2004 Premier League Snooker

Betfair Premier League Snooker
Tournament information
Dates 10 January-
14 May 2004
Country United Kingdom
Organisation(s) Matchroom Sport
Format Non-ranking event
Highest break 146
Final
Champion Scotland Stephen Hendry
Runner-up Scotland John Higgins
Score 9–6
2003

The 2004 Betfair Premier League Snooker was a professional non-ranking snooker tournament that was played from 10 January to 14 March 2004.

Stephen Hendry won in the final 9–6 against John Higgins.

Prize fund

The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:[1]

League phase

Ranking Scotland
HIG
Scotland
HEN
Wales
WIL
Hong Kong
FU
England
HUN
England
WHI
England
DAV
Frame
W-L
Match
W-D-L
Pld-Pts
1 John Higgins x 2 4 6 6 5 5 28–20 4–1–1 6–9
2 Mark Williams 6 x 4 3 4 6 5 28–20 3–2–1 6–8
3 Stephen Hendry 4 4 x 5 5 3 7 28–20 3–2–1 6–8
4 Marco Fu 2 5 3 x 5 5 6 26–22 4–0–2 6–8
5 Paul Hunter 2 4 3 3 x 4 5 21–27 1–2–3 6–4
6 Jimmy White 3 2 5 3 4 x 3 20–28 1–1–4 6–3
7 Steve Davis 3 3 1 2 3 5 x 17–31 1–0–5 6–2

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 4–4 then the player who got to four first was higher. (Breaks above 50 shown between (parentheses); century breaks are indicated with bold.)[1][2]

Play-offs

13–14 March – Colwyn Bay Leisure Centre, Colwyn Bay, Wales[1][2]

Semi-finals
Best of 11 frames
Final
Best of 17 frames
      
1 Scotland John Higgins* 6
4 Hong Kong Marco Fu 1
1 Scotland John Higgins 6
2 Scotland Stephen Hendry*** 9
2 Scotland Stephen Hendry** 6
3 Wales Mark Williams 4

*(80)-1, (79)-9, (68)-16, (85) 94–27, 0–77, 77–4, (81) 104–0
**21–65, (83)-0, (89) 90–1, (64)-65, (81) 104–0, 56–14, 17–76, (95)-40, 45–64, 53–52 (50)
***60-(62), (134)-0, 33–95 (70), 0-(88), (52) 66–4, 0–87 (86), 0-(80), (74) 78–4, 1–71 (70), 27–56 (55), 80–0, 18-(83), (67) 73–7, (69)-(59), 24–81 (57)

Century breaks

The highest break was worth £6,000.[1]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 "2004 Betfair Premier Snooker League Event Information". matchroomsport.com. Matchroom Sport. Archived from the original on 9 April 2004.
  2. 2.0 2.1 "2004 Results". premierleaguesnooker.matchroomcms.com. Matchroom Sport. Archived from the original on 27 February 2012. Retrieved 5 January 2011.
  3. 3.0 3.1 "January 10–11, 2004". matchroomsport.com. Matchroom Sport. Archived from the original on 20 April 2004.
  4. 4.0 4.1 "January 17–18, 2004". matchroomsport.com. Matchroom Sport. Archived from the original on 20 April 2004.
  5. 5.0 5.1 "February 14–15, 2004". matchroomsport.com. Matchroom Sport. Archived from the original on 20 April 2004.
  6. 6.0 6.1 "February 21–22, 2004". matchroomsport.com. Matchroom Sport. Archived from the original on 6 June 2004.