2008 Malta Cup

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Malta Cup
Tournament information
Dates4–10 February 2008 (2008-02-04 2008-02-10)
VenueHilton Conference Center
City Portomaso
Country Malta
Organisation WPBSA
FormatNon-ranking event
Total prize fund £76,000
Winner's share£20,000
Highest break Flag of England.svg Shaun Murphy (137)
Final
Champion Flag of England.svg Shaun Murphy
Runner-up Flag of Ireland.svg Ken Doherty
Score9–3
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.

Contents

The Gambling Commission looked at allegations of match-fixing during the round-robin stage of the tournament. [1]

Shaun Murphy won the title by defeating Ken Doherty 9–3 in the final.

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. [2] [3]

Group 1

Group 2

Group 3

Group 4

Knock-out stage

[2] [3]

Semi-finals
Best of 11 frames
Final
Best of 17 frames
      
Flag of Scotland.svg John Higgins 2
Flag of Ireland.svg Ken Doherty 6
Flag of Ireland.svg Ken Doherty 3
Flag of England.svg Shaun Murphy 9
Flag of England.svg Shaun Murphy 6
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Ding Junhui 5

Final

Final: Best of 17 frames
Hilton Conference Center, Portomaso, Malta, 10 February 2008. [2] [3]
Ken Doherty
Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland
3–9 Shaun Murphy
Flag of England.svg  England
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)
91Highest break76
0Century breaks0
150+ breaks2

Century breaks

[3]

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References

  1. "Snookerfaces match-fixing probe". BBC Sport. 13 February 2008. Retrieved 12 February 2008.
  2. 1 2 3 "Malta Cup 2008". Snooker.org. Retrieved 13 March 2011.
  3. 1 2 3 4 "2008 Malta Cup". Global Snooker Centre. Archived from the original on 5 April 2008.