European Tour 2013/2014 – Event 8 Explained

Tournament Name:European Tour 2013/2014
Event 8
Venue:Gdynia Sports Arena
Location:Gdynia
Country:Poland
Organisation:World Snooker
Format:Minor-ranking event
Total Prize Fund:125,600
Winners Share:€25,000
Highest Break: (147)
Score:4–1
Previous:ET7
Next:AT4

The European Tour 2013/2014 – Event 8 (also known as the 2014 Gdynia Open) was a professional minor-ranking snooker tournament that took place between 6–9 February 2014 at the Gdynia Sports Arena in Gdynia, Poland.[1]

Neil Robertson was the defending champion,[2] but he lost 3–4 against Alan McManus in the last 64.

Shaun Murphy won in the final 4–1 against Fergal O'Brien.[3] This was Murphy's first title since the 2011 Brazil Masters 29 months earlier.[4] [5] Murphy also made the 104th official maximum break during his last 16 match against Jamie Jones. This was Murphy's third official 147 break,[6] and the seventh in the 2013/2014 season.

Prize fund and ranking points

The breakdown of prize money and ranking points of the event is shown below:[7] [8] [9]

width=110px!width=110px align="right"Prize fund !width=110px align="right"Ranking points1
Winner 25,000 2,000
Runner-up €12,000 1,600
Semi-finalist €6,000 1,280
Quarter-finalist €4,000 1,000
Last 16 €2,300 760
Last 32 €1,200 560
Last 64 €700 360
€600
Total €125,600

Main draw

[10] [11] [12]

Preliminary rounds

Round 1

Best of 7 frames

Round 2

Best of 7 frames

width=45%width=10%width=45%
Marcin Nitschke 4–1 Grzegorz Biernadski
Maciej Sarapuk 0–4 Thomas Goldstein
Kacper Filipiak 4–0 Tomasz Malecki
Oliver Brown 4–0 Michal Ebert
Filipe Cardoso 3–4 Wojciech Przylucki
Felix Buchfeld Mateusz Goslinowski
Marcin Bek 1–4 Rafał Jewtuch
Ross Higgins
0–4 Joe Steele
Michael Collumb 4–0 Antoni Kowalski
Mateusz Baranowski 0–4 Sanderson Lam
Kevin Dabrowski 0–4 Hans Blanckaert
Konrad Piekarczyk 0–4 David Frew
Mateusz Nowak 4–2 Wojciech Bojewski
Kashif Khan w/d–w/o Sam Harvey
Krzysztof Wrobel 3–4 Michael Georgiou
width=45%width=10%width=45%
Karol Lelek 4–0 Rafal Gorecki
Tetyana Volovelska 0–4 Christopher Keogan
Oliver Lines 4–0 Brian Cox
Gareth Allen 4–1 Charlie Walters
Adrian Materek 1–4 Billy Brown
Oliwia Lachowicz Robert Valiant
Kamil Zubrzycki w/d–w/o Jamie Clarke
Maciej Kielkowicz 0–4 Jeff Cundy
Nathan Jones 4–2 Maciej Michowski
Ben Harrison w/d–w/o Matthew Hudson
Michal Matuszczyk 0–4 Ricky Norris
Matthew Day 4–1 Ryan Causton
Konrad Sor 1–4 Marcin Kolibski
Tomasz Marczak 0–4 Jaroslaw Kowalski
Pawel Rogoza 2–4 Adam Stefanow
Denis Lachowicz w/d–w/o Sydney Wilson

Round 3

Best of 7 frames

width=45%width=10%width=45%
Marcin Nitschke 4–2 Thomas Goldstein
Kacper Filipiak 4–2 Oliver Brown
Wojciech Przylucki 4–0 Mateusz Goslinowski
Rafał Jewtuch 4–3 Ross Higgins
Joe Steele 0–4 Michael Collumb
Sanderson Lam 4–2 Hans Blanckaert
David Frew 4–1 Mateusz Nowak
Sam Harvey 1–4 Michael Georgiou
width=45%width=10%width=45%
Karol Lelek 1–4 Christopher Keogan
1–4 Gareth Allen
Billy Brown 0–4 Robert Valiant
Jamie Clarke 4–3 Jeff Cundy
Nathan Jones Matthew Hudson
Ricky Norris 2–4 Matthew Day
Marcin Kolibski 4–1 Jaroslaw Kowalski
Adam Stefanow 4–1 Sydney Wilson

Main rounds

Top half

Section 4

Bottom half

Section 8

Finals

Century breaks

[13]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Tournament Calendar 2013/2014. Snooker.org. 7 November 2013.
  2. Web site: Robertson wins thrilling Poland final. Eurosport UK. 28 December 2013. 10 February 2013. https://archive.today/20130210054026/http://eurosport.yahoo.com/news/robertson-beats-maguire-make-poland-final-180022034.html. dead.
  3. Web site: Murphy claims final European Tour title of season. Eurosport UK. 9 February 2014. 9 February 2014.
  4. Web site: Shaun Murphy makes maximum break on way to Gdynia Open win. BBC Sport. 11 February 2014. 10 February 2014.
  5. Web site: Murphy ends trophy drought. Sporting Life. 11 February 2014. 10 February 2014. 4 March 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140304044959/http://www.sportinglife.com/snooker/news/article/663/9159591/murphy-ends-trophy-drought. dead.
  6. Web site: Murphy Makes 147 In Gdynia. worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. 9 February 2014. 9 February 2014.
  7. Web site: European Tour 2013/2014 Entry pack for the Gdynia Open (ET8) . worldsnooker.com . . 28 December 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20131230233751/http://www.worldsnooker.com/staticFiles/3f/bf/0,,13165~180031,00.pdf . 30 December 2013 . dead . dmy .
  8. Web site: Prize Money Breakdowns 2013/14. 1 May 2013. worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. 28 December 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20131012082213/http://www.worldsnooker.com/page/NewsArticles/0%2C%2C13165~3194469%2C00.html. 12 October 2013. dead. dmy-all.
  9. Web site: The Tour Ranking Points Schedule 2013/2014 Season . worldsnooker.com . . PDF . 28 December 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130928172152/http://www.worldsnooker.com/staticFiles/5d/bc/0,,13165~179293,00.pdf . 28 September 2013 . dead . dmy .
  10. Web site: Gdynia Open (ET8) draw and results . . 9 February 2014 . 9 February 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140222154600/http://3a43ed9bbf8e4c3a0092-e5ae3e47d460213726cd286f2f322a12.r38.cf3.rackcdn.com/57d0e545-752e-404a-b29d-2b7657ffb0bb.pdf . 22 February 2014 . PDF . dead . dmy .
  11. Web site: Gdynia Open (ET8) format . worldsnooker.com . . 28 December 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20131230233956/http://www.worldsnooker.com/staticFiles/93/bf/0,,13165~180115,00.pdf . 30 December 2013 . PDF . dead . dmy .
  12. Web site: European Tour Event Eight (2014). Snooker.org. 28 December 2013.
  13. Web site: Gdynia Open (ET8): century breaks . worldsnookerdata.com . . 9 February 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140128054232/http://livescores.worldsnookerdata.com/CenturyBreakList/Tournament/13639 . 28 January 2014 . dead . dmy .