2008 Premier League Snooker

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PartyPoker.com Premier League Snooker
Tournament information
Dates 11 September–
7 December 2008
Country United Kingdom
Organisation(s) Matchroom Sport
Format Non-ranking event
Highest break 139
Final
Champion England Ronnie O'Sullivan
Runner-up England Mark Selby
Score 7–2
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The 2008 PartyPoker.com Premier League Snooker was a professional non-ranking snooker tournament that was played from 11 September to 7 December 2008.

Ronnie O'Sullivan won in the final 7–2 against Mark Selby.

League phase

Ranking England
SEL		 England
PER		 England
OSU		 Scotland
HEN		 China
DIN		 Scotland
HIG		 England
DAV		 Frame
W–L		 Match
W–D–L		 Pld–Pts
1 Mark Selby x 3 3 5 4 4 6 25–11 4–2–0 6–10
2 Joe Perry 3 x 4 5 2 4 4 22–14 4–1–1 6–9
3 Ronnie O'Sullivan 3 2 x 3 6 3 6 23–13 2–3–1 6–7
4 Stephen Hendry 1 1 3 x 3 4 5 17–19 2–2–2 6–6
5 Ding Junhui 2 4 0 3 x 3 4 16–20 2–2–2 6–6
6 John Higgins 2 2 3 2 3 x 3 15–21 0–3–3 6–3
7 Steve Davis 0 2 0 1 2 3 x 8–28 0–1–5 6–1

Top four qualified for the play–offs. If points were level then most frames won determined their positions. If two players had an identical record then the result in their match determined their positions. If that ended 3–3 then the player who got to four first was higher.[1] (Breaks above 50 shown between (parentheses); century breaks are indicated with bold.)[2][3]

  • 11 September – Grimsby Auditorium, Grimsby, England
    • Mark Selby 4–2 Ding Junhui → 51–64, 15–105 (100), (86)–0, (80)–0, (73)–0, (104)–0
    • Ronnie O'Sullivan 3–3 John Higgins → (62) 63–70, 1–91 (83), (72) 98–0, (85)–0, 67–42, 0–(74)
  • 18 September – The Anvil, Basingstoke, England
    • John Higgins 3–3 Ding Junhui → 43–64, 47–68, 46–82 (76), (57) 59–15, (50) 68–58 (50), (78)–4
    • Ronnie O'Sullivan 2–4 Joe Perry → 44–59, 6–105 (50,55), 0–(103), 63–47, (58) 90–0, 31–57
  • 25 September – Assembly Rooms, Derby, England
    • Joe Perry 4–2 Steve Davis → 45–77, (80) 85–8, (67) 75–27, (55) 61–0, 63–45, 30–94 (65)
    • Mark Selby 5–1 Stephen Hendry → 82–4, 77–9, 76–66, (50) 79–8, 1–75 (52), 67–64
  • 9 October – Malvern Theatres, Great Malvern, England
    • Ronnie O'Sullivan 6–0 Ding Junhui → 63–56, (134) 134–0, (65) 66–1, (53) 70–31, (71)–30, (126)–0
    • Mark Selby 6–0 Steve Davis → 68–36, (95)–3, 66–43, (80) 113–7, 73–49, (101)–0
  • 23 October – Plymouth Pavilions, Plymouth, England
    • Ronnie O'Sullivan 6–0 Steve Davis → 103–7, (60) 97–25, (52) 71–38, (62) 113–0, 63–22, 93–0
    • Stephen Hendry 1–5 Joe Perry → 31–(75), 12–62, 72–9, 1–(108), 53–71(65), 10–75(66)
  • 30 October – English Institute of Sport, Sheffield, England
    • Stephen Hendry 4–2 John Higgins → (76)–7, (65) 72–40, 24–61 (56), 65–12, 68–61 (56), 25–60 (52)
    • Ronnie O'Sullivan 3–3 Mark Selby → (75) 121–10, 60–56, 41–64, (64) 71–28, 5–98, 19–94 (94)
  • 6 November – Newport Centre, Newport, Wales
    • Joe Perry 2–4 Ding Junhui → (50)–85 (70), 4–97, 0–82, (85)–5, 0–80, (90)–0
    • Steve Davis 1–5 Stephen Hendry → 37–54, 0–84 (78), 75–54, 48–75, 32–78 (72), 37–86 (86)
  • 13 November – Dolphin Leisure Centre, Haywards Heath, England
    • Ding Junhui 4–2 Steve Davis → (139)–0, (72) 103–32, (78) 104–0, (56) 92–4, 1–74 (70), 18–69
    • Mark Selby 4–2 John Higgins → (102)–0, 37–82, (55) 72–46, (93) 94–32, 28–62 (60), (113) 126–0
  • 20 November – Sands Centre, Carlisle, England
    • John Higgins 2–4 Joe Perry → 0–(72), 10–75, 36–81, 1–68, (120)–0, (76)–21
    • Ronnie O'Sullivan 3–3 Stephen Hendry → 53–60, 1–109 (108), (67) 77–17, 37–73 (72), (68) 94–36, 66–42
  • 27 November – Glades Arena, Kidderminster, England
    • Mark Selby 3–3 Joe Perry → (63) 91–3, 59–49, 80–22, 6–(115), 2–57, 22–66 (51)
    • Stephen Hendry 3–3 Ding Junhui → 36–(85), (88)–1, 0–(113), (50) 69–12, 8–72, 69–13
    • John Higgins 3–3 Steve Davis → 18–68, 8–57, 66–8, (73)–16, (69) 70–29, 37–67

Play-offs

6–7 December – Potters Leisure Resort, Hopton-on-Sea, England[2][3]

Semi-finals
Best of 9 frames		 Final
Best of 13 frames
           
1 England Mark Selby* 5
4 Scotland Stephen Hendry 0
1 England Mark Selby 2
3 England Ronnie O'Sullivan*** 7
2 England Joe Perry 4
3 England Ronnie O'Sullivan** 5

* 83–34, (110)–4, (128) 133–0, (115)–4, (77)–0
** 55–68, (85) 93–0, 20–93 (79), (72) 76–8, 24–93, (95)–0, 6–69 (52), (100)–4, 4–(104)
*** 11–121 (93), 8–82 (62), 18–74, 14–(84), 48–83 (62), 61–58, 13–(105), (84)–0, 20–(74)

Qualifiers

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Main article: 2008 Championship League

The qualification for this tournament, the Championship League was played in eight groups from 25 February to 15 May 2008.

Century breaks

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References

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