1998 Charity Challenge

1998 Charity Challenge
Tournament information
Dates 26 February–1 March 1998
Venue Assembly Rooms
City Derby
Country England
Organisation(s) WPBSA
Format Non-ranking event
Total prize fund £130,000
Winner's share £60,000
Final
Champion Scotland John Higgins
Runner-up England Ronnie O'Sullivan
Score 9–8
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The 1998 Liverpool Victoria Charity Challenge was the fourth edition of the professional invitational snooker tournament, which took place from February to March 1998. The tournament was played at the Assembly Rooms in Derby, and featured twelve professional players.[1]

John Higgins won the title, beating Ronnie O'Sullivan 9–8 in the final.[2]

Main draw

[3]

Round 1
Best of 9 Frames		 Quarter-finals
Best of 9 Frames		 Semi-finals
Best of 11 Frames		 Final
Best of 17 Frames
     
        Scotland John Higgins 5  
England John Parrott 5     England John Parrott 4  
Wales Lee Walker 0       Scotland John Higgins 6  
          Republic of Ireland Ken Doherty 5  
        Republic of Ireland Ken Doherty 5  
England Steve Davis 5     England Steve Davis 4  
England Nigel Bond 4       Scotland John Higgins 9
          England Ronnie O'Sullivan 8
        Wales Mark Williams 4  
England Ronnie O'Sullivan 5     England Ronnie O'Sullivan 5  
Malta Tony Drago 1       England Ronnie O'Sullivan 6  
          Scotland Stephen Hendry 4  
        Scotland Stephen Hendry 5      
England Jimmy White 5     England Jimmy White 4      
England Peter Ebdon 4  

Final

Final: Best of 17 frames.
Assembly Rooms, Derby, England, 1 March 1998.[3]
John Higgins
 Scotland		 9–8 Ronnie O'Sullivan
 England
Afternoon: 79–4 (79), 85–6 (85), 21–74 (74), 70–53, 16–101 (62), 0–98 (98), 52–68, 77–16 (64)
Evening: 66–26, 96–0 (79), 65–0 (57), 66–70 (66, 70), 24–64, 67–39 (54), 0–67 (67), 1–74, 84–1 (61)
85 Highest break 98
0 Century breaks 0
8 50+ breaks 5

References

  1. ↑ "Liverpool Victoria Charity Challenge". Chris Turner's Snooker Archive. Retrieved 15 January 2018.
  2. ↑ Layton, Eric. Cuesport Book of Professional Snooker. p. 175.
  3. 1 2 "Liverpool Victoria Charity Challenge 1998". snooker.org. Retrieved 15 January 2018.
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