2008 Malta Cup

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.

Malta Cup
Tournament information
Dates4–10 February 2008
VenueHilton Conference Center
CityPortomaso
CountryMalta
Organisation(s)WPBSA
FormatNon-ranking event
Total prize fund£76,000
Winner's share£20,000
Highest break Shaun Murphy (137)
Final
Champion Shaun Murphy
Runner-up Ken Doherty
Score9–3
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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
      
John Higgins 2
Ken Doherty 6
Ken Doherty 3
Shaun Murphy 9
Shaun Murphy 6
Ding Junhui 5

Final
Final: Best of 17 frames
Hilton Conference Center, Portomaso, Malta, 10 February 2008.[2][3]
Ken Doherty
 Ireland		 3–9 Shaun Murphy
 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)
91 Highest break 76
0 Century breaks 0
1 50+ breaks 2

Century breaks

[3]

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