Belgian Challenge
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Belgian Challenge 1991 555 BCE Belgian Challenge 1991 
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| Tournament type: | Non-ranking tournament |
| Attendees: | 16 |
| Venue: | Matchroom Schijnpoort, Antwerp , Belgium |
| Opening: | December 18, 1991 |
| Endgame: | December 21, 1991
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| Winner: |
 Steve Davis
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| Finalist: |
 Stephen Hendry
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| Highest Break: | 142 ( Stephen Hendry )
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The 555 BCE Belgian Challenge 1991 was a one-time professional snooker tournament without any influence on the world rankings during the 1991/92 season and the 1991 World Series . The tournament was played from December 18 to 21, 1991 in the Matchroom Schijnpoort in the Belgian city of Antwerp . The winner was the Englishman Steve Davis , who managed a narrow 10: 9 win over the Scottish player Stephen Hendry in the final . In return, Hendry played the highest break of the tournament with a 142 break.
Prize money
The tournament was one of a series of 555 named challenges and was at least sponsored by this company. There was a total of £ 64,000 in prize money , of which a good third (£ 20,000) went to the winner.
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| winner | £ 20,000 |
| finalist | £ 10,000 |
| Semi-finalist | £ 7,000 |
| Quarter finalist | £ 5,000 |
| Round of 16 | £ 0 |
| All in all | £ 64,000 |
Tournament course
A total of sixteen players took part in the tournament, made up of various leading players of the time as well as several local professional and amateur players. Thus, a Belgian, a German, a French and a Dutch took part in the tournament. All sixteen players played in the knockout system from the round of 16 for the tournament victory. The eighth and quarter finals were played in the best of 9 frames mode , the semifinals in the best of 11 frames mode and the final in the best of 19 frames mode .
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Round of 16 best of 9 frames |
Quarterfinals Best of 9 Frames |
Semi-final best of 11 frames |
Final Best of 19 frames |
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| Steve Davis
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5 | |||||||||||||
 Eric Le Paul
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0 | |||||||||||||
| Steve Davis
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5 | |||||||||||||
 Terry Griffiths
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2 | |||||||||||||
| Terry Griffiths
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5 | |||||||||||||
| Steve James
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2 | |||||||||||||
| Steve Davis
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6th | |||||||||||||
| Jimmy White
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3 | |||||||||||||
| Jimmy White
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5 | |||||||||||||
 Rene Dikstra
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4th | |||||||||||||
| Jimmy White
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5 | |||||||||||||
.svg){kind=small} Franky Chan
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0 | |||||||||||||
| Franky Chan
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5 | |||||||||||||
| Neal Foulds
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4th | |||||||||||||
| Steve Davis
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10 | |||||||||||||
| Stephen Hendry
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9 | |||||||||||||
| Stephen Hendry
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5 | |||||||||||||
 Mike Henson
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0 | |||||||||||||
| Stephen Hendry
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5 | |||||||||||||
| Gary Wilkinson
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0 | |||||||||||||
| Gary Wilkinson
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5 | |||||||||||||
 James Wattana
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3 | |||||||||||||
| Stephen Hendry
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6th | |||||||||||||
| Mike Hallett
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3 | |||||||||||||
| Mike Hallett
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5 | |||||||||||||
 Dennis Taylor
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4th | |||||||||||||
| Mike Hallett
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5 | |||||||||||||
| John Parrott
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3 | |||||||||||||
| John Parrott
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5 | |||||||||||||
 Steve Lemmens
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0 | |||||||||||||
final
Englishman Steve Davis was the leading player in the 1980s and had won six world titles during that time. Now he was still among the world's best , but had to accept Stephen Hendry as the dominant player of the 1990s. Davis started the tournament with a white wash over French champion Eric Le Paul and then moved into the final with wins over Terry Griffiths and vice world champion Jimmy White . There he met Hendry, who in turn had qualified for the final with two white-washs over Mike Henson and Gary Wilkinson and a win over Mike Hallett .
Hendry started the game stronger than Davis and went 0: 4 and later with a 103 break to 2: 5 with 2: 6, before Davis - also with the help of a century break with 102 points - equalized to 6: 6. As a result, a kind of cat-and-mouse game developed when Davis was able to take the lead several times and Hendry equalized immediately. During the next seven frames, three century breaks were played before Davis won the decider with a break of 66 with a break of 9: 9, and thus the game with 10: 9.
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Final: Best of 19 Frames Matchroom Schijnpoort, Antwerp , Belgium , December 21, 1991 |
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Steve Davis
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10 : 9 |
Stephen Hendry
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| 5: 98 (57), 35: 59 , 21: 100 (67), 5: 87 (73), 111 : 0 (72), 69 : 14 (68), 12: 103 (103), 0: 87 ( 60), 71 : 0, 78 : 11 (78), 102 : 22 (102), 71 : 17, 29: 87 , 84 : 7 (56), 102 : 25 (102), 0: 120 (120), 123 : 9 (123), 44: 69 , 76 : 0 (66) |
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| 123 | Highest break | 120 |
| 3 | Century breaks | 2 |
| 8th | 50+ breaks | 6th |
Century Breaks
During the tournament, six players played a total of sixteen Century Breaks :
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Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Ron Florax: 1991 Belgian Challenge. CueTracker.net, accessed March 12, 2020 .
- ↑ a b Chris Turner: Other Non-ranking and invition Events - First hero 1990-1999 *. Chris Turner's Snooker Archive, 2008, archived from the original on February 16, 2012 ; accessed on March 12, 2020 (English).
- ↑ a b Ron Florax: 1991 Belgian Challenge - Finishes. CueTracker.net, accessed March 12, 2020 .
