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2012 Premier League Snooker

FieldValue
tournament_namePartyPoker.com Premier League
logo
dates
countryEngland
organisationMatchroom Sport
formatNon-ranking event
Total prize fund£210,000
winners_share50,000
highest_breakStuart Bingham (135)
winnerENG Stuart Bingham
runner_upENG Judd Trump
score7–2
previous2011

The 2012 PartyPoker.com Premier League was a professional non-ranking snooker tournament that was played from 16 August to 25 November 2012. This was the last edition of the tournament, as in 2013 it was replaced by the Champion of Champions.

Ronnie O'Sullivan was the defending champion, but he decided not to compete this year.

Stuart Bingham won his eighth professional title by defeating Judd Trump 7–2 in the final.

Prize fund

The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:

  • Winner: £50,000
  • Runner-up: £25,000
  • Semi-final: £12,500
  • Frame-win: £1,000 (only in league phase)
  • Century break: £1,000 (only in league phase)
  • Highest break: £5,000
  • Maximum break: £25,000
  • Total: £210,000

Players

RankingsPlayerQualified via
1ENG Mark SelbyShanghai Masters champion
2ENG Judd TrumpUK champion
5SCO John HigginsWildcard
6ENG Shaun MurphyBrazil Masters champion
7AUS Neil RobertsonMasters champion
8ENG Stephen LeePTC Finals champion
11CHN Ding JunhuiChampionship League champion
12NIR Mark AllenWorld Open champion
16ENG Stuart BinghamAustralian Goldfields Open champion
20ENG Peter EbdonChina Open champion

League phase

Dates and venues

WeekDateVenue
116 AugustEmbassy Theatre, Skegness, England
26 SeptemberBiddulph Leisure Centre, Stoke-on-Trent, England
313 SeptemberThe Sands, Carlisle, England
427 SeptemberSpiceball Leisure Centre, Banbury, England
54 OctoberSouthampton Guildhall, Southampton, England
611 OctoberMalvern Theatres, Great Malvern, England
718 OctoberPenzance Leisure Centre, Cornwall, England
825 OctoberGuildford Spectrum, Guildford, England
98 NovemberThe Dome, Doncaster, England
1015 NovemberSpennymoor Leisure Centre, Durham, England

Group one

RankingNameENG
BINAUS
ROBCHN
DINENG
MURENG
SELFrames
W–LMatch
W–D–LPld–Pts12345
Stuart Binghamx643619–53–1–04–7
Neil Robertson0x44513–113–0–14–6
Ding Junhui22x4412–122–0–24–4
Shaun Murphy322x512–121–1–24–3
Mark Selby0121x4–200–0–44–0

The top two qualified for the play-offs. If points were level then most frames won determined their positions. If two players had an identical record then the result in their match determined their positions. If their match was a 3–3 draw then the player who got to three first was higher. (Breaks above 50 shown between (parentheses); century breaks are indicated with bold.)

  • Ding Junhui 4–2 Shaun Murphy → 22–(81), 55–54, (82)–0, 9–76 (63), 79–11, (64) 72–14
  • Mark Selby 1–5 Neil Robertson → 11–72 (63), 12–64, 16–(72), (61) 87–37, 17–72 (62), 9–71
  • Shaun Murphy 3–3 Stuart Bingham → 16–83 (53), (54) 55–(68), 0–105 (59), (88)–51, (58) 97–0, 77–53
  • Neil Robertson 4–2 Shaun Murphy → 44–60, 73–58 (53), 0–(111), (70) 82–0, (113) 118–1, (58) 68–29
  • Stuart Bingham 4–2 Ding Junhui → (75)–24, 79–8, 0–102 (54), 16–(73), (75)–20, (50) 80–37
  • Mark Selby 2–4 Ding Junhui → 27–(96), 27–63, 25–72, 4–94 (79), 73–39, (52) 90–39
  • Stuart Bingham 6–0 Mark Selby → (52) 65–56, (59) 67–0, (54) 69–0, (128)–1, (122)–1, (50) 57–13
  • Stuart Bingham 6–0 Neil Robertson → (135) 139–0, 77–33, 75–66 (66), (127)–0, 61–20, (92)–0
  • Mark Selby 1–5 Shaun Murphy → 6–(86), 81–1, 0–97, 22–72 (55), 0–(116), 0–(81)
  • Neil Robertson 4–2 Ding Junhui → (71)–72 (53), 5–102 (95), 62–(59), (70) 83–26, 77–22, (51) 67–(57)

