The 2008

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tournament that was played from 25 February to 15 May 2008 at the Crondon Park Golf Club in

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. Joe Perry won in the final 3–1 against

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, and earned a place in the 2008 Premier League Snooker.

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played in all seven qualifying groups.

Prize fund

The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below: *Group 1–7 **Winner: £3,000 **Runner-up: £2,000 **Semi-final: £1,000 **Frame-win in league stage: £100 **Frame-win in play-offs: £300 *Winners group **Winner: £10,000 **Runner-up: £5,000 **Semi-final: £3,000 **Frame-win in league stage: £200 **Frame-win in play-offs: £300 *Tournament total: £175,600

Group one

Group one matches were played on 25 and 26 February 2008. Ryan Day was the first player to qualify for the winners group.

Matches

* Ken Doherty 3–1 Mark Williams * Ali Carter 0–4 Ryan Day * ''Joe Perry 2–2 Barry Hawkins'' * Matthew Stevens 1–3 Ken Doherty * Mark Williams 3–1 Ali Carter * Ryan Day 1–3 Joe Perry * Barry Hawkins 1–3 Matthew Stevens * Ken Doherty 1–3 Ali Carter * ''Mark Williams 2–2 Ryan Day'' * ''Joe Perry 2–2 Matthew Stevens'' * Ali Carter 4–0 Matthew Stevens * Barry Hawkins 3–1 Ryan Day * ''Ken Doherty 2–2 Barry Hawkins'' * Mark Williams 1–3 Joe Perry * ''Ryan Day 2–2 Matthew Stevens'' * Ali Carter 3–1 Barry Hawkins * ''Ken Doherty 2–2 Joe Perry'' * ''Mark Williams 2–2 Matthew Stevens'' * Mark Williams 3–1 Barry Hawkins * ''Ali Carter 2–2 Joe Perry'' * Ken Doherty 1–3 Ryan Day

Table

Play-offs

Group two

Group two matches were played on 27 and 28 February 2008. Ken Doherty was the second player to qualify for the winners group.

Matches

* ''Joe Perry 2–2 Ali Carter'' * Ken Doherty 3–1 Mark Williams * Joe Swail 1–3 Nigel Bond * Anthony Hamilton 3–1 Joe Perry * Ali Carter 3–1 Ken Doherty * Mark Williams 1–3 Joe Swail * ''Nigel Bond 2–2 Anthony Hamilton'' * Joe Perry 1–3 Ken Doherty * Ali Carter 4–0 Mark Williams * Joe Swail 1–3 Anthony Hamilton * ''Ken Doherty 2–2 Anthony Hamilton'' * Nigel Bond 1–3 Mark Williams * ''Joe Perry 2–2 Nigel Bond'' * ''Ali Carter 2–2 Joe Swail'' * Mark Williams 4–0 Anthony Hamilton * Ken Doherty 3–1 Nigel Bond * Joe Perry 3–1 Joe Swail * Ali Carter 1–3 Anthony Hamilton * Ali Carter 3–1 Nigel Bond * Ken Doherty 1–3 Joe Swail * Joe Perry 3–1 Mark Williams

Table

Play-offs

Group three

Group three matches were played on 10 and 11 March 2008. Anthony Hamilton was the third player to qualify for the winners group.

Matches

* ''Ali Carter 2–2 Anthony Hamilton'' * Michael Holt 1–3 Joe Swail * Shaun Murphy 3–1 Mark Selby * Stuart Bingham 0–4 Ali Carter * Anthony Hamilton 3–1 Michael Holt * Joe Swail 1–3 Shaun Murphy * ''Mark Selby 2–2 Stuart Bingham'' * Ali Carter 3–1 Michael Holt * Anthony Hamilton 4–0 Joe Swail * Shaun Murphy 3–1 Stuart Bingham * ''Michael Holt 2–2 Stuart Bingham'' * Mark Selby 3–1 Joe Swail * Ali Carter 3–1 Mark Selby * Anthony Hamilton 1–3 Shaun Murphy * ''Joe Swail 2–2 Stuart Bingham'' * Michael Holt 1–3 Mark Selby * ''Ali Carter 2–2 Shaun Murphy'' * ''Anthony Hamilton 2–2 Stuart Bingham'' * Anthony Hamilton 1–3 Mark Selby * Michael Holt 0–4 Shaun Murphy * Ali Carter 4–0 Joe Swail

Table

Play-offs

Group four

Group four matches were played on 12 and 13 March 2008. Shaun Murphy was the fourth player to qualify for the winners group.

