a qualification for the Premier League snooker, the Championship League. Your winner was guaranteed a place in the next season of Premier League snooker.
Web links
- official website ( Memento of January 27, 2013 in the Internet Archive )
Individual evidence
- ↑ The Tour 2012/2013: Provisional prize money summary (PDF; 139 kB) In: worldsnooker.com . World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association . Archived from the original on April 21, 2014. Retrieved November 25, 2012.
- ^ Prize Fund . In: premierleaguesnooker.com . Matchroom sport . Archived from the original on October 18, 2012. Retrieved November 25, 2012.
- ↑ snookerblog.de: Matchroom threatens a lawsuit
- ↑ snookerblog.de: Excitement about the Paul Hunter Classic
- ^ History ( Memento of February 8, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) on PremierLeagueSnooker.com. Retrieved May 7, 2012.
- ↑ Chris Turner's Snooker Archive ( February 16, 2012 memento on the Internet Archive ). Retrieved May 7, 2012
as Matchroom League : 1987 | 1988 1989 | 1990 | 1991 | 1992
as Matchroom International League : 1990
as Matchroom European League : 1993
as European League : 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997
as Premier League Snooker : 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005/1 | 2005/2 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012
