Tournament information | |
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Dates | 1–11 June 2020 |
Venue | Marshall Arena |
City | Milton Keynes |
Country | England |
Organisation | Matchroom Sport |
Format | Non-ranking event |
Total prize fund | £218,000 |
Winner's share | £30,000 |
Highest break | Joe O'Connor (ENG) (143) |
Final | |
Champion | Luca Brecel (BEL) |
Runner-up | Ben Woollaston (ENG) |
Score | Round-Robin |
The 2020 Championship League (also known as the 2020 Matchroom.com Championship League) was a professional non-ranking snooker tournament that took place from 1 to 11 June 2020 at the Marshall Arena in Milton Keynes, England. The event featured 64 players from the World Snooker Tour featuring three rounds of round-robin groups of four. The initial group stage matches were played between 1 and 8 June, with the group winners' stage played on 9 and 10 June, before the finals stage on 11 June. It was the 14th edition of the Championship League. The event was one of the first live sporting events in the United Kingdom since the start of the coronavirus lockdown in March 2020.
Luca Brecel won the event after finishing top of the final group ahead of Ben Woollaston, Stuart Bingham and Ryan Day. The event was broadcast on ITV4 in the United Kingdom, Eurosport across Europe, Superstars Online, Youku and Zhibo.tv in China, Fox Sports in Australia and Sky in New Zealand. Elsewhere, the event was broadcast on Matchroom Sport.