2008 Malta Cup

2008 Malta Cup 2008 02 4 2008 02 10 y Hilton Conference Center Portomaso Malta WPBSA Non-ranking event £76,000 £20,000 Shaun Murphy ENG (137) ENG Shaun Murphy IRL Ken Doherty 9–3 2007 2016 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. The Gambling Commission looked at allegations of match-fixing during the round-robin stage of the tournament.http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/other_sports/snooker/7240804.stm Snookerfaces match-fixing probe 12 February 2008 BBC Sport 13 February 2008 Shaun Murphy won the title by defeating Ken Doherty 9–3 in the final. Prize fund The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:http://www.globalsnookercentre.co.uk/files/Results/2007-8/07-8-Professional/2008-Malta-Cup-Information.htm 2008 Malta Cup – Information Global Snooker Centre https://web.archive.org/web/20081007110601/http://www.globalsnookercentre.co.uk/files/Results/2007-8/07-8-Professional/2008-Malta-Cup-Information.htm 7 October 2008 dead 20 May 2024 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 Group 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.Malta Cup 2008 http://www.snooker.org/trn/0708/mc2008_res.shtml Snooker.org 13 March 20112008 Malta Cup http://www.globalsnookercentre.co.uk/files/Results/2007-8/07-8-Professional/2008-Malta-Cup.htm Global Snooker Centre https://web.archive.org/web/20080405194555/http://www.globalsnookercentre.co.uk/files/Results/2007-8/07-8-Professional/2008-Malta-Cup.htm 5 April 2008 Group 1 POSPlayerMPMWMTMLFWFLFDPTS1 SCO John Higgins4310186+1272 ENG Joe Perry42111212053 WAL Ryan Day41211212044 ENG Ali Carter41121212035 MLT Alex Borg4013618−121 John Higgins 6–0 Alex Borg Joe Perry 3–3 Ryan Day John Higgins 4–2 Ryan Day Ali Carter 5–1 Alex Borg Joe Perry 4–2 Alex Borg John Higgins 3–3 Ali Carter Joe Perry 4–2 Ali Carter Ryan Day 3–3 Alex Borg John Higgins 5–1 Joe Perry Ali Carter 2–4 Ryan Day Group 2 POSPlayerMPMWMTMLFWFLFDPTS1 IRL Ken Doherty4400186+1282 Hong Kong Marco Fu4211159+653 AUS Neil Robertson42111311+254 ENG Stephen Lee4103915−625 Northern Ireland Joe Swail4004519−140 Ken Doherty 4–2 Marco Fu Neil Robertson 5–1 Stephen Lee Ken Doherty 4–2 Stephen Lee Joe Swail 1–5 Marco Fu Ken Doherty 5–1 Joe Swail Neil Robertson 3–3 Marco Fu Neil Robertson 4–2 Joe Swail Stephen Lee 1–5 Marco Fu Ken Doherty 5–1 Neil Robertson Joe Swail 1–5 Stephen Lee Group 3 POSPlayerMPMWMTMLFWFLFDPTS1 ENG Shaun Murphy4400195+1482 SCO Stephen Hendry42111212053 SCO Stephen Maguire41211212+044 ENG Mark Selby41121113−235 MLT Tony Drago4004618−120 Shaun Murphy 6–0 Tony Drago Stephen Hendry 4–2 Mark Selby Stephen Maguire 4–2 Tony Drago Shaun Murphy 4–2 Mark Selby Stephen Hendry 4–2 Tony Drago Shaun Murphy 4–2 Stephen Maguire Mark Selby 4–2 Tony Drago Stephen Hendry 3–3 Stephen Maguire Shaun Murphy 5–1 Stephen Hendry Stephen Maguire 3–3 Mark Selby Group 4 POSPlayerMPMWMTMLFWFLFDPTS1 CHN Ding Junhui4310177+1072 WAL Dominic Dale43011410+463 ENG Peter Ebdon41121113−234 WAL Mark Williams4112915−635 SCO Graeme Dott4013915−61 Graeme Dott 2–4 Dominic Dale Peter Ebdon 2–4 Ding Junhui Graeme Dott 3–3 Ding Junhui Mark Williams 2–4 Dominic Dale Graeme Dott 2–4 Mark Williams Peter Ebdon 2–4 Dominic Dale Mark Williams 3–3 Peter Ebdon Ding Junhui 4–2 Dominic Dale Graeme Dott 2–4 Peter Ebdon Mark Williams 0–6 Ding Junhui Knock-out stage Semi-finalsBest of 11 frames FinalBest of 17 frames SCO John Higgins 2 IRL Ken Doherty 6 ENG Shaun Murphy 6 CHN Ding Junhui 5 IRL Ken Doherty 3 ENG Shaun Murphy 9 Final Final: Best of 17 framesHilton Conference Center, Portomaso, Malta, 10 February 2008. Ken Doherty 3–9 Shaun Murphy 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 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 Category:European Masters (snooker) Malta Malta Cup Category:Snooker in Malta