Championship League snooker 2025: Schedule, results, TV, stream FREE as Mark Selby looks to defend title

AFTER a decent Christmas interruption snooker is BACK!

The Championship League is underway present with players seeing it arsenic the cleanable warm-up for the Masters, which returns connected January 12.

Ronnie O'Sullivan, Judd Trump, Kyren Wilson, Mark Allen - caller disconnected his monolithic triumph successful Saudi Arabia - defending champion Mark Selby and the remainder of the world's apical snooker players are each scheduled to appear.

Here's everything you request to cognize for the tournament.

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When is the Championship League snooker 2025?

The Championship League takes spot from January 3 to February 4, though determination is simply a interruption successful the mediate portion the Masters takes place.

There are 7 groups past a Winners' radical - much connected the format is below.

The dates are arsenic follows:

• January 3-4 - Group 1
• January 6-11 - Groups 2,3 and 4
• January 20-25 - Groups 5, 6 and 7.
• February 3-4 - Winners' Group and play-offs

Who is playing successful the Championship League snooker 2025 and what is the format?

All the large hitters are slated to play and look acceptable to play.

That includes O'Sullivan, astatine the clip of writing, who has pulled retired of these benignant of events successful caller months, but whitethorn privation to get immoderate signifier arsenic we adjacent successful connected the World Championships.

• Group 1 (Jan 3-4) - Chris Wakelin, Gary Wilson, Jak Jones, Hossein Vafaie, Pang Junxu, Ryan Day, Elliot Slessor
• Group 2 (Jan 6-7) - Ali Carter, Si Jiahui, Robert Milkins
• Group 3 (Jan 8-9) - Ronnie O'Sullivan, Kyren Wilson, Mark Selby
• Group 4 (Jan 10-11) - Barry Hawkins, Stuart Bingham, Jackson Page
• Group 5 (Jan 20-21) - Judd Trump, Tom Ford, Neil Robertson
• Group 6 (Jan 22-23) - David Gilbert, Jack Lisowski, Noppon Saengkham
• Group 7 (Jan 24-25) - Xiao Guodong, Zhou Yuelong, Matthew Selt

The Championship league is simply a circular robin of 8 groups of 7 players.

The apical 4 from each radical suffice for a play-off with the wide victor going consecutive into the Winners' Group.

The bottommost 2 are eliminated wholly from the competition, portion the different 4 determination into the adjacent group, wherever they are joined by 3 much players.

This format continues done each 7 groups until the Winners' Group is fulled.

The players are ranked by matches won, past astir frames won, past slightest frames mislaid - if 2 players are tied, the subordinate who won the head-to-head lucifer finishes higher.

The play-off semi-finals are played betwixt 1st and 4th and 2nd and 3rd, with the 2 winners gathering and past playing for a spot successful the Winners' Group.

The wide victor secures a spot successful the 2025 Champion of Champions and earns a humble magnitude of prize money.

What TV transmission is the Championship League 2025 connected and tin it beryllium unrecorded streamed?

There volition beryllium nary TV sum successful the UK but fans tin watercourse each the enactment unrecorded connected Matchroom Sport's YouTube.

Table 1 volition beryllium connected Matchroom Multi Sport and array 2 is connected the Matchroom Pool channel.

Both of those are escaped to stream.

Alternatively, SunSport volition blog prime matches from the radical stage and past the full Winners' Group and play-offs.

Championship League snooker 2025 docket and results

Friday, January 3
Group 1 league matches

• Chris Wakelin 1–3 Gary Wilson
• Jak Jones 2–3 Hossein Vafaei
• Ryan Day 3–1 Elliot Slessor
• Chris Wakelin 0–3 Pang Junxu
• Hossein Vafaei 3–1 Elliot Slessor
• Gary Wilson 2–3 Jak Jones
• Chris Wakelin 3–2 Jak Jones
• Ryan Day 3–2 Pang Junxu
• Gary Wilson 1–3 Hossein Vafaei
• Pang Junxu 3–1 Elliot Slessor
• Chris Wakelin 3–2 Hossein Vafaei
• Jak Jones 3–1 Elliot Slessor

Saturday, January 4
Group 1 league matches

• Chris Wakelin 3–1 Ryan Day
• Gary Wilson 2–3 Elliot Slessor
• Hossein Vafaei 0–3 Pang Junxu
• Jak Jones 0–3 Ryan Day
• Chris Wakelin 1–3 Elliot Slessor
• Gary Wilson 2–3 Pang Junxu
• Hossein Vafaei 3–0 Ryan Day
• Jak Jones 3-0 Pang Junxu
• Gary Wilson 0-3 Ryan Day

Group 1 semi-finals

• Hossein Vafaei 3-1 Ryan Day
• Pang Junxu 1-3 Jak Jones

Group 1 final

• Jak Jones 1-3 Hossein Vafaei

*Vafaei advances to the Winners' Group; Wakelin, Day, Pang and Jones beforehand to Group 2*

