Shaun Murphy from England successfully defended the Malta Cup.Murphy defeated Ken Doherty (Ireland) 9-3 in the final. John Higgins (Scotland) and Ding Junhui (China) lost out in the semi-finals.
Murphy earned £20,000 for the victory. Doherty won £9,000 as runner-up.
The Malta Cup was a non-ranking event this year so there are no changes in the ranking lists.
The tournament took place at the Hilton Conference Centre, Portamaso, Malta Feb 4-10, 2008. Next up on the snooker calendar is the Welsh Open which starts 11th February.
See also:
- Malta Cup (Official site)
- Malta Cup 2008 (World Snooker)
- Murphy thrashes Doherty in final (BBC)
- Murphy Wins in Malta (Eurosport)
- Murphy Wins in Malta (Sporting Life)
- 2008 Malta Cup (Global Cue Sports Centre)
- Shaun Murphy ends year-long wait for trophy in drab Malta final (Times Online)
- Snooker: Murphy Wins in Malta (greenbaize)
- Time to Ditch the Round Robins (Snooker Scene blog)
- Murphy verteidigt Malta-Titel (Snookerblog - German)
- Snooker Ranking - Malta Cup 2008 (Cuefactor)
- Shaun Murphy (Wikipedia)
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