Championship League snooker LIVE RESULTS: Bingham, Jones, O’Connor, and Selt all make it to Group Five
CHAMPIONSHIP LEAGUE snooker is well underway with some huge names featuring.
Stuart Bingham and Mark Selby have reached Group 5 for when the tournament reconvenes on January 20.
Earlier in the week, Ronnie O'Sullivan lost to Robert Milkins and decided to withdraw from the event following the defeat.
The Championship League is a non-ranking event and has a small prize pot but players see it as the perfect warm-up after the Christmas break.
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Latest score - Kyren fights back
There's life in this one yet.
A fine break of 101 from the world champion and he's back in this match.
- Kyren Wilson 1-2 Mark Selby
- Ali Carter 2-0 Robert Milkins
Credit: Alamy Latest score – Ali Carter 2-0 Robert Milkins
A quickfire break from Carter and he's just one away from victory.
Plenty for both Wilson and Milkins to do in the opening matches of the day.
- Kyren Wilson 0-2 Mark Selby
- Ali Carter 2-0 Robert Milkins
Latest score - Ali Carter 1-0 Robert Milkins
Over on the other table, it's Ali Carter who takes a lengthy opening frame against Milkins.
Selby meanwhile looks in brilliant form, clearing the table with a century break to put himself in charge against Wilson.
Best of five frames these matches, remember. Things can change in the blink of an eye.
- Kyren Wilson 0-2 Mark Selby
- Ali Carter 1-0 Robert Milkins
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Latest score – Wilson 0-1 Selby
It's a strong start from the defending champ.
A loose red from Wilson allows Selby to the table, where he crashes out a classy break of 63.
First blood to The Jester.
- Kyren Wilson 0-1 Mark Selby
- Ali Carter 0-0 Robert Milkins
Latest score - Wilson vs Selby
We're underway in Leicester with a heavyweight clash to get us started.
This pair last met in the 2024 edition of this tournament, with Selby winning both matches 3-0.
- Kyren Wilson 0-0 Mark Selby
- Ali Carter 0-0 Robert Milkins
Credit: Getty First up
Two Group 3 matches to get us underway in Leicester, with the World No. 2 in action.
World champion Kyren Wilson faces defending tournament champ Mark Selby.
Over on the other table, Ali Carter and Robert Milkins face off.
We've snooker for you right through the afternoon and into the evening - strap in.
Credit: Getty Today's schedule
There's a bumper day of snooker ahead.
Every match is a race to three frames, best of five.
It's time for Group 3 to enter the fray, with Ronnie O'Sullivan, Kyren Wilson and defending champ Mark Selby all in action from 11am.
Group 3 league matches:
- Ali Carter vs Robert Milkins
- Kyren Wilson vs Mark Selby
- Ali Carter vs Jak Jones
- Ronnie O'Sullivan vs Chris Wakelin
- Mark Selby vs Robert Milkins
- Kyren Wilson vs Ronnie O'Sullivan
- Ronnie O'Sullivan vs Mark Selby
- Chris Wakelin vs Jak Jones
- Ali Carter vs Chris Wakelin
- Kyren Wilson vs Robert Milkins
- Ronnie O'Sullivan vs Jak Jones
- Mark Selby vs Ali Carter
Credit: Alamy Yesterday's results
We're into Day 5 of the tournament, with Hossein Vafaei and Si Jiahui already in the Winners' Group.
Here's how yesterday's matches went down:
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
Credit: Alamy The final countdown
Once the winner's group has been assembled, the real fun can start.
The players will be ranked by matches won, then most frames won, then least frames lost.
If two players are tied, the player who won the head-to-head match finishes higher.
The play-off semi-finals are played between 1st and 4th and 2nd and 3rd, with the two winners meeting and then playing for a place in the Winners' Group.
The overall winner secures a place in the 2025 Champion of Champions and a tidy prize of £10,000.
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How it works
If you're new to the tournament, think of it as a relentless Champions League-style format - before Uefa ruined it, at least.
Players will compete across seven intense group stages, with the winners progressing to the Winners’ Group, where the ultimate champion will be crowned.
Each group follows a round-robin format, with the top four players advancing to a play-off to determine the group winner.
The winners from Groups 1–7 will then battle it out in the Winners’ Group, scheduled for February 3–4.
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Best of the best
Time to cure those January blues - the Championship League Snooker Invitational is underway in Leicester.
25 of the world’s best are here to battle it out across seven intense group stages over the next few weeks.
Group 3 enter the tournament today - and it's a star-studded lineup.
Defending champion Mark Selby, reigning World Champion Kyren Wilson, and Ronnie O'Sullivan will all be in action.
The Rocket is set to play in FOUR matches today in the East Midlands.
His first is set for 12.30, where O'Sullivan will go up against World No. 15 Chris Wakelin.
But before that, Wilson and Selby get us going along with Ali Carter vs Robert Milkins.
Let's go.
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