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2005 Malta Cup
Tournament information
Dates	31 January – 6 February 2005
Venue	Hilton Conference Centre
City	Portomaso
Country	Malta
Organisation	WPBSA
Format	Ranking event
Total prize fund	£200,000
Winner's share	£30,000
Highest break	John Higgins (SCO) (141)
Final
Champion	Stephen Hendry (SCO)
Runner-up	Graeme Dott (SCO)
Score	9–7
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The 2005 Malta Cup was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place from 31 January to 6 February 2005 at the Hilton Conference Centre in Portomaso, Malta.

Stephen Hendry won in the final 9–7 against Graeme Dott.^[1] This was the 36th and final ranking event he won in his 27-year professional career.^[2]

Prize fund

The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:^[3]

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
Highest break: £2,000
Maximum break: £20,000
Total: £200,000

Wildcard round

^[4]^[5]^[6]

Match		Score
WC1	Tom Ford	5–1	Joe Grech
WC2	Mike Dunn	5–0	Simon Zammit
WC3	Neil Robertson	5–1	Duncan Bezzina
WC4	Adrian Gunnell	5–3	Alex Borg

Main draw

^[4]^[5]^[6]^[7]

Round 1 Best of 9 frames			Last 16 Best of 9 frames			Quarter-finals Best of 9 frames			Semi-finals Best of 11 fames			Final Best of 17 frames

1	Stephen Maguire	5

	Joe Swail	4
			1	Stephen Maguire	3

			11	Alan McManus	5
11	Alan McManus	5

	Barry Pinches	4
						11	Alan McManus	2

						7	Matthew Stevens	5
15	David Gray	0

	Mike Dunn	5
				Mike Dunn	3

			7	Matthew Stevens	5
7	Matthew Stevens	5

	Shaun Murphy	4
									7	Matthew Stevens	3

									4	Stephen Hendry	6
8	Ken Doherty	5

	Ryan Day	2
			8	Ken Doherty	2

				Tom Ford	5
13	Chris Small	0

	Tom Ford	5
							Tom Ford	1

						4	Stephen Hendry	5
10	Stephen Lee	2

	Anthony Hamilton	5
				Anthony Hamilton	1

			4	Stephen Hendry	5
4	Stephen Hendry	5

	Barry Hawkins	1
												4	Stephen Hendry	9

												16	Graeme Dott	7
3	Mark Williams	1

	Neil Robertson	5
				Neil Robertson	5

			12	Jimmy White	2
12	Jimmy White	5

	Robert Milkins	3
							Neil Robertson	2

						4	John Higgins	5
9	Peter Ebdon	5

	Michael Holt	1
			9	Peter Ebdon	2

			6	John Higgins	5
6	John Higgins	5

	Drew Henry	4
									6	John Higgins	5

									16	Graeme Dott	6
5	Paul Hunter	3

	Stuart Pettman	5
				Stuart Pettman	3

			14	Steve Davis	5
14	Steve Davis	5

	Jamie Burnett	3
						14	Steve Davis	1

						16	Graeme Dott	5
16	Graeme Dott	5

	Adrian Gunnell	1
			16	Graeme Dott	5

			2	Ronnie O'Sullivan^{[n 2]}	0
2	Ronnie O'Sullivan	w/o

	Quinten Hann^{[n 1]}	w/d

Final

Final: Best of 17 frames. Referee: Eirian Williams. Hilton Conference Centre, Portomaso, Malta, 6 February 2005.^[4]^[5]
Stephen Hendry (4) Scotland	9–7	Graeme Dott (16) Scotland
Afternoon: 92–0 (92), 114–0 (114), 39–70 (56), 0–73 (73), 102–7 (101), 1–71 (64), 75–40, 0–93 (93) Evening: 109–0 (101), 80–0 (79), 81–0 (81), 24–81 (53), 0–84 (83), 24–67 (59), 61–9, 72–54
114	Highest break	93
3	Century breaks	0
6	50+ breaks	7

Qualifying

Qualifying for the tournament took place between 30 November and 3 December 2004 at Pontins in Prestatyn, Wales.^[5]^[8]


Round 1 Best of 9 frames		Round 2 Best of 9 frames		Round 3 Best of 9 frames		Round 4 Best of 9 frames


Paul Davies	4	Jonathan Birch	1	Mark Davis	5	Joe Swail	5

David McDonnell	5	David McDonnell	5	David McDonnell	4	Mark Davis	3


Paul Wykes	5	David Roe	3	Patrick Wallace	4	Barry Pinches	5

Steve James	4	Paul Wykes	5	Paul Wykes	5	Paul Wykes	2


Leo Fernandez	5	Mike Dunn	5	Michael Judge	1	Marco Fu	4

Ben Woollaston	3	Leo Fernandez	1	Mike Dunn	5	Mike Dunn	5


Ricky Walden	2	Anthony Davies	5	Shaun Murphy	5	Gerard Greene	2

Hugh Abernethy	5	Hugh Abernethy	4	Anthony Davies	1	Shaun Murphy	5


Andrew Norman	3	Bjorn Haneveer	3	Ryan Day	5	Ali Carter	3

Joe Jogia	5	Joe Jogia	5	Joe Jogia	2	Ryan Day	5


Tom Ford	5	Nick Walker	3	Dave Harold	3	Tony Drago^{[n 3]}	4

Gary Wilson	2	Tom Ford	5	Tom Ford	5	Tom Ford	5


Alfie Burden	5	Andy Hicks	5	Stuart Bingham	4	Anthony Hamilton	5

Paul Davison	4	Alfie Burden	0	Andy Hicks	5	Andy Hicks	3


Craig Butler	5	Jimmy Michie	5	Barry Hawkins	5	Ian McCulloch	4

Brian Salmon	3	Craig Butler	0	Jimmy Michie	1	Barry Hawkins	5


Darren Morgan	5	Neil Robertson	5	Fergal O'Brien	4	Joe Perry	3

Mark Gray	3	Darren Morgan	0	Neil Robertson	5	Neil Robertson	5


Simon Bedford	5	Marcus Campbell	5	Robin Hull	5	Robert Milkins	5

Liu Song	3	Simon Bedford	1	Marcus Campbell	4	Robin Hull	2


Rory McLeod	5	Lee Walker	0	Brian Morgan	4	Michael Holt	5

Sean O'Neill	0	Rory McLeod	5	Rory McLeod	5	Rory McLeod	2


Ding Junhui	w/o	Sean Storey	5	Nigel Bond	5	Drew Henry	5

Stefan Mazrocis	w/d	Ding Junhui	4	Sean Storey	3	Nigel Bond	3


Shokat Ali	5	Gary Wilkinson	1	Stuart Pettman	5	John Parrott	0

Mike Hallett	3	Shokat Ali	5	Shokat Ali	1	Stuart Pettman	5


Scott MacKenzie	5	Jamie Burnett	5	Nick Dyson	4	Dominic Dale	1

David Hall	0	Scott MacKenzie	2	Jamie Burnett	5	Jamie Burnett	5


Rodney Goggins	5	Adrian Gunnell	5	Mark Selby	3	Mark King	1

Adam Davies	4	Rodney Goggins	3	Adrian Gunnell	5	Adrian Gunnell	5


Joe Delaney	5	Rod Lawler	2	James Wattana	5	Quinten Hann	5

Jin Long	1	Joe Delaney	5	Joe Delaney	4	James Wattana	4