The 2008 Six-red Snooker International (also known as the 2008 SangSom 6-red Snooker International for promotional and marketing purposes) was a

six-red snooker Six-red snooker (sometimes spelled six-reds, 6-red, and also known as super 6s), is a variant of snooker, but with only six initially on the table as opposed to the standard fifteen. Overview In Six-red snooker, the traditional game of snooker ...

tournament that took place between 8 and 13 July 2008 at the Montien Riverside Hotel in Bangkok, Thailand. Twenty-one of the tournament's 48 competitors were currently on the 2008/09 main tour of the more established 15-reds game, including former world champions Peter Ebdon and Ken Doherty, 2007 finalist Mark Selby and the hugely successful Jimmy White. A relatively high proportion of competitors were from Asia. __TOC__

Round-robin stage

The top four players from each group qualified for the knock-out stage. All matches were best of 9 frames.

Group A

* Jimmy White 5–0 Martin Gould * Issara Kachaiwong 2–5 Aditya Mehta * Mark Selby 5–0 Gregory Kopec * Jimmy White 1–5 Gregory Kopec * Issara Kachaiwong 4–5 Martin Gould * Aditya Mehta 5–4 Gregory Kopec * Mark Selby 4–5 Jimmy White * Aditya Mehta 4–5 Martin Gould * Issara Kachaiwong 4–5 Jimmy White * Mark Selby 5–3 Martin Gould * Issara Kachaiwong 5–3 Gregory Kopec * Mark Selby 5–2 Aditya Mehta * Mark Selby 5–3 Issara Kachaiwong * Jimmy White 5–4 Aditya Mehta * Gregory Kopec 0–5 Martin Gould

Group B

* Yasin Merchant 4–5 Keith Boon * Thepchaiya Un-Nooh 5–0 Au Chi Wai * Keith Boon 5–0 Stuart Pettman * Peter Ebdon 5–0 Yasin Merchant * Thepchaiya Un-Nooh 5–0 Stuart Pettman * Au Chi Wai 5–2 Keith Boon * Yasin Merchant 3–5 Stuart Pettman * Peter Ebdon 5–2 Au Chi Wai * Peter Ebdon 5–4 Thepchaiya Un-Nooh * Peter Ebdon 5–4 Keith Boon * Au Chi Wai 0–5 Stuart Pettman * Thepchaiya Un-Nooh 5–0 Yasin Merchant * Peter Ebdon 3–5 Stuart Pettman * Au Chi Wai 5–4 Yasin Merchant * Thepchaiya Un-Nooh 4–5 Keith Boon'

Group C

* Nguyen Nat Thanh 1–5 Ian Wells * Supoj Saenla 5–3 Chan Wok Ming * Ken Doherty 2–5 Mark Davis * Supoj Saenla 5–0 Nguyen Nat Thanh * Chan Wok Ming 5–2 Ian Wells * Supoj Saenla 5–1 Ian Wells * Ken Doherty 5–3 Nguyen Nat Thanh * Chan Wok Ming 2–5 Mark Davis * Ken Doherty 3–5 Chan Wok Ming * Nguyen Nat Thanh 1–5 Mark Davis * Ken Doherty 5–0 Ian Wells * Nguyen Nat Thanh 0–5 Chan Wok Ming * Supoj Saenla 4–5 Mark Davis * Ken Doherty 5–4 Supoj Saenla * Ian Wells 0–5 Mark Davis

Group D

* James Wattana 5–2 Habib Subah * Marvin Lim Chun Kiat 5–4 Tom Ford * Joe Swail 5–3 Dene O'Kane * Habib Subah 1–5 Tom Ford * Joe Swail 5–1 James Wattana * Dene O'Kane 5–3 Marvin Lim Chun Kiat * Joe Swail 5–1 Habib Subah * James Wattana 5–4 Tom Ford * Habib Subah 3–5 Dene O'Kane * Joe Swail 5–1 Marvin Lim Chun Kiat * Habib Subah 5–4 Marvin Lim Chun Kiat * Joe Swail 4–5 Tom Ford * James Wattana 5–3 Dene O'Kane * James Wattana 5–0 Marvin Lim Chun Kiat * Dene O'Kane 0–5 Tom Ford

