European Tour 2012/2013 – Event 1 Explained

Tournament Name:Betfair European Tour
2012/2013
Event 1
Venue:Stadthalle
Location:Fürth
Country:Germany
Organisation:World Snooker
Format:Minor-ranking event
Total Prize Fund:71,895
Winners Share:€12,000
Highest Break: (147)
Score:4–1
Previous:PTC2
Next:PTC3

The Betfair European Tour 2012/2013 – Event 1 (also known as the 2012 Arcaden Paul Hunter Classic) was a professional minor-ranking snooker tournament that took place between 23 and 26 August 2012 in Fürth, Germany.[1]

Ken Doherty made the 90th official maximum break during his last 128 match against Julian Treiber. This was Doherty's first official 147 break and also the second maximum break in the 2012/2013 season.[2] Doherty also became the first player from Ireland to make an official maximum break.[3]

Mark Selby successfully defended his 2011 title[4] by beating Joe Swail 4–1 in the final.[5] Swail became the first player not on the Main Tour to reach the final of a PTC event, having been relegated the previous season.

Prize fund and ranking points

The breakdown of prize money and ranking points of the event is shown below:[6] [7] [8]

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Winner 12,000 2,000
Runner-up €6,000 1,600
Semi-finalist €3,000 1,280
Quarter-finalist €2,000 1,000
Last 16 €1,250 760
Last 32 €750 560
Last 64 €500 360
Maximum break[9] €1,895
Total €71,895

Main draw

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Preliminary rounds

Round 1

Best of 7 frames

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Oliver Lines 4–0 Thomas Scholl
David Singh w/d–w/o Itaro Santos
Ronny Buchholz 0–4 Alex Taubman
John Astley 4–0 Ron Florax
Sybren Sokolowski 0–4 Dean Goddard
Angelo Rizzo 1–4 Adam Wicheard
Simon Morgan 0–4 Wan Chooi Tang
Oliver Brown w/o–w/d Adrian Gunnell
Lee Page w/o–w/d Eyad Mohammed Al-Ansari
4–0 Laurin Winters
Hussain Fuad w/d–w/o Hendrik Henschke
Rami Ali w/d–w/o Stefan Schenk
Hendrik Glax 4–2 Klaus-Dieter Geiger
Gary Steele 4–0 Ralf Günzel
Chris Norbury 4–0 Hans Blanckaert
Jeff Jacobs w/o–w/d Lucky Vatnani
Dieter Meier 2–4 Ricky Norris
Robert Drahn w/d–w/o Tin Venos
Mitchell Mann w/o–w/d Wael Al Qassimi
Sebastian Lahruis 0–4 Alain Van Der Steen
Mohammed Al Shaikh w/d–w/o Julian Treiber
Aaron Busuttil w/o–w/d Ali Abdul Kareem
Robert Valiant w/d–w/o John Parkin
Benjamin Buser w/d–w/o Jeff Cundy
Johnny Kells 4–3 Kilian Baur-Pantoulier
Rüdiger Fehrmann 4–3 Robert Hofheinz
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Phil Barnes 4–3 Norbert Eckstein
Brynjar Valdimaisson w/o–w/d Mohamed Omar
Dragan Roša 4–1 Michele Battaglia
1–4 Mark Vincent
Patrick Einsle 4–0 Ali Kirim
Habib Subah w/d–w/o Nicole Breitenstein
1–4 Andreas Ploner
Shahram Changezi w/d–w/o Terry Challenger
Husain Mahmood w/d–w/o Stuart Carrington
Ian Glover 4–0 Stefan Gerst
1–4 Sam Harvey
Alois Riegel 1–4 Bernd Strnad
Michael Seidel 0–4 Duane Jones
Jörg Petersen 1–4 Luca Kaufmann
1–4 Jack Bradford
Joe Swail 4–0 Bero Cerinski
Marc Davis 4–3 Sascha Breuer
Maurice Le Duc w/d–w/o Tomasz Skalski
Greg Davis 2–4 Kishan Hirani
Joe Steele 1–4 Kyren Wilson
Felix Freede 0–4 Alex Davies
Ronny Pawlitza 1–4 Ole Steiner
Soner Sari 4–0 Andreas Vetter
Christopher Keogan w/o–w/d Mario Wehrmann
Tobias Hirmer 4–1 Sherief Shemeis
Christof Biniarsch Liam Monk

