2005 Premier League Snooker (2004/05) Explained

Tournament Name:	Betfred Premier League
Country:	United Kingdom
Organisation:	Matchroom Sport
Format:	Non-ranking event
Total Prize Fund:	£250,000
Winners Share:	£50,000
Highest Break:	(134)
Winner:	Ronnie O'Sullivan
Runner Up:	Mark Williams
Score:	6–0
Previous:	2004
Next:	2005 (Dec)

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.__TOC__

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

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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.)^{[2] [3]}

• 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^{[2] [3]}

* 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.^[3]

• 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

Notes and References

1. Web site: 2005 Betfred Premier League – Information. Global Snooker Centre. 23 February 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20070306165836/http://www.globalsnookercentre.co.uk/files/Results/res04_5/05preminfo.htm. 6 March 2007.
2. Web site: 2005 (Spring) Results. premierleaguesnooker.matchroomcms.com. Matchroom Sport. 5 January 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20091223014407/http://premierleaguesnooker.matchroomcms.com/results/2005_spring_results.htm. 23 December 2009.
3. Web site: 2005 Betfred Premier League. Global Snooker Centre. 23 February 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20070302105437/http://www.globalsnookercentre.co.uk/files/Results/res04_5/05premres.htm. 2 March 2007.