2007 Euro-Asia Masters Challenge

Euro-Asia Masters Challenge 2007 07 12 2007 07 15 y Queen Elizabeth Stadium Wan Chai Hong Kong 110 Sport Management Group Non-ranking event & Team event £25,000 SCO John Higgins THA James Wattana 5–4 Event 2 (2003) The 2007 Euro-Asia Masters Challenge was a professional non-ranking team (also referred to as the Euro–Asia Team Challenge) and invitational snooker event that took place from 12 to 15 July 2007 at the Queen Elizabeth Stadium in Wan Chai, Hong Kong.Ngao Judy Snooker stars to show their skills https://www.scmp.com/article/598120/snooker-stars-show-their-skills 20 October 2021 South China Morning Post 25 June 2007 The tournament was a revival of the two Euro-Asia Masters Challenge events played under the same name in 2003. The tournament's team event consists of two teams of four, the European team and the Asian team, playing in a single-frame, best-of-nine competition, with Team Europe defeating Team Asia with a score of 5–3.Euro-Asia Snooker Masters Challenge http://www.cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/misc4.html#Euro_Asia https://web.archive.org/web/20120216155703/http://www.cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/misc4.html#Euro_Asia dead 16 February 2012 Chris Turner's Snooker Archive 14 November 2017https://www.globalsnookercentre.co.uk/files/Results/2007-8/07-8-International/2007_Euro-Asia-Challenge.htm 2007 Euro-Asia Snooker Challenge Global Snooker Centre 5 December 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20090131161515/https://www.globalsnookercentre.co.uk/files/Results/2007-8/07-8-International/2007_Euro-Asia-Challenge.htm dead 31 January 2009 The tournament's singles event featured eight players in two groups of four, with the top two in each group progressing to semi-finals. John Higgins defeated James Wattana 5–4 in the final to win the £25,000 prize.https://www.express.co.uk/sport/othersport/13560/Higgins-pots-Euro-Asia-title Higgins pots Euro-Asia title Daily Express 15 July 2007 20 October 2021https://www.glasgowtimes.co.uk/news/12791632.higgins-weathers-the-thai-phoon/ Higgins weathers the "Thai-Phoon" Glasgow Times 16 July 2007 20 October 2021 Teams and players Higgins to lead Europe https://www.eurosport.com/snooker/higgins-to-lead-europe_sto1236930/story.shtml Eurosport 20 October 2021 Team Player 1 Player 2 Player 3 Player 4 Team Europe John Higgins SCO Ken Doherty IRL Ronnie O'Sullivan ENG Stephen Hendry SCO Team Asia Ding Junhui CHN Marco Fu HK James Wattana THA Supoj Saenla THA Results Euro–Asia Team Challenge http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/12072007/3/europe-topple-asia-hong-kong-team-challenge.html Europe topple Asia in Hong Kong team challenge Eurosport UK 20 October 2021 https://web.archive.org/web/20070812183254/http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/12072007/3/europe-topple-asia-hong-kong-team-challenge.html dead 12 August 2007 Frame 1: SCO John Higgins 7 – 71(70) HK Marco Fu — (Europe 0 – 1 Asia) Frame 2: IRL Ken Doherty 86(61) – 42 THA James Wattana — (Europe 1 – 1 Asia) Frame 3: SCO Stephen Hendry 66 – 19 CHN Ding Junhui — (Europe 2 – 1 Asia) Frame 4: ENG Ronnie O'Sullivan 99(68) – 9 THA Supoj Saenla — (Europe 3 – 1 Asia) Frame 5: SCO John Higgins 39 – 56 CHN Ding Junhui — (Europe 3 – 2 Asia) Frame 6: SCO Stephen Hendry 38 – 75 THA James Wattana — (Europe 3 – 3 Asia) Frame 7: IRL Ken Doherty 65 – 31 THA Supoj Saenla — (Europe 4 – 3 Asia) Frame 8: ENG Ronnie O'Sullivan 80(50) – 8 HK Marco Fu — (Europe 5 – 3 Asia) Euro-Asia Masters Challenge https://www.irishexaminer.com/sport/arid-30318993.html Higgins facing Wattana in Hong Kong final Irish Examiner 14 Jul 2007 20 October 2021https://www.azbilliards.com/higgins-makes-his-mark-at-euro-asia-snookers-masters-challenge/ Higgins Makes His Mark At Euro-Asia Snookers Masters Challenge azbilliards.com 13 July 2007 20 October 2021 Round-robin stage Group A POSPlayerMPMWMLFWFLFDPTS1SCO John Higgins330 60+63 2THA James Wattana32143+123CHN Ding Junhui31225−31 4SCO Stephen Hendry30326−40 Results: John Higgins 2–0 Stephen Hendry James Wattana 2–0 Ding Junhui James Wattana 2–1 Stephen Hendry John Higgins 2–0 Ding Junhui John Higgins 2–0 James Wattana Ding Junhui 2–1 Stephen Hendry Group B POSPlayerMPMWMLFWFLFDPTS1HKG Marco Fu33061+532IRL Ken Doherty32153+123ENG Ronnie O'Sullivan31234−114THA Supoj Saenla30306−60 Results: Ken Doherty 2–1 Ronnie O'Sullivan Marco Fu 2–1 Ken Doherty Ronnie O'Sullivan 2–0 Supoj Saenla Marco Fu 2–0 Supoj Saenla Ken Doherty 2–0 Supoj Saenla Marco Fu 2–0 Ronnie O'Sullivan Knock-out stage Semi-finalsBest of 3 frames FinalBest of 9 frames SCO John Higgins 2 IRL Ken Doherty 0 HKG Marco Fu 0 THA James Wattana 2 SCO John Higgins 5 THA James Wattana 4 Century breaks 127 John Higgins 123 Marco Fu 117 Ronnie O'Sullivan References Category:Euro-Asia Masters Challenge Category:2007 in Hong Kong sport Category:2007 in snooker