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.
Tournament information | |
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Dates | 4–8 June 2008 |
Venue | Nanjing Olympic Sports Center Gymnasium Wuxi Sports Center |
City | Nanjing Wuxi |
Country | China |
Organisation | WPBSA |
Format | Non-ranking event |
Total prize fund | £64,000 |
Winner's share | £20,000 |
Highest break | 110 |
Final | |
Champion | Ding Junhui |
Runner-up | Mark Selby |
Score | 6–5 |
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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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