2008 Malta Cup
Tournament information | |
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Dates | 4–10 February 2008 |
Venue | Hilton Conference Center |
City | |
Country | Malta |
Organisation | WPBSA |
Format | Non-ranking event |
Total prize fund | £76,000 |
Winner's share | £20,000 |
Highest break | Shaun Murphy (137) |
Final | |
Champion | Shaun Murphy |
Runner-up | Ken Doherty |
Score | 9–3 |
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The 2008 Malta Cup was a professional non-ranking snooker tournament that took place between 4 and 10 February 2008 at the Hilton Conference Center in , Malta.
The Gambling Commission looked at allegations of match-fixing during the round-robin stage of the tournament.[1]
Shaun Murphy won the title by defeating Ken Doherty 9–3 in the final.
Group stage[]
Group matches were played over 6 frames. A win was worth 2 points and a tie 1 point. The top player from each group qualified to the semi-finals.[2][3]
Group 1[]
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Group 2[]
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Group 3[]
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Group 4[]
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Knock-out stage[]
Semi-finals Best of 11 frames | Final Best of 17 frames | ||||||||
John Higgins | 2 | ||||||||
Ken Doherty | 6 | ||||||||
Ken Doherty | 3 | ||||||||
Shaun Murphy | 9 | ||||||||
Shaun Murphy | 6 | ||||||||
Ding Junhui | 5 |
Final[]
Final: Best of 17 frames Hilton Conference Center, , Malta, 10 February 2008.[2][3] | ||
Ken Doherty Ireland |
3–9 | Shaun Murphy England |
Afternoon: 91–1 (91), 24–57, 36–78, 8–100, 22–87, 75–44, 0–67, 39–56 Evening: 0–110 (75), 66–34, 30–74, 0–76 (76) | ||
91 | Highest break | 76 |
0 | Century breaks | 0 |
1 | 50+ breaks | 2 |
Century breaks[]
- 137, 110, 104 Shaun Murphy
- 134, 127, 118 Ken Doherty
- 129, 100 Ali Carter
- 128, 103 Peter Ebdon
- 127, 125, 125, 123, 106 Ding Junhui
- 127, 110, 101 Mark Selby
- 116, 107 Neil Robertson
- 113 Ryan Day
- 108, 106, 101 Marco Fu
- 103 Stephen Hendry
References[]
- ^ "Snookerfaces match-fixing probe". BBC Sport. 13 February 2008. Retrieved 12 February 2008.
- ^ a b c "Malta Cup 2008". Snooker.org. Retrieved 13 March 2011.
- ^ a b c d "2008 Malta Cup". Global Snooker Centre. Archived from the original on 5 April 2008.
Categories:
- European Masters (snooker)
- 2008 in snooker
- 2008 in Maltese sport
- Snooker in Malta