2003 Euro-Asia Masters Challenge – Event 2

Euro-Asia Masters Challenge
Tournament information
Dates28–31 August 2003 (2003-08-28 – 2003-08-31)
VenueMerchant Court Hotel
CityBangkok
CountryThailand
Organisation110 Sport Management Group
FormatNon-ranking event
Winner's share£30,000
Highest breakWales Mark Williams (112)
Final
ChampionRepublic of Ireland Ken Doherty
Runner-upHong Kong Marco Fu
Score5–2
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Snooker tournament

The 2003 Euro-Asia Masters Challenge – Event 2 was an invitational professional non-ranking snooker held in Thailand in August 2003.

Following on from the first leg played immediately before it, this edition also featured the same format of eight players in two groups of four. Ken Doherty defeated Marco Fu 5–2 in the final to win the £30,000 prize.[1][2]

Results

[1]

Round-robin stage

Group A

POS Player MP MW FW FL FD PTS
1 China Ding Junhui 3 2 4 2 +2 2
2 Hong Kong Marco Fu 3 2 4 3 +1 2
3 Scotland Stephen Hendry 3 1 3 4 -1 1
4 Wales Mark Williams 3 1 2 4 −2 1

Results:

  • Mark Williams 2–0 Stephen Hendry
  • Ding Junhui 2–0 Marco Fu
  • Ding Junhui 2–0 Mark Williams
  • Marco Fu 2–0 Mark Williams
  • Stephen Hendry 2–0 Ding Junhui
  • Marco Fu 2–1 Stephen Hendry

Group B

POS Player MP MW FW FL FD PTS
1 England Jimmy White 3 2 5 3 +2 2
2 Republic of Ireland Ken Doherty 3 2 4 3 +1 2
3 Thailand James Wattana 3 1 2 4 −2 1
4 Pakistan Shokat Ali 3 1 3 4 −1 1

Results:

  • Jimmy White 2–0 James Wattana
  • James Wattana 2–0 Shokat Ali
  • Ken Doherty 2–0 James Wattana
  • Shokat Ali 2–0 Ken Doherty
  • Jimmy White 2–1 Shokat Ali
  • Ken Doherty 2–1 Jimmy White

Knock-out stage

Semi-finals
Best of 9 frames
Final
Best of 9 frames
      
Hong Kong Marco Fu 5
England Jimmy White 3
Hong Kong Marco Fu 2
Republic of Ireland Ken Doherty 5
Republic of Ireland Ken Doherty 5
China Ding Junhui 4

References

  1. ^ a b Hayton, Eric. Cuesport Book of Professional Snooker. p. 184.
  2. ^ "Euro-Asia Snooker Masters Challenge". Chris Turner's Snooker Archive. Archived from the original on 16 February 2012. Retrieved 21 November 2020.
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