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The Malta Cup is a professional snooker tournament that has been on the World Snooker calendar since the 2004/05 season. The World Snooker Championship, currently held at the Crucible Theatre in the English city of Sheffield, is the climax of Snooker 's annual calendar and The UK Championship is a professional Snooker tournament generally regarded as the second most prestigious tournament after the World Championship. Welsh Open may refer to Welsh Open (darts Welsh Open (snooker The China Open (also known as the Star Dragon Woods Villa Cup China Open for sponsorship purposes is a professional Snooker tournament For results from this year's event Shanghai Masters 2008 The Shanghai Masters, also known as the World Snooker Roewe Shanghai The Northern Ireland Trophy is a professional Snooker tournament The Masters (known formally as the Saga Insurance Masters, for sponsorship purposes and for many years the Benson and Hedges Masters) is a professional Pot Black was a UK televised Snooker tournament that played a large part in the popularisation of the modern game This is a list of Snooker tournaments Professional tournaments Ranking tournaments This is a list of ranking professional Snooker Snooker is a Cue sport that is played on a large Baize -covered table with pockets in each of the four corners and in the middle of each of the long The snooker season 2004/2005 is a series of Snooker tournaments played during the years 2004 and 2005. It replaced the European Open (which had been held in Malta at that time) as the sole ranking tournament in Europe, outside the British Isles. The European Open was a professional Snooker tournament It was one of the eight ranking tournaments until the 2003/04 season. Malta, officially the Republic of Malta (Repubblika ta' Malta is a European Microstate, comprising an Archipelago of three islands The snooker world rankings are the official system of ranking professional Snooker players to determine automatic qualification and seeding for tournaments
The tournament lost its status as a ranking tournament starting with the 2007/08 season. The Snooker Season 2007/08 is a series of Snooker tournaments played during 2007 and 2008 The tournament will still be held, but as an invitation event. It will be played at the Hilton Conference Centre, Malta, between February 4 until February 10, 2008. Hilton Hotels Corporation, a subsidiary of the Blackstone Group, is a global hospitality company Malta, officially the Republic of Malta (Repubblika ta' Malta is a European Microstate, comprising an Archipelago of three islands Events 211 - Roman Emperor Septimius Severus dies leaving the Roman Empire in the hands of his two quarrelsome sons Events 1355 - The St Scholastica's Day riot breaks out in Oxford, England, leaving 63 scholars and perhaps 30 locals dead 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common The world's top 16 players were invited, but Ronnie O'Sullivan and Steve Davis declined to compete, so World #17 Joe Swail and #18 Joe Perry were invited. Ronald Antonio "Ronnie" O'Sullivan (born 5 December 1975 in Wordsley, West Midlands) nicknamed "The Steve Davis, OBE, (born Steven Davis August 22, 1957, Plumstead, London) is an English professional Snooker Joe Swail (born August 29, 1969) is a professional Snooker player from Belfast, Northern Ireland. Joe Perry (born 13 August, 1974 in Wisbech) is an English professional Snooker player Maltese wildcards Tony Drago and Alex Borg, and two further wildcards chosen by World Snooker (Marco Fu and Dominic Dale, both ranking event winners in 2007) make up the 20-man field. Tony Drago (born 22 September 1965 is a professional Snooker and pool player from Malta. The World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association ( WPBSA, also known as the World Snooker Association or simply World Snooker for short is the governing Fu Ka-chun ( Chinese name: 傅家俊 born January 8 1978 best known in Western media as Marco Fu, is a professional Snooker player from Dominic "One of the Worst" Dale (born Christopher Dale on 29 December 1971) is a Welsh professional Snooker player and occasional
It will be the second World Snooker tournament of the season, after the Grand Prix, to operate a round robin stage. There will be four groups of five players, with only the top player in each group making it through to the semi-finals. Each match in the group stage will played over a set six frames (a change from the first-to-x-frames format of the Grand Prix), the semi-finals best of 11 frames and the final best of 17 frames.
In 2006 (the 2005/06 season), the tournament, won by Ken Doherty, became the first world ranking event in which the quarter-final line-up did not include any Englishmen. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. The snooker season 2005/06 is a series of Snooker tournaments played during 2005 and 2006 Ken Doherty (born 17 September Previously, the fewest Englishmen to reach the quarter-finals of a ranking tournament had been one, in the 1997 World Championship (also won by Doherty). The World Snooker Championship, currently held at the Crucible Theatre in the English city of Sheffield, is the climax of Snooker 's annual calendar and
In 2007 (the 2006/07 season), the tournament, won by Shaun Murphy, was the 200th world ranking tournament to be staged. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. The Snooker Season 2006/07 is a series of Snooker tournaments played during 2006 and 2007 Shaun Murphy may refer to Shaun Murphy (snooker player (born 1982 English snooker player Shaun Murphy (footballer (born 1970 retired
Winners
| Year | Winner | Opponent | Final score | Season |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | Stephen Hendry-  Scotland |
Graeme Dott- Scotland |
9 - 7 | 2004/05 |
| 2006 | Ken Doherty-  Ireland |
John Higgins- Scotland |
9 - 8 | 2005/06 |
| 2007 | Shaun Murphy-  England |
Ryan Day-  Wales |
9 - 4 | 2006/07 |
| 2008 | Shaun Murphy- England |
Ken Doherty- Ireland |
9 - 3 | 2007/08 |
See also
Previous Non-British Isles ranking tournaments
External links
- Official website: Malta Cup
- World Snooker coverage: 2008,2007, 2006, 2005
- Information and results from the Global Snooker Centre: 2008, 2007,2006, 2005
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