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.
| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Dates | 6 January – 8 May 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) (134)[2] |
| Final | |
| Champion | Ronnie O'Sullivan |
| Runner-up |  Mark Williams |
| Score | 6–0 |
← 2004 | |
Ronnie O'Sullivan won in the final 6–0 against Mark Williams.
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 |  FU |
 HEN |
OSU |
WIL |
WHI |
DAV |
HUN |
Frame W-L |
Match W-D-L |
Pld | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Marco Fu | x | 2 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 22–14 | 3–2–1 | 6 | 8 |
| 2 | Stephen Hendry | 4 | x | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 21–15 | 3–2–1 | 6 | 8 |
| 3 | Ronnie O'Sullivan | 3 | 4 | x | 4 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 20–16 | 3–2–1 | 6 | 8 |
| 4 | Mark Williams | 1 | 3 | 2 | x | 4 | 4 | 5 | 19–17 | 3–1–2 | 6 | 7 |
| 5 | Jimmy White | 2 | 3 | 4 | 2 | x | 3 | 3 | 17–19 | 1–3–2 | 6 | 5 |
| 6 | Steve Davis | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | x | 4 | 15–21 | 1–2–3 | 6 | 4 |
| 7 | Paul Hunter | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | x | 12–24 | 0–2–4 | 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 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
edit7–8 May – G-Mex, Manchester, England[3][2]
| Semi-finals Best of 9 frames | Final Best of 11 frames | ||||||||
| 1 | Marco Fu
| 0 | |||||||
| 4 | Mark Williams*
| 5 | |||||||
| 4 | Mark Williams
| 0 | |||||||
| 3 | Ronnie O'Sullivan***
| 6 | |||||||
| 2 | Stephen Hendry
| 0 | |||||||
| 3 | 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
editEach century break was worth a £1,000 per break.[2]
- 134, 132, 121 – Ronnie O'Sullivan
- 133, 110, 102 – Marco Fu
- 130, 112 – Stephen Hendry
- 124, 111, 108, 108, 106, 104, 103 – Mark Williams
- 123 – Steve Davis
- 118, 105 – Jimmy White
- 106 – Paul Hunter
References
edit- ^ a b c "2005 Betfred Premier League – Information". Global Snooker Centre. Archived from the original on 6 March 2007. Retrieved 23 February 2023.
- ^ a b c d "2005 Betfred Premier League". Global Snooker Centre. Archived from the original on 2 March 2007. Retrieved 23 February 2023.
- ^ a b "2005 (Spring) Results". premierleaguesnooker.matchroomcms.com. Matchroom Sport. Archived from the original on 23 December 2009. Retrieved 5 January 2011.