Betfred Premier League

Tournament information
Dates	6 January – 8 May 2005 (2005-01-06 – 2005-05-08)
Country	United Kingdom
Organisation	Matchroom Sport
Format	Non-ranking event
Total prize fund	£250,000[1]
Winner's share	£50,000[1]
Highest break	Ronnie O'Sullivan (ENG) (134)[2]
Final
Champion	Ronnie O'Sullivan
Runner-up	Mark Williams
Score	6–0
← 2004 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.

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

Ranking		FU	HEN	OSU	WIL	WHI	DAV	HUN	Frame W-L	Match W-D-L	Pld	Pts
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.)^[3][2]

• 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^[3][2]

	Semi-finals Best of 9 frames					Final Best of 11 frames
	1	Marco Fu	0
	4	Mark Williams*	5
						4	Mark Williams	0
						3	Ronnie O'Sullivan***	6
	2	Stephen Hendry	0
	3	Ronnie O'Sullivan**	5

* 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.^[2]

• 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