Tournament information | |
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Dates | 13 September – 30 October 2020 |
Venue | Ballroom, Stadium MK |
City | Milton Keynes |
Country | England |
Organisation | Matchroom Sport |
Format | Ranking event |
Total prize fund | £328,000 |
Winner's share | £33,000 |
Highest break | Ryan Day (WAL) (147) John Higgins (SCO) (147) |
Final | |
Champion | Kyren Wilson (ENG) |
Runner-up | Judd Trump (ENG) |
Score | 3–1 |
The 2020 Championship League (also known as the BetVictor Championship League Snooker 2020) was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place from 13 September to 30 October 2020 in the Ballroom, Stadium MK in Milton Keynes, England.[1][2] The event featured 117 players from the World Snooker Tour as well as ten players from the 2020 Q School Order of Merit. It featured three rounds of round-robin groups of four, before a best-of-five final. It was the 15th edition of the Championship League, and it was a ranking tournament for the first time.
Ryan Day made his second career maximum break in the final frame of his match against Rod Lawler, and John Higgins made his 11th career maximum in the final frame of his match against Kyren Wilson.
Kyren Wilson won the tournament with a 3–1 final victory over Judd Trump. This was Wilson's fourth ranking title. He ended Trump's 10-final winning streak.