2008 Malta Cup

Malta Cup

Tournament information
Dates	4–10 February 2008
Venue	Hilton Conference Center
City	Portomaso
Country	Malta
Organisation(s)	WPBSA
Format	Non-ranking event
Highest break	137
Final
Champion	Shaun Murphy
Runner-up	Ken Doherty
Score	9–3
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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

POS	Player	MP	MW	MT	ML	FW	FL	FD	PTS
1	John Higgins	4	3	1	0	18	6	+12	7
2	Joe Perry	4	2	1	1	12	12	0	5
3	Ryan Day	4	1	2	1	12	12	0	4
4	Allister Carter	4	1	1	2	12	12	0	3
5	Alex Borg	4	0	1	3	6	18	−12	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

POS	Player	MP	MW	MT	ML	FW	FL	FD	PTS
1	Ken Doherty	4	4	0	0	18	6	+12	8
2	Marco Fu	4	2	1	1	15	9	+6	5
3	Neil Robertson	4	2	1	1	13	11	+2	5
4	Stephen Lee	4	1	0	3	9	15	−6	2
5	Joe Swail	4	0	0	4	5	19	−14	0

• 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

POS	Player	MP	MW	MT	ML	FW	FL	FD	PTS
1	Shaun Murphy	4	4	0	0	19	5	+14	8
2	Stephen Hendry	4	2	1	1	12	12	0	5
3	Stephen Maguire	4	1	2	1	12	12	+0	4
4	Mark Selby	4	1	1	2	11	13	−2	3
5	Tony Drago	4	0	0	4	6	18	−12	0

• 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

POS	Player	MP	MW	MT	ML	FW	FL	FD	PTS
1	Ding Junhui	4	3	1	0	17	7	+10	7
2	Dominic Dale	4	3	0	1	14	10	+4	6
3	Peter Ebdon	4	1	1	2	11	13	−2	3
4	Mark Williams	4	1	1	2	9	15	−6	3
5	Graeme Dott	4	0	1	3	9	15	−6	1

• 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

	Semi-finals Best of 11 frames					Final Best of 17 frames
		John Higgins	2
		Ken Doherty	6
							Ken Doherty	3
							Shaun Murphy	9
		Shaun Murphy	6
		Ding Junhui	5

Final

Final: Best of 17 frames Hilton Conference Center, Portomaso, Malta, 10 February 2008.
Ken Doherty Ireland	3–9	Shaun Murphy England
Afternoon: 91–1 (91), 24–57, 36–78, 8–100, 22–87, 75–44, 0–67, 39–56 Evening: 0–110 (75), 66–34, 30–74, 0–76 (76)
91	Highest break	76
0	Century breaks	0
1	50+ breaks	2

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