2008 Premier League Snooker

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

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

League phase

(breaks above 50 shown between brackets); breaks 100 and above will be indicated bold.^[1][2]

• September 11 – 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)

• September 18 – 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

• September 25 – 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

• October 9 – 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

• October 23 – 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)

• October 30 – 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)

• November 6 – 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)

• November 13 – 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

• November 20 – 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

• November 27 – 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

League table

Top four qualify for the play–offs. If points are level then most frames won. If two players have an identical record then the result in their match will determine their positions. If that ended 3–3 then the player who got to four first will be higher.^[1][3]

Play-offs

December 6–7 – Potters Leisure Resort, Hopton-on-Sea, England^[1][2]

* 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

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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• 139, 113, 100 – Ding Junhui
• 134, 126, 105, 104 – Ronnie O'Sullivan
• 128, 120, 115, 110, 104, 102, 101 – Mark Selby
• 120 – John Higgins
• 115, 103, 101, 100 – Joe Perry
• 108 – Stephen Hendry

References