2008 Bahrain Championship

Bahrain Championship 200px 2008 11 8 2008 11 15 y Bahrain International Exhibition Centre Manama Bahrain WPBSA Ranking event £271,000 £48,000 Marcus Campbell SCO (147) Neil Robertson AUS Matthew Stevens WAL 9–7 The 2008 Bahrain Championship was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place between 8 and 15 November 2008 at the Bahrain International Exhibition Centre in Manama, Bahrain. It was the fourth ranking event of the 2008/2009 season. Due to a clash with a previously arranged Premier League match-day, three leading players (John Higgins, Mark Selby and Ding Junhui) were forced to miss the event. This meant that they earned no ranking points, with Matthew Stevens, Ken Doherty and Jamie Cope (ranked 17, 18 and 19 respectively) qualifying automatically due to the extra spaces in the draw. Likewise, the players ranked from 33 to 35 and 49–51 played one qualifier less than usual. Additionally, Ronnie O'Sullivan withdrew three days before the tournament for unspecified medical reasons.Everton Clive 'Run down' O'Sullivan out of Bahrain tournament https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2008/nov/04/snooker guardian.co.uk 1 November 2011 London 4 November 2008 Steve Davis was also involved in Premier League action, playing on 13 November, but did not withdraw from the tournament. He played his qualifying match and received a walkover due to O'Sullivan's withdrawal, meaning that he reached the last sixteen. However, before his last 16 match he withdrew from the event as an ear infection prevented him from flying to Bahrain.Ear infection forces Davis out http://www.sportinglife.com/snooker/news/story_get.cgi?STORY_NAME=snooker/08/11/10/SNOOKER_Bahrain.html Sporting Life 1 November 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20081204043607/http://www.sportinglife.com/snooker/news/story_get.cgi?STORY_NAME=snooker%2F08%2F11%2F10%2FSNOOKER_Bahrain.html 4 December 2008 dead Liang Wenbo made the 65th official maximum break during his qualifying match against Martin Gould. This was Liang's first official 147. Marcus Campbell made the 66th official maximum break during his wildcard round match against Ahmed Basheer Al-Khusaibi. This was Campbell's first official 147. Neil Robertson won his third ranking title by defeating Matthew Stevens 9–7.https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/other_sports/snooker/7731830.stm Robertson takes title in Bahrain 2008-11-15 BBC Sport 2009-04-20 https://web.archive.org/web/20090311163954/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/other_sports/snooker/7731830.stm 11 March 2009 live Prize fund The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:Prize Money http://www.global-snooker.com/bahrain-championship-2008-prize-money.asp Global Snooker 13 March 2013 usurped https://web.archive.org/web/20120212223617/http://www.global-snooker.com/bahrain-championship-2008-prize-money.asp 12 February 2012 70% 50% Winner: £48,000 Runner-up: £22,500 Semi-final: £12,000 Quarter-final: £6,500 Last 16: £4,275 Last 32: £2,750 Last 48: £1,725 Last 64: £1,325 50% Stage one highest break: £500 Stage two highest break: £2,000 Stage one maximum break: £1,000 Stage two maximum break: £20,000 Total: £271,000 Wildcard round The 