2008 Paul Hunter Classic

2008 Paul Hunter Classic 2008 08 28 2008 08 31 y Stadthalle Fürth Germany Pro–am event ENG Shaun Murphy ENG Mark Selby 4–0 2007 2009 The 2008 Paul Hunter Classic was a pro–am snooker tournament held in August 2008. Barry Pinches was the reigning champion, but he was eliminated in the last 32 by Shaun Murphy.http://snookerblog.de/news/berry-pinches-gewinnt-die-german-open-gegen-ken-doherty Barry Pinches wins against Ken Doherty snookerblog.de 27 August 2018 Murphy went on to win the tournament, defeating Mark Selby 4–0 in the final.Murphy gewinnt in Fürth http://de.eurosport.yahoo.com/01092008/73/murphy-gewinnt-fuerth.html https://web.archive.org/web/20080907015840/http://de.eurosport.yahoo.com/01092008/73/murphy-gewinnt-fuerth.html dead 7 September 2008 Eurosport 27 August 2018 __TOC__ Tournament structure The initial stage began with 40 groups of 4 players. The winners of each group advanced to the last 32 stage of the tournament, and the tournament runners-up moved to the last 64. Shaun Murphy was the only professional not to top his group, and thus had to play two matches more than the other professional players.http://217.7.4.222:80/gruppen.asp?f=g https://web.archive.org/web/20090508030621/http://217.7.4.222/gruppen.asp?f=g dead 8 May 2009 Ergebnisse Gruppenphase Online Ergebnisse 27 August 2018 Main draw http://217.7.4.222:80/ko_round.htm https://web.archive.org/web/20090508030626/http://217.7.4.222/ko_round.htm dead 8 May 2009 Last 64, Last 48, Last 32 Online Ergebnisse 27 August 2018http://217.7.4.222:80/finals.asp?f=f https://web.archive.org/web/20090508030616/http://217.7.4.222/finals.asp?f=f dead 8 May 2009 Last 16, Quarter-final, Semi-final, Final Online Ergebnisse 27 August 2018 Last 48Best of 5 frames Last 32Best of 5 frames Last 16Best of 5 frames Quarter-finalsBest of 5 frames Semi-finalsBest of 5 frames FinalBest of 7 frames BEL Tim van Goubergen 1 ENG Shaun Murphy 3 WAL Lee Walker 3 GER Phil Barnes 0 WAL Paul Davies 3 ENG Mark Davis 1 ENG David Roe 3 SCO Marc Davis 1 NZL Chris McBreen 3 NED Rene van Rijsbergen 1 ENG Ricky Walden 3 NED Alain Vandersteen 0 ENG David Gray 3 GER Mike Henson 0 MLT Alex Borg 3 BEL Luca Brecel 1 ENG Michael Wild 0 BEL Hans Blanckaert 3 ENG Mark Selby 3 GER Sascha Lippe 1 NED Stefan Mazrocis 3 NED Misja van Vonderen 1 ENG Jimmy Michie 3 GER Karl-Heinz Beggel 0 ENG Rod Lawler 2 GER Lasse Münstermann 3 ENG Tom Ford 3 NED Joris Maas 1 ENG Rory McLeod 3 BEL Jurgen van Roy 1 IRL Richard McHugh 1 ENG Munraj Pal 3 ENG Barry Pinches 2 ENG Shaun Murphy 3 NIR Gerard Greene 3 WAL Lee Walker 1 ENG Jamie Cope 2 WAL Paul Davies 3 ENG Stuart Bingham 3 ENG David Roe 0 ENG Joe Perry 3 NZL Chris McBreen 1 ENG Steve Davis 1 ENG Ricky Walden 3 IRL Michael Judge 3 ENG David Gray 0 AUS Neil Robertson 3 MLT Alex Borg 0 WAL Ryan Day 3 BEL Hans Blanckaert 0 ENG Michael Holt 1 ENG Mark Selby 3 ENG Mark King 3 NED Stefan Mazrocis 1 ENG Nigel Bond 3 ENG Jimmy Michie 1 WAL Matthew Stevens 0 GER Lasse Münstermann 3 WAL Mark Williams 3 ENG Tom Ford 1 ENG Jimmy White 3 ENG Rory McLeod 0 GER Wolfgang Brandmeier 0 ENG Munraj Pal 3 ENG Shaun Murphy 3 NIR Gerard Greene 0 WAL Paul Davies 0 ENG Stuart Bingham 3 ENG Joe Perry 0 ENG Ricky Walden 3 IRL Michael Judge 3 AUS Neil Robertson 1 WAL Ryan Day 1 ENG Mark Selby 3 ENG Mark King 1 ENG Nigel Bond 3 GER Lasse Münstermann 3 WAL Mark Williams 0 ENG Jimmy White 3 ENG Munraj Pal 1 ENG Shaun Murphy 3 ENG Stuart Bingham 1 ENG Ricky Walden 3 IRL Michael Judge 1 ENG Mark Selby 3 ENG Nigel Bond 2 GER Lasse Münstermann 0 ENG Jimmy White 3 ENG Shaun Murphy 3 ENG Ricky Walden 2 ENG Mark Selby 3 ENG Jimmy White 0 ENG Shaun Murphy 4 ENG Mark Selby 0 References Category:Paul Hunter Classic Category:2008 in snooker Category:2008 in German sport Category:August 2008 sports events in Germany