European Tour 2012/2013 – Event 1

The Betfair European Tour 2012/2013 – Event 1 (also known as the 2012 Arcaden Paul Hunter Classic^[1]) was a professional minor-ranking snooker tournament that took place between 23 and 26 August 2012 in Fürth, Germany.^[2]

Betfair European Tour
2012/2013 Event 1

Tournament information
Dates	23–26 August 2012 (2012-08-23 – 2012-08-26)
Venue	Stadthalle
City	Fürth
Country	Germany
Organisation	World Snooker
Format	Minor-ranking event
Total prize fund	€71,895
Winner's share	€12,000
Highest break	Ken Doherty (IRL) (147)
Final
Champion	Mark Selby (ENG)
Runner-up	Joe Swail (NIR)
Score	4–1
← PTC2 PTC3 →

Ken Doherty made the 90th official maximum break during his last 128 match against Julian Treiber. This was Doherty's first official 147 break and also the second maximum break in the 2012/2013 season.^[3] Doherty also became the first player from Ireland to make an official maximum break.^[4]

Mark Selby successfully defended his 2011 title^[5] by beating Joe Swail 4–1 in the final.^[6] Swail became the first player not on the Main Tour to reach the final of a PTC event, having been relegated the previous season.

Prize fund and ranking points

The breakdown of prize money and ranking points of the event is shown below:^[1][7][8]

	Prize fund	Ranking points1
Winner	€12,000	2,000
Runner-up	€6,000	1,600
Semi-finalist	€3,000	1,280
Quarter-finalist	€2,000	1,000
Last 16	€1,250	760
Last 32	€750	560
Last 64	€500	360
Maximum break[9]	€1,895	–
Total	€71,895	–

• ¹ Only professional players can earn ranking points.

Main draw

^[10][11][12]

Preliminary rounds

Round 1

Best of 7 frames

Oliver Lines 4–0 Thomas Scholl David Singh w/d–w/o Itaro Santos Ronny Buchholz 0–4 Alex Taubman John Astley 4–0 Ron Florax Sybren Sokolowski 0–4 Dean Goddard Angelo Rizzo 1–4 Adam Wicheard Simon Morgan 0–4 Wan Chooi Tang Oliver Brown w/o–w/d Adrian Gunnell Lee Page w/o–w/d Eyad Mohammed Al-Ansari Alexander Ursenbacher 4–0 Laurin Winters Hussain Fuad w/d–w/o Hendrik Henschke Rami Ali w/d–w/o Stefan Schenk Hendrik Glax 4–2 Klaus-Dieter Geiger Gary Steele 4–0 Ralf Günzel Chris Norbury 4–0 Hans Blanckaert Jeff Jacobs w/o–w/d Lucky Vatnani Dieter Meier 2–4 Ricky Norris Robert Drahn w/d–w/o Tin Venos Mitchell Mann w/o–w/d Wael Al Qassimi Sebastian Lahruis 0–4 Alain Van Der Steen Mohammed Al Shaikh w/d–w/o Julian Treiber Aaron Busuttil w/o–w/d Ali Abdul Kareem Robert Valiant w/d–w/o John Parkin Benjamin Buser w/d–w/o Jeff Cundy Johnny Kells 4–3 Kilian Baur-Pantoulier Rüdiger Fehrmann 4–3 Robert Hofheinz

Phil Barnes 4–3 Norbert Eckstein Brynjar Valdimaisson w/o–w/d Mohamed Omar Dragan Roša 4–1 Michele Battaglia James Cahill 1–4 Mark Vincent Patrick Einsle 4–0 Ali Kirim Habib Subah w/d–w/o Nicole Breitenstein Reanne Evans 1–4 Andreas Ploner Shahram Changezi w/d–w/o Terry Challenger Husain Mahmood w/d–w/o Stuart Carrington Ian Glover 4–0 Stefan Gerst Stéphane Ochoïski 1–4 Sam Harvey Alois Riegel 1–4 Bernd Strnad Michael Seidel 0–4 Duane Jones Jörg Petersen 1–4 Luca Kaufmann Elliot Slessor 1–4 Jack Bradford Joe Swail 4–0 Bero Cerinski Marc Davis 4–3 Sascha Breuer Maurice Le Duc w/d–w/o Tomasz Skalski Greg Davis 2–4 Kishan Hirani Joe Steele 1–4 Kyren Wilson Felix Freede 0–4 Alex Davies Ronny Pawlitza 1–4 Ole Steiner Soner Sari 4–0 Andreas Vetter Christopher Keogan w/o–w/d Mario Wehrmann Tobias Hirmer 4–1 Sherief Shemeis Christof Biniarsch 0–4 Liam Monk

