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The Thailand Association in association with it's main sponsor Sang Som have just announced that they will be hosting the inaugural 6 red snooker championships in Bangkok during the summer. The format of this event has already been tested in the South East Asian Games and they believe this is an exciting new development for snooker.

48 players will be invited in all with   Ten to twelve (10-12) professional players from the World Snooker Main Tour. The rest of the field will be made up of players 8-10 players from host country Thailand with representatives from each of the following countries; Australia, Bahrain, Cambodia, China, Egypt, Europe (4-6); Hong Kong, India, Indonesia; Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, New Zealand, Pakistan, the Philippines; Qatar, Singapore, United Arab Emirates and Vietnam. 

Truevision TV in Thailand have already committed to broadcast one match per day along with the semi finals and final along with Channel 11 also broadcasting the final.

Europe have already decided to hold a 6 Red qualifying competition during the European Team Championship in Glasgow to choose four European players to compete along side the likes of Jimmy White and many other pro's at the event at the five-star Montien Riverside Hotel in Bangkok on July 8-13, 2008.

Prize monies:                          1,860,000 baht

Champion                                  500,000 baht

Runner-up                                  250,000 baht

Semi-finalist                               250,000 baht (125,000 baht x 2)

Quarter Finalist                          300,000 baht (75,000 baht x 4)

Last 16                                      280,000 baht (35,000 baht x 8)

Last 32                                      280,000 baht (17,500 baht x 16)