Players Championship 2020

Players Championship 2020

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The 2020 Players Championship (officially the 2020 Coral Players Championship) was a professional snooker tournament that took place from 24 February to 1 March 2020 at the Southport Theatre and Convention Centre in Southport, England. It was the 14th ranking event of the 2019–20 snooker season and the second leg of the Coral Series. The tenth edition of the Players Championship, first held in 2011, the event was sponsored by sports betting company Coral, and broadcast on ITV4 in the United Kingdom, and Eurosport across Europe. The event featured 16 participants chosen from players who were the highest earners from the prior 13 ranking tournaments.

Ronnie O'Sullivan was the defending champion after beating Neil Robertson 10–4 in the 2019 final, but he failed to qualify for the 2020 event, being 18th in the rankings before the tournament began. The event was won by Judd Trump who defeated Yan Bingtao 10–4 in the final. It was the 16th ranking title of Trump's career, and his fifth ranking event win of the season. With it, he equalled the record held jointly by Stephen Hendry, Ding Junhui, Mark Selby and O'Sullivan for the most ranking titles in a single season. There was a total of 18 century breaks made during the tournament, the highest of which was a 140 made by Neil Robertson in the second frame of his first round loss to Joe Perry.

**Spillernes Mesterskab 2020**

Spillernes Mesterskab er en professionel snookerturnering, som finder sted fra mandag den 24. februar til søndag den 1. marts 2020 i Marshall Arena i Milton Keynes, England.

Turneringen er den fjerde og sidste begivenhed i Betfred Snooker Series 2019/2020. De 16 bedste spillere på verdensranglisten er inviteret til at deltage i turneringen.

Ronnie O'Sullivan er den forsvarende mester, efter at have besejret Neil Robertson 10-4 i finalen sidste år.

Turneringen består af en indledende gruppekamp, hvor spillerne er opdelt i fire grupper med fire spillere i hver gruppe. De to bedste spillere fra hver gruppe går videre til knockout-fasen, som består af kvartfinaler, semifinaler og en finale.

Spillernes mesterskab tilbyder en samlet præmiepulje på £125.000, hvoraf vinderen modtager £100.000.

Turneringen vil blive vist live på ITV4 i Storbritannien og Irland, og på Eurosport i Europa.

**Spillere**

De 16 spillere, der er kvalificeret til spillernes mesterskab 2020, er:

* Judd Trump (ENG)
* Ronnie O'Sullivan (ENG)
* Neil Robertson (AUS)
* Mark Selby (ENG)
* John Higgins (SCO)
* Mark Allen (NIR)
* David Gilbert (ENG)
* Kyren Wilson (ENG)
* Shaun Murphy (ENG)
* Stephen Maguire (SCO)
* Jack Lisowski (ENG)
* Barry Hawkins (ENG)
* Yan Bingtao (CHN)
* Zhou Yuelong (CHN)
* Luca Brecel (BEL)
* Scott Donaldson (SCO)

**Format**

Turneringen består af en indledende gruppekamp, hvor spillerne er opdelt i fire grupper med fire spillere i hver gruppe. De to bedste spillere fra hver gruppe går videre til knockout-fasen, som består af kvartfinaler, semifinaler og en finale.

**Program**

**Mandag 24. februar**
* Gruppe A: Judd Trump vs Luca Brecel, Ronnie O'Sullivan vs Scott Donaldson

**Tirsdag 25. februar**
* Gruppe A: Ronnie O'Sullivan vs Luca Brecel, Judd Trump vs Scott Donaldson
* Gruppe B: Neil Robertson vs Stephen Maguire, Mark Selby vs David Gilbert

**Onsdag 26. februar**
* Gruppe B: Neil Robertson vs David Gilbert, Mark Selby vs Stephen Maguire
* Gruppe C: Mark Allen vs Jack Lisowski, John Higgins vs Yan Bingtao

**Torsdag 27. februar**
* Gruppe C: Mark Allen vs Yan Bingtao, John Higgins vs Jack Lisowski

**Fredag 28. februar**
* Gruppe D: Kyren Wilson vs Zhou Yuelong, Barry Hawkins vs Shaun Murphy

**Lørdag 29. februar**
* Gruppe D: Kyren Wilson vs Shaun Murphy, Barry Hawkins vs Zhou Yuelong
* Kvartfinaler

**Søndag 1. marts**
* Semifinaler
* Finale