Group two

RankingNameENG
TRUSCO
HIGENG
EBDNIR
ALLENG
LEEFrames
W–LMatch
W–D–LPld–Pts12345
Judd Trumpx245x11–72–0–13–4
John Higgins4x24x10–82–0–13–4
Peter Ebdon24x2x8–101–0–23–2
Mark Allen124xx7–111–0–23–2
Stephen Leexxxxxx–xx–x–xx–x

The top two qualified for the play-offs. If points were level then most frames won determined their positions. If two players had an identical record then the result in their match determined their positions. If their match was a 3–3 draw then the player who got to three first was higher. (Breaks above 50 shown between (parentheses); century breaks are indicated with bold.)

  • Judd Trump 5–1 Stephen Lee → 57–47, (95) 96–0, 63–61, (121)–0, (113)–0, 0–(68)
  • Stephen Lee 1–5 Peter Ebdon → 16–73, 56–60, (87) 90–2, 1–(80), 45–(83), 21–(103)
  • John Higgins 4–2 Mark Allen → 0–71 (67), 69–34, 67–63, 58–70, (59) 95–39, (52) 76–30
  • Mark Allen 4–2 Peter Ebdon → 34–72, (84) 92–1, (76) 81–30, (50) 75–1, 19–(108), (69)–17
  • Judd Trump 4–2 Peter Ebdon → 53–60, 62–55, 7–71, (131)–0, (90)–1, 79–4
  • John Higgins 4–2 Stephen Lee → 13–67, 59–38, 1–76, (72)–0, (57) 80–1, 66–62
  • Mark Allen v Stephen Lee
  • Judd Trump 2–4 John Higgins → 79–0, 4–119 (114), 43–70 (52), 24–80, 39–84 (63), (78) 83–27
  • Judd Trump 5–1 Mark Allen → 102–0, 40–74 (60), (76)–0, 81–0, (76)–54, 77–48
  • John Higgins 2–4 Peter Ebdon → 29–66, (125) 130–1, (133)–0, 1–87 (75), 11–68 (61), 47–(81)

Play-offs

24–25 November, Grimsby Auditorium, Grimsby, England

Best of 9 frames Best of 13 frames | RD1-seed1=A1 | RD1-team1=ENG Stuart Bingham* | RD1-score1=5 | RD1-seed2=B2 | RD1-team2=SCO John Higgins | RD1-score2=4 | RD1-seed3=B1 | RD1-team3=ENG Judd Trump** | RD1-score3=5 | RD1-seed4=A2 | RD1-team4=AUS Neil Robertson | RD1-score4=4 | RD2-seed1=A1 | RD2-team1=ENG Stuart Bingham*** | RD2-score1=7 | RD2-seed2=B1 | RD2-team2=ENG Judd Trump | RD2-score2=2

  • 71–13, 74–44, 22–94 (58), 0–81 (81), (117) 132–0, 52–65, (50)–(76), (74) 74–8, (57) 71–34

** 65–77 (55), 14–68, 54–15, 0–87, 60–58, 81–0, 56–29, 45–78 (58), 71–16

***7–(83), (82)–0, (100)–8, 76–33, (55, 53) 116–9, (61) 74–5, 0–(101), (71) 115–9, 58–54

Qualifiers

Main article: 2012 Championship League

The qualification for this tournament, the Championship League was played in eight groups from 9 January to 22 March 2012.

Century breaks

  • 135, 128, 127, 122, 117, 100 Stuart Bingham
  • 133, 124, 114 John Higgins
  • 131, 121, 113, 101 Judd Trump
  • 116, 111 Shaun Murphy
  • 113 Neil Robertson
  • 108, 103 Peter Ebdon

Notes

References

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