• Source: 2008 Premier League Snooker

The 2008 PartyPoker.com Premier League was a professional non-ranking snooker tournament that was played from 11 September to 7 December 2008.
Ronnie O'Sullivan won in the final 7–2 against Mark Selby.




Prize fund


The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:

Winner: £50,000
Runner-up: £25,000
Semi-final: £12,500
Frame-win: £1,000
Century break: £1,000
Total: £250,000




League phase



Top four qualified for the play–offs. If points were level then most frames won determined their positions. If two players had an identical record then the result in their match determined their positions. If that ended 3–3 then the player who got to four first was higher. (Breaks above 50 shown between (parentheses); century breaks are indicated with bold.)

11 September – Grimsby Auditorium, Grimsby, England
Mark Selby 4–2 Ding Junhui → 51–64, 15–105 (100), (86)–0, (80)–0, (73)–0, (104)–0
Ronnie O'Sullivan 3–3 John Higgins → (62) 63–70, 1–91 (83), (72) 98–0, (85)–0, 67–42, 0–(74)
18 September – The Anvil, Basingstoke, England
John Higgins 3–3 Ding Junhui → 43–64, 47–68, 46–82 (76), (57) 59–15, (50) 68–58 (50), (78)–4
Ronnie O'Sullivan 2–4 Joe Perry → 44–59, 6–105 (50,55), 0–(103), 63–47, (58) 90–0, 31–57
25 September – Assembly Rooms, Derby, England
Joe Perry 4–2 Steve Davis → 45–77, (80) 85–8, (67) 75–27, (55) 61–0, 63–45, 30–94 (65)
Mark Selby 5–1 Stephen Hendry → 82–4, 77–9, 76–66, (50) 79–8, 1–75 (52), 67–64
9 October – Malvern Theatres, Great Malvern, England
Ronnie O'Sullivan 6–0 Ding Junhui → 63–56, (134) 134–0, (65) 66–1, (53) 70–31, (71)–30, (126)–0
Mark Selby 6–0 Steve Davis → 68–36, (95)–3, 66–43, (80) 113–7, 73–49, (101)–0
23 October – Plymouth Pavilions, Plymouth, England
Ronnie O'Sullivan 6–0 Steve Davis → 103–7, (60) 97–25, (52) 71–38, (62) 113–0, 63–22, 93–0
Stephen Hendry 1–5 Joe Perry → 31–(75), 12–62, 72–9, 1–(108), 53–71(65), 10–75(66)
30 October – English Institute of Sport, Sheffield, England
Stephen Hendry 4–2 John Higgins → (76)–7, (65) 72–40, 24–61 (56), 65–12, 68–61 (56), 25–60 (52)
Ronnie O'Sullivan 3–3 Mark Selby → (75) 121–10, 60–56, 41–64, (64) 71–28, 5–98, 19–94 (94)
6 November – Newport Centre, Newport, Wales
Joe Perry 2–4 Ding Junhui → (50)–85 (70), 4–97, 0–82, (85)–5, 0–80, (90)–0
Steve Davis 1–5 Stephen Hendry → 37–54, 0–84 (78), 75–54, 48–75, 32–78 (72), 37–86 (86)
13 November – Dolphin Leisure Centre, Haywards Heath, England
Ding Junhui 4–2 Steve Davis → (139)–0, (72) 103–32, (78) 104–0, (56) 92–4, 1–74 (70), 18–69
Mark Selby 4–2 John Higgins → (102)–0, 37–82, (55) 72–46, (93) 94–32, 28–62 (60), (113) 126–0
20 November – Sands Centre, Carlisle, England
John Higgins 2–4 Joe Perry → 0–(72), 10–75, 36–81, 1–68, (120)–0, (76)–21
Ronnie O'Sullivan 3–3 Stephen Hendry → 53–60, 1–109 (108), (67) 77–17, 37–73 (72), (68) 94–36, 66–42
27 November – Glades Arena, Kidderminster, England
Mark Selby 3–3 Joe Perry → (63) 91–3, 59–49, 80–22, 6–(115), 2–57, 22–66 (51)
Stephen Hendry 3–3 Ding Junhui → 36–(85), (88)–1, 0–(113), (50) 69–12, 8–72, 69–13
John Higgins 3–3 Steve Davis → 18–68, 8–57, 66–8, (73)–16, (69) 70–29, 37–67




Play-offs


6–7 December – Potters Leisure Resort, Hopton-on-Sea, England

Semi-Final 1 – Mark Selby 5–0 Stephen Hendry 83–34, 110(110)–4, 133(128)–0, 115(115)–4, 77(77)–0
Semi-Final 2 – Joe Perry 4–5 Ronnie O'Sullivan 55–68, 93(85)–0, 20–93(79), 76(72)–8, 24–93, 95(95)–0, 6–69(52), 100(100)–4, 4–104(104)
Final – Mark Selby 2–7 Ronnie O'Sullivan 11–121(93), 8–82(62), 18–74, 14–84(84), 48–83(62), 61–58, 13–105(105), 84(84)–0, 20–74(74)




Qualifiers



The qualification for this tournament, the Championship League was played in eight groups from 25 February to 15 May 2008.




Century breaks



139, 113, 100 – Ding Junhui
134, 126, 105, 104 – Ronnie O'Sullivan
128, 120, 115, 110, 104, 102, 101 – Mark Selby
120 – John Higgins
115, 103, 101, 100 – Joe Perry
108 – Stephen Hendry




References

Kata Kunci Pencarian:

• Inggris
• 2008 Premier League Snooker
• Premier League Snooker
• Premier League Darts
• Stephen Lee (snooker player)
• 2009 Premier League Snooker
• 2008–09 snooker season
• 2006 Premier League Snooker
• Mark Williams (snooker player)
• 2007 Premier League Snooker
• Championship League