Euro-Asia Masters Challenge
{{Infobox Snooker tournament
|tournament_name = Euro-Asia Masters Challenge
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|venue = Various
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|establishment = 2003
|organisation = {{nowrap|110 Sports Management Group}}
|format = Non-ranking event
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|final year = 2007
|Final Champion = {{flagicon|SCO}} John Higgins
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The Euro-Asia Masters Challenge was an invitational professional non-ranking snooker tournament which ran for three editions.
History
In August 2003, the tournament was first held as a two-legged event. Featuring eight players across the two legs, the first leg was played in Wan Chai, Hong Kong, with James Wattana defeating Ken Doherty in the final to win the £30,000 prize. Wattana defeated Stephen Hendry in 5–1 in the semi-final, with Doherty defeating Mark Williams by the same scoreline in the second semi-final.{{cite book|last=Hayton|first=Eric|title=Cuesport Book of Professional Snooker|page=184}}
In the second leg played in Bangkok, Thailand, Doherty was victorious defeating Marco Fu in the final. Doherty defeated Ding Junhui 5–4 in his semi-final, while Fu had defeated Jimmy White 5–3 in the other semi.
The tournament was revived in 2007, with the addition of a team tournament. In the singles event John Higgins defeating James Wattana in the final in Hong Kong to take the £25,000 prize.{{cite web|title=Euro-Asia Snooker Masters Challenge|url=http://www.cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/misc4.html#Euro_Asia|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120216155703/http://www.cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/misc4.html#Euro_Asia|url-status=dead|archive-date=16 February 2012|publisher=Chris Turner's Snooker Archive|accessdate=14 November 2017}}{{cite web|url=https://www.express.co.uk/sport/othersport/13560/Higgins-pots-Euro-Asia-title|title=Higgins pots Euro-Asia title|publisher=Daily Express|date=15 July 2007}}{{cite web|url=https://www.glasgowtimes.co.uk/news/12791632.higgins-weathers-the-thai-phoon/|title=Higgins weathers the "Thai-Phoon"|publisher=Glasgow Times|date=16 July 2007}}
Winners
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| style="text-align: center; background-color: #00af00" | Year
! style="text-align: left; background-color: #00af00" | Winner ! style="text-align: left; background-color: #00af00" | Runner-up ! style="text-align: left; background-color: #00af00" | Final score ! style="text-align: left; background-color: #00af00" | Venue ! style="text-align: left; background-color: #00af00" | Season |
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| 2003 – Event 1
| {{flagicon|THA}} James Wattana | {{flagicon|IRL}} Ken Doherty | style="text-align: center" | 6–4 | {{flagicon|HKG}} Wan Chai | rowspan="2"|2003/04 |
| 2003 – Event 2
| {{flagicon|IRL}} Ken Doherty | {{flagicon|HKG}} Marco Fu | style="text-align: center" | 5–2 | {{flagicon|THA}} Bangkok |
| 2007
| {{flagicon|SCO}} John Higgins | {{flagicon|THA}} James Wattana | style="text-align: center" | 5–4 | {{flagicon|HKG}} Wan Chai | 2007/08 |