Round 2

Best of 7 frames

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Oliver Lines 4–2 Itaro Santos
Alex Taubman 2–4 John Astley
Justin Astley 4–1 Dean Goddard
Adam Wicheard 4–1 Wan Chooi Tang
Oliver Brown 4–2 Lee Page
4–0 Hendrik Henschke
Carl Rosenberger 4–3 Stefan Schenk
Sanjin Kusan 4–0 Hendrik Glax
Gary Steele 0–4 Chris Norbury
Jeff Jacobs 1–4 Ricky Norris
Tin Venos 0–4 Mitchell Mann
Michael Wild 4–0 Alain Van Der Steen
Stefan Merkel 3–4 Julian Treiber
Matthias Porn 0–4 Aaron Busuttil
John Parkin 2–4 Jeff Cundy
Johnny Kells 4–1 Rüdiger Fehrmann
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Phil Barnes w/o–w/d Brynjar Valdimaisson
Ben Harrison 4–0 Dragan Roša
Andreas Hartung 0–4 Mark Vincent
Patrick Einsle 4–0 Nicole Breitenstein
Andreas Ploner 4–1 Terry Challenger
0–4 Ian Glover
Sam Harvey 4–0 Bernd Strnad
Duane Jones 4–0 Luca Kaufmann
Jack Bradford 0–4 Joe Swail
Marc Davis 4–1 Tomasz Skalski
Dominik Scherübl 3–4 Kishan Hirani
0–4 Kyren Wilson
Oliver Kremp 0–4 Alex Davies
Darko Hojan 0–4 Ole Steiner
Soner Sari 1–4 Christopher Keogan
Tobias Hirmer 1–4 Liam Monk

Main rounds

Top half

Section 4

Bottom half

Section 8

Finals

Century breaks

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Tournament Calendar 2012/2013 . Snooker.org . 4 June 2012.
  2. News: Micil . Glennon . Ken Doherty makes first tournament 147 break at the Arcaden Paul Hunter Classic . 24 August 2012 . . 24 August 2012.
  3. Web site: Doherty Joins 147 Club. worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. 28 September 2012.
  4. Web site: Superb Selby storms to win in Germany. https://archive.today/20120711101916/http://eurosport.yahoo.com/28082011/58/superb-selby-storms-win-germany.html. dead. 11 July 2012. Eurosport UK. 28 August 2011.
  5. Web site: Selby retains Paul Hunter Classic title. Eurosport UK. 21 September 2011. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20131215010839/http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/news/selby-retains-paul-hunter-classic-title-200224570.html. 15 December 2013.
  6. Web site: Entry pack for the Paul Hunter Classic (ET1) . worldsnooker.com . . 28 July 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130328012110/http://www.worldsnooker.com/staticFiles/2/b5/0,,13165~177410,00.pdf . 28 March 2013 . dead .
  7. Web site: Prize Money. worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. 23 August 2012.
  8. Web site: The Tour Ranking Points Schedule 2012/2013 Season . worldsnooker.com . . DOC . 23 May 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130616122820/http://www.worldsnooker.com/staticFiles/67/b3/0,,13165~176999,00.doc . 16 June 2013 . dead .
  9. Web site: Doherty Joins 147 Club. worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. 27 August 2012.
  10. Web site: The Paul Hunter Classic Fürth (ET1) draw and schedule. worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. 28 July 2012.
  11. Web site: Paul Hunter Classic 2012 Results . worldsnooker.com . . 21 September 2012 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20130122155728/http://www.worldsnooker.com/page/EuropeanTour1Article/0%2C%2C13165~2909220%2C00.html . 22 January 2013 .
  12. Web site: Betfair European Tour Event One (2012). Snooker.org. 28 July 2012.
  13. Web site: 2012 European Tour – Event 1 – Tournament Ranking. CueTracker – Snooker Results & Statistics Database. 22 August 2013.
  14. Web site: The Paul Hunter Classic – Furth (ET1) – Centuries . worldsnookerdata.com . . 17 August 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120831053805/http://livescores.worldsnookerdata.com/Centuries.aspx?t=12988 . 31 August 2012 . dead .