2003 Euro-Asia Masters Challenge – Event 2

The 2003 Euro-Asia Masters Challenge – Event 2 was an invitational professional non-ranking snooker held in Thailand in August 2003.

Euro-Asia Masters Challenge

Tournament information
Dates	28–31 August 2003
Venue	Merchant Court Hotel
City	Bangkok
Country	Thailand
Format	Non-ranking event
Winner's share	£30,000
Highest break	Mark Williams (112)
Final
Champion	Ken Doherty
Runner-up	Marco Fu
Score	5–2
← Event 1 (2003) 2007 →

Following on from the first leg played immediately before it, this edition also featured the same format of eight players in two groups of four. Ken Doherty defeated Marco Fu 5–2 in the final to win the £30,000 prize.[1][2]

Results

[1]

Round-robin stage

Group A

POS Player MP MW FW FL FD PTS 1 Marco Fu 3 2 4 3 +1 2 2 Ding Junhui 3 2 4 2 +2 2 3 Stephen Hendry 3 1 3 4 -1 1 4 Mark Williams 3 1 2 4 −2 1

Results: Mark Williams 2–0 Stephen Hendry Ding Junhui 2–0 Marco Fu Ding Junhui 2–0 Mark Williams Marco Fu 2–0 Mark Williams Stephen Hendry 2–0 Ding Junhui Marco Fu 2–1 Stephen Hendry

Group B

POS Player MP MW FW FL FD PTS 1 Ken Doherty 3 2 4 3 +1 2 2 Jimmy White 3 2 5 5 0 2 3 James Wattana 3 1 2 4 −2 1 4 Shokat Ali 3 1 3 4 −1 1

Results: Jimmy White 2–0 James Wattana James Wattana 2–0 Shokat Ali Ken Doherty 2–0 James Wattana Shokat Ali 2–0 Ken Doherty Jimmy White 2–1 Shokat Ali Ken Doherty 2–1 Jimmy White

Knock-out stage

	Semi-finals Best of 9 frames					Final Best of 9 frames
		Marco Fu	5
		Jimmy White	3
							Marco Fu	2
							Ken Doherty	5
		Ken Doherty	5
		Ding Junhui	4

References

1. Hayton, Eric. Cuesport Book of Professional Snooker. p. 184.
2. "Euro-Asia Snooker Masters Challenge". Chris Turner's Snooker Archive. Archived from the original on 16 February 2012. Retrieved 21 November 2020.