Championship League snooker 2025: Schedule, results, TV, stream FREE as Ronnie O’Sullivan & Judd Trump set to star

AFTER a decent Christmas break snooker is BACK!

The Championship League is underway now with players seeing it as the perfect warm-up for the Masters, which returns on January 12.

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Ronnie O’Sullivan is expected to play in the Championship League this week[/caption]

Ronnie O’Sullivan, Judd Trump, Kyren Wilson, Mark Allen – fresh off his massive win in Saudi Arabia – defending champion Mark Selby and the rest of the world’s top snooker players are all scheduled to appear.

Here’s everything you need to know for the tournament.

When is the Championship League snooker 2025?

The Championship League takes place from January 3 to February 4, although there is a break in the middle while the Masters takes place.

There are seven groups then a Winners’ group – more on the format is below.

The dates are as 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 in the Championship League snooker 2025 and what is the format?

All the big hitters are slated to play and seem ready to play.

That includes O’Sullivan, at the time of writing, who has pulled out of these type of events in recent months, but may want to get some form as we close in on 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 a round robin of eight groups of seven players.

The top four from each group qualify for a play-off with the overall winner going straight into the Winners’ Group.

The bottom two are eliminated totally from the competition, while the other four move into the next group, where they are joined by three more players.

This format continues through all seven groups until the Winners’ Group is fulled.

The players are 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 earns a modest amount of prize money.

What TV channel is the Championship League 2025 on and can it be live streamed?

There will be no TV coverage in the UK but fans can stream all the action live on Matchroom Sport’s YouTube.

Table one will be on Matchroom Multi Sport and table two is on the Matchroom Pool channel.

Both of those are free to stream.

Alternatively, SunSport will blog select matches from the group stage and then the entire Winners’ Group and play-offs.

Championship League snooker 2025 schedule 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 advance 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

January 8
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

January 9

Group 3 league matches

• Ronnie O’Sullivan vs Robert Milkins
• Kyren Wilson vs Ali Carter
• Mark Selby vs Jak Jones
• Chirs Wakelin vs Robert Milkins
• Ronnie O’Sullivan vs Ali Carter
• Kyren Wilson vs Chris Wakelin
• Jak Jones vs Robert Milkins
• Mark Selby vs Chris Wakelin
• Kyren Wilson vs Jak Jones

Group 3 play-offs

• TBC

January 10 & 11
Group 4 league matches and play-offs

• TBC

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