2007 Northern Ireland Trophy

Northern Ireland Trophy
Tournament information
Dates	4–11 November 2007
Venue	Waterfront Hall
City	Belfast
Country	Northern Ireland
Organisation	WPBSA
Format	Ranking event
Total prize fund	£200,000
Winner's share	£30,000
Highest break	Ronnie O'Sullivan (ENG) (147)
Final
Champion	Stephen Maguire (SCO)
Runner-up	Fergal O'Brien (IRL)
Score	9–5
	← 2006 2008 →

The 2007 Northern Ireland Trophy was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place between 4–11 November 2007 at the Waterfront Hall in Belfast, Northern Ireland.

Stephen Maguire won his first ranking tournament since 2004 by defeating Fergal O'Brien 9–5 in the final. This was Maguire's third ranking title.

In his third round match Ronnie O'Sullivan completed a maximum break against Ali Carter, one of five centuries that he compiled in his 5–2 victory. O'Sullivan remains the only player to make five centuries in a best of 9 match.

Prize fund

The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:^[1]^[2]

Winner: £30,000
Runner-up: £15,000
Semi-final: £7,500
Quarter-final: £5,600
Last 16: £4,000
Last 32: £2,500
Last 48: £1,625
Last 64: £1,100

Stage one highest break: £500
Stage two highest break: £2,000
Stage one maximum break: £1,000
Stage two maximum break: £20,000
Total: £200,000

Main draw

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Last 48 Best of 9 frames			Last 32 Best of 9 frames			Last 16 Best of 9 frames			Quarter-finals Best of 9 frames			Semi-finals Best of 11 frames			Final Best of 17 frames



			1	Ding Junhui	5

18	Joe Perry	5	18	Joe Perry	2
						1	Ding Junhui	3
	James Wattana	1
						10	Stephen Maguire	5
			10	Stephen Maguire	5

23	Stuart Bingham	2		David Gray	0
									10	Stephen Maguire	5
	David Gray	5
									8	Neil Robertson	2
			13	Stephen Lee	4

28	Ian McCulloch	5	28	Ian McCulloch	5
						28	Ian McCulloch	0
	Alan McManus	1
						8	Neil Robertson	5
			8	Neil Robertson	5

22	Jamie Cope	5	22	Jamie Cope	1
												10	Stephen Maguire	6
	Lee Walker	2
												4	Shaun Murphy	5
			7	Peter Ebdon	5

27	Marco Fu	3		Adrian Gunnell	2
						7	Peter Ebdon	5
	Adrian Gunnell	5
						15	Steve Davis	0
			15	Steve Davis	5

17	Joe Swail	5	17	Joe Swail	3
									7	Peter Ebdon	3
	Liu Song	2
									4	Shaun Murphy	5
			9	Stephen Hendry	5

20	Matthew Stevens	4		Martin Gould	3
						9	Stephen Hendry	2
	Martin Gould	5
						4	Shaun Murphy	5
			4	Shaun Murphy	5

26	Anthony Hamilton	5	26	Anthony Hamilton	2
															10	Stephen Maguire	9
	Michael Judge	2
																Fergal O'Brien	5
			3	Graeme Dott	3

29	Mark Allen	5	29	Mark Allen	5
						29	Mark Allen	5
	Rod Lawler	1
						16	Ryan Day	3
			16	Ryan Day	5

31	Dominic Dale	5	31	Dominic Dale	1
									29	Mark Allen	5
	Mike Dunn	1
									32	Gerard Greene	3
			12	Mark Williams	3

32	Gerard Greene	5	32	Gerard Greene	5
						32	Gerard Greene	5
	Liang Wenbo	2
						5	Ken Doherty	1
			5	Ken Doherty	5

21	Mark King	5	21	Mark King	0
												29	Mark Allen	3
	John Parrott	4
													Fergal O'Brien	6
			6	Ronnie O'Sullivan	5

24	Michael Holt	1		Tom Ford	4
						6	Ronnie O'Sullivan	5
	Tom Ford	5
						14	Ali Carter	2
			14	Ali Carter	5

25	Nigel Bond	5	25	Nigel Bond	3
									6	Ronnie O'Sullivan	2
	David Gilbert	3
										Fergal O'Brien	5
			11	Mark Selby	4

19	Barry Hawkins	5	19	Barry Hawkins	5
						19	Barry Hawkins	3
	Jamie Burnett	4
							Fergal O'Brien	5
			2	John Higgins	4

30	Dave Harold	1		Fergal O'Brien	5

	Fergal O'Brien	5

Final

Final: Best of 17 frames Waterfront Hall, Belfast, Northern Ireland, 11 November 2007.^[3]^[4]
Stephen Maguire Scotland	9–5	Fergal O'Brien Ireland
Afternoon: 109–8 (60), 0–84 (84), 0–97, 69–46, 135–0 (135), 72–62 (O'Brien 58), 56–65 (Maguire 56), 79–0 (73) Evening: 45–74, 63–16, 84–0, 30–73, 71–39, 97–0 (56)
135	Highest break	84
1	Century breaks	0
5	50+ breaks	2

Qualifying

Qualifying for the tournament took place at Pontin's in Prestatyn, Wales between 23 October and 25 October 2007.^[3]


