2008 Huangshan Cup
| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Dates | 14–18 May 2008 |
| Venue | Anhui Sports Bureau |
| City | Hefei |
| Country | China |
| Organisation | CBSA |
| Format | Non-ranking event |
| Highest break | Marco Fu (139) |
| Final | |
| Champion | Ali Carter |
| Runner-up | Marco Fu |
| Score | 5–3 |
The Huangshan Cup was a professional non-ranking snooker tournament that took place on only one occasion between 14 and 18 May 2008 in Hefei, China.
The competition was originally planned so that four top-16 ranked players from the UK would play four Chinese players who would come through an elimination contest. Of those originally invited only Stephen Hendry took part, although four top-16 players did reach the quarter-finals along with local players.
Ali Carter, who was a last-minute replacement for Ronnie O'Sullivan, won in the final 5–3 against Marco Fu. The 2008 Sichuan earthquake caused disruption to the event with players withdrawing; Ding Junhui donated his prize money to the earthquake disaster fund.[1]
Main draw
| Quarter-finals Best of 7 frames | Semi-finals Best of 9 frames | Final Best of 9 frames | ||||||||||||
| Ali Carter | 4 | |||||||||||||
| Cao Kaisheng | 2 | |||||||||||||
| Ali Carter | 5 | |||||||||||||
| Ding Junhui | 3 | |||||||||||||
| Ding Junhui | 4 | |||||||||||||
| Liu Chuang | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Ali Carter | 5 | |||||||||||||
| Marco Fu | 3 | |||||||||||||
| Marco Fu | 4 | |||||||||||||
| Liang Wenbo | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Marco Fu | 5 | |||||||||||||
| Jin Long | 3 | |||||||||||||
| Jin Long | 4 | |||||||||||||
| Stephen Hendry | 0 | |||||||||||||
References
- ^ "Ding gives prize money to disaster fund as Carter wins". The Guardian. 19 May 2008. Retrieved 14 November 2017.
- ^ "Carter seals Huangshan Cup title". BBC. 18 May 2008. Retrieved 14 November 2017.