2004 World Champions v Asia Stars Challenge

World Champions v Asia Stars Challenge 2004 08 4 2004 08 8 y BEC-Tero Hall Bangkok Thailand 110 Sports Management Group Non-ranking event £70,000 £30,0000 John Higgins SCO (103) Marco Fu HKG John Higgins SCO 5–1 The 2004 World Champions v Asia Stars Challenge was an invitational professional non-ranking snooker tournament that ran for one year. This was, in effect, the same event as the Euro-Asia Masters Challenge which ran a season earlier but under a different name. This time, the field consisted of four world champions: Stephen Hendry, John Higgins, Ken Doherty and Mark Williams plus James Wattana, Ding Junhui, Marco Fu and up and coming Thai player, Atthasit Mahitthi. The format was the same with the players split into two round robin groups with the top two from each progressing to the semi-finals.World Champions v Asia Stars Challenge http://www.cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/misc4.html#WChampvAsianStars https://web.archive.org/web/20120216155703/http://www.cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/misc4.html#WChampvAsianStars dead 16 February 2012 Chris Turner's Snooker Archive 18 December 2019Marco Fu wins in Bangkok after slow start Snooker Scene September 2004 16–17 Fu received £30,000 as champion, from a prize fund of £70,000. Results Round-robin stage Group A POSPlayerMPMWMLFWFLFDPTS1Ding Junhui CHN32186+282John Higgins SCO32176+17* 3James Wattana THA32176+17 4Mark Williams WAL30359−45 Results: Ding Junhui 3–1 John Higgins James Wattana 3–1 Mark Williams John Higgins 3–1 James Wattana Ding Junhui 3–2 Mark Williams James Wattana 3–2 Ding Junhui John Higgins 3–2 Mark Williams * John Higgins finished in the playoffs ahead of James Wattana due to winning their head to head match 3–1 Group B POSPlayerMPMWMLFWFLFDPTS1Atthasit Mahitthi THA33091+892Marco Fu HKG32165+163Stephen Hendry SCO31236−334Ken Doherty IRL30339−60 Results: Atthasit Mahitthi 3–0 Marco Fu Atthasit Mahitthi 3–0 Stephen Hendry Marco Fu 3–0 Stephen Hendry Stephen Hendry 3–0 Ken Doherty Atthasit Mahitthi 3–1 Ken Doherty Marco Fu 3–2 Ken Doherty Knock-out stage Semi-finalsBest of 9 frames FinalBest of 9 frames Ding Junhui CHN 4 Marco Fu HKG 5 Atthasit Mahitthi THA 2 John Higgins SCO 5 Marco Fu HKG 5 John Higgins SCO 1 References Category:Snooker non-ranking competitions World Champions v Asia Stars Challenge