1998 UK Snooker Championship
- 1998 UK Snooker Championship
The 1998 Liverpool Victoria UK Championship took place at the Bournemouth International Centre starting on 16 November and TV stages shown on BBC TV took place between 21 and 29 November 1998.
This was to be the first UK championship to be held in Bournemouth since the inaugural championship in 1977 after 20 years at Preston. The Conference Centre has held snooker competitions before (They have hosted the World Cup during the 1980's and the International Open in 1994 and 1995).
John Higgins wins this year's title beating Matthew Stevens to go with the World Championship crown he won earlier in the year. Defending UK Champion Ronnie O'Sullivan pulled out due to exhaustion. His doctor had told him to rest after suffering from physical and nervous exhaustion.
Prize Money
Winner £75,000
Runner-up £39,000
Losing semi-finalists £19,750
Losing quarter-finalists £10,080
Last 16 £5,525
Last 32 £3,450
Last 64 £2,950
Maximum break ???
High break £5,000
Total £460,000
Highest break
141 John Higgins (TV)
The contest
1st Round Best of 17 frames
flagicon|Northern Ireland Terry Murphy 9-3 Neal Foulds flagicon|England]
2nd Round Best of 17 frames
Round16
|flag|WAL Matthew Stevens|9|flag|ENG Rod Lawler|5
|flag|ENG Matthew Couch|9|flag|ENG Michael Holt|5
|flag|ENG Dave Harold|9|flag|WAL} Mark J Williams|4
|flag|IRL Fergal O'Brien|9|flag|IRL Ken Doherty|7
|flag|ENG Steve Davis|9"'|flag|SCO} Marcus Campbell|7
|flag|ENG Paul Hunter|9|flag|ENG Jimmy White|2
|flag|ENG John Parrott|9|flag|ENG Gary Ponting|6
|flag|SCO John Higgins|9|flag|NIR Terry Murphy|4
|flag|WAL Matthew Stevens|9|flag|ENG Matthew Couch|5
|flag|ENG Dave Harold|9|flag|IRL Fergal O'Brien|4
|flag|ENG Paul Hunter|9|flag|ENG Steve Davis|4
|flag|SCO John Higgins|9|flag|ENG} John Parrott|6
|flag|WAL Matthew Stevens|9|flag|ENG Dave Harold|7
|flag|SCO John Higgins|9|flag|ENG Paul Hunter|4
|flag|SCO John Higgins|10|flag|WAL Matthew Stevens|6
3rdplace=no
External links
WWW Snooker [http://www.snooker.org/]
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