2008 Jiangsu Classic

The 2008 Guolian Securities Jiangsu Classic was a professional non-ranking snooker tournament that took place between 4 and 8 June 2008 in two cities in the Jiangsu Province, China.

Guolian Securities Jiangsu Classic
Tournament information
Dates4–8 June 2008 (2008-06-04 2008-06-08)
VenueNanjing Olympic Sports Center Gymnasium
Wuxi Sports Center
CityNanjing
Wuxi
CountryChina
OrganisationWPBSA
FormatNon-ranking event
Total prize fund£64,000
Winner's share£20,000
Highest break110
Final
Champion Ding Junhui
Runner-up Mark Selby
Score6–5
First
2009

The round-robin stage consisted of two groups of six players, eight top 16 players and four Chinese wild cards. The final was staged at the Wuxi Sports Center in Wuxi, while the rest of the tournament had been held at the Nanjing Olympic Sports Center Gymnasium in Nanjing.

Ding Junhui, the only player to have won all his matches, delighted his home crowd by taking the title with a tense final frame decider defeat of Mark Selby.

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