January 6
Group 2 league matches

• Ali Carter 3-1 Si Jiahui
• Chris Wakelin 3-0 Robert Milkins
• Ali Carter 2-3 Pang Junxu
• Jak Jones 2-3 Ryan Day
• Si Jiahui 3-1 Robert Milkins
• Chris Wakelin 3-0 Ryan Day
• Jak Jones 3-0 Pang Junxu
• Ali Carter 2-3 Robert Milkins
• Pang Junxu 0-3 Ryan Day
• Si Jiahui 3-2 Chris Wakelin
• Ali Carter 2-3 Jak Jones
• Robert Milkins 3-1 Ryan Day

January 7
Group 2 league matches

• Si Jiahui 3-1 Ryan Day
• Ali Carter 3-1 Chris Wakelin
• Jak Jones 1-3 Robert Milkins
• Chris Wakelin 3-1 Pang Junxu
• Ali Carter 3-2 Ryan Day
• Si Jiahui 3-0 Pang Junxu
• Chris Wakelin 0-3 Jak Jones
• Si Jiahui 3-2 Jak Jones
• Pang Junxu 3-1 Robert Milkins

Group 2 play-offs

• Si Jiahui 3-2 Chris Wakelin
• Ali Carter 1-3 Jak Jones

Group 2 final

• Si Jiahui 3-2 Jak Jones

*Si advances to the Winners' Group; Carter, Jones and Wakelin beforehand to Group 3*

January 8
Group 3 league matches

• Ali Carter 3-0 Robert Milkins
• Kyren Wilson 1-3 Mark Selby
• Ali Carter 3-0 Jak Jones
• Ronnie O'Sullivan 2-3 Chris Wakelin
• Mark Selby 3-1 Robert Milkins
• Kyren Wilson 3-1 Ronnie O'Sullivan
• Ronnie O'Sullivan 2-3 Mark Selby
• Chris Wakelin 2-3 Jak Jones
• Ali Carter 0-3 Chris Wakelin
• Kyren Wilson 3-1 Robert Milkins
• Ronnie O'Sullivan 3-2 Jak Jones
• Mark Selby 3-1 Ali Carter

January 9

Group 3 league matches

• Ronnie O'Sullivan 2-3 Robert Milkins
• Kyren Wilson 3-2 Ali Carter
• Mark Selby 3-0 Jak Jones
• Chirs Wakelin 2-3 Robert Milkins
• Ronnie O'Sullivan vs Ali Carter (WO - O'Sullivan withdrawn)
• Kyren Wilson 3-1 Chris Wakelin
• Jak Jones 3-2 Robert Milkins
• Mark Selby 3-0 Chris Wakelin
• Kyren Wilson 3-1 Jak Jones

Group 3 play-offs

• Kyren Wilson 3-2 Ali Carter
• Mark Selby 1-3 Jak Jones

Group 3 final

• Jak Jones 2-3 Kyren Wilson

*Wilson advances to the Winners' Group; Selby and Jones beforehand to Group 4*

January 10
Group 4 league matches

• Stuart Bingham 3-1 Matthew Selt
• Jackson Page 1-3 Jimmy Robertson
• Jak Jones 2-3 Joe O'Connor
• Mark Selby 3-2 Matthew Selt
• Stuart Bingham 3-1 Jackson Page
• Jimmy Robertson 1-3 Joe O'Connor
• Mark Selby 3-1 Jak Jones
• Matthew Selt 3-1 Jackson Page
• Stuart Bingham 3-2 Jimmy Robertson
• Mark Selby 2-3 Joe O'Connor
• Jak Jones 3-1 Matthew Selt
• Jackson Page 0-3 Joe O'Connor
• Jak Jones 3-1 Matthew Selt

January 11

Group 4 league matches

• Stuart Bingham 3-0 Joe O'Connor
• Matthew Selt 3-1 Jimmy Robertson
• Jak Jones 2-3 Jackson Page
• Mark Selby 3-2 Jimmy Roberson
• Mark Selby 0-3 Stuart Bingham
• Matthew Selt 3-2 Joe O'Connor
• Jak Jones 3-1 Jimmy Robertson
• Jak Jones 3-0 Stuart Bingham
• Mark Selby 3-1 Jackson Page

Group 4 play-offs

• Joe O'Connor 1-3 Mark Selby
• Stuart Bingham 2-3 Jak Jones

Group 4 final

• Jak Jones 0-3 Mark Selby

January 20 & 21
Group 5 league matches and play-offs

• TBC

January 22 & 23
Group 6 league matches and play-offs

• TBC

January 24 & 25
Group 7 league matches and play-offs

• TBC

February 3 & 4
Winners' Group league matches and play-offs

• TBC