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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
Final
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