RONNIE O’SULLIVAN, Judd Trump and the world’s best snooker players are on their way to Leicester this week for the Championship League group stages.
Defending champion Mark Selby and world champion Kyren Wilson are also part of a field featuring most of the world’s very best players.
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The non-ranking event is seen as the perfect place for top snooker stars to get their eye in for the Masters – which starts on January 12 at Ally Pally.
But how much is up for grabs at the Leicester Arena?
Championship League 2025 prize money
The total prize pot for the Championship League stands at a minimum of £152,800 and maximum of £205,000.
That’s because there are prizes for winning frames that means matches that go to 3-0 pay different to those that go to 3-2.
It’s a relatively small prize pot – especially with the Masters topping £1million in a couple of weeks.
But as mentioned above, the tournament is more about players trying to find form rather than earn big prizes.
A top prize of £10,000 will be banked for the overall win, but the winner will have earned other frame bonuses.
The breakdown is as follows:
Groups 1-7
Winner: £3,000
Runner-up: £2,000
Semi-final: £1,000
Frame-win (league stage): £100
Frame-win (play-offs): £300
Highest break: £500
Winners’ Group
Winner: £10,000
Runner-up: £5,000
Semi-final: £3,000
Frame-win (league stage): £200
Frame-win (play-offs): £300
Highest break: £1,000
List of all-time Snooker World Champions
BELOW is a list of snooker World Champions by year.
The record is for the modern era, widely considered as dating from the 1968-69 season, when the World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association (WPBSA) took control of the sport.
The first World Championships ran from 1927 – with a break from 1941-45 because of World War II and 1958-63 because of a dispute in the sport.
Joe Davis (15), Fred Davis and John Pulman (both 8) were the most successful players during that period.
Stephen Hendry and Ronnie O’Sullivan share the record for the most titles in the modern era, with seven each.
1969 – John Spencer
1970 – Ray Reardon
1971 – John Spencer
1972 – Alex Higgins
1973 – Ray Reardon (2)
1974 – Ray Reardon (3)
1975 – Ray Reardon (4)
1976 – Ray Reardon (5)
1977 – John Spencer (2)
1978 – Ray Reardon (6)
1979 – Terry Griffiths
1980 – Cliff Thorburn
1981 – Steve Davis
1982 – Alex Higgins (2)
1983 – Steve Davis (2)
1984 – Steve Davis (3)
1985 – Dennis Taylor
1986 – Joe Johnson
1987 – Steve Davis (4)
1988 – Steve Davis (5)
1989 – Steve Davis (6)
1990 – Stephen Hendry
1991 – John Parrott
1992 – Stephen Hendry (2)
1993 – Stephen Hendry (3)
1994 – Stephen Hendry (4)
1995 – Stephen Hendry (5)
1996 – Stephen Hendry (6)
1997 – Ken Doherty
1998 – John Higgins
1999 – Stephen Hendry (7)
2000 – Mark Williams
2001 – Ronnie O’Sullivan
2002 – Peter Ebdon
2003 – Mark Williams (2)
2004 – Ronnie O’Sullivan (2)
2005 – Shaun Murphy
2006 – Graeme Dott
2007 – John Higgins (2)
2008 – Ronnie O’Sullivan (3)
2009 – John Higgins (3)
2010 – Neil Robertson
2011 – John Higgins (4)
2012 – Ronnie O’Sullivan (4)
2013 – Ronnie O’Sullivan (5)
2014 – Mark Selby
2015 – Stuart Bingham
2016 – Mark Selby (2)
2017 – Mark Selby (3)
2018 – Mark Williams (3)
2019 – Judd Trump
2020 – Ronnie O’Sullivan (6)
2021 – Mark Selby (4)
2022 – Ronnie O’Sullivan (7)
2023 – Luca Brecel
2024 – Kyren Wilson
Most World Titles (modern era)
7 – Stephen Hendry, Ronnie O’Sullivan
6 – Ray Reardon, Steve Davis
4 – John Higgins, Mark Selby
3 – John Spencer, Mark Williams
2 – Alex Higgins
What TV channel is the Championship League 2025 on and can it be live streamed?
There is no TV coverage to watch O’Sullivan and Co in the Championship League in the UK.
However, fans can stream all the action live and for FREE on Matchroom Sport’s YouTube channels.
Table one will be on Matchroom Multi Sport and table two is on the Matchroom Pool channel.
Alternatively, SunSport will blog select matches and provide the latest news from the group stage and will then blog the entire Winners’ Group and play-offs.
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