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tournament that took place between 4 and 10 February 2008 at the Hilton Conference Center in

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. 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 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

References

{{Malta Cup European Masters (snooker) Malta Malta Cup Snooker in Malta