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2008 Premier League Snooker
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PartyPoker.com Premier League 2008 9 11 2008 12 7 y United Kingdom Matchroom Sport Non-ranking event £250,000 £50,000 Ding Junhui CHN (139) ENG Ronnie O'Sullivan ENG Mark Selby 7–2 2007 2009
The 2008 PartyPoker.com Premier League was a professional non-ranking snooker tournament that was played from 11 September to 7 December 2008.
Ronnie O'Sullivan won in the final 7–2 against Mark Selby.
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Prize fund
The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:Snooker stars cueing up https://www.kidderminstershuttle.co.uk/news/3857850.snooker-stars-cueing-up/ 17 May 2024 Kidderminster Shuttle 18 November 2008 https://archive.today/20240517153747/https://www.kidderminstershuttle.co.uk/news/3857850.snooker-stars-cueing-up/ 17 May 2024
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 ENG SEL ENG PER ENG OSU SCO HEN CHN DIN SCO HIG ENG DAV FrameW–L MatchW–D–L Pld–Pts 1 Mark Selby x 3 3 5 4 4 6 25–11 4–2–0 6–10 2 Joe Perry 3 x 4 5 2 4 4 22–14 4–1–1 6–9 3 Ronnie O'Sullivan 3 2 x 3 6 3 6 23–13 2–3–1 6–7 4 Stephen Hendry 1 1 3 x 3 4 5 17–19 2–2–2 6–6 5 Ding Junhui 2 4 0 3 x 3 4 16–20 2–2–2 6–6 6 John Higgins 2 2 3 2 3 x 3 15–21 0–3–3 6–3 7 Steve Davis 0 2 0 1 2 3 x 8–28 0–1–5 6–1
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 four first was higher.Premier League 2008 – Table http://www.global-snooker.com/premier-league-snooker-2008-league-table.asp Global Snooker 5 January 2011 usurped https://web.archive.org/web/20110705055432/http://www.global-snooker.com/premier-league-snooker-2008-league-table.asp 5 July 2011 (Breaks above 50 shown between (parentheses); century breaks are indicated with bold.)2008 PartyPoker.com Premier League Snooker http://premierleaguesnooker.matchroomcms.com/results/2008_partypokercom_premier_league_snooker.htm premierleaguesnooker.matchroomcms.com Matchroom Sport 5 January 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20091223013549/http://premierleaguesnooker.matchroomcms.com/results/2008_partypokercom_premier_league_snooker.htm 23 December 2009Premier League Snooker 2008 – Results http://www.global-snooker.com/Premier-League-Snooker-2008-Results-from-Global-Snooker.asp Global Snooker 5 January 2011 usurped https://web.archive.org/web/20110705055425/http://www.global-snooker.com/Premier-League-Snooker-2008-Results-from-Global-Snooker.asp 5 July 2011
11 September – Grimsby Auditorium, Grimsby, England
Mark Selby 4–2 Ding Junhui → 51–64, 15–105 (100), (86)–0, (80)–0, (73)–0, (104)–0
Ronnie O'Sullivan 3–3 John Higgins → (62) 63–70, 1–91 (83), (72) 98–0, (85)–0, 67–42, 0–(74)
18 September – The Anvil, Basingstoke, England
John Higgins 3–3 Ding Junhui → 43–64, 47–68, 46–82 (76), (57) 59–15, (50) 68–58 (50), (78)–4
Ronnie O'Sullivan 2–4 Joe Perry → 44–59, 6–105 (50,55), 0–(103), 63–47, (58) 90–0, 31–57