Round 2

Best of 7 frames

Oliver Lines 4–2 Itaro Santos Alex Taubman 2–4 John Astley Justin Astley 4–1 Dean Goddard Adam Wicheard 4–1 Wan Chooi Tang Oliver Brown 4–2 Lee Page Alexander Ursenbacher 4–0 Hendrik Henschke Carl Rosenberger 4–3 Stefan Schenk Sanjin Kusan 4–0 Hendrik Glax Gary Steele 0–4 Chris Norbury Jeff Jacobs 1–4 Ricky Norris Tin Venos 0–4 Mitchell Mann Michael Wild 4–0 Alain Van Der Steen Stefan Merkel 3–4 Julian Treiber Matthias Porn 0–4 Aaron Busuttil John Parkin 2–4 Jeff Cundy Johnny Kells 4–1 Rüdiger Fehrmann

Phil Barnes w/o–w/d Brynjar Valdimaisson Ben Harrison 4–0 Dragan Roša Andreas Hartung 0–4 Mark Vincent Patrick Einsle 4–0 Nicole Breitenstein Andreas Ploner 4–1 Terry Challenger Stuart Carrington 0–4 Ian Glover Sam Harvey 4–0 Bernd Strnad Duane Jones 4–0 Luca Kaufmann Jack Bradford 0–4 Joe Swail Marc Davis 4–1 Tomasz Skalski Dominik Scherübl 3–4 Kishan Hirani Phil O'Kane 0–4 Kyren Wilson Oliver Kremp 0–4 Alex Davies Darko Hojan 0–4 Ole Steiner Soner Sari 1–4 Christopher Keogan Tobias Hirmer 1–4 Liam Monk

Main rounds

Top half

Section 1

	Last 128 Best of 7 frames					Last 64 Best of 7 frames					Last 32 Best of 7 frames					Last 16 Best of 7 frames
	Jack Lisowski		4
	Oliver Lines		0			Jack Lisowski		2
	Ryan Day		w/o			Ryan Day		4
	Passakorn Suwannawat		w/d								Ryan Day		4
	Ryan Causton		3								John Astley		2
	John Astley		4			John Astley		4
	Gary Wilson		4			Gary Wilson		1
	Kurt Maflin		2													Ryan Day		4
	Li Yan		4													Jamie Jones		2
	Justin Astley		3			Li Yan		4
	Matthew Stevens		4			Matthew Stevens		1
	Adam Wicheard		1								Li Yan		3
	Jak Jones		4								Jamie Jones		4
	Oliver Brown		2			Jak Jones		1
	Jimmy Robertson		0			Jamie Jones		4
	Jamie Jones		4

Section 2

	Last 128 Best of 7 frames					Last 64 Best of 7 frames					Last 32 Best of 7 frames					Last 16 Best of 7 frames
	John Higgins		4
	Michael Leslie		2			John Higgins		4
	Craig Steadman		4			Craig Steadman		1
	Alexander Ursenbacher		0								John Higgins		1
	Ian Burns		4								Pankaj Advani		4
	Carl Rosenberger		0			Ian Burns		1
	Pankaj Advani		4			Pankaj Advani		4
	Martin O'Donnell		0													Pankaj Advani		4
	Dave Harold		3													Mark King		3
	Alfie Burden		4			Alfie Burden		4
	Gareth Allen		0			Martin Gould		3
	Martin Gould		4								Alfie Burden		1
	Liu Chuang		w/d								Mark King		4
	Sanjin Kusan		w/o			Sanjin Kusan		0
	Cao Yupeng		w/d			Mark King		4
	Mark King		w/o

Section 3

	Last 128 Best of 7 frames					Last 64 Best of 7 frames					Last 32 Best of 7 frames					Last 16 Best of 7 frames
	Fergal O'Brien		3
	Chris Norbury		4			Chris Norbury		2
	Scott Donaldson		4			Scott Donaldson		4
	Ricky Norris		1								Scott Donaldson		3
	Marcus Campbell		4								Michael Wild		4
	Mitchell Mann		2			Marcus Campbell		0
	Jordan Brown		0			Michael Wild		4
	Michael Wild		4													Michael Wild		3
	Yu Delu		w/o													Ken Doherty		4
	Tian Pengfei		w/d			Yu Delu		4
	Paul Davison		4			Paul Davison		2
	Matthew Selt		2								Yu Delu		1
	Ken Doherty		4								Ken Doherty		4
	Julian Treiber		0			Ken Doherty		4
	Stephen Lee		4			Stephen Lee		3
	Aaron Busuttil		0

Section 4

	Last 128 Best of 7 frames					Last 64 Best of 7 frames					Last 32 Best of 7 frames					Last 16 Best of 7 frames
	Robert Milkins		4
	Michael Wasley		3			Robert Milkins		3
	Robbie Williams		4			Robbie Williams		4
	Tom Ford		2								Robbie Williams		4
	Steve Davis		2								Jamie Cope		2
	Simon Bedford		4			Simon Bedford		1
	Jamie Cope		4			Jamie Cope		4
	Jeff Cundy		0													Robbie Williams		3
	James Wattana		w/d													Mark Selby		4
	Gerard Greene		w/o			Gerard Greene		0
	Mark Selby		4			Mark Selby		4
	Sean O'Sullivan		0								Mark Selby		4
	Ali Carter		4								Mark Davis		3
	Johnny Kells		0			Ali Carter		2
	Sam Baird		1			Mark Davis		4
	Mark Davis		4

