World Snooker Championship 2008
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World Snooker Championship 2008 888.com World Snooker Championship
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| Attendees: | 32 |
| Venue: | Crucible Theater , Sheffield , England |
| Opening: | April 19, 2008 |
| Endgame: | 4th / 5th May 2008
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| Winner: |
 Ronnie O'Sullivan
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| Finalist: |
Allister Carter
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| Highest Break: |
147 ( Ali Carter , Ronnie O'Sullivan)
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The 2008 World Snooker Championship took place from April 19 to May 5, 2008 at the Crucible Theater in Sheffield and marked the end of the 2007/08 snooker season . The Englishman Ronnie O'Sullivan became world champion for the third time in his career after beating Ali Carter 18: 8 in the final .
Both finalists achieved a maximum break in the course of the tournament , which is the first time that there was more than one maximum break at a world championship.
Prize money
| 2008 prize money | Profit in £ |
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| winner | 250,000 |
| defeated finalist | 125,000 |
| Semifinals | 52,000 |
| Quarter finals | 22,200 |
| Round of 16 | 14,000 |
| last 32 | 10,600 |
| last 48 | 7,400 |
| last 64 | 4,500 |
| Highest Break (Main Round) | 10,000 |
| Highest Break (Qualification) | 1,000 |
| Maximum break (main round) | 147,000 |
| Maximum break (qualification) | 5,000 |
| All in all | £ 1,050,000 |
game schedule
Defending champion John Higgins was surprisingly eliminated in the second round against Ryan Day . Last year's finalist Mark Selby , however, had to admit defeat in round one. Liang Wenbo from China was the first Chinese ever to reach the quarter-finals in his first World Cup finals. For Allister Carter, the final was his first ever entry into the final of a ranking tournament.
final
For the first time since 1991 there was an all-English final. O'Sullivan quickly gained a lead, leading 6-2 after the first session and 11-5 after the first day. At 16: 8, the players went into the fourth and final, which then lasted only two frames before O'Sullivan could celebrate his third world title.
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Final: Best of 35 Frames Referee: Jan Verhaas Crucible Theater , Sheffield , England , 4th / 5th May 2008 |
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Ronnie O'Sullivan
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18 : 8 |
Allister Carter
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| 106 | Highest break | 104 |
| 1 | Century breaks | 1 |
| 11 | 50+ breaks | 5 |
Pre-qualification
The pre-qualification took place between January 3rd and 5th, 2008 in Prestatyn .
Round 1
| game | Player 1 | Result | Player 2 |
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| 1 |
Phil Seaton
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5 : 2 |
 Donald Newcombe
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round 2
| game | Player 1 | Result | Player 2 |
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| 1 |
Colin Mitchell
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5 : 4 |
Phil Seaton
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| 2 |
Les Dodd
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1: 5 |
 David Singh
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| 3 |
Adam Osbourne
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0: 5 |
Sean Storey
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| 4th |
Tony Knowles
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5 : 1 |
Ali Bassiri
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| 5 |
Neil Selman
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5 : 1 |
John Wilson
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| 6th |
Ian Stark
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5 : 4 |
Del Smith
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| 7th |
Tony Brown
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5 : 1 |
Christopher Flight
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| 8th |
Stephen Ormerod
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Paul Wykes
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Round 3
| game | Player 1 | Result | Player 2 |
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| 1 |
Colin Mitchell
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5 : 3 |
David Singh
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| 2 |
Sean Storey
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5 : 0 |
Tony Knowles
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| 3 |
Neil Selman
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4: 5 |
Ian Stark
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| 4th |
Tony Brown
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3: 5 |
Stephen Ormerod
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qualification
Qualifying rounds 1 to 4 took place from January 6th to 11th, 2008 in Prestatyn . The final qualifying round took place from March 7-10, 2008 in Sheffield.
Round 1
| game | Player 1 | Result | Player 2 |
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| 1 |
Patrick Wallace 
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10 : 1 |
Sean Storey
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| 2 |
Jimmy Robertson
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10 : 5 |
Stephen Ormerod
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| 3 |
Rodney Goggins 
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10 : 4 |
Ian Stark
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| 4th |
Liu Chuang 
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10 : 0 |
Colin Mitchell
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Round 2-5
With Liu Chuang , Liang Wenbo and Jamie Cope , three players managed to qualify for the finals for the first time in their careers.
Century Breaks
Main round
For the first time in the history of the World Championship, two maximum breaks were played, first by Ronnie O'Sullivan and a day later by Ali Carter. As a result, the bonus rule was changed so that each player of such a break (in proportion to the number of maximum breaks he played) receives a bonus of £ 147,000. In addition, the prize for the highest Century Break of £ 10,000 was shared among these players.
A total of 63 Century Breaks were played, so the record from 2002 and 2007 of 68 Centuries was not improved. Ronnie O'Sullivan achieved the highest number with 12 Century Breaks.
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Qualifying round
In the qualifying round, Patrick Wallace's highest century break was achieved with 139 points. All century breaks of the qualifying round are listed in the overview below.
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swell
- Chris Downer: Crucible Almanac (2011 edition). Bournemouth 2011.
- Chris Turner's Snooker Archive ( Memento from June 6, 2016 in the Internet Archive )
- ( Page no longer available , search in web archives: O'Sullivans Maximum-Break ) on Eurosport
- ( Page no longer available , search in web archives: Carter's Maximum Break ) on Eurosport
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