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The European Open was a professional Snooker tournament. It was one of the eight Ranking Tournaments until the 2003/04 Season .

Prior to the 1988/89 season, there were no events outside the United Kingdom , so the WPBSA decided to set up a tournament to be played in Europe . Under various sponsors, the tournament was played as a ranking tournament until the 1995/96 season. The tournament then lost ranking status, and was discontinued after 1996/97. The German Open , Irish Open and Malta Grand Prix were the ranking tournaments in Europe for the next few years, before the European Open was revived for 2001/02.

The European Open was superseded by the Malta Cup for the 2004/05 Season .




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