The 2012 PartyPoker.com Premier League was a professional non-ranking snooker tournament that was played from 16 August to 25 November 2012. This was the last edition of the tournament, as in 2013 it was replaced by the Champion of Champions.

Ronnie O'Sullivan was the defending champion, but he decided not to compete this year.

Stuart Bingham won his eighth professional title by defeating Judd Trump 7–2 in the final.

Prize fund The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below: Winner: £50,000 Runner-up: £25,000 Semi-final: £12,500 Frame-win: £1,000 (only in league phase) Century break: £1,000 (only in league phase) Highest break: £5,000 Maximum break: £25,000 Total: £210,000

Players

Rankings Player Qualified via 1 Mark Selby Shanghai Masters champion 2 Judd Trump UK champion 5 John Higgins Wildcard 6 Shaun Murphy Brazil Masters champion 7 Neil Robertson Masters champion 8 Stephen Lee PTC Finals champion 11 Ding Junhui Championship League champion 12 Mark Allen World Open champion 16 Stuart Bingham Australian Goldfields Open champion 20 Peter Ebdon China Open champion

League phase

Dates and venues

Week Date Venue 1 16 August Embassy Theatre, Skegness, England 2 6 September Biddulph Leisure Centre, Stoke-on-Trent, England 3 13 September The Sands, Carlisle, England 4 27 September Spiceball Leisure Centre, Banbury, England 5 4 October Southampton Guildhall, Southampton, England 6 11 October Malvern Theatres, Great Malvern, England 7 18 October Penzance Leisure Centre, Cornwall, England 8 25 October Guildford Spectrum, Guildford, England 9 8 November The Dome, Doncaster, England 10 15 November Spennymoor Leisure Centre, Durham, England

Group one Ranking Name BIN ROB DIN MUR SEL FramesW–L MatchW–D–L Pld–Pts 1 Stuart Bingham x 6 4 3 6 19–5 3–1–0 4–7 2 Neil Robertson 0 x 4 4 5 13–11 3–0–1 4–6 3 Ding Junhui 2 2 x 4 4 12–12 2–0–2 4–4 4 Shaun Murphy 3 2 2 x 5 12–12 1–1–2 4–3 5 Mark Selby 0 1 2 1 x 4–20 0–0–4 4–0

The top two 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 their match was a 3–3 draw then the player who got to three first was higher. (Breaks above 50 shown between (parentheses); century breaks are indicated with bold.) Ding Junhui 4–2 Shaun Murphy → 22–(81), 55–54, (82)–0, 9–76 (63), 79–11, (64) 72–14 Mark Selby 1–5 Neil Robertson → 11–72 (63), 12–64, 16–(72), (61) 87–37, 17–72 (62), 9–71 Shaun Murphy 3–3 Stuart Bingham → 16–83 (53), (54) 55–(68), 0–105 (59), (88)–51, (58) 97–0, 77–53 Neil Robertson 4–2 Shaun Murphy → 44–60, 73–58 (53), 0–(111), (70) 82–0, (113) 118–1, (58) 68–29 Stuart Bingham 4–2 Ding Junhui → (75)–24, 79–8, 0–102 (54), 16–(73), (75)–20, (50) 80–37 Mark Selby 2–4 Ding Junhui → 27–(96), 27–63, 25–72, 4–94 (79), 73–39, (52) 90–39 Stuart Bingham 6–0 Mark Selby → (52) 65–56, (59) 67–0, (54) 69–0, (128)–1, (122)–1, (50) 57–13 Stuart Bingham 6–0 Neil Robertson → (135) 139–0, 77–33, 75–66 (66), (127)–0, 61–20, (92)–0 Mark Selby 1–5 Shaun Murphy → 6–(86), 81–1, 0–97, 22–72 (55), 0–(116), 0–(81) Neil Robertson 4–2 Ding Junhui → (71)–72 (53), 5–102 (95), 62–(59), (70) 83–26, 77–22, (51) 67–(57)

Group two Ranking Name TRU HIG EBD ALL LEE FramesW–L MatchW–D–L Pld–Pts 1 Judd Trump x 2 4 5 x 11–7 2–0–1 3–4 2 John Higgins 4 x 2 4 x 10–8 2–0–1 3–4 3 Peter Ebdon 2 4 x 2 x 8–10 1–0–2 3–2 4 Mark Allen 1 2 4 x x 7–11 1–0–2 3–2 5 Stephen Lee x x x x x x–x x–x–x x–x

The top two 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 their match was a 3–3 draw then the player who got to three first was higher. (Breaks above 50 shown between (parentheses); century breaks are indicated with bold.) Judd Trump 5–1 Stephen Lee → 57–47, (95) 96–0, 63–61, (121)–0, (113)–0, 0–(68) Stephen Lee 1–5 Peter Ebdon → 16–73, 56–60, (87) 90–2, 1–(80), 45–(83), 21–(103) John Higgins 4–2 Mark Allen → 0–71 (67), 69–34, 67–63, 58–70, (59) 95–39, (52) 76–30 Mark Allen 4–2 Peter Ebdon → 34–72, (84) 92–1, (76) 81–30, (50) 75–1, 19–(108), (69)–17 Judd Trump 4–2 Peter Ebdon → 53–60, 62–55, 7–71, (131)–0, (90)–1, 79–4 John Higgins 4–2 Stephen Lee → 13–67, 59–38, 1–76, (72)–0, (57) 80–1, 66–62 Mark Allen v Stephen Lee Judd Trump 2–4 John Higgins → 79–0, 4–119 (114), 43–70 (52), 24–80, 39–84 (63), (78) 83–27 Judd Trump 5–1 Mark Allen → 102–0, 40–74 (60), (76)–0, 81–0, (76)–54, 77–48 John Higgins 2–4 Peter Ebdon → 29–66, (125) 130–1, (133)–0, 1–87 (75), 11–68 (61), 47–(81)

Play-offs 24–25 November, Grimsby Auditorium, Grimsby, England

* 71–13, 74–44, 22–94 (58), 0–81 (81), (117) 132–0, 52–65, (50)–(76), (74) 74–8, (57) 71–34 ** 65–77 (55), 14–68, 54–15, 0–87, 60–58, 81–0, 56–29, 45–78 (58), 71–16 ***7–(83), (82)–0, (100)–8, 76–33, (55, 53) 116–9, (61) 74–5, 0–(101), (71) 115–9, 58–54

Qualifiers

The qualification for this tournament, the Championship League was played in eight groups from 9 January to 22 March 2012.

Century breaks

135, 128, 127, 122, 117, 100 Stuart Bingham 133, 124, 114 John Higgins 131, 121, 113, 101 Judd Trump 116, 111 Shaun Murphy 113 Neil Robertson 108, 103 Peter Ebdon

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