2008 Malta Cup

The 2008 Malta Cup was a professional non-ranking snooker tournament that took place between 4 and 10 February 2008 at the Hilton Conference Center in Portomaso, Malta.

The Gambling Commission looked at allegations of match-fixing during the round-robin stage of the tournament.

Shaun Murphy won the title by defeating Ken Doherty 9–3 in the final.

Prize fund
The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:
 * Winner: £20,000
 * Runner-Up: £9,000
 * Semi-final: £4,500
 * 2nd place in group: £2,750
 * 3rd place in group: £2,500
 * 4th place in group: £2,250
 * 5th place in group: £2,000
 * Maximum break: £10,000
 * Total: £76,000

Group stage
Group matches were played over 6 frames. A win was worth 2 points and a tie 1 point. The top player from each group qualified to the semi-finals.

Group 1

 * John Higgins 6–0 Alex Borg
 * Joe Perry 3–3 Ryan Day
 * John Higgins 4–2 Ryan Day
 * Ali Carter 5–1 Alex Borg
 * Joe Perry 4–2 Alex Borg
 * John Higgins 3–3 Ali Carter
 * Joe Perry 4–2 Ali Carter
 * Ryan Day 3–3 Alex Borg
 * John Higgins 5–1 Joe Perry
 * Ali Carter 2–4 Ryan Day

Group 2

 * Ken Doherty 4–2 Marco Fu
 * Neil Robertson 5–1 Stephen Lee
 * Ken Doherty 4–2 Stephen Lee
 * Joe Swail 1–5 Marco Fu
 * Ken Doherty 5–1 Joe Swail
 * Neil Robertson 3–3 Marco Fu
 * Neil Robertson 4–2 Joe Swail
 * Stephen Lee 1–5 Marco Fu
 * Ken Doherty 5–1 Neil Robertson
 * Joe Swail 1–5 Stephen Lee

Group 3

 * Shaun Murphy 6–0 Tony Drago
 * Stephen Hendry 4–2 Mark Selby
 * Stephen Maguire 4–2 Tony Drago
 * Shaun Murphy 4–2 Mark Selby
 * Stephen Hendry 4–2 Tony Drago
 * Shaun Murphy 4–2 Stephen Maguire
 * Mark Selby 4–2 Tony Drago
 * Stephen Hendry 3–3 Stephen Maguire
 * Shaun Murphy 5–1 Stephen Hendry
 * Stephen Maguire 3–3 Mark Selby

Group 4

 * Graeme Dott 2–4 Dominic Dale
 * Peter Ebdon 2–4 Ding Junhui
 * Graeme Dott 3–3 Ding Junhui
 * Mark Williams 2–4 Dominic Dale
 * Graeme Dott 2–4 Mark Williams
 * Peter Ebdon 2–4 Dominic Dale
 * Mark Williams 3–3 Peter Ebdon
 * Ding Junhui 4–2 Dominic Dale
 * Graeme Dott 2–4 Peter Ebdon
 * Mark Williams 0–6 Ding Junhui

Century breaks

 * 137, 110, 104 – Shaun Murphy
 * 134, 127, 118 – Ken Doherty
 * 129, 100 – Ali Carter
 * 128, 103 – Peter Ebdon
 * 127, 125, 125, 123, 106 – Ding Junhui
 * 127, 110, 101 – Mark Selby
 * 116, 107 – Neil Robertson
 * 113 – Ryan Day
 * 108, 106, 101 – Marco Fu
 * 103 – Stephen Hendry