2007 Northern Ireland Trophy

The 2007 Northern Ireland Trophy was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place between 4–11 November 2007 at the Waterfront Hall in Belfast, Northern Ireland.

Stephen Maguire won his first ranking tournament since 2004 by defeating Fergal O'Brien 9–5 in the final. This was Maguire's third ranking title.

In his third round match Ronnie O'Sullivan completed a maximum break against Ali Carter, one of five centuries that he compiled in his 5–2 victory. O'Sullivan remains the only player to make five centuries in a best of 9 match.

Prize fund
The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:


 * Winner: £30,000
 * Runner-up: £15,000
 * Semi-final: £7,500
 * Quarter-final: £5,600
 * Last 16: £4,000
 * Last 32: £2,500
 * Last 48: £1,625
 * Last 64: £1,100


 * Stage one highest break: £500
 * Stage two highest break: £2,000
 * Stage one maximum break: £1,000
 * Stage two maximum break: £20,000
 * Total: £200,000

Qualifying
Qualifying for the tournament took place at Pontin's in Prestatyn, Wales between 23 October and 25 October 2007.

Qualifying stage centuries

 * 136 – Alfie Burden
 * 135 – Barry Pinches
 * 134 – Rory McLeod
 * 130 – Robin Hull
 * 129 – Jimmy Michie
 * 118 – Mike Dunn
 * 113 – Patrick Wallace
 * 113 – John Parrott


 * 110, 100 – Kurt Maflin
 * 110 – Robert Milkins
 * 109, 100 – Liang Wenbo
 * 107 – Ben Woollaston
 * 104 – Jamie O'Neill
 * 103 – Liu Song
 * 100 – Xiao Guodong

Televised stage centuries

 * 147, 129, 122, 110, 108, 107 – Ronnie O'Sullivan
 * 142, 114 – Fergal O'Brien
 * 136 – Ian McCulloch
 * 136 – Ali Carter
 * 135, 106, 105 – Stephen Maguire
 * 130, 127 – Ding Junhui
 * 127 – Stephen Hendry
 * 124, 113 – Shaun Murphy
 * 114 – Marco Fu


 * 113, 108, 100 – Mark Allen
 * 112 – Ken Doherty
 * 112 – Barry Hawkins
 * 110 – Neil Robertson
 * 108, 102 – Stephen Lee
 * 108 – Joe Perry
 * 106 – Nigel Bond
 * 102 – Adrian Gunnell
 * 101 – Ryan Day