Bottom half

Section 5

	Last 128 Best of 7 frames					Last 64 Best of 7 frames					Last 32 Best of 7 frames					Last 16 Best of 7 frames
	Mark Williams		2
	Liam Highfield		4			Liam Highfield		2
	Thanawat Thirapongpaiboon		w/d			Phil Barnes		4
	Phil Barnes		w/o								Phil Barnes		3
	Andrew Norman		4								Andrew Norman		4
	Ben Harrison		3			Andrew Norman		4
	Anthony McGill		2			Nigel Bond		2
	Nigel Bond		4													Andrew Norman		4
	Ricky Walden		4													Ricky Walden		3
	Tony Drago		3			Ricky Walden		4
	David Grace		4			David Grace		2
	Mark Vincent		0								Ricky Walden		4
	Joel Walker		4								Mark Allen		1
	Barry Pinches		0			Joel Walker		2
	Mark Allen		4			Mark Allen		4
	Patrick Einsle		0

Section 6

	Last 128 Best of 7 frames					Last 64 Best of 7 frames					Last 32 Best of 7 frames					Last 16 Best of 7 frames
	Shaun Murphy		4
	Andreas Ploner		0			Shaun Murphy		4
	Rod Lawler		4			Rod Lawler		2
	Ian Glover		2								Shaun Murphy		4
	Alan McManus		4								Alan McManus		1
	Sam Harvey		1			Alan McManus		4
	Michael Holt		4			Michael Holt		3
	Adam Duffy		2													Shaun Murphy		2
	Rory McLeod		4													Joe Swail		4
	Aditya Mehta		2			Rory McLeod		4
	Luca Brecel		4			Luca Brecel		3
	Zhang Anda		0								Rory McLeod		2
	Jimmy White		4								Joe Swail		4
	Duane Jones		2			Jimmy White		2
	Allan Taylor		3			Joe Swail		4
	Joe Swail		4

Section 7

Last 128 Best of 7 frames

Last 64 Best of 7 frames

Last 32 Best of 7 frames

Last 16 Best of 7 frames

Dechawat Poomjaeng

w/d

David Gilbert

w/o

David Gilbert

3

Michael White

w/o

Michael White

4

Mohamed Khairy

w/d

Michael White

4

Joe Perry

4

Joe Perry

3

Chen Zhe

0

Joe Perry

4

Ben Woollaston

4

Ben Woollaston

3

Ben Judge

2

Michael White

4

Xiao Guodong

w/d

Dominic Dale

2

Marc Davis

w/o

Marc Davis

0

Dominic Dale

w/o

Dominic Dale

4

Mike Dunn

w/d

Dominic Dale

4

Graeme Dott

4

Stuart Bingham

0

Kishan Hirani

1

Graeme Dott

2

Stuart Bingham

4

Stuart Bingham

4

Marco Fu

3

Section 8

	Last 128 Best of 7 frames					Last 64 Best of 7 frames					Last 32 Best of 7 frames					Last 16 Best of 7 frames
	Neil Robertson		4
	Daniel Wells		1			Neil Robertson		1
	Barry Hawkins		4			Barry Hawkins		4
	Kyren Wilson		2								Barry Hawkins		4
	Judd Trump		w/o								Judd Trump		3
	Hossein Vafaei		w/d			Judd Trump		4
	Liang Wenbo		4			Liang Wenbo		1
	Alex Davies		1													Barry Hawkins		4
	Mark Joyce		4													Thepchaiya Un-Nooh		1
	Ole Steiner		0			Mark Joyce		4
	Anthony Hamilton		4			Anthony Hamilton		3
	Christopher Keogan		1								Mark Joyce		1
	Peter Lines		4								Thepchaiya Un-Nooh		4
	Liam Monk		0			Peter Lines		2
	Andrew Higginson		1			Thepchaiya Un-Nooh		4
	Thepchaiya Un-Nooh		4

Finals

	Quarter-finals Best of 7 frames					Semi-finals Best of 7 frames					Final Best of 7 frames
	Ryan Day		1
	Pankaj Advani		4			Pankaj Advani		2
	Ken Doherty		0			Mark Selby		4
	Mark Selby		4								Mark Selby		4
	Andrew Norman		3								Joe Swail		1
	Joe Swail		4			Joe Swail		4
	Michael White		1			Barry Hawkins		3
	Barry Hawkins		4

Century breaks

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147, 103 – Ken Doherty 140 – Mark Williams 135, 111 – Barry Hawkins 135, 107 – Joe Swail 127, 116, 112 – Mark Selby 122, 107 – Judd Trump 121, 108 – Michael White 120, 100 – Joe Perry 116 – John Astley 114 – Martin Gould 113 – Liam Highfield 112 – Alfie Burden

112 – Mark Allen 112 – Robbie Williams 111 – Oliver Lines 111 – Ben Harrison 109 – Michael Wild 109 – Jamie Cope 108 – Paul Davison 107 – Mark King 104 – Ryan Day 104 – Kurt Maflin 104 – Shaun Murphy 100 – Duane Jones

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