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2008 POY Leader Boards - Europe
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| Rank | Player | Location | POY Points | Titles | Final Tables | POY Winnings |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 (3) | Bertrand Grospellier | London, GBR | 5,510 | 2 | 6 | $3,618,720 |
| 2 (4) | Ivan Demidov | Moscow, RUS | 4,940 | 0 | 2 | $6,404,900 |
| 3 (6) | David Benyamine | Paris, FRA | 4,436 | 1 | 5 | $1,978,419 |
| 4 (7) | Peter Eastgate | Odense, DNK | 4,320 | 1 | 1 | $9,181,022 |
| 5 (12) | Sebastian Ruthenberg | Hamburg, DEU | 3,808 | 2 | 3 | $2,301,700 |
| 6 (14) | Dario Minieri | Rome, ITA | 3,784 | 1 | 3 | $1,135,134 |
| 7 (31) | Davidi Kitai | Brussels, BEL | 3,200 | 1 | 3 | $1,006,826 |
| 8 (41) | Claudio Rinaldi | Rancate, England, GBR | 3,000 | 0 | 2 | $1,001,282 |
| 9 (48) | Jesper Hougaard | Copenhagen, DNK | 2,880 | 2 | 2 | $877,817 |
| 10 (51) | Rasmus Nielsen | DNK | 2,840 | 0 | 3 | $830,198 |
| 11 (52) | Marty Smyth | Belfast, IRL | 2,820 | 2 | 2 | $1,859,549 |
| 12 (55) | Alexander Kostritsyn | Moscow, RUS | 2,746 | 1 | 2 | $1,739,983 |
| 13 (57) | Gus Hansen | Copenhagen, DNK | 2,657 | 0 | 2 | $1,841,132 |
| 14 (58) | Neil Channing | London, GBR | 2,640 | 1 | 2 | $1,345,968 |
| 15 (66) | Max Pescatori | Milan, ITA | 2,492 | 2 | 7 | $454,940 |
| 16 (74) | Alain Roy | FRA | 2,400 | 1 | 1 | $1,400,199 |
| 17 (81) | Jason Gray | London, GBR | 2,274 | 0 | 2 | $570,442 |
| 18 (90) | Michael Schulze | DEU | 2,160 | 1 | 1 | $952,760 |
| 19 (102) | Antony Lellouche | Paris, FRA | 2,000 | 0 | 2 | $935,889 |
| 20 (100) | Fintan Gavin | IRL | 2,000 | 0 | 1 | $1,116,720 |
| 21 (101) | Michael Tureniec | Solna, SWE | 2,000 | 0 | 1 | $708,411 |
| 22 (98) | Andreas Gulunay | Gutersloh, DEU | 2,000 | 0 | 1 | $782,180 |
| 23 (99) | Denes Kalo | Budapest, HUN | 2,000 | 0 | 1 | $1,864,116 |
| 24 (111) | William Fry | GBR | 1,920 | 1 | 1 | $834,175 |
| 25 (112) | Salvatore Bonavena | ITA | 1,920 | 1 | 1 | $975,240 |
| 26 (117) | Chris Bjorin | London, GBR | 1,908 | 0 | 7 | $332,755 |
| 27 (119) | Stanislav Alekhin | Moscow, RUS | 1,892 | 0 | 2 | $957,840 |
| 28 (126) | Ricardo Sousa | PRT | 1,800 | 0 | 1 | $539,897 |
| 29 (153) | Vitaly Lunkin | Moscow, RUS | 1,650 | 1 | 2 | $645,342 |
| 30 (155) | Johan Storakers | Stockholm, SWE | 1,648 | 0 | 2 | $490,489 |
| 31 (158) | Marcel Luske | Amsterdam, NLD | 1,644 | 0 | 2 | $231,085 |
| 32 (160) | Jan Sorensen | Odense, DNK | 1,632 | 1 | 1 | $800,972 |
| 33 (171) | Antonin Teisseire | FRA | 1,600 | 0 | 1 | $469,067 |
| 34 (168) | Marcin Horecki | POL | 1,600 | 0 | 1 | $532,111 |
| 35 (167) | Donal Norton | IRL | 1,600 | 0 | 1 | $662,053 |
| 36 (165) | Torsten Haase | Siegburg, DEU | 1,600 | 0 | 1 | $454,360 |
| 37 (166) | Soren Jensen | DNK | 1,600 | 0 | 1 | $685,379 |
| 38 (169) | Ciprian Hrisca | ROU | 1,600 | 0 | 1 | $479,651 |
| 39 (170) | Massimo Cicco | ITA | 1,600 | 0 | 1 | $560,700 |
| 40 (186) | Johannes Strassmann | Bonn, DEU | 1,560 | 0 | 3 | $509,351 |
| 41 (195) | Aliaksandr Dzianisau | RUS | 1,500 | 0 | 2 | $428,107 |
| 42 (207) | John Gale | Bushey Heath, GBR | 1,440 | 2 | 3 | $361,298 |
| 43 (208) | Vadim Markushevski | RUS | 1,440 | 0 | 1 | $961,718 |
| 44 (206) | Jens Voertmann | Dortmund, DEU | 1,440 | 1 | 1 | $298,253 |
| 45 (205) | Mathias Viberg | SWE | 1,440 | 0 | 1 | $317,586 |
| 46 (225) | Nikolas Lialeos | SWE | 1,404 | 1 | 1 | $278,370 |
| 47 (235) | Gustav Ekerot | SWE | 1,360 | 0 | 1 | $459,913 |
| 48 (246) | Alan Smurfit | Dublin, IRL | 1,310 | 0 | 4 | $327,281 |
| 49 (256) | Daniel Makowsky | Zurich