2008 Premier League Snooker

The 2008 PartyPoker.com Premier League was a professional non-ranking snooker tournament that was played from 11 September to 7 December 2008.

PartyPoker.com Premier League
Tournament information
Dates11 September–
7 December 2008
CountryUnited Kingdom
Organisation(s)Matchroom Sport
FormatNon-ranking event
Highest break139
Final
Champion Ronnie O'Sullivan
Runner-up Mark Selby
Score7–2
← 2007
2009 →

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

League phase
Ranking
SEL
PER
OSU
HEN
DIN
HIG
DAV		Frame
W–L		Match
W–D–L		Pld–Pts
1 Mark Selby x335446 25–114–2–06–10
2 Joe Perry 3x45244 22–144–1–16–9
3 Ronnie O'Sullivan 32x3636 23–132–3–16–7
4 Stephen Hendry 113x345 17–192–2–26–6
5 Ding Junhui 2403x34 16–202–2–26–6
6 John Higgins 22323x3 15–210–3–36–3
7 Steve Davis 020123x 8–280–1–56–1

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 Mark Selby* 5
4 Stephen Hendry 0
1 Mark Selby 2
3 Ronnie O'Sullivan*** 7
2 Joe Perry 4
3 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
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

[2][3]

References
  1. "Premier League 2008 - Table". Global Snooker. Archived from the original on 5 July 2011. Retrieved 5 January 2011.
  2. "2008 PartyPoker.com Premier League Snooker". premierleaguesnooker.matchroomcms.com. Matchroom Sport. Archived from the original on 23 December 2009. Retrieved 5 January 2011.
  3. "Premier League Snooker 2008 - Results". Global Snooker. Archived from the original on 5 July 2011. Retrieved 5 January 2011.
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