Tournament information | |
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Dates | 16 August – 25 November 2012 |
Country | England |
Organisation | Matchroom Sport |
Format | Non- ranking event |
Total prize fund | £210,000 [1] |
Winner's share | 50,000 [2] |
Highest break | Stuart Bingham ( ENG) (135) [3] |
Final | |
Champion | Stuart Bingham |
Runner-up | Judd Trump |
Score | 7–2 |
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2011 |
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. [4]
Ronnie O'Sullivan was the defending champion, but he decided not to compete this year. [5]
Stuart Bingham won his eighth professional title by defeating Judd Trump 7–2 in the final. [6]
The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below: [2]
Week | Date | Venue |
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1 | 16 August | Embassy Theatre, Skegness, England |
2 | 6 September | Biddulph Leisure Centre, Stoke-on-Trent, England |
3 | 13 September | The Sands, Carlisle, England |
4 | 27 September | Spiceball Leisure Centre, Banbury, England |
5 | 4 October | Southampton Guildhall, Southampton, England |
6 | 11 October | Malvern Theatres, Great Malvern, England |
7 | 18 October | Penzance Leisure Centre, Cornwall, England [n 1] |
8 | 25 October | Guildford Spectrum, Guildford, England |
9 | 8 November | The Dome, Doncaster, England |
10 | 15 November | Spennymoor Leisure Centre, Durham, England |
Ranking | Name |
BIN |
ROB |
DIN |
MUR |
SEL |
Frames W–L |
Match W–D–L |
Pld–Pts |
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1 | Stuart Bingham | x | 6 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 19–5 | 3–1–0 | 4–7 |
2 | Neil Robertson | 0 | x | 4 | 4 | 5 | 13–11 | 3–0–1 | 4–6 |
3 | Ding Junhui | 2 | 2 | x | 4 | 4 | 12–12 | 2–0–2 | 4–4 |
4 | Shaun Murphy | 3 | 2 | 2 | x | 5 | 12–12 | 1–1–2 | 4–3 |
5 | Mark Selby | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | x | 4–20 | 0–0–4 | 4–0 |
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. [7] [8] [11] (Breaks above 50 shown between (parentheses); century breaks are indicated with bold.) [12] [13]
Ranking | Name |
TRU |
HIG |
EBD |
ALL |
LEE |
Frames W–L |
Match W–D–L |
Pld–Pts |
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1 | Judd Trump | x | 2 | 4 | 5 | x | 11–7 | 2–0–1 | 3–4 |
2 | John Higgins | 4 | x | 2 | 4 | x | 10–8 | 2–0–1 | 3–4 |
3 | Peter Ebdon | 2 | 4 | x | 2 | x | 8–10 | 1–0–2 | 3–2 |
4 | Mark Allen | 1 | 2 | 4 | x | x | 7–11 | 1–0–2 | 3–2 |
5 | Stephen Lee [n 1] | x | x | x | x | x | x–x | x–x–x | x–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. [7] [8] [11] (Breaks above 50 shown between (parentheses); century breaks are indicated with bold.) [13] [24]
24–25 November, Grimsby Auditorium, Grimsby, England [7] [8] [11] [28]
Semi-finals Best of 9 frames | Final Best of 13 frames | ||||||||
A1 | Stuart Bingham* | 5 | |||||||
B2 | John Higgins | 4 | |||||||
A1 | Stuart Bingham*** | 7 | |||||||
B1 | Judd Trump | 2 | |||||||
B1 | Judd Trump** | 5 | |||||||
A2 | Neil Robertson | 4 |
* 71–13, 74–44, 22–94 (58), 0–81 (81), (117) 132–0, 52–65, (50)–(76), (74) 74–8, (57) 71–34
[29]
** 65–77 (55), 14–68, 54–15, 0–87, 60–58, 81–0, 56–29, 45–78 (58), 71–16
[30]
***7–(83), (82)–0, (100)–8, 76–33, (55, 53) 116–9, (61) 74–5, 0–(101), (71) 115–9, 58–54
[3]
The qualification for this tournament, the Championship League was played in eight groups from 9 January to 22 March 2012.
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