6 lowest ranking qualifiers played one wildcard match each. Matches were played at Bahrain International Exhibition Centre on Saturday, 8 November.Bahrain Championship 2008 http://www.global-snooker.com/professional-tournaments-bahrain-championship-08-09-results.asp Global Snooker 13 March 2013 usurped https://web.archive.org/web/20120212223645/http://www.global-snooker.com/professional-tournaments-bahrain-championship-08-09-results.asp 12 February 2012Bahrain Championship 2008 http://www.snooker.org/trn/0809/bc2008_res.shtml Snooker.org 13 March 2013 Match Score WC1 Robert Milkins ENG 5–1 Ahmed Saif QAT WC2 Barry Pinches ENG 5–1 Ahmed Ghuloom BHR WC3 Mike Dunn ENG 5–0 Ahmed Abdulla Asiry KSA WC4 Marcus Campbell SCO 5–0 Ahmed Basheer Al-Khusaibi OMA WC5 Rod Lawler ENG 5–1 Isa Ali Al-Hashmi UAE WC6 Mark Davis ENG 5–0 Habib Subah BHR Main draw Round 1Best of 9 frames Round 2Best of 9 frames Quarter-FinalsBest of 9 frames Semi-FinalsBest of 11 frames FinalBest of 17 frames 1 ENG Ronnie O'Sullivan w/d ENG Steve Davis w/o 11 HKG Marco Fu 3 WAL Dominic Dale 5 14 WAL Matthew Stevens 5 ENG Stuart Bingham 0 6 WAL Ryan Day 5 ENG Dave Harold 2 7 ENG Peter Ebdon 3 ENG Robert Milkins 5 16 ENG Jamie Cope 3 ENG Michael Holt 5 10 SCO Graeme Dott 3 ENG Barry Pinches 5 4 SCO Stephen Hendry 5 ENG Ricky Walden 3 3 ENG Shaun Murphy 4 ENG Mike Dunn 5 15 IRL Ken Doherty 3 ENG Barry Hawkins 5 13 NIR Mark Allen 5 ENG Judd Trump 1 5 ENG Ali Carter 3 IRL Michael Judge 5 8 AUS Neil Robertson 5 SCO Marcus Campbell 4 12 ENG Mark King 3 ENG Stephen Lee 5 9 ENG Joe Perry 5 ENG Rod Lawler 1 2 SCO Stephen Maguire 5 ENG Mark Davis 3   ENG Steve Davis w/d WAL Dominic Dale w/o 14 WAL Matthew Stevens 5 6 WAL Ryan Day 4   ENG Robert Milkins 5 ENG Michael Holt 4 ENG Barry Pinches 1 4 SCO Stephen Hendry 5   ENG Mike Dunn 4 ENG Barry Hawkins 5 13 NIR Mark Allen 5 IRL Michael Judge 2 8 AUS Neil Robertson 5 ENG Stephen Lee 2 9 ENG Joe Perry 0 2 SCO Stephen Maguire 5 WAL Dominic Dale 2 14 WAL Matthew Stevens 5 ENG Robert Milkins 2 4 SCO Stephen Hendry 5 ENG Barry Hawkins 2 13 NIR Mark Allen 5 8 AUS Neil Robertson 5 2 SCO Stephen Maguire 2 14 WAL Matthew Stevens 6 4 SCO Stephen Hendry 4 13 NIR Mark Allen 4 8 AUS Neil Robertson 6 14 WAL Matthew Stevens 7 8 AUS Neil Robertson 9 Final Final: Best of 17 frames. Referee: Eirian Williams.Bahrain International Exhibition Centre, Manama, Bahrain, November 15, 2008. Matthew Stevens (14) 7–9 Neil Robertson (8) Afternoon: 0–129 (129), 13–117 (117), 4–108 (96), 69–68 (Robertson 68), 1–75 (75), 82–22 (51), 75–0 (70) Evening: 56–70 (63), 67–47, 115–0 (71), 32–64, 110–5 (110), 73–48, 61–64, 1–96 (53), 8–77 110 Highest break 129 1 Century breaks 2 4 50+ breaks 7 Qualifying Qualifying for the tournament took place at Pontins in Prestatyn, Wales between 27 and 30 October 2008.Bahrain Championship 2008 Qualifying Results http://www.global-snooker.com/professional-tournaments-bahrain-snooker-championship-08-09-qualifying-results.asp Global Snooker Centre 13 March 2013 usurped https://web.archive.org/web/20120212223750/http://www.global-snooker.com/professional-tournaments-bahrain-snooker-championship-08-09-qualifying-results.asp 12 February 2012 no Round 1Best of 9 frames Round 2Best of 9 frames Round 3Best of 9 frames Round 4Best