2007 Euro-Asia Masters Challenge

The 2007 Euro-Asia Masters Challenge was an invitational professional non-ranking snooker held in Hong Kong in July 2007.

Euro-Asia Masters Challenge

Tournament information
Dates	14–15 July 2007
Venue	Queen Elizabeth Stadium
City	Wan Chai
Country	Hong Kong
Format	Non-ranking event
Winner's share	£25,000
Final
Champion	John Higgins
Runner-up	James Wattana
Score	5–4
← Event 2 (2003)

The tournament was a revival of the two Euro-Asia Masters Challenge events played under the same name in 2003. There was a Europe v Asia team event (which Europe won 5–3)[1] and a singles event. For the singles event, a similar format was also employed featuring eight players in two groups of four, with the top two in each group progressing to semi-finals. John Higgins defeated James Wattana 5–4 in the final to win the £25,000 prize.[2][3][4]

Results

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Round-robin stage

Group A

POS Player MP MW FW FL FD PTS 1 John Higgins 3 3 6 0 +6 3 2 James Wattana 3 2 4 3 +1 2 3 Ding Junhui 3 1 2 5 −3 1 4 Stephen Hendry 3 0 2 6 −4 0

Results: John Higgins 2–0 Stephen Hendry James Wattana 2–0 Ding Junhui James Wattana 2–1 Stephen Hendry John Higgins 2–0 Ding Junhui John Higgins 2–0 James Wattana Ding Junhui 2–1 Stephen Hendry

Group B

POS Player MP MW FW FL FD PTS 1 Marco Fu 3 3 6 1 +5 3 2 Ken Doherty 3 2 5 3 +1 2 3 Ronnie O'Sullivan 3 1 3 4 −1 1 4 Supoj Saenla 3 0 0 6 −6 0

Results: Ken Doherty 2–1 Ronnie O'Sullivan Marco Fu 2–1 Ken Doherty Ronnie O'Sullivan 2–0 Supoj Saenla Marco Fu 2–0 Supoj Saenla Ken Doherty 2–0 Supoj Saenla Marco Fu 2–0 Ronnie O'Sullivan

Knock-out stage

	Semi-finals Best of 3 frames					Final Best of 9 frames
		John Higgins	2
		Ken Doherty	0
							John Higgins	5
							James Wattana	4
		Marco Fu	0
		James Wattana	2

Century breaks

• 127 John Higgins[8]
• 123 Marco Fu[7]
• 117 Ronnie O'Sullivan[7]

References

1. "Euro Stars". Snooker Scene. 12 July 2007.
2. "Euro-Asia Snooker Masters Challenge". Chris Turner's Snooker Archive. Archived from the original on 16 February 2012. Retrieved 14 November 2017.
3. "Higgins pots Euro-Asia title". Daily Express. 15 July 2007.
4. "Higgins weathers the "Thai-Phoon"". Glasgow Times. 16 July 2007.
5. "2007 Euro-Asia Snooker Challenge". Global Snooker Centre. Archived from the original on 31 January 2009. Retrieved 5 December 2020.
6. "Higgins facing Wattana in Hong Kong final". Irish Examiner. 14 Jul 2007.
7. "Higgins Makes His Mark At Euro-Asia Snookers Masters Challenge". azbilliards.com. 13 July 2007.
8. "Higgins Makes Winning Mark to New Term". azbilliards.com. 15 July 2007.