Matches

* Shaun Murphy 1–3 Ali Carter * ''Mark Allen 2–2 Stuart Bingham'' * Jamie Cope 0–4 Shaun Murphy * ''Joe Perry 2–2 Mark King'' * ''Ali Carter 2–2 Mark Allen'' * ''Stuart Bingham 2–2 Joe Perry'' * Mark King 3–1 Jamie Cope * Shaun Murphy 1–3 Mark Allen * ''Ali Carter 2–2 Stuart Bingham'' * Joe Perry 1–3 Jamie Cope * Mark Allen 3–1 Jamie Cope * Mark King 3–1 Stuart Bingham * Shaun Murphy 3–1 Mark King * ''Ali Carter 2–2 Joe Perry'' * ''Stuart Bingham 2–2 Jamie Cope'' * ''Mark Allen 2–2 Mark King'' * ''Shaun Murphy 2–2 Joe Perry'' * Ali Carter 3–1 Jamie Cope * Joe Perry 3–1 Mark Allen * ''Ali Carter 2–2 Mark King'' * Shaun Murphy 3–1 Stuart Bingham

Table

Play-offs

Group five

Group five matches were played on 14 and 15 April 2008. Joe Perry was the fifth player to qualify for the winners group.

Matches

* ''Ali Carter 2–2 Mark King'' * ''Mark Allen 2–2 Joe Perry'' * Stephen Lee 0–4 Neil Robertson * Dominic Dale 0–4 Ali Carter * ''Mark King 2–2 Mark Allen'' * ''Joe Perry 2–2 Stephen Lee'' * Neil Robertson 3–1 Dominic Dale * ''Ali Carter 2–2 Mark Allen'' * Joe Perry 1–3 Mark King * ''Stephen Lee 2–2 Dominic Dale'' * Mark Allen 4–0 Dominic Dale * ''Neil Robertson 2–2 Joe Perry'' * Ali Carter 1–3 Neil Robertson * Mark King 4–0 Stephen Lee * Joe Perry 3–1 Dominic Dale * Mark Allen 1–3 Neil Robertson * Ali Carter 1–3 Stephen Lee * ''Mark King 2–2 Dominic Dale'' * Mark King 3–1 Neil Robertson * Mark Allen 3–1 Stephen Lee * Ali Carter 0–4 Joe Perry

Table

Play-offs

Group six

Group six matches were played on 16 and 17 April 2008. Mark Selby was the sixth player to qualify for the winners group.

Matches

* Mark King 3–1 Mark Allen * Neil Robertson 3–1 Ali Carter * Mark Selby 3–1 Gerard Greene * Jimmy White 3–1 Mark King * Ali Carter 1–3 Mark Selby * Mark Allen 1–3 Neil Robertson * Gerard Greene 1–3 Jimmy White * ''Mark King 2–2 Neil Robertson'' * Mark Allen 1–3 Ali Carter * Mark Selby 4–0 Jimmy White * Neil Robertson 3–1 Jimmy White * Gerard Greene 1–3 Ali Carter * Mark Selby 3–1 Mark Allen * ''Mark King 2–2 Gerard Greene'' * Ali Carter 4–0 Jimmy White * Neil Robertson 3–1 Gerard Greene * ''Mark Selby 2–2 Mark King'' * Mark Allen 1–3 Jimmy White * Mark Allen 3–1 Gerard Greene * ''Neil Robertson 2–2 Mark Selby'' * Mark King 3–1 Ali Carter

Table

Play-offs

Group seven

Group seven matches were played on 12 and 13 May 2008. Mark King was the last player to qualify for the winners group.

