2008 UK Championship (snooker)
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| Dates | 13–21 December 2008 |
| Venue | Telford International Centre |
| City | Telford |
| Country | England |
| Organisation(s) | WPBSA |
| Format | Ranking event |
| Total prize fund | £625,000 |
| Winner's share | £100,000 |
| Highest break | 147 |
| Final | |
| Champion |  Shaun Murphy |
| Runner-up |  Marco Fu |
| Score | 10-9 |
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The 2008 Maplin UK Championship professional ranking snooker tournament was held between 13–21 December 2008 at the Telford International Centre, Telford, England. It was the 32nd edition of the event.
World Snooker, the sports governing body, opened an investigation into allegations of match fixing, after Stephen Maguire beat Jamie Burnett 9-3 in the first round. Several bookmakers had stopped taking bets on the match before it even started, when reports of a number of large sums having been placed on the same correct score began to circulate within the industry.[1] Just prior to the 2009 World Championship, where ironically Maguire and Burnett were drawn together the first round, it was announced that Strathclyde Police had opened an official enquiry into the match.[2] The enquiry was closed in 2011 with no criminal charges against either of them, and a World Snooker disciplinary enquiry was announced,[3] which ended without any regulatory action.[4]
Shaun Murphy won the title with a 10-9 victory over Marco Fu.[5][6]
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[edit] Prize fund
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Winner: £100,000 |
Stage 1 High Break: £500 Stage 1 Maximum Break: £1000 Total: £625,000 |
[edit] Representation from different countries
This table shows the number of players who reached the final stages, with the total number who attempted to qualify is in parentheses.
| 18 (52): | England |
5 (10): |  Scotland |
3 (9): |  Wales |
1 (6): |  China PR |
| 1 (7): |  Ireland |
1 (1): |  Australia |
1 (1): | Hong Kong |
2 (5): |  N Ireland |
| 0 (2): |  Thailand |
0 (1): |  India |
0 (1): |  Netherlands |
0 (1): |  New Zealand |
* In snooker, as in many other sports, some non-sovereign sub-national entities of the United Kingdom are treated as separate countries for sport governance purposes.
[edit] Main draw
[edit] Final
| Final: Best of 19 frames (8/11) Telford International Centre, 21 December 2008. Referee: Jan Verhaas |
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| Marco Fu (14) Hong Kong |
9-10 | Shaun Murphy (3) England |
| Afternoon: 34-74, 56-48, 0-99 (99), (102) 103-17, 4-70, 0-73 (73), (69, 74) 143-0, 31-66 Evening: 1-77 (77), 66-51, (59) 75-52, 58-45, 0-109 (54), 6-87 (87), 73-39, 73-40, 93-23, 1-69 (64), 24-69 |
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| 102 | Highest break | 99 |
| 1 | Century breaks | 0 |
| 4 | 50+ breaks | 6 |
[edit] Qualifying
The qualifying took place from December 1 to 8. The games were played in the English Institute of Sport in Sheffield, England.[11][12]
* Declan Hughes conceded the match due to illness.
** John Parrott withdrew due to illness.
[edit] Century breaks
[edit] Qualifying stages centuries
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[edit] Television stages centuries
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[edit] References
- ^ "Scots snooker stars Stephen Maguire and Jamie Burnett in betting probe". Daily Record. 16 December 2008. http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/sport/snooker/2008/12/16/scots-snooker-stars-stephen-maguire-and-jamie-burnett-in-betting-probe-86908-20974520/. Retrieved 2009-02-23.
- ^ "Police investigate snooker match". BBC Sport. 17 April 2009. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/other_sports/snooker/8004077.stm. Retrieved 2009-02-23.
- ^ Everton, Clive. "No charges against Stephen Maguire and Jamie Burnett over fixing claims". guardian.co.uk. http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2011/may/18/stephen-maguire-jamie-burnett-allegations. Retrieved 23 September 2011.
- ^ "WPBSA Statement on Maguire/Burnett Case". worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. http://www.worldsnooker.com/page/NewsArticles/0,,13165~2384416,00.html. Retrieved 23 September 2011.
- ^ "Murphy defeats Fu to clinch title". BBC Sport. 2008-12-22. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/other_sports/snooker/7794708.stm. Retrieved 2009-04-20.
- ^ "World Snooker News: Murphy Takes Glory In UK Thriller". Archived from the original on 2009-08-15. http://www.worldsnooker.com/maplin_uk_championship_news-16037.htm?tid=116. Retrieved 2009-08-13.
- ^ "Prize Money". Global Snooker. http://www.global-snooker.com/professional-uk-championship-2008-prize-money.asp. Retrieved 23 September 2011.
- ^ "UK Championship 2008 Results". Global Snooker. http://www.global-snooker.com/maplin-uk-championship-2008-results.asp. Retrieved 23 September 2011.
- ^ "Maplin UK Championship results". worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. http://www.worldsnooker.com/page/NewsArticles/0,,13165~2362417,00.html. Retrieved 23 September 2011.
- ^ "Maplin UK Championship 2008". WWW Snooker. http://www.snooker.org/trn/0809/uk2008_res.shtml. Retrieved 23 September 2011.
- ^ "Maplin UK Championship 2008 Qualifying". Global Snooker. http://www.global-snooker.com/maplin-electronics-uk-championship-qualfying-results.asp. Retrieved 23 September 2011.
- ^ "Qualifying (Draw)". worldsnooker.org. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. http://www.worldsnooker.com/Maplin_UK_Championship_qualifiers_draw.htm?tid=115. Retrieved 23 September 2011.[dead link]
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