2007 Northern Ireland Trophy Explained

Tournament Name:Northern Ireland Trophy
Venue:Waterfront Hall
Location:Belfast
Country:Northern Ireland
Organisation:WPBSA
Format:Ranking event
Total Prize Fund:£200,000
Winners Share:£30,000
Highest Break: (147)
Score:9–5
Previous:2006
Next:2008

The 2007 Northern Ireland Trophy was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place between 4–11 November 2007 at the Waterfront Hall in Belfast, Northern Ireland.

Stephen Maguire won his first ranking tournament since 2004 by defeating Fergal O'Brien 9–5 in the final. This was Maguire's third ranking title.

In his third round match Ronnie O'Sullivan completed a maximum break against Ali Carter, one of five centuries that he compiled in his 5–2 victory. O'Sullivan remains the only player to make five centuries in a best of 9 match.

Prize fund

The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:[1] [2]

Main draw

[3] [4]

Final

Final: Best of 17 frames
Waterfront Hall, Belfast, Northern Ireland, 11 November 2007.
Stephen Maguire
9–5Fergal O'Brien
Afternoon: 109–8 (60),,,,,,,
Evening: 45–74, 63–16,,,,
135Highest break84
1Century breaks0
550+ breaks2

Qualifying

Qualifying for the tournament took place at Pontin's in Prestatyn, Wales between 23 October and 25 October 2007.[3]

Century breaks

[3]

Qualifying stage centuries

Televised stage centuries

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2007 Northern Ireland Championship Information . Global Snooker Centre . 16 March 2013 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20080121032008/http://www.globalsnookercentre.co.uk/files/Results/2007-8/07-8-Professional/2007-NItrophy-info.htm . January 21, 2008 .
  2. Web site: 2007 Northern Ireland Trophy Prize Money. Snooker Database. 16 March 2013. 21 January 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160121153226/http://www.snookerdatabase.co.uk/EventPrizeFund.aspx?EventKey=58. dead.
  3. Web site: 2007 Northern Ireland Trophy. globalsnookercentre.co.uk. Global Snooker Centre. 24 March 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20081006153916/http://www.globalsnookercentre.co.uk/files/Results/2007-8/07-8-Professional/2007-NItrophy-draw.htm. 6 October 2008.
  4. Web site: Northern Ireland Trophy 2007. Snooker.org. 24 March 2011.