2004 World Champions v Asia Stars Challenge
Snooker tournament
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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.
| Tournament information | |
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| Dates | 4–8 August 2004 |
| Venue | BEC-Tero Hall |
| City | Bangkok |
| Country | Thailand |
| Organisation | 110 Sports Management Group |
| Format | Non-ranking event |
| Total prize fund | £70,000 |
| Winner's share | £30,0000 |
| Highest break |  John Higgins (SCO) (103) |
| Final | |
| Champion |  Marco Fu (HKG) |
| Runner-up | John Higgins (SCO) |
| Score | 5–1 |
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.[1][2] Fu received £30,000 as champion, from a prize fund of £70,000.[2]
Results
Round-robin stage
Group A
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Results:
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* John Higgins finished in the playoffs ahead of James Wattana due to winning their head to head match 3–1
Group B
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Results:
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Knock-out stage
| Semi-finals Best of 9 frames | Final Best of 9 frames | ||||||||
 Ding Junhui (CHN)
| 4 | ||||||||
| Marco Fu (HKG)
| 5 | ||||||||
| Marco Fu (HKG)
| 5 | ||||||||
| John Higgins (SCO)
| 1 | ||||||||
 Atthasit Mahitthi (THA)
| 2 | ||||||||
| John Higgins (SCO)
| 5 | ||||||||