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2008 Malta Cup
The 2008 Malta Cup was a professional non-Snooker world rankings, 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. __TOC__ 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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Malta Cup
The European Masters is a professional ranking snooker tournament that has been staged periodically since 1989 as the European Open. Between 2005 and 2008 it was known as the Malta Cup and was the sole ranking tournament in Europe outside the British Isles, before being discontinued. In 2016, the event was resurrected and rebranded the European Masters. History Before the 1988/89 season, there were no ranking events outside the United Kingdom. There were, however, many successful invitation events, so the World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association decided to extend the tour with some overseas events. The first two were held in Canada and mainland Europe. The first European event was the European Open in 1988 in Deauville, France, with the sponsorship of ICI. The event then was held at the Palais des Sports in Lyon, France, for 1992 and at the Imax Centre in Rotterdam, Netherlands with the sponsorship of Tulip Computers. The event was then moved to Belgium. It was h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |