2004 World Champions v Asia Stars Challenge
{{Infobox individual snooker tournament
|tournament_name = {{nowrap|World Champions v Asia Stars Challenge}}
|logo =
|dates ={{Start and end dates|2004|08|4|2004|08|8|df=y}}
|venue = BEC-Tero Hall
|location = Bangkok
|country = Thailand
|organisation = 110 Sports Management Group
|format = Non-ranking event
|Total prize fund=
|winners_share=
|highest_break={{flagicon|SCO}} John Higgins (103)
|winner={{flagicon|HKG}} Marco Fu
|runner_up={{flagicon|SCO}} John Higgins
|score=5–1
|previous=
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The 2004 World Champions v Asia Stars Challenge was an invitational professional non-ranking snooker tournament that ran for one year.
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.{{cite web|title=World Champions v Asia Stars Challenge|url=http://www.cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/misc4.html#WChampvAsianStars|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120216155703/http://www.cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/misc4.html#WChampvAsianStars|url-status=dead|archive-date=16 February 2012|publisher=Chris Turner's Snooker Archive|accessdate=18 December 2019}}
Results
=Round-robin stage=
Group A
{{Col-begin}}
{{Col-2}}
| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;" | |||||||
| width=20|POS
!width=165|Player !width=20|MP !width=20|MW !width=20|ML !width=20|FW !width=20|FL !width=20|FD !width=20|PTS | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| style="background:#aaffaa;"
|1 | style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|CHN}} Ding Junhui
|3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 6 | +2 | 8 |
| style="background:#aaffaa;"
|2 | style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|SCO}} John Higgins
|3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 6 | +1 | 7* |
| 3 | style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|THA}} James Wattana
|3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 6 | +1 | 7 |
| 4 | style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|WAL}} Mark Williams
|3 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 9 | −4 | 5 |
{{Col-2}}
Results:
- Ding Junhui 3–1 John Higgins
- James Wattana 3–1 Mark Williams
- John Higgins 3–1 James Wattana
- Ding Junhui 3–2 Mark Williams
- James Wattana 3–2 Ding Junhui
- John Higgins 3–2 Mark Williams
{{Col-end}}
Group B
{{Col-begin}}
{{Col-2}}
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| width=20|POS
!width=165|Player !width=20|MP !width=20|MW !width=20|ML !width=20|FW !width=20|FL !width=20|FD !width=20|PTS | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| style="background:#aaffaa;"
|1 | style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|THA}} Atthasit Mahitthi
|3 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 1 | +8 | 9 |
| style="background:#aaffaa;"
|2 | style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|HKG}} Marco Fu
|3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 5 | +1 | 6 |
| 3 | style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|SCO}} Stephen Hendry
|3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | −3 | 3 |
| 4 | style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|IRL}} Ken Doherty
|3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 9 | −6 | 0 |
{{Col-2}}
Results:
- Atthasit Mahitthi 3–0 Marco Fu
- Atthasit Mahitthi 3–0 Stephen Hendry
- Marco Fu 3–0 Stephen Hendry
- Stephen Hendry 3–0 Ken Doherty
- Atthasit Mahitthi 3–1 Ken Doherty
- Marco Fu 3–2 Ken Doherty
{{Col-end}}
=Knock-out stage=
{{4TeamBracket
| RD1=Semi-finals
Best of 9 frames
| RD2=Final
Best of 9 frames
| RD1-seed1=
| RD1-team1={{flagicon|CHN}} Ding Junhui
| RD1-score1=4
| RD1-seed2=
| RD1-team2={{flagicon|HKG}} Marco Fu
| RD1-score2=5
| RD1-seed3=
| RD1-team3={{flagicon|THA}} Atthasit Mahitthi
| RD1-score3=2
| RD1-seed4=
| RD1-team4={{flagicon|SCO}} John Higgins
| RD1-score4=5
| RD2-seed1=
| RD2-team1={{flagicon|HKG}} Marco Fu
| RD2-score1=5
| RD2-seed2=
| RD2-team2={{flagicon|SCO}} John Higgins
| RD2-score2=1
}}
References
{{Reflist}}
{{Snooker tournaments}}
{{Snooker season 2004/2005}}