Challengers' League

Type

Championship

Tournament Type

7 round all play all

Current Champion

Andrew Kay

Until 2019 the second stage of British Championship; League of 8 players

Past Winners and Results

2019 Andrew Kay
2018 Sam Aitken
2017 Daniel Hu
2016 Charles Hibbert / Junnan Jiang
2015 Andrew Kay (second Andrew Simons)
2014 Andrew Kay (second Alex Kent)
2013 Andrew Kay and Andrew Simons
2012 Andrew Kay (second Nick Krempel)
2011 Matthew Macfadyen (second Nick Krempel)
2010 Matthew Macfadyen (second Vanessa Wong)
2009 Hui Wang (second Matthew Macfadyen)
2008 Matthew Macfadyen / Hui Wang
2007 Bei Ge (second Alex Selby)
2006 Matthew Macfadyen (second Bei Ge)
2005 Des Cann
2004 David Ward
2002, 2003 Matthew Cocke
2001 Young Kim
2000 Des Cann
1999 Matthew Cocke after play-off with John Rickard / Des Cann.
1998 Edmund Shaw
1994, 1995, 1996, 1997 Matthew Macfadyen
1993 Shutai Zhang
1991, 1992 Edmund Shaw
1990 John Rickard
1989 Edmund Shaw
1988 Matthew Macfadyen
1987 Piers Shepperson
1986 Matthew Macfadyen
1983, 1984, 1985 Terry Stacey
1982 Jim Barty
1979, 1980, 1981 Terry Stacey
1978 Matthew Macfadyen
1977 Paul Prescott
1976 Paul Prescott
1975 Jon Diamond

Start Year

1975

Normal Month

May

Current?

Not Current

Championship

British

Played over the 3 days of the second May Bank Holiday weekend plus an additional day

Part of the British Championship, it is used to select the two players who will compete in the British Championship Title Match. Until 2005 it selected one challenger who played the reigning champion.

Players compete in the Candidates' Tournament for places in the League.

It incorporated the Candidates' Tournament between 1979 and 1982 as the Challenger's Tournament, and was expanded to 16 players (4 rounds) in 1996 and 1997 and 24 players (6 rounds) in 1998 and 1999.

Merged into the Candidates' Tournament again from 2020/2021.

Last updated Tue Feb 01 2022.
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