Tournament information | |
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Dates | 6 January β 8 May 2005 (2005-01-06 β 2005-05-08) |
Country | United Kingdom |
Organisation | Matchroom Sport |
Format | Non-ranking event |
Total prize fund | Β£250,000 |
Winner's share | Β£50,000 |
Highest break | ![]() |
Final | |
Champion | ![]() |
Runner-up | ![]() |
Score | 6β0 |
← 2004 |
The 2005 (May) Betfred Premier League was a professional non-ranking snooker tournament that was played from 6 Januaryββto 8 May 2005. This was the first Premier League eventββto use the shot clock.
Ronnie O'Sullivan won in the final 6β0 against Mark Williams.
The breakdown of prize money for this year is: shown below:
- Winner: Β£50,000
- Runner-up: Β£25,000
- Semi-final: Β£12,500
- Frame-win: Β£1,000
- Century break: Β£1,000
- Total: Β£250,000
Ranking | ![]() FU |
![]() HEN |
![]() OSU |
![]() WIL |
![]() WHI |
![]() DAV |
![]() HUN |
Frame W-L |
Match W-D-L |
Pld | Pts | |
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1 | Marco Fu | x | 2 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 22β14 | 3β2β1 | 6 | 8 |
2 | Stephen Hendry | 4 | x | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 21β15 | 3β2β1 | 6 | 8 |
3 | Ronnie O'Sullivan | 3 | 4 | x | 4 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 20β16 | 3β2β1 | 6 | 8 |
4 | Mark Williams | 1 | 3 | 2 | x | 4 | 4 | 5 | 19β17 | 3β1β2 | 6 | 7 |
5 | Jimmy White | 2 | 3 | 4 | 2 | x | 3 | 3 | 17β19 | 1β3β2 | 6 | 5 |
6 | Steve Davis | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | x | 4 | 15β21 | 1β2β3 | 6 | 4 |
7 | Paul Hunter | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | x | 12β24 | 0β2β4 | 6 | 2 |
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 3β3 then the player who got to three first was higher. (Breaks above 50 shown between (parentheses), century breaks shown in bold.)
- 6 January β Sands Centre, Carlisle, England
- Jimmy White 3β3 Stephen Hendry β 34β75, (50) 52β28, 70β25, (58) 67β9, 0β77 (76), 22β94
- Steve Davis 1β5 Marco Fu β 14β97, 27β75, 10β63, 14β66 (58), (76)β30, 47β71 (64)
- 13 January β Charter Hall, Colchester, England
- Mark Williams 5β1 Paul Hunter β 74β17, 40β85, (111)β14, 70β32, (104)β0, (106) 122β0
- Ronnie O'Sullivan 2β4 Jimmy White β 60β52, 0β71 (62), 1β(73), 6β(77), 35β78, (77)β41
- 27 January β Rothes Hall, Glenrothes, Scotland
- Stephen Hendry 4β2 Marco Fu β 7β114 (102), 80β19, (72) 73β5, (93) 94β0, (112) 124β13, 55β71 (51)
- Mark Williams 4β2 Steve Davis β (61) 76β0, 59β29, 15β64, 40β55, (58) 63β0, (62) 105β0
- 10 February β Glades Arena, Kidderminster, England
- Ronnie O'Sullivan 4β2 Paul Hunter β 50β69, 70β38, (83) 101β3, (83)β0, 51β68, 63β49
- Jimmy White 2β4 Marco Fu β 7β59, 10β112 (93), 26β64 (63), (68) 81β0, 11β60, 72β37
- 24 February β The Anvil, Basingstoke, England
- Ronnie O'Sullivan 3β3 Steve Davis β 0β108 (76), (67) 80β32, 91β32, 8β68, 72β(63), 13β(123)
- Stephen Hendry 5β1 Paul Hunter β 72β60 (52), (66) 70β(59), (60)β68 (62), 78β25, 71β70, (130)β0
- 3 March β Assembly Rooms, Derby, England
- Mark Williams 4β2 Jimmy White β 7β(118), 66β33, 74β7, 24β73 (70), (73) 110β0, (97)β8
- Ronnie O'Sullivan 4β2 Stephen Hendry β 0β(80), 86β4, (95)β1, 2β82, (67) 72β1, 73β32
- 17 March β King's Hall, Stoke-on-Trent, England
- Jimmy White 3β3 Steve Davis β 0β121 (93), (105)β4, 18β61, (82) 90β4, 54β63, (92)β0
- Ronnie O'Sullivan 3β3 Marco Fu β 0β90 (84), 78β25, 75β56, 4β100 (92), 77β64 (59), 4β128 (110)
- 24 March β Magnum Centre, Irvine, Scotland
- Mark Williams 3β3 Stephen Hendry β 0β(88), (52) 62β34, (108) 139β5, 24β93, (73)β(64), 14β59
- Paul Hunter 2β4 Steve Davis β (60) 67β74, 38β77 (51), 13β95 (50), 58β67, 66β45, (88)β6
- 7 April β Corn Exchange, Ipswich, England
- Mark Williams 1β5 Marco Fu β 16β74 (62), 53β(65), 29β68 (64), (103)β25, 56β67, 0β(133)
- Ronnie O'Sullivan 4β2 Mark Williams β (78)β4, 0β76, (63) 78β37, 60β25, 30β(108), (132)β0
- 14 April β The Dome, Doncaster, England
- Paul Hunter 3β3 Jimmy White β 34β66, 6β70, 44β79, 67β52, (50) 72β1, 61β46
- Stephen Hendry 4β2 Steve Davis β 10β99 (85), 37β70, (55) 68β24, (66) 86β35, (76)β1, 71β43
- Paul Hunter 3β3 Marco Fu β 4β80 (63), (106) 110β5, 13β78, 64β33, 65β59, 15β62
Play-offsβ»
7β8 May β G-Mex, Manchester, England
Semi-finals Best of 9 frames | Final Best of 11 frames | ||||||||
1 | ![]() | 0 | |||||||
4 | ![]() | 5 | |||||||
4 | ![]() | 0 | |||||||
3 | ![]() | 6 | |||||||
2 | ![]() | 0 | |||||||
3 | ![]() | 5 |
* 34β71 (55), 0β68, 0β134 (124), 15β61, 9β(73)
** 36β61, 38β85 (78), 6β74, 8β(121), 33β81
*** 52β70, 19β(75), 0β(134), 1β(71), 34β60, 0β(95)
Century breaksβ»
Each century break was worth a Β£1,000 per break.
- 134, "132," 121 β Ronnie O'Sullivan
- 133, "110," 102 β Marco Fu
- 130, 112 β Stephen Hendry
- 124, 111, 108, 108, 106, 104, 103 β Mark Williams
- 123 β Steve Davis
- 118, 105 β Jimmy White
- 106 β Paul Hunter
Referencesβ»
- ^ "2005 Betfred Premier League β Information". Global Snooker Centre. Archived from the original on 6 March 2007. Retrieved 23 February 2023.
- ^ "2005 Betfred Premier League". Global Snooker Centre. Archived from the original on 2 March 2007. Retrieved 23 February 2023.
- ^ "2005 (Spring) Results". premierleaguesnooker.matchroomcms.com. Matchroom Sport. Archived from the original on 23 December 2009. Retrieved 5 January 2011.