Northern Ireland Trophy 2005
Northern Ireland Trophy 2005
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| Tournament type: | Invitation tournament |
| Venue: | Waterfront Hall, Belfast , Northern Ireland |
| Opening: | August 17, 2005 |
| Endgame: | August 21, 2005
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| Winner: |
 Matthew Stevens
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| Finalist: |
 Stephen Hendry
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| Highest Break: | 140 ( Alan McManus )
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The Northern Ireland Trophy 2005 was a snooker tournament of the 2005/06 season , which was played from 17 to 21 August 2005 in the Waterfront Hall in the Northern Irish capital Belfast . 24 years after the Northern Ireland Classic was the last professional tournament to take place in the north of the Irish island, the best snooker professionals have been invited for the second time. As of 2006, the Northern Ireland Trophy became the first Northern Ireland world ranking tournament.
The two finalists of the 1981 tournament, Jimmy White and Steve Davis , were there again this time, but both lost their opening matches. In the final, the number 2 in the world rankings Stephen Hendry met the number 4 Matthew Stevens . The Welshman won 9-7. It was the fifth title win in Stevens' professional career.
Prize money
The 16 top players were guaranteed an entry bonus of £ 4,000 , which they were able to increase to £ 23,000 for winning the tournament. The four wildcard players only received part of the bonuses.
| Prize money | (Wildcard player) |
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| winner | £ 23,000 | - |
| finalist | £ 12,000 | - |
| Semi-finalist | £ 6,500 | £ 3,500 |
| Quarter finalist | £ 5,000 | £ 2,000 |
| Round of 16 | £ 4,000 | £ 1,000 |
| Wildcard round | £ 4,000 | - |
| All in all | £ 104,000 |
Tournament results
Wildcard round
With the exception of Paul Hunter , who was ill , all the professionals from the top 16 competed. The best 12 went straight to the main tournament. The 4 others competed against 4 other professionals in a preliminary round. Two players from Northern Ireland and two non-British young talents received a wildcard for this . All 4 players not seeded could clearly prevail.
Top 16 to the final
finalBoth players were in their third final within a calendar year, both had previously lost twice. Vice World Champion Matthew Stevens had the better start into the game and pulled away 3-0 and 6-1. The evening session started better for Stephen Hendry and the number 2 in the world rankings came back to 6: 4. After that, the Welshman was able to extend his lead to 8: 5. The Scot shortened again to 7: 8, but Stevens got the 18th frame for a 9: 7 victory.
Century breaks6 players achieved 9 breaks of at least 100 points in the main tournament. Alan McManus scored the highest break of 140 points in the quarterfinals, in the final there was only one century of exactly 100 points.
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