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 Portomaso, Malta.
| Tournament information | |
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| Dates | 4–10 February 2008 |
| Venue | Hilton Conference Center |
| City | Portomaso |
| Country | Malta |
| Organisation | WPBSA |
| Format | Non-ranking event |
| Total prize fund | £76,000 |
| Winner's share | £20,000 |
| Highest break |  Shaun Murphy (ENG) (137) |
| Final | |
| Champion | Shaun Murphy |
| Runner-up |  Ken Doherty |
| Score | 9–3 |
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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.
Prize fund
editThe breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:[2]
- Winner: £20,000
- Runner-Up: £9,000
- Semi-final: £4,500
- 2nd place in group: £2,750
- 3rd place in group: £2,500
- 4th place in group: £2,250
- 5th place in group: £2,000
- Maximum break: £10,000
- Total: £76,000
Group stage
editGroup 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.[3][4]
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
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 John Higgins
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| Ken Doherty
| 6 | ||||||||
| Ken Doherty
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| Shaun Murphy
| 9 | ||||||||
| Shaun Murphy
| 6 | ||||||||
 Ding Junhui
| 5 | ||||||||
Final
edit| Final: Best of 17 frames Hilton Conference Center, Portomaso, Malta, 10 February 2008.[3][4] | ||
| Ken Doherty Ireland
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3–9 | Shaun Murphy England
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| 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
edit- 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
edit- ^ "Snookerfaces match-fixing probe". BBC Sport. 13 February 2008. Retrieved 12 February 2008.
- ^ "2008 Malta Cup – Information". Global Snooker Centre. Archived from the original on 7 October 2008. Retrieved 20 May 2024.
- ^ 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.