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 |  Ding Junhui (147) |
| Final | |
| Champion |  Shaun Murphy |
| Runner-up |  Marco Fu |
| Score | 10–9 |
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The 2008 Maplin UK Championship was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place between 13–21 December 2008 at the Telford International Centre in 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 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] In September 2013 it was announced, that Stephen Lee was found guilty of agreeing to lose the first frame of his first and second round matches.[5]
Shaun Murphy won the title with a 10–9 victory over Marco Fu.[6][7]
Contents
Prize fund
The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:[8]
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Main draw
Final
| Final: Best of 19 frames. Referee: Jan Verhaas Telford International Centre, Telford, England, 21 December 2008.[9][11] |
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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 |
Qualifying
The qualifying took place from December 1 to 8 at the English Institute of Sport in Sheffield, England.[12][13]
Century breaks
Qualifying stage centuries
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Televised stage centuries
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Notes
- ↑ Mark Davis retired at 0–2 due to illness
- ↑ Ian McCulloch retired at 2–6 due to illness.
- ↑ Declan Hughes conceded the match due to illness.
- ↑ John Parrott withdrew due to illness.
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