Championship League draw features Ronnie O'Sullivan and Kyren Wilson but big names missing
05/06/2024 14:28
The draw and schedule for the first event of the new season has been released, with the Championship League getting underway on Monday in Leicester.
The lengthy event runs from 10 June to the final being played on 3 July, but while it might be a fairly sedate curtain-raiser for the season, it is a ranking event and a good chance for players to kick off their campaign on the right note.
It is an especially good chance for players who would not be considered regular winners on tour as a number of big hitters in the game have not entered the Championship League.
Seven of the current top 16 will not be involved with Mark Allen, Judd Trump, Luca Brecel, Mark Selby, Ding Junhui, Zhang Anda and Barry Hawkins all choosing not to play.
New world champion Kyren Wilson is involved in the draw, as is Ronnie O’Sullivan, defending champion Shaun Murphy and the likes of John Higgins, Mark Williams and Gary Wilson, so there is no shortage of top talent in there.
World Championship runner-up Jak Jones will be playing, as will semi-finalists Dave Gilbert and Stuart Bingham in their first outings since the Crucible.
There are three group stages to be played in the Championship League, with the winner picking up the trophy and £33,000 in the process at the Morningside Arena.
Championship League Stage One Draw and Schedule
Monday 10th June
Group 11
- Ryan Day
- Marco Fu
- Hammad Miah
- Liam Davies
Group 21
- Neil Robertson
- Jamie Clarke
- Ka Wai Cheung
- Zack Richardson
Tuesday 11th June
Group 4
- Mark Williams
- David Grace
- Bai Yulu
- Connor Benzey
Group 17
- Chris Wakelin
- Ian Burns
- Liam Pullen
- Andres Petrov
Wednesday 12th June
Group 25
- Robbie Williams
- Matthew Stevens
- Haydon Pinhey
- Farakh Ajaib
Group 31
- Elliott Slessor
- Ashley Carty
- Mostafa Dorgham
- Simon Blackwell
Thursday 13th June
Group 22
- Joe O’Connor
- Aaron Hill
- Oliver Lines
- Craig Steadman
Group 23
- Stephen Maguire
- Michael White
- Dean Young
- Ryan Davies
Friday 14th June
Group 10
- Rob Milkins
- Jackson Page
- Andrew Higginson
- Iulian Boiko
Group 32
- Thepchaiya Un-Nooh
- Daniel Wells
- Julien Leclercq
- Mark Joyce
Saturday 15th June
Group 29
- Dominic Dale
- Ben Woollaston
- Stan Moody
- Dylan Emery
Group 30
- Jamie Jones
- Liu Hongyu
- Ishpreet Singh Chadha
- Chris Totten
Monday 17th June
Group 7
- Tom Ford
- Sanderson Lam
- Robbie McGuigan
- Barry Pinches
Group 8
- Jak Jones
- Jordan Brown
- Bulscu Revesz
- Antoni Kowalski
Tuesday 18th June
Group 24
- Ricky Walden
- Martin O’Donnell
- Rory Thor
- Umut Dikme
Group 28
- Wu Yize
- Ross Muir
- Allan Taylor
- Joshua Cooper
Wednesday 19th June
Group 26
- Matt Selt
- Graeme Dott
- Alexander Ursenbacher
- Florian Nuessle
Group 27
- Yuan Sijun
- David Lilley
- Liam Graham
- Paul Deaville
Thursday 20th June
Group 1
- Kyren Wilson
- Scott Donaldson
- Baipat Siripaporn
- Daniel Womersley
Group 14
- Hossein Vafaei
- Louis Heathcote
- Manasawin Phetmalaikul
- Josh Mullholland
Friday 21st June
Group 13
- Si Jiahui
- Jimmy Robertson
- Zak Surety
- Lee Daegyu
Group 18
- Stuart Bingham
- Anthony Hamilton
- Ahmed Aly Elsayed
- Hamim Hussain
Saturday 22nd June
Group 19
- Noppon Saengkham
- Long Zehuang
- Lei Peifan
- Alfie Davies
Group 20
- Pang Junxu
- Stuart Carrington
- Gong Chenzi
- Gerard Greene
Monday 24th June
Group 6
- Gary Wilson
- Joe Perry
- Michael Holt
- Huang Jiahao
Group 9
- John Higgins
- Hailong Ma
- Ben Mertens
- Artemijs Zizins
Tuesday 25th June
Group 2
- Ronnie O’Sullivan
- He Guoqiang
- Mitchell Mann
- Kayden Brierley
Group 12
- Jack Lisowski
- Mark Davis
- Jiang Jun
- Anton Kazakov
Wednesday 26th June
Group 5
- Ali Carter
- Xing Zihao
- Kreishh Gurbaxani
- Josh Thomond
Group 16
- Zhou Yuelong
- Fan Zhengyi
- Alfie Burden
- Mink Nutcharut
Thursday 27th June
Group 3
- Shaun Murphy
- Tian Pengfei
- Reanne Evans
- Steven Hallworth
Group 15
- Dave Gilbert
- Xu Si
- Andrew Pagett
- Duane Jones
After Stage One, the second set of group games is played in Stage Two from 28 June to 2 July.
Stage Three and the final are played on 3 July.
Championship League prize money
Stage One
Winner: £3,000
Runner-up: £2,000
Third: £1,000
Fourth: £0
Stage Two
Winner: £4,000
Runner-up: £3,000
Third: £2,000
Fourth: £1,000
Stage Three
Winner: £6,000
Runner-up: £4,000
Third: £2,000
Fourth: £1,000
Final
Winner: £20,000
Runner-up: 10,000
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