2012 Premier League Snooker


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.
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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
  • Century break: £1,000
  • Highest break: £5,000
  • Maximum break: £25,000
  • Total: £210,000

Players

RankingsPlayerQualified via
10

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

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

Group two

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

Play-offs

24–25 November, Grimsby Auditorium, Grimsby, England
* 71–13, 74–44, 22–94, 0–81, 132–0, 52–65, –, 74–8, 71–34

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

***7–, –0, –8, 76–33, 116–9, 74–5, 0–, 115–9, 58–54

Qualifiers

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

Century breaks