Matches

* ''Neil Robertson 2–2 Mark King'' * Ali Carter 1–3 Jimmy White * Ian McCulloch 1–3 Fergal O'Brien * Dave Harold 1–3 Neil Robertson * ''Mark King 2–2 Ali Carter'' * Jimmy White 1–3 Ian McCulloch * Fergal O'Brien 3–1 Dave Harold * Neil Robertson 3–1 Ali Carter * Mark King 3–1 Jimmy White * Ian McCulloch 1–3 Dave Harold * Ali Carter 0–4 Dave Harold * Fergal O'Brien 3–1 Jimmy White * Neil Robertson 1–3 Fergal O'Brien * Mark King 1–3 Ian McCulloch * ''Jimmy White 2–2 Dave Harold'' * Ali Carter 1–3 Fergal O'Brien * Neil Robertson 3–1 Ian McCulloch * Mark King 1–3 Dave Harold * ''Mark King 2–2 Fergal O'Brien'' * Ali Carter 4–0 Ian McCulloch * ''Neil Robertson 2–2 Jimmy White''

Table

Play-offs

Winners group

The matches of the winners group were played on 14 and 15 May 2008. Joe Perry has qualified to the 2008 Premier League.

Matches

* Ryan Day 3–1 Ken Doherty * Anthony Hamilton 1–3 Shaun Murphy * Joe Perry 1–3 Mark Selby * Mark King 1–3 Ryan Day * Ken Doherty 4–0 Anthony Hamilton * Shaun Murphy 4–0 Joe Perry * Mark Selby 4–0 Mark King * Ryan Day 1–3 Anthony Hamilton * Ken Doherty 1–3 Shaun Murphy * ''Joe Perry 2–2 Mark King'' * Anthony Hamilton 1–3 Mark King * Mark Selby 3–1 Shaun Murphy * Ryan Day 3–1 Mark Selby * Ken Doherty 0–4 Joe Perry * Shaun Murphy 3–1 Mark King * Anthony Hamilton 1–3 Mark Selby * ''Ryan Day 2–2 Joe Perry'' * ''Ken Doherty 2–2 Mark King'' * Ken Doherty 3–1 Mark Selby * ''Anthony Hamilton 2–2 Joe Perry'' * Ryan Day 3–1 Shaun Murphy

Table

Play-offs

Century breaks

Total:76 *143, 143, 129, 125, 122, 119, 113, 112, 107, 104, 104

*143, 133, 120, 101

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*142, 140, 127, 116, 108, 103, 102, 102, 102, 101, 100

Neil Robertson Neil Robertson (born 11 February 1982) is an Australian professional snooker player who is a former world champion and former world number one. The only Australian to have won a ranking event, he is also the only player from outside the United ...

*137, 134, 122, 105, 102 Ryan Day *129, 126, 113, 101, 101, 100

Ken Doherty Ken Doherty (born 17 September 1969) is an Irish professional snooker player, commentator and radio presenter. As an amateur, Doherty won the Irish Amateur Championship twice, the World Under-21 Amateur Championship and the World Amateur C ...

*129, 114, 107, 104, 100, 100 Joe Perry *128, 128, 117, 112, 112, 105, 105

Shaun Murphy Shaun Peter Murphy (born 10 August 1982) is an English professional snooker player who won the 2005 World Snooker Championship, 2005 World Championship. Nicknamed "The Magician", Murphy is noted for his straight Cue stick, cue action and his lo ...

*128, 128

Stuart Bingham Stuart Bingham (born 21 May 1976) is an English professional snooker player who is a former world and Masters champion. Bingham won the 1996 World Amateur Championship but enjoyed little sustained success in the early part of his professional ...

*126, 108, 107, 107, 107, 104, 103, 100 Anthony Hamilton *125, 119

Jamie Cope Jamie Cope (born 12 September 1985) is an English former professional snooker player. A finalist in two ranking tournaments, the 2006 Grand Prix and the 2007 China Open, Cope also reached the semi-finals of the 2011 Masters. He reached his h ...

*125, 117 Mark King *124, 112

Fergal O'Brien Fergal O'Brien (born 8 March 1972) is an Irish professional snooker player who plays on the main professional tour since 1991. Ranked within the world's top 64 players from 1994 to 2022, he has reached his highest position of 9th in the 2000� ...

*114 Mark Williams *113

Gerard Greene Gerard Eamonn Greene (born 12 November 1973 in Chatham, Kent) is a Northern Irish professional snooker player. He represents Northern Ireland in international events, as his parents are from Belfast. Greene has enjoyed moderate success in his ...

*112, 110, 105

Jimmy White James Warren White (born 2 May 1962) is an English professional snooker player who has won three seniors World titles. Nicknamed "The Whirlwind" because of his fluid, attacking style of play, White is the 1980 World Amateur Champion, 2009 ...

*109, 108, 100

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*103, 100

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References

External links

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