EBSA European Snooker Championship 2008

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European Championship 2008
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Venue: Lublin , Poland
Opening: June 4, 2008
Endgame: June 15, 2008

Winner: EnglandEngland David Grace
Finalist: EnglandEngland Craig Steadman
Highest Break: 119 ( Bobby Cruickshanks ) ScotlandScotland
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The EBSA Snooker European Championship 2008 was the 17th edition of the European Billiards and Snooker Association hosted European Championship in Snooker . It took place from June 4th to 15th, 2008 in Lublin , Poland . The Englishman David Grace became European champion with a 7: 6 final victory against his compatriot Craig Steadman . Grace received a starting place for the 2008/09 Main Tour season .

mode

The 64 participating players were divided into eight groups of eight players each, in which they competed against each other in round robin mode . The four best placed in each group qualified for the final round, which was played in the knockout system .

Final round

  Round of 16 Round of 16 Quarter finals Semifinals final
                                     
 EnglandEngland David Grace 4th              
 HungaryHungary Ede Dunai 1  
 EnglandEngland David Grace 5
   FranceFrance Gregory Kopec 2  
 FranceFrance Gregory Kopec 4th
 IrelandIreland David Hogan 3  
 EnglandEngland David Grace 5
   BelgiumBelgium Yvan Van Velthoven 3  
 MaltaMalta Simon Zammit 4th    
 Cyprus RepublicRepublic of Cyprus Anthony Brabin 2  
 MaltaMalta Simon Zammit 1
   BelgiumBelgium Yvan Van Velthoven 5  
 UkraineUkraine Serhiy Issajenko 3
 BelgiumBelgium Yvan Van Velthoven 4th  
 EnglandEngland David Grace 6th
   WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Andrew Pagett 4th  
 IrelandIreland Brendan O'Donoghue 4th
 PolandPoland Krzysztof Wróbel 1  
 IrelandIreland Brendan O'Donoghue 4th
   MaltaMalta Alex Borg 5  
 PolandPoland Marcin Nitschke 3
 MaltaMalta Alex Borg 4th  
 MaltaMalta Alex Borg 0
   WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Andrew Pagett 5  
 ScotlandScotland Bobby Cruickshanks 1    
 BelgiumBelgium Kevin Van Hove 4th  
 BelgiumBelgium Kevin Van Hove 0
   WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Andrew Pagett 5  
 PolandPoland Mariusz Sirko 2
 WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Andrew Pagett 4th  
 EnglandEngland David Grace 7th
   EnglandEngland Craig Steadman 6th
 WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Darren Morgan 4th
 Cyprus RepublicRepublic of Cyprus George Louca 1  
 WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Darren Morgan 5
   GermanyGermany Patrick Einsle 3  
 GermanyGermany Patrick Einsle 4th
 FranceFrance Jean Pierre Auzias 0  
 WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Darren Morgan 5
   EnglandEngland Lee Page 0  
 BelgiumBelgium Bjorn Haneveer 1    
 GermanyGermany Let Münstermann 4th  
 GermanyGermany Let Münstermann 2
   EnglandEngland Lee Page 5  
 PolandPoland Rafal Gorecki 1
 EnglandEngland Lee Page 4th  
 WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Darren Morgan 3
   EnglandEngland Craig Steadman 6th  
 NetherlandsNetherlands Stefan Mazrocis 4th
 NetherlandsNetherlands David Vaizman 1  
 NetherlandsNetherlands Stefan Mazrocis 5
   SwedenSweden Farhan Mirza 1  
 SwedenSweden Farhan Mirza 4th
 ScotlandScotland Ian Wells 2  
 NetherlandsNetherlands Stefan Mazrocis 0
   EnglandEngland Craig Steadman 5  
 ScotlandScotland Anthony McGill 4th    
 FranceFrance Jean Marc Beauchamp 3  
 ScotlandScotland Anthony McGill 2
   EnglandEngland Craig Steadman 5  
 IrelandIreland Martin McCrudden 3
 EnglandEngland Craig Steadman 4th  

Century breaks

ScotlandScotland Bobby Cruickshanks 119
EnglandEngland David Grace 113
IrelandIreland Martin McCrudden 112
WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Andrew Pagett 108
WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Darren Morgan 107, 101
GermanyGermany Patrick Einsle 103
MaltaMalta Alex Borg 101
ScotlandScotland Anthony McGill 101

Individual evidence

  1. 2008 European Snooker Championships. globalsnookercentre.co.uk, archived from the original on October 3, 2008 ; Retrieved July 29, 2015 .
  2. 2008 European Championships - Men. In: cuetracker.net. Ron Florax, accessed July 24, 2020 .