2008 Jiangsu Classic Explained

Location:	Nanjing Wuxi
Country:	China
Organisation:	WPBSA
Format:	Non-ranking event
Total Prize Fund:	£64,000
Winners Share:	£20,000
Highest Break:	110
Winner:	Ding Junhui
Runner Up:	Mark Selby
Score:	6–5
Previous:	First
Next:	2009

The 2008 Guolian Securities Jiangsu Classic was a professional non-ranking snooker tournament that took place between 4 and 8 June 2008 in two cities in the Jiangsu Province, China.

The round-robin stage consisted of two groups of six players, eight top 16 players and four Chinese wild cards. The final was staged at the Wuxi Sports Center in Wuxi, while the rest of the tournament had been held at the Nanjing Olympic Sports Center Gymnasium in Nanjing.^[1]

Ding Junhui, the only player to have won all his matches, delighted his home crowd by taking the title with a tense final frame decider defeat of Mark Selby.__TOC__

Prize fund

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

Winner: £20,000
Runner-Up: £9,000
Semi-final: £4,000
3rd place in group: £2,000
4th place in group: £1,000
Appearance Fees for 8 professionals: £2,500
Highest break: £1,000
Total: £64,000

Round-robin stage

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Group A

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1	Joe Perry	5	5	10	2	+8	5
2	Ryan Day	5	4	8	4	+4	4
3	Jin Long	5	2	6	6	0	2
4	Shaun Murphy	5	2	5	7	−2	2
5	Liang Wenbo	5	1	4	8	−4	1
6	Neil Robertson	5	1	3	9	−6	1

(breaks above 50 shown between brackets), breaks 100 and above will be indicated bold.

Shaun Murphy 2–0 Jin Long → (80) 137–0, (65) 107–0
Neil Robertson 0–2 Liang Wenbo → 54–59, 3–115 (89)
Ryan Day 0–2 Joe Perry → 43–65, 9–63 (62)
Shaun Murphy 2–1 Liang Wenbo → 72–52, 1–85 (76), 69–18
Ryan Day 2–1 Neil Robertson → 73–50, 30–68 (64), (59) 68–23
Shaun Murphy 1–2 Neil Robertson → 7–81, 72-(52), 37–71
Joe Perry 2–1 Jin Long → 72–23, 40–72, 77–40
Ryan Day 2–1 Jin Long → 0-(86), (100)-0, (73) 77–0
Joe Perry 2–1 Liang Wenbo → 40–76, 61–44, (77) 83–1
Ryan Day 2–0 Liang Wenbo → (91) 92–28, (89)-20
Shaun Murphy 0–2 Joe Perry → 44–64, ?-?
Neil Robertson 0–2 Jin Long → 26–59 (59), 8–92
Liang Wenbo 0–2 Jin Long → 40–80, 0–91 (62)
Neil Robertson 0–2 Joe Perry → 6–94, 43–92 (81)
Shaun Murphy 0–2 Ryan Day → 7–98 (62), 58–70

Group B

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1	Ding Junhui	5	5	10	2	+8	5
2	Mark Selby	5	3	7	6	+1	3
3	Peter Ebdon	5	2	7	8	−1	2
4	Liu Chuang	5	2	5	7	−2	2
5	Ali Carter	5	2	5	8	−3	2
6	Li Hang	5	1	5	8	−3	1

(breaks above 50 shown between brackets), breaks 100 and above will be indicated bold.

Mark Selby 2–1 → Li Hang 57–7, 2–66 (64), (100) 119–4
Peter Ebdon 1–2 Liu Chuang → (66) 79–25, (53)-55, 35–59
Ali Carter 0–2 Ding Junhui → 15–109 (108), 2–64
Mark Selby 2–0 Liu Chuang → (102) 111–0, (86)-33
Ali Carter 2–1 Peter Ebdon → (68) 69–0, 0–102 (93), 68–35
Ding Junhui 2–1 Li Hang → (72)-0, 31–70 (54), 85–44
Mark Selby 1–2 Peter Ebdon → 71–43, 16-(100), 20–82 (68)
Ali Carter 0–2 Li Hang → 0–79 (75), 4–50
Ding Junhui 2–0 Liu Chuang → (77) 78–11, 61–54
Ali Carter 2–1 Liu Chuang → 68–52, 23–72, 62–55
Mark Selby 0–2 Ding Junhui → 10-(110), 30–69
Peter Ebdon 2–1 Li Hang → (60) 84–8, 35–73, 66–17
Liu Chuang 2–0 Li Hang → 68–8, 65–18
Peter Ebdon 1–2 Ding Junhui → 2–76, (59) 77–0, 66–68
Mark Selby 2–1 Ali Carter → (62) 67–24, 0–124 (52,72), (72)-1

Knock-out stages

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Notes and References

Web site: Turner. Chris. China International, China Open, Shanghai Masters, Jiangsu/Wuxi Classic. https://web.archive.org/web/20120216155144/http://www.cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/China.html. 16 February 2012. cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk. Chris Turner's Snooker Archive. 1 March 2011.
Web site: 2008 Guolian Securities Jiangsu Snooker Classic. 2006-08-08. https://web.archive.org/web/20080609000948/http://www.globalsnookercentre.co.uk/files/Results/2008-9/Professional/2008-Guolian.htm. 2008-06-09 .
Web site: Top Snooker: 2008 Jiangsu Classic Information & Draw . https://web.archive.org/web/20090118025045/http://www.top-snooker.com/tournament/others/41 . 2009-01-18 . dead . 2009-05-20 .