| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Dates | 1 January – 14 March 2019 |
| Venue | Ricoh Arena and Barnsley Metrodome |
| City | Coventry and Barnsley |
| Country | England |
| Format | Non-ranking event |
| Total prize fund | £177,800 |
| Winner's share | £10,000 (plus bonuses) |
| Highest break |  David Gilbert (ENG) (147) |
| Final | |
| Champion | Martin Gould (ENG) |
| Runner-up | Jack Lisowski (ENG) |
| Score | 3–1 |
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The 2019 Championship League was a professional non-ranking snooker tournament, taking place from 1 January to 14 March 2019 at the Ricoh Arena in Coventry (Group 1–6) and at the Barnsley Metrodome in Barnsley (Group 7 and the Winners' Group), both in England.[1][2] It was the 12th staging of the tournament.
David Gilbert made the historic 147th maximum break in his group 5 round robin match against Stephen Maguire.[3] It was Gilbert's second professional maximum break (he achieved his first in the 2015 Championship League), and it was the sixth consecutive year that a maximum was made in the Championship League.
During the round robin matches, Neil Robertson recorded his 600th career century in Group 1, and Ding Junhui his 500th in Group 7. And during the Winners' Group round robin matches, John Higgins made his 750th career century break, and Judd Trump also recorded his 600th.
John Higgins was a two-time defending champion, having retained his 2017 title with a 3–2 victory against Zhou Yuelong in the 2018 final.[4] However, Higgins lost 3–0 to Martin Gould in the semi-finals.
Martin Gould went on to win his second Championship League title, beating Jack Lisowski 3–1 in the final.[5]
- ^ "2018/19 Calendar" (PDF). World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. 18 July 2018. Retrieved 29 September 2018.
- ^ "Calendar 2019/2020 | World Snooker Live Scores". Archived from the original on 1 February 2019. Retrieved 29 January 2019.
- ^ "Gilbert Makes Historic 147th Maximum". World Snooker. 22 January 2019.
- ^ "Higgins Retains Championship League Crown". World Snooker. 29 March 2018. Retrieved 29 September 2018.
- ^ "Gould Strikes Gold At Championship League". World Snooker. 14 March 2019. Retrieved 14 March 2019.