The 2005 (Dec) Betfred Premier League was a professional non-ranking snooker tournament that was played from 15 September to 4 December 2005.
| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Dates | 15 September – 4 December 2005 |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Organisation | Matchroom Sport |
| Format | Non-ranking event |
| Total prize fund | £250,000[1] |
| Winner's share | £50,000[1] |
| Highest break |  Ronnie O'Sullivan (ENG) (136)[2] |
| Final | |
| Champion | Ronnie O'Sullivan |
| Runner-up |  Stephen Hendry |
| Score | 6–0 |
2006 → | |
Ronnie O'Sullivan won in the final 6–0 against Stephen Hendry.
Prize fund
editThe breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:[1]
- Winner: £50,000
- Runner-up: £25,000
- Semi-final: £12,500
- Frame-win: £1,000
- Century break: £1,000
- Total: £250,000
League phase
edit| Ranking | OSU |
HEN |
 DIN |
DAV |
MUR |
WHI |
MAG |
Frame W-L |
Match W-D-L |
Pld-Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ronnie O'Sullivan | x | 3 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 26–10 | 4–2–0 | 6–10 |
| 2 | Stephen Hendry | 3 | x | 3 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 21–15 | 3–2–1 | 6–8 |
| 3 | Ding Junhui | 3 | 3 | x | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 18–18 | 1–4–1 | 6–6 |
| 4 | Steve Davis | 1 | 2 | 4 | x | 3 | 2 | 4 | 16–20 | 2–1–3 | 6–5 |
| 5 | Shaun Murphy | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | x | 3 | 4 | 16–20 | 1–3–2 | 6–5 |
| 6 | Jimmy White | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | x | 3 | 14–22 | 1–2–3 | 6–4 |
| 7 | Stephen Maguire | 0 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | x | 14–22 | 1–2–3 | 6–4 |
Top four 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 that ended 3–3 then the player who got to three first was higher. (Breaks above 50 shown between (parentheses), century breaks shown in bold.)[3][2]
- 15 September – Plymouth Pavilions, Plymouth, England
- Ding Junhui 4–2 Jimmy White → 22–74 (58), 23–79, 58–48, (83)-24, 84–0, (61) 79–31
- Ronnie O'Sullivan 3–3 Stephen Hendry → 50–57, (104) 108–11, 63–58, 0–79, (125)-8, 23–67
- 22 September – The Dome, Doncaster, England
- Jimmy White 3–3 Shaun Murphy→ 0–124 (92), 64–54 (53), 33–81 (55), (50) 55–12, 29–70, (76)-7
- Stephen Maguire 3–3 Ding Junhui → 76–38, (50) 99–0, 6–118 (80), 45–72 (63), 26–64, 76–40
- 29 September – The Anvil, Basingstoke, England
- Stephen Hendry 3–3 Ding Junhui → 1–119 (112), (92) 100–0, 45–78 (74), 69–14, (123)-14, 13–76
- Jimmy White 4–2 Steve Davis → 65–35, (54,52) 106–0, 71–7, 57–22, 58–66, 6-(71)
- 6 October – AECC, Aberdeen, Scotland
- Shaun Murphy 3–3 Ding Junhui → (84)-0, 58–21, 0-(126), (58)-68, (62) 73–1, 0–134 (114)
- Stephen Hendry 4–2 Steve Davis → (75) 125–0, 0–128 (103), (61) 76–1, (88)-0, 17-(69), (110) 114–1
- 20 October – Assembly Rooms, Derby, England
- Stephen Hendry 5–1 Jimmy White → (94)–0, 63–45, (59) 70–2, 12–71 (50), (57) 94–0, 74–8
- Ronnie O'Sullivan 6–0 Stephen Maguire → (83)-0, 86–42, (76)-30, (131)-7, (51) 86–12, (74)-5
- 27 October – Fairfield Halls, Croydon, England
- Stephen Maguire 2–4 Shaun Murphy → (56) 66–13, 0–57, 40–78, 73–35, 36–69 (65), 22–72
- Ronnie O'Sullivan 5–1 Steve Davis → (60) 86–13, (87)-19, 8–81 (55), 77–49, (101)-0, 65–24
- 3 November – Grimsby Auditorium, Grimsby, England
- Steve Davis 3–3 Shaun Murphy → 68–51, 3–65, (117) 126–1, 28–65 (63), (95) 96–19, 0-(125)
- Ronnie O'Sullivan 5–1 Jimmy White → (60) 105–0, 66–38, 0–71, (54) 72–5, (64) 81–1, (64) 71–0
- 10 November – Magnum Centre, Irvine, Scotland
- Stephen Hendry 4–2 Shaun Murphy → 59–40, 1-(82), 73–26, (104)-0, 25-(75), (79)-0
- Jimmy White 3–3 Stephen Maguire → 59–15, 65–25, (60) 64–32, 38–67 (62), 33–71, 18–80
- 17 November – Glades Arena, Kidderminster, England
- Stephen Maguire 2–4 Steve Davis → 29–77, 48–9, 18–67, 50–87, 66–53, 37–72 (51)
- Ronnie O'Sullivan 3–3 Ding Junhui → 4–63, (100) 131–0, 46–9, 0–(116), (53) 57–78 (50), 64–57
- 24 November – St David's Hall, Cardiff, Wales
- Steve Davis 4–2 Ding Junhui → 67–6, 32–67 (51), 68–59, 69–25, 63–35, 9-(101)
- Stephen Hendry 2–4 Stephen Maguire → 7–120 (108), 59–26, 2–68, 0–91 (50), 84–35, 7–77
- Ronnie O'Sullivan 5–1 Shaun Murphy → 42–64, 88–45, (92)-0, (68) 83–43, (129) 137–0, 71–25
Play-offs
edit3–4 December – G-Mex, Manchester, England[3][2]
| Semi-finals Best of 9 frames | Final Best of 11 frames | ||||||||
| 1 | Ronnie O'Sullivan*
| 5 | |||||||
| 4 | Steve Davis
| 3 | |||||||
| 1 | Ronnie O'Sullivan***
| 6 | |||||||
| 2 | Stephen Hendry
| 0 | |||||||
| 2 | Stephen Hendry**
| 5 | |||||||
| 3 | Ding Junhui
| 2 | |||||||
* (136)–0, (100) 105–1, (66)–72 (66), 0–103 (60), 50–75, (116) 122–0, (134)–0, (85)–0
** 43–88, 98–36, 62–21, (57) 67–26, (60) 97–0, 13–(89), (61) 76–0
*** (97)–6, 62–60, 73–29, 88–0, 65–41, 65–51
Century breaks
edit- 136, 134, 131, 129, 125, 116, 104, 101, 100, 100 – Ronnie O'Sullivan
- 126, 116, 114, 112, 101 – Ding Junhui
- 125 – Shaun Murphy
- 123, 110, 104 – Stephen Hendry
- 117, 103 – Steve Davis
- 108 – Stephen Maguire
References
edit- ^ a b c "2005–6 Betfred Premier League – Information". Global Snooker Centre. Archived from the original on 15 August 2007. Retrieved 23 February 2023.
- ^ a b c d "2005–6 Betfred Premier League". Global Snooker Centre. Archived from the original on 15 August 2007. Retrieved 23 February 2023.
- ^ a b "2005 (Winter) Results". premierleaguesnooker.matchroomcms.com. Matchroom Sport. Archived from the original on 27 February 2012. Retrieved 5 January 2011.