2003 Euro-Asia Masters Challenge – Event 2 Explained

Tournament Name:Euro-Asia Masters Challenge
Venue:Merchant Court Hotel
Location:Bangkok
Country:Thailand
Organisation:110 Sport Management Group
Format:Non-ranking event
Winners Share:£30,000
Highest Break: Mark Williams (112)
Winner: Ken Doherty
Runner Up: Marco Fu
Score:5–2
Previous:Event 1 (2003)
Next:2007

The 2003 Euro-Asia Masters Challenge – Event 2 was an invitational professional non-ranking snooker held in Thailand in August 2003.

Following on from the first leg played immediately before it, this edition also featured the same format of eight players in two groups of four. Ken Doherty defeated Marco Fu 5–2 in the final to win the £30,000 prize.[1] [2]

Results

[1]

Round-robin stage

Group A

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1 Ding Junhui3242+22
2 Marco Fu3243+12
3 Stephen Hendry3134-11
4 Mark Williams3124−21
Results:

Group B

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1 Jimmy White3253+22
2 Ken Doherty3243+12
3 James Wattana3124−21
4 Shokat Ali3134−11
Results:

Knock-out stage

Notes and References

  1. Book: Hayton, Eric. Cuesport Book of Professional Snooker. 184.
  2. Web site: Euro-Asia Snooker Masters Challenge. https://web.archive.org/web/20120216155703/http://www.cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/misc4.html#Euro_Asia. dead. 16 February 2012. Chris Turner's Snooker Archive. 21 November 2020.