Betfred Premier League
Tournament information
Dates15 September – 4 December 2005 (2005-09-15 2005-12-04)
CountryUnited Kingdom
OrganisationMatchroom Sport
FormatNon-ranking event
Total prize fund£250,000[1]
Winner's share£50,000[1]
Highest break Ronnie O'Sullivan (ENG) (136)[2]
Final
ChampionEngland Ronnie O'Sullivan
Runner-upScotland Stephen Hendry
Score6–0
2006

The 2005 (Dec) Betfred Premier League was a professional non-ranking snooker tournament that was played from 15 September to 4 December 2005.

Ronnie O'Sullivan won in the final 6–0 against Stephen Hendry.

Prize fund

The 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

Ranking England
OSU
Scotland
HEN
China
DIN
England
DAV
England
MUR
England
WHI
Scotland
MAG
Frame
W-L
Match
W-D-L
Pld-Pts
1 Ronnie O'Sullivan x335556 26–104–2–06–10
2 Stephen Hendry 3x34452 21–153–2–16–8
3 Ding Junhui 33x2343 18–181–4–16–6
4 Steve Davis 124x324 16–202–1–36–5
5 Shaun Murphy 1233x34 16–201–3–26–5
6 Jimmy White 11243x3 14–221–2–36–4
7 Stephen Maguire 043223x 14–221–2–36–4

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

3–4 December – G-Mex, Manchester, England[3][2]

Semi-finals
Best of 9 frames
Final
Best of 11 frames
      
1 England Ronnie O'Sullivan* 5
4 England Steve Davis 3
1 England Ronnie O'Sullivan*** 6
2 Scotland Stephen Hendry 0
2 Scotland Stephen Hendry** 5
3 China 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

[2]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "2005–6 Betfred Premier League – Information". Global Snooker Centre. Archived from the original on 15 August 2007. Retrieved 23 February 2023.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "2005–6 Betfred Premier League". Global Snooker Centre. Archived from the original on 15 August 2007. Retrieved 23 February 2023.
  3. 1 2 "2005 (Winter) Results". premierleaguesnooker.matchroomcms.com. Matchroom Sport. Archived from the original on 27 February 2012. Retrieved 5 January 2011.
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