Group E

* Stuart Bingham 5–1 Zaw Tun * Saleh Mohammad 5–3 Mike Dunn * Atthasit Mahitthi 5–2 Zaw Tun * Stuart Bingham 5–3 Mohammed Al Joker * Atthasit Mahitthi 0–5 Saleh Mohammad * Mohammed Al Joker 2–5 Mike Dunn * Zaw Tun 0–5 Saleh Mohammad * Stuart Bingham 4–5 Saleh Mohammad * Zaw Tun 4–5 Mohammed Al Joker * Atthasit Mahitthi 5–1 Mike Dunn * Zaw Tun 2–5 Mike Dunn * Atthasit Mahitthi 5–3 Mohammed Al Joker * Stuart Bingham 1–5 Mike Dunn * Saleh Mohammad 5–4 Mohammed Al Joker * Stuart Bingham 5–4 Atthasit Mahitthi

Group F

* Noppadon Noppachorn 5–3 Mohsen Abdullah Aziz * Nigel Bond 5–2 Yutaka Fukuda * Steve Mifsud 3–5 Jimmy Michie * Noppadon Noppachorn 5–3 Jimmy Michie * Steve Mifsud 5–3 Mohsen Abdullah Aziz * Yutaka Fukuda 0–5 Mohsen Abdullah Aziz * Nigel Bond 5–4 Noppadon Noppachorn * Steve Mifsud 5–1 Yutaka Fukuda * Mohsen Abdullah Aziz 2–5 Jimmy Michie * Nigel Bond 5–0 Jimmy Michie * Noppadon Noppachorn 3–5 Steve Mifsud * Nigel Bond 5–2 Steve Mifsud * Yutaka Fukuda 1–5 Jimmy Michie * Nigel Bond 3–5 Mohsen Abdullah Aziz * Noppadon Noppachorn 5–1 Yutaka Fukuda

Group G

* Manan Chandra 2–5 Ricky Walden * Akani Songsermsawat 5–2 Matthew Selt * Phaitoon Phonbun 5–1 Mohammed Shehab * Matthew Selt 5–2 Manan Chandra * Akani Songsermsawat 3–5 Ricky Walden * Phaitoon Phonbun 5–4 Akani Songsermsawat * Matthew Selt 1–5 Mohammed Shehab * Matthew Selt 4–5 Ricky Walden * Phaitoon Phonbun 5–3 Manan Chandra * Akani Songsermsawat 4–5 Mohammed Shehab * Phaitoon Phonbun 5–2 Ricky Walden * Mohammed Shehab 0–5 Ricky Walden * Akani Songsermsawat 1–5 Manan Chandra * Phaitoon Phonbun 4–5 Matthew Selt * Manan Chandra 5–3 Mohammed Shehab

Group H

* Itaro Santos 5–3 Muhammad Sajjad * Dave Harold 5–4 Daniel Wells * Suchart Phookang 5–3 Michael Holt * Daniel Wells 5–2 Michael Holt * Suchart Phookang 5–3 Muhammad Sajjad * Suchart Phookang 3–5 Daniel Wells * Muhammad Sajjad 5–3 Michael Holt * Dave Harold 5–2 Itaro Santos * Itaro Santos 3–5 Daniel Wells * Dave Harold 5–0 Suchart Phookang * Dave Harold 5–0 Muhammad Sajjad * Suchart Phookang 2–5 Itaro Santos * Dave Harold 2–5 Michael Holt * Muhammad Sajjad 1–5 Daniel Wells * Itaro Santos 4–5 Michael Holt

Knockout stage

Maximum breaks

(Note: a maximum break in six-red snooker is 75.) * Saleh Mohammad (2 minutes 54 seconds) * Mike Dunn (3 minutes 1 seconds) * Michael Holt (3 minutes 31 seconds) * Michael Holt (3 minutes 32 seconds) * Mark Selby (3 minutes 42 seconds) *

Mohammed Shehab Mohammed Shehab (born 1976) is a former professional snooker player from the United Arab Emirates. The winner of the Snooker Singles at the 2007 Asian Indoor Games, Shehab has enjoyed good form in the six-red variant format, most notably at the ...

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References

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