Championship League Snooker 2024: Full schedule, results, TV channel and live stream as Ronnie O’Sullivan CRASHES OUT

CHAMPIONSHIP LEAGUE SNOOKER has returned with some huge names competing in Leicester – but two huge names are already OUT.

Recently crowned world champion Kyren Wilson was the top seed but could only win one of his three group games.

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Championship League Snooker started on May 10[/caption]

Snooker legend Ronnie O’Sullivan started the tournament as heavy favourite after a summer tour of Asia and Europe – but The Rocket is also OUT having fallen to He Guoqiang in his final group match.

Shaun Murphy will defend his crown after he thrashed Mark Williams in last year’s final to claim the title.

SunSport has all the information you need ahead of the first ranking tournament of the season.

When is Championship League Snooker?

• The Championship League started on Monday, June 10.
• The tournament will run until Wednesday, July 3.
• Morningside Arena in Leicester will host.

What is the Championship League format?

The competition sees 128 players split into 32 groups of four, with the winner of each group progressing to Stage Two.

Stage Two will feature eight groups of four.

The remaining eight group winners will then be separated into two final groups during Stage Three, with the winner of both groups facing each other in the final.

How to watch the Championship League?

• The Championship League will be broadcast live on Matchroom.live.
• You can access Matchroom.live online with a day pass for £1.99, monthly pass for £5.99 or an annual pass for £49.99.
• Coverage will begin from 12pm each day.

Championship League groups

*Qualified in bold

Group 1 – Kyren Wilson, Scott Donaldson, Baipat Siripaporn, Daniel Womersley

Group 2 – Ronnie O’Sullivan, He Guoqiang, Mitchell Mann, Kayden Brierley

Group 3 – Shaun Murphy, Tian Pengfei, Reanne Evans, Steven Hallworth

Group 4 – Mark Williams, David Grace, Yuyu Bai, Connor Benzey

Group 5 – Ali Carter, Xing Zihao, Kreishh Gurbaxani, Joshua Thomond

Group 6 – Gary Wilson, Joe Perry, Michael Holt, Huang Jiahao

Group 7 – Tom Ford, Sanderson Lam, Robbie McGuigan, Barry Pinches

Group 8 – Jak Jones, Jordan Brown, Bulcsu Revesz, Antoni Kowalski

Group 9 – John Higgins, Hailong Ma, Ben Mertens, Artemijs Zizins

Group 10 – Rob Milkins, Jackson Page, Andrew Higginson, Lulian Boiko

Group 11 – Ryan Day, Marco Fu, Hammad Miah, Liam Davies

Group 12 – Jack Lisowski, Mark Davis, Jiang Jun, Anton Kazakov

Group 13 – Si Jiahui, Jimmy Robertson, Zak Surety, Lee Daegyu

Group 14 – Hossein Vafaei, Louis Heathcote, Manasawin Phetmalaikul, Josh Mulholland

Group 15 – Dave Gilbert, Xu Si, Andrew Pagett, Duane Jones

Group 16 – Zhou Yuelong, Fan Zhengyi, Alfie Burden, Mink Nutcharut

Group 17 – Chris Wakelin, Ian Burns, Liam Pullen, Rory McLeod

Group 18 – Stuart Bingham, Anthony Hamilton, Ahmed Aly Elsayed, Hamim Hussain

Group 19 – Noppon Saengkham, Long Zehuang, Lei Peifan, Alfie Davies

Group 20 – Pang Junxu, Stuart Carrington, Gong Chenzi, Gerard Greene

Group 21 – Neil Robertson, Jamie Clark, Ka Wai Cheung, Zachary Richardson

Group 22 – Joe O’Connor, Aaron Hill, Oliver Lines, Harvey Chandler

Group 23 – Stephen Maguire, Michael White, Dean Young, Ryan Davies

Group 24 – Ricky Walden, Martin O’Donnell, Rory Thor, Umut Dikme

Group 25 – Robbie Williams, Matthew Stevens, Farakh Ajaib, Haydon Pinhey

Group 26 – Matt Selt, Graeme Dott, Alexander Ursenbacher, Florian Nuessle

Group 27 – Yuan Sijun, David Lilley, Liam Graham, Paul Deaville

Group 28 – Wu Yize, Ross Muir, Allan Taylor, Joshua Cooper

Group 29 – Dominic Dale, Ben Woolaston, Stan Moody, Dylan Emery

Group 30 – Jamie Jones, Liu Hongyu, Ishpreet Singh Chadha, Chris Totten

Group 31 – Elliott Slessor, Ashley Carty, Mostafa Dorgham, Simon Blackwell

Group 32 – Thepchaiya Un-Nooh, Daniel Wells, Julien Leclercq, Mark Joyce

Championship League Schedule

Stage One

10^th June – Table One: Group 11, Table Two: Group 21

11^th June – Table One: Group 4, Table Two: Group 17

12^th June – Table One: Group 25, Table Two: Group 31

13^th June – Table One: Group 22, Table Two: Group 23

14^th June – Table One: Group 10, Table Two: Group 32

15^th June – Table One: Group 29, Table Two: Group 30

17^th June – Table One: Group 26, Table Two: Group 27

18^th June – Table One: Group 24, Table Two: Group 28

19^th June – Table One: Group 26, Table Two: Group 27

20^th June – Table One: Group 1, Table Two: Group 14

21^st June – Table One: Group 13, Table Two: Group 18

22^nd June – Table One: Group 19, Table Two: Group 20

24^th June – Table One: Group 6, Table Two: Group 9

25^th June – Table One: Group 2, Table Two: Group 12

26^th June – Table One: Group 5, Table Two: Group 16

27^th June – Table One: Group 3, Table Two: Group 15

Stage Two

June 28 – Group B – He Guoqiang, Stuart Bingham, Ashley Carty, Group 15 winner

June 28 – Group C – Hossein Vafaei, Long Zehuang, Jamie Jones, Group 3 winner

June 29 – Group A – Scott Donaldson, Fan Zhengyi, Chris Wakelin, Thepchaiya Un-Nooh

June 29 – Group E – Ali Carter, Jack Lisowski, Neil Robertson, Wu Yize.

July 1 – Group D – Mark Williams, Si Jiahui, Stuart Carrington, Ben Woollaston

July 1 – Group H – Jak Jones, Ma Hailong, Martin O’Donnell, Matthew Stevens

July 2 – Group F – Gary Wilson, Ryan Day, Joe O’Connor, David Lilley

July 2 – Group G – Robbie McGuigan, Jackson Page, Michael White, Alexander Ursenbacher

July 3 – Stage Three begins

July 3 – Final

Championship League prize money

Here is a breakdown of the prize money – with no prize for a maximum break – on offer this year:

Stage 1

• Winner: £3,000
• Runner-up: £2,000
• Third place: £1,000

Stage 2

• Winner: £4,000
• Runner-up: £3,000
• Third place: £2,000
• Third place: £1,000

Stage 3

• Winner: £6,000
• Runner-up: £4,000
• Third place: £2,000
• Third place: £1,000

The Final

• Winner: £20,000
• Runner-up: £10,000