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

Group 1

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1 John Higgins4310186+127
2 Joe Perry4211121205
3 Ryan Day4121121204
4 Allister Carter4112121203
5 Alex Borg4013618−121

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1 Ken Doherty4400186+128
2 Marco Fu4211159+65
3 Neil Robertson42111311+25
4 Stephen Lee4103915−62
5 Joe Swail4004519−140

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1 Shaun Murphy4400195+148
2 Stephen Hendry4211121205
3 Stephen Maguire41211212+04
4 Mark Selby41121113−23
5 Tony Drago4004618−120

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1 Ding Junhui4310177+107
2 Dominic Dale43011410+46
3 Peter Ebdon41121113−23
4 Mark Williams4112915−63
5 Graeme Dott4013915−61

Final

Century breaks