Round 1 Best of 9 frames		Round 2 Best of 9 frames		Round 3 Best of 9 frames


Lee Spick	5	Paul Davies	3	James Wattana	5

Liu Chuang	4	Lee Spick	5	Lee Spick	2


Shailesh Jogia	2	Robin Hull	5	David Gray	5

Michael White	5	Michael White	1	Robin Hull	2


Alex Davies	1	Judd Trump	5	Alan McManus	5

Jimmy Robertson	5	Jimmy Robertson	1	Judd Trump	0


Lee Walker	5	Scott MacKenzie	2	Robert Milkins	4

Ashley Wright	2	Lee Walker	5	Lee Walker	5


Jamie O'Neill	5	Marcus Campbell	0	Adrian Gunnell	5

Supoj Saenla	3	Jamie O'Neill	5	Jamie O'Neill	0


Liu Song	5	Jimmy Michie	4	Ricky Walden	2

Gareth Coppack	0	Liu Song	5	Liu Song	5


Matthew Selt	2	David Roe	1	Mark Davis	4

Martin Gould	5	Martin Gould	5	Martin Gould	5


James McBain	2	Stuart Pettman	2	Michael Judge	5

Patrick Wallace	5	Patrick Wallace	5	Patrick Wallace	3


Kurt Maflin	5	Rod Lawler	5	Andrew Higginson	4

Steve Mifsud	2	Kurt Maflin	3	Rod Lawler	5


Mark Joyce	5	Mike Dunn	5	Andy Hicks	2

Kevin Van Hove	0	Mark Joyce	4	Mike Dunn	5


Liang Wenbo	5	Joe Delaney	1	Rory McLeod	4

Fraser Patrick	3	Liang Wenbo	5	Liang Wenbo	5


Tony Drago	4	Drew Henry	5	John Parrott	5

Issara Kachaiwong	5	Issara Kachaiwong	4	Drew Henry	2


Munraj Pal	2	Tom Ford	5	Andrew Norman	1

Ben Woollaston	5	Ben Woollaston	2	Tom Ford	5


Leo Fernandez	1	Jimmy White	0	David Gilbert	5

Xiao Guodong	5	Xiao Guodong	5	Xiao Guodong	2


David Morris	5	Ian Preece	4	Jamie Burnett	5

Alfred Burden	3	David Morris	5	David Morris	1


Tian Pengfei	4	Barry Pinches	5	Fergal O'Brien	5

Rodney Goggins	5	Rodney Goggins	1	Barry Pinches	4

Century breaks

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Qualifying stage centuries

136 – Alfie Burden
135 – Barry Pinches
134 – Rory McLeod
130 – Robin Hull
129 – Jimmy Michie
118 – Mike Dunn
113 – Patrick Wallace
113 – John Parrott

110, 100 – Kurt Maflin
110 – Robert Milkins
109, 100 – Liang Wenbo
107 – Ben Woollaston
104 – Jamie O'Neill
103 – Liu Song
100 – Xiao Guodong

Televised stage centuries

147, 129, 122, 110, 108, 107 – Ronnie O'Sullivan
142, 114 – Fergal O'Brien
136 – Ian McCulloch
136 – Ali Carter
135, 106, 105 – Stephen Maguire
130, 127 – Ding Junhui
127 – Stephen Hendry
124, 113 – Shaun Murphy
114 – Marco Fu

113, 108, 100 – Mark Allen
112 – Ken Doherty
112 – Barry Hawkins
110 – Neil Robertson
108, 102 – Stephen Lee
108 – Joe Perry
106 – Nigel Bond
102 – Adrian Gunnell
101 – Ryan Day

References

^ "2007 Northern Ireland Championship Information". Global Snooker Centre. Archived from the original on January 21, 2008. Retrieved 16 March 2013.
^ "2007 Northern Ireland Trophy Prize Money". Snooker Database. Archived from the original on 21 January 2016. Retrieved 16 March 2013.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "2007 Northern Ireland Trophy". globalsnookercentre.co.uk. Global Snooker Centre. Archived from the original on 6 October 2008. Retrieved 24 March 2011.
^ ^a ^b "Northern Ireland Trophy 2007". Snooker.org. Retrieved 24 March 2011.

[1] "2007 Northern Ireland Championship Information". Global Snooker Centre. Archived from the original on January 21, 2008. Retrieved 16 March 2013.

[2] "2007 Northern Ireland Trophy Prize Money". Snooker Database. Archived from the original on 21 January 2016. Retrieved 16 March 2013.

[GSC_Results-3] "2007 Northern Ireland Trophy". globalsnookercentre.co.uk. Global Snooker Centre. Archived from the original on 6 October 2008. Retrieved 24 March 2011.

[Snooker.org-4] "Northern Ireland Trophy 2007". Snooker.org. Retrieved 24 March 2011.

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Tournament information
Dates	4–11 November 2007 (2007-11-04 – 2007-11-11)
Venue	Waterfront Hall
City	Belfast
Country	Northern Ireland
Organisation	WPBSA
Format	Ranking event
Total prize fund	£200,000
Winner's share	£30,000
Highest break	Ronnie O'Sullivan (ENG) (147)
Final
Champion	Stephen Maguire (SCO)
Runner-up	Fergal O'Brien (IRL)
Score	9–5
← 2006 2008 →