of 9 frames 200 SCO James McBain 0 THA Atthasit Mahitthi 5 WAL Daniel Wells bye ENG Peter Lines bye THA Supoj Saenla 4 WAL Andrew Pagett 5 ENG David Grace 2 SCO Robert Stephen 5 IRL Rodney Goggins 5 ENG Michael Georgiou 1 NZL Chris McBreen 2 NED Stefan Mazrocis 5 ENG Paul Davison 5 IND Aditya Mehta 2 ENG Simon Bedford 1 ENG Stephen Craigie 5 ENG Matthew Selt 5 CHN Liu Chuang 4 ENG Kuldesh Johal 4 IRL Vincent Muldoon 5 WAL Jamie Jones bye ENG Matthew Couch 5 ENG Andy Lee 3 NIR Patrick Wallace 2 CHN Jin Long 5 ENG Lewis Roberts bye CHN Li Hang 5 ENG Wayne Cooper 2 ENG Lee Spick 2 THA Atthasit Mahitthi 5 CHN Liu Song 2 WAL Daniel Wells 5 ENG Jimmy White 2 ENG Peter Lines 5 ENG Mark Joyce 5 WAL Andrew Pagett 4 ENG Andrew Norman 3 SCO Robert Stephen 5 IRL David Morris 5 IRL Rodney Goggins 1 ENG David Roe 2 NED Stefan Mazrocis 5 ENG Stuart Pettman 5 ENG Paul Davison 4 IRL Joe Delaney 5 ENG Stephen Craigie 2 WAL Paul Davies 5 ENG Matthew Selt 4 SCO Scott MacKenzie 2 IRL Vincent Muldoon 5 ENG Martin Gould 5 WAL Jamie Jones 4 WAL Ian Preece 4 ENG Matthew Couch 5 ENG Andy Hicks 5 CHN Jin Long 3 ENG Rod Lawler 5 ENG Lewis Roberts 1 ENG Mark Davis 5 CHN Li Hang 2 ENG David Gray 0 THA Atthasit Mahitthi 5 ENG John Parrott 5 WAL Daniel Wells 3 SCO Alan McManus 1 ENG Peter Lines 5 ENG Rory McLeod 5 ENG Mark Joyce 3 ENG Robert Milkins 5 SCO Robert Stephen 3 ENG Adrian Gunnell 4 IRL David Morris 5 ENG Barry Pinches 5 NED Stefan Mazrocis 1 ENG Jimmy Michie 5 ENG Stuart Pettman 2 ENG Mike Dunn 5 IRL Joe Delaney 2 SCO Jamie Burnett 1 WAL Paul Davies 5 ENG Judd Trump 5 IRL Vincent Muldoon 4 CHN Liang Wenbo 5 ENG Martin Gould 1 SCO Marcus Campbell 5 ENG Matthew Couch 2 ENG Tom Ford 1 ENG Andy Hicks 5 ENG David Gilbert 2 ENG Rod Lawler 5 ENG Andrew Higginson 3 ENG Mark Davis 5 ENG Steve Davis 5 THA Atthasit Mahitthi 4 WAL Dominic Dale 5 ENG John Parrott 0 ENG Stuart Bingham 5 ENG Peter Lines 2 ENG Dave Harold 5 ENG Rory McLeod 4 NIR Joe Swail 1 ENG Robert Milkins 5 ENG Michael Holt 5 IRL David Morris 0 IRL Fergal O'Brien 4 ENG Barry Pinches 5 ENG Ricky Walden 5 ENG Jimmy Michie 2 NIR Gerard Greene 1 ENG Mike Dunn 5 ENG Barry Hawkins 5 WAL Paul Davies 4 WAL Mark Williams 2 ENG Judd Trump 5 IRL Michael Judge 5 CHN Liang Wenbo 2 ENG Nigel Bond 4 SCO Marcus Campbell 5 ENG Stephen Lee 5 ENG Andy Hicks 1 ENG Ian McCulloch 3 ENG Rod Lawler 5 ENG Anthony Hamilton 2 ENG Mark Davis 5 Century breaks Qualifying stage centuries 147, 139, 139, 115 Liang Wenbo 137 Dominic Dale 136 Atthasit Mahitthi 135 Li Hang 131, 126 Rory McLeod 128 Alan McManus 127 Kuldesh Johal 124 Liu Chuang 122 Jin Long 122, 114, 103 Judd Trump 111 Michael Holt 110 Scott MacKenzie 105, 100 Fergal O'Brien 105 Robert Milkins 101 Vincent Muldoon Televised stage centuries 147 Marcus Campbell 139, 132, 113, 111, 106 Stephen Hendry 137, 114, 102 Robert Milkins 129, 117, 116, 100 Neil Robertson 123 Joe Perry 123 Barry Hawkins 122 Stephen Maguire 120 Ricky Walden 120, 116, 110 Matthew Stevens 119, 112, 111, 105 Mark Allen 118 Peter Ebdon 117 Dave Harold 112, 100 Barry Pinches 110 Graeme Dott 105 Michael Holt 101 Mike Dunn 100 Rod Lawler 100 Ali Carter See also Cue sports Dubai Classic Saudi Arabia Masters References Bahrain Championship Snooker Championship Category:Snooker ranking tournaments