Betfred Premier League
Tournament information
Dates6 January – 8 May 2005 (2005-01-06 2005-05-08)
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) (134)[2]
Final
ChampionEngland Ronnie O'Sullivan
Runner-upWales Mark Williams
Score6–0
2004

The 2005 (May) Betfred Premier League was a professional non-ranking snooker tournament that was played from 6 January to 8 May 2005. This was the first Premier League event to use the shot clock.

Ronnie O'Sullivan won in the final 6–0 against Mark Williams.

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 Hong Kong
FU
Scotland
HEN
England
OSU
Wales
WIL
England
WHI
England
DAV
England
HUN
Frame
W-L
Match
W-D-L
PldPts
1 Marco Fu x235453 22–143–2–168
2 Stephen Hendry 4x23345 21–153–2–168
3 Ronnie O'Sullivan 34x4234 20–163–2–168
4 Mark Williams 132x445 19–173–1–267
5 Jimmy White 2342x33 17–191–3–265
6 Steve Davis 12323x4 15–211–2–364
7 Paul Hunter 312132x 12–240–2–462

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]

  • 6 January – Sands Centre, Carlisle, England
    • Jimmy White 3–3 Stephen Hendry → 34–75, (50) 52–28, 70–25, (58) 67–9, 0–77 (76), 22–94
    • Steve Davis 1–5 Marco Fu → 14–97, 27–75, 10–63, 14–66 (58), (76)–30, 47–71 (64)
  • 13 January – Charter Hall, Colchester, England
    • Mark Williams 5–1 Paul Hunter → 74–17, 40–85, (111)–14, 70–32, (104)–0, (106) 122–0
    • Ronnie O'Sullivan 2–4 Jimmy White → 60–52, 0–71 (62), 1–(73), 6–(77), 35–78, (77)–41
  • 27 January – Rothes Hall, Glenrothes, Scotland
    • Stephen Hendry 4–2 Marco Fu → 7–114 (102), 80–19, (72) 73–5, (93) 94–0, (112) 124–13, 55–71 (51)
    • Mark Williams 4–2 Steve Davis → (61) 76–0, 59–29, 15–64, 40–55, (58) 63–0, (62) 105–0
  • 10 February – Glades Arena, Kidderminster, England
    • Ronnie O'Sullivan 4–2 Paul Hunter → 50–69, 70–38, (83) 101–3, (83)–0, 51–68, 63–49
    • Jimmy White 2–4 Marco Fu → 7–59, 10–112 (93), 26–64 (63), (68) 81–0, 11–60, 72–37
  • 24 February – The Anvil, Basingstoke, England
    • Ronnie O'Sullivan 3–3 Steve Davis → 0–108 (76), (67) 80–32, 91–32, 8–68, 72–(63), 13–(123)
    • Stephen Hendry 5–1 Paul Hunter → 72–60 (52), (66) 70–(59), (60)–68 (62), 78–25, 71–70, (130)–0
  • 3 March – Assembly Rooms, Derby, England
    • Mark Williams 4–2 Jimmy White → 7–(118), 66–33, 74–7, 24–73 (70), (73) 110–0, (97)–8
    • Ronnie O'Sullivan 4–2 Stephen Hendry → 0–(80), 86–4, (95)–1, 2–82, (67) 72–1, 73–32
  • 17 March – King's Hall, Stoke-on-Trent, England
    • Jimmy White 3–3 Steve Davis → 0–121 (93), (105)–4, 18–61, (82) 90–4, 54–63, (92)–0
    • Ronnie O'Sullivan 3–3 Marco Fu → 0–90 (84), 78–25, 75–56, 4–100 (92), 77–64 (59), 4–128 (110)
  • 24 March – Magnum Centre, Irvine, Scotland
    • Mark Williams 3–3 Stephen Hendry → 0–(88), (52) 62–34, (108) 139–5, 24–93, (73)–(64), 14–59
    • Paul Hunter 2–4 Steve Davis → (60) 67–74, 38–77 (51), 13–95 (50), 58–67, 66–45, (88)–6
  • 7 April – Corn Exchange, Ipswich, England
    • Mark Williams 1–5 Marco Fu → 16–74 (62), 53–(65), 29–68 (64), (103)–25, 56–67, 0–(133)
    • Ronnie O'Sullivan 4–2 Mark Williams → (78)–4, 0–76, (63) 78–37, 60–25, 30–(108), (132)–0
  • 14 April – The Dome, Doncaster, England
    • Paul Hunter 3–3 Jimmy White → 34–66, 6–70, 44–79, 67–52, (50) 72–1, 61–46
    • Stephen Hendry 4–2 Steve Davis → 10–99 (85), 37–70, (55) 68–24, (66) 86–35, (76)–1, 71–43
    • Paul Hunter 3–3 Marco Fu → 4–80 (63), (106) 110–5, 13–78, 64–33, 65–59, 15–62

Play-offs

7–8 May – G-Mex, Manchester, England[3][2]

Semi-finals
Best of 9 frames
Final
Best of 11 frames
      
1 Hong Kong Marco Fu 0
4 Wales Mark Williams* 5
4 Wales Mark Williams 0
3 England Ronnie O'Sullivan*** 6
2 Scotland Stephen Hendry 0
3 England Ronnie O'Sullivan** 5

* 34–71 (55), 0–68, 0–134 (124), 15–61, 9–(73)
** 36–61, 38–85 (78), 6–74, 8–(121), 33–81
*** 52–70, 19–(75), 0–(134), 1–(71), 34–60, 0–(95)

Century breaks

Each century break was worth a £1,000 per break.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "2005 Betfred Premier League – Information". Global Snooker Centre. Archived from the original on 6 March 2007. Retrieved 23 February 2023.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "2005 Betfred Premier League". Global Snooker Centre. Archived from the original on 2 March 2007. Retrieved 23 February 2023.
  3. 1 2 "2005 (Spring) Results". premierleaguesnooker.matchroomcms.com. Matchroom Sport. Archived from the original on 23 December 2009. Retrieved 5 January 2011.
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