25 September – Assembly Rooms, Derby, England
Joe Perry 4–2 Steve Davis → 45–77, (80) 85–8, (67) 75–27, (55) 61–0, 63–45, 30–94 (65)
Mark Selby 5–1 Stephen Hendry → 82–4, 77–9, 76–66, (50) 79–8, 1–75 (52), 67–64
9 October – Malvern Theatres, Great Malvern, England
Ronnie O'Sullivan 6–0 Ding Junhui → 63–56, (134) 134–0, (65) 66–1, (53) 70–31, (71)–30, (126)–0
Mark Selby 6–0 Steve Davis → 68–36, (95)–3, 66–43, (80) 113–7, 73–49, (101)–0
23 October – Plymouth Pavilions, Plymouth, England
Ronnie O'Sullivan 6–0 Steve Davis → 103–7, (60) 97–25, (52) 71–38, (62) 113–0, 63–22, 93–0
Stephen Hendry 1–5 Joe Perry → 31–(75), 12–62, 72–9, 1–(108), 53–71(65), 10–75(66)
30 October – English Institute of Sport, Sheffield, England
Stephen Hendry 4–2 John Higgins → (76)–7, (65) 72–40, 24–61 (56), 65–12, 68–61 (56), 25–60 (52)
Ronnie O'Sullivan 3–3 Mark Selby → (75) 121–10, 60–56, 41–64, (64) 71–28, 5–98, 19–94 (94)
6 November – Newport Centre, Newport, Wales
Joe Perry 2–4 Ding Junhui → (50)–85 (70), 4–97, 0–82, (85)–5, 0–80, (90)–0
Steve Davis 1–5 Stephen Hendry → 37–54, 0–84 (78), 75–54, 48–75, 32–78 (72), 37–86 (86)
13 November – Dolphin Leisure Centre, Haywards Heath, England
Ding Junhui 4–2 Steve Davis → (139)–0, (72) 103–32, (78) 104–0, (56) 92–4, 1–74 (70), 18–69
Mark Selby 4–2 John Higgins → (102)–0, 37–82, (55) 72–46, (93) 94–32, 28–62 (60), (113) 126–0
20 November – Sands Centre, Carlisle, England
John Higgins 2–4 Joe Perry → 0–(72), 10–75, 36–81, 1–68, (120)–0, (76)–21
Ronnie O'Sullivan 3–3 Stephen Hendry → 53–60, 1–109 (108), (67) 77–17, 37–73 (72), (68) 94–36, 66–42
27 November – Glades Arena, Kidderminster, England
Mark Selby 3–3 Joe Perry → (63) 91–3, 59–49, 80–22, 6–(115), 2–57, 22–66 (51)
Stephen Hendry 3–3 Ding Junhui → 36–(85), (88)–1, 0–(113), (50) 69–12, 8–72, 69–13
John Higgins 3–3 Steve Davis → 18–68, 8–57, 66–8, (73)–16, (69) 70–29, 37–67
Play-offs
6–7 December – Potters Leisure Resort, Hopton-on-Sea, England
Semi-finalsBest of 9 frames FinalBest of 13 frames 1 ENG Mark Selby 5 4 SCO Stephen Hendry 0 2 ENG Joe Perry 4 3 ENG Ronnie O'Sullivan 5 1 ENG Mark Selby 2 3 ENG Ronnie O'Sullivan 7
Semi-Final 1 – Mark Selby 5–0 Stephen Hendry 83–34, 110(110)–4, 133(128)–0, 115(115)–4, 77(77)–0
Semi-Final 2 – Joe Perry 4–5 Ronnie O'Sullivan 55–68, 93(85)–0, 20–93(79), 76(72)–8, 24–93, 95(95)–0, 6–69(52), 100(100)–4, 4–104(104)
Final – Mark Selby 2–7 Ronnie O'Sullivan 11–121(93), 8–82(62), 18–74, 14–84(84), 48–83(62), 61–58, 13–105(105), 84(84)–0, 20–74(74)
Qualifiers
2008 Championship League
The qualification for this tournament, the Championship League was played in eight groups from 25 February to 15 May 2008.
Century breaks
139, 113, 100 Ding Junhui
134, 126, 105, 104 Ronnie O'Sullivan
128, 120, 115, 110, 104, 102, 101 Mark Selby
120 John Higgins
115, 103, 101, 100 Joe Perry
108 Stephen Hendry
References
2008
Premier League
Premier League Snooker