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Revision as of 12:28, 28 April 2008
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The 2008 888.com World Snooker Championship is taking place between 19 April and 5 May at the Crucible Theatre, Sheffield. John Higgins is the defending champion.
Notable happenings
- Debutants at the Crucible this year were Jamie Cope, Liu Chuang and Liang Wenbo.
- Steve Davis became the first player aged 50 or over to play at the Crucible since Doug Mountjoy in 1993.
- The 2007 finalist, Mark Selby, was knocked out in the first round by qualifier Mark King 10–8.
- Matthew Stevens's 10–5 first round defeat to John Higgins was the 1st time he'd ever lost in the 1st round.
- Ding Junhui's 10–9 first round victory over Marco Fu was his first ever win at the Crucible.
- Ken Doherty's 10–5 defeat to qualifier Liang Wenbo consigned him to dropping out of the top 16 of the World Rankings for the first time since the 1992/93 season.
- Ryan Day reached the quarter-finals for the first time in this tournament by beating the 2007 champion, John Higgins 13–9.
- Stephen Hendry reached the quarter-finals for the first time since 2005.
- Liu Chuang dropped off the main tour as a result of his defeat in Round 1 by Ronnie O'Sullivan
- Stephen Maguire won the first sessions of his 1st and 2nd round matches 8–0 against Anthony Hamilton and Neil Robertson respectively.
- Debutant Liang Wenbo fast became a crowd-favourite when he accidentally entered the arena with the match officials during his match against Ken Doherty and had to quickly scurry back to be introduced. He also sat down after taking a shot during his Second Round match against Joe Swail not realising he had fluked a red into the corner pocket.
Results
Shown below are the results for each round, the numbers in brackets beside some of the players are their seeding ranks (each championship has 16 seeds and 16 qualifiers).
Matches with scores in italics are ongoing
Template:World Snooker Championship Rounds
List of Centuries
This is a list of century breaks made during the televised stages of the tournament. The highest break receives a prize of £10,000, and a 147 break receives a prize of £147,000.
- Ronnie O'Sullivan - 140, 102
- Joe Perry - 132, 104, 102
- Stephen Maguire - 131, 118, 112, 110
- Ali Carter - 128, 100
- Jamie Cope - 126, 101
- Graeme Dott - 126
- Nigel Bond - 125
- Stephen Hendry - 124, 112, 110
- Mark King - 121, 116, 112
- John Higgins - 120, 103
- Ding Junhui - 114, 113
- Matthew Stevens - 112
- Peter Ebdon - 109, 103
- Mark Selby - 108
- Ryan Day - 104
- Michael Judge - 104
- Marco Fu - 103, 100
- Mark Allen - 102
- Anthony Hamilton - 102
- Shaun Murphy - 102
Preliminary Qualifying
The preliminary qualifying rounds for the tournament took place in Pontin's Prestatyn, Wales between 3 January and 5 January 2008.
Qualifying Round 1
| Phil Seaton | 5-2 | Donald Newcombe |
Qualifying Round 2
| Colin Mitchell | 5-4 | Phil Seaton |
| Les Dodd | 1-5 | David Singh |
| Adam Osbourne | 0-5 | Sean Storey |
| Tony Knowles | 5-1 | Ali Bassiri |
| Neil Selman | 5-1 | John Wilson |
| Ian Stark | 5-4 | Del Smith |
| Tony Brown | 5-1 | Christopher Flight |
| Stephen Ormerod | w/o | Paul Wykes |
Qualifying Round 3
| Colin Mitchell | 5-3 | David Singh |
| Sean Storey | 5-0 | Tony Knowles |
| Neil Selman | 4-5 | Ian Stark |
| Tony Brown | 3-5 | Stephen Ormerod |
Round 1
| Patrick Wallace | 10-1 | Sean Storey |
| Jimmy Robertson | 10-5 | Stephen Ormerod |
| Rodney Goggins | 10-4 | Ian Stark |
| Liu Chuang | 10-0 | Colin Mitchell |
Qualifying
The qualifying rounds for the tournament took place in Pontin's Prestatyn, Wales between 6 January and 11 January 2008. The final round of qualifying took place at the English Institute of Sport in Sheffield between 7 March and 10 March.
External Links
- Live-Replay video of the 888.com last 32 players Drawing in the Crucible theatre at 11th March 08
- Qualifying Stages at worldsnooker.com
- Main Draw at worldsnooker.com
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