2004 World Champions v Asia Stars Challenge

The 2004 World Champions v Asia Stars Challenge was an invitational professional non-ranking snooker tournament that ran for one year.

World Champions v Asia Stars Challenge
Tournament information
Dates4–8 August 2004 (2004-08-04 – 2004-08-08)
VenueBEC-Tero Hall
CityBangkok
CountryThailand
Organisation110 Sports Management Group
FormatNon-ranking event
Highest breakScotland John Higgins (103)
Final
ChampionHong Kong Marco Fu
Runner-upScotland John Higgins
Score5–1

This was, in effect, the same event as the Euro-Asia Masters Challenge which ran a season earlier but under a different name. This time, the field consisted of four world champions: Stephen Hendry, John Higgins, Ken Doherty and Mark Williams plus James Wattana, Ding Junhui, Marco Fu and up and coming Thai player, Atthasit Mahitthi. The format was the same with the players split into two round robin groups with the top two from each progressing to the semi-finals.[1]

Results

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Round-robin stage

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Group A

* John Higgins finished in the playoffs ahead of James Wattana due to winning their head to head match 3–1

Group B

Knock-out stage

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Semi-finals
Best of 9 frames
Final
Best of 9 frames
      
  Ding Junhui 4
  Marco Fu 5
  Marco Fu 5
  John Higgins 1
  Atthasit Mahitthi 2
  John Higgins 5

References

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  1. ^ "World Champions v Asia Stars Challenge". Chris Turner's Snooker Archive. Archived from the original on 16 February 2012. Retrieved 18 December 2019.