2025 Championship League (invitational)

The 2025 Championship League Invitational (officially the 2025 BetVictor Championship League Invitational for sponsorship reasons) was a professional non‑ranking snooker tournament, which took place from 3 January 2025 to 5 February 2025 at the Leicester Arena in Leicester, England.

[5] Mark Selby was the defending champion, having won the tournament for the first time after beating Joe O'Connor 3‍–‍1 in the final of the 2024 event.

[6] Selby successfully defended the title, defeating Kyren Wilson 3‍–‍0 in the final.

[7][8] There were 177 century breaks made during the tournament, a record for any professional event,[9] of which Jak Jones compiled 32, breaking the record for most centuries in a single tournament previously held jointly by Kyren Wilson and Matthew Selt.

A total of 25 players were initially invited to the event, with the matches played behind closed doors without an audience.

[22][31][40] The event was broadcast by Rigour Media in China; Viaplay in Scandinavia, the Netherlands, and Iceland; and by Matchroom.live in all other territories.

[10][11] The breakdown of prize money for the 2025 Championship League is as follows:[13][41] Group 1 was played on 3 and 4 January 2025.

[35][26] At the end of the first day, Joe O'Connor led the group with four wins in four matches,[54] and Stuart Bingham made his 600th career century.

[62] O'Connor missed the final black of an attempted maximum break in his match against Tom Ford.

[62] Jack Lisowski also missed the final black of an attempted maximum break in his match against Jak Jones.

[38][29] At the end of the first day, Xiao Guodong and Ricky Walden led the group with three wins each.

[71] Mark Selby won the group and the tournament, beating Kyren Wilson 3‍–‍0 in the final.