European Tour 2012/2013 – Event 2 Explained

Tournament Name:	Betfair European Tour 2012/2013 Event 2
Dates:
Venue:	World Snooker Academy Gdynia Sports Arena
Location:	Sheffield Gdynia
Country:	England Poland
Organisation:	World Snooker
Format:	Minor-ranking event
Total Prize Fund:	€70,000
Winners Share:	€12,000
Highest Break:	(141)
Score:	4–3
Previous:	APTC2
Next:	ET3

The Betfair European Tour 2012/2013 – Event 2 (also known as the 2012 Gdynia Open) was a professional minor-ranking snooker tournament that took place over 16–18 August 2012 at the World Snooker Academy in Sheffield, England with the first three rounds and 5–7 October 2012 at the Gdynia Sports Arena in Gdynia, Poland from the last 32 onwards.^[1]

Neil Robertson won his 12th professional title by defeating Jamie Burnett 4–3 in the final.^{[2] [3]}

Prize fund and ranking points

The breakdown of prize money and ranking points of the event is shown below:^{[4] [5] [6]}

width=110px	!	width=110px align="right"	Prize fund !	width=110px align="right"	Ranking points^1
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
Total	€70,000	–

• ¹ Only professional players can earn ranking points.

Main draw

Preliminary round

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Best of 7 frames

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Phil O'Kane	4–2	Andrew Milliard
Tom Maxfield	2–4	Adam Wicheard
Ashley Carty	4–0	Dean Goddard
	1–4	Oliver Lines
Matthew Day	4–3	Steven Hallworth
	1–4	John Astley
Alex Taubman	4–2	Elliot Slessor
Ricky Norris	1–4	John Parkin

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Itaro Santos	4–1	Stéphane Ochoïski
Mitchell Mann	4–2	Nico Elton
Hans Blanckaert	2–4	James Cahill
Wan Chooi Tang	0–4	Chris Norbury
Sam Harvey	4–0	Jack Bradford
Jamie Gibson	0–4	Kyren Wilson
Joe Swail	4–0	Ross Higgins

Main rounds

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Top half

Section 4

Bottom half

Section 8

Finals

Century breaks

Only from last 128 onwards.^{[13] [14]}

• 141, 103 Stephen Maguire
• 140, 106 Michael Holt
• 135, 108 David Gilbert
• 134 Luca Brecel
• 133 Oliver Lines
• 132, 131, 102 Jamie Burnett
• 131, 105 Robert Milkins
• 128, 102 Martin Gould
• 127 Paul Davison
• 127 Stuart Carrington
• 125, 118, 111, 105, 102 Neil Robertson
• 123 Liang Wenbo
• 122 Mark Joyce
• 118 Matthew Stevens
• 115, 111 John Higgins

• 115 Andrew Higginson
• 115 Marcus Campbell
• 114, 106 Ding Junhui
• 113 Stephen Lee
• 112 Allan Taylor
• 109 Dechawat Poomjaeng
• 109 Rory McLeod
• 108 Kyren Wilson
• 107, 102 Judd Trump
• 104, 100 Fergal O'Brien
• 102, 100 Tian Pengfei
• 102 Ben Woollaston
• 101 Barry Pinches
• 100 Joe Perry
• 100 Tom Ford

Notes and References

1. Web site: Tournament Calendar 2012/2013 . Snooker.org . 4 June 2012.
2. Web site: Robertson in Pole Position. worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. 7 October 2012.
3. Web site: Robertson wins thrilling Poland final. Eurosport UK. 7 October 2012. 10 February 2013. https://archive.today/20130210054026/http://eurosport.yahoo.com/news/robertson-beats-maguire-make-poland-final-180022034.html. dead.
4. Web site: Entry pack for Gdynia Open (ET2) . worldsnooker.com . . 28 July 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130405191529/http://www.worldsnooker.com/staticFiles/3/b5/0,,13165~177411,00.pdf . 5 April 2013 . dead .
5. Web site: Prize Money. worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. 23 August 2012.
6. 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 .
7. Web site: Gdynia Open Poland (ET2) qualifiers draw. worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. 28 July 2012.
8. Web site: Gdynia Open Poland qualifiers results. worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. 23 August 2012.
9. Web site: Betfair European Tour Event Two, Stage One (2012). Snooker.org. 28 July 2012.
10. Web site: Gdynia Open Poland (ET2) final stages draw. worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. 23 August 2012.
11. Web site: Gdynia Open results. worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. 3 October 2012.
12. Web site: Betfair European Tour Event Two (2012). Snooker.org. 28 July 2012.
13. Web site: Gdynia Open Poland (ET2) Qualifiers Centuries. worldsnookerdata.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. 13 August 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20171010004905/http://livescores.worldsnookerdata.com/Centuries.aspx?t=12989. 10 October 2017. dead.
14. Web site: Gdynia Open Poland (ET2) Final Stages Centuries . worldsnookerdata.com . . 7 October 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20121008220806/http://livescores.worldsnookerdata.com/Centuries.aspx?t=13194 . 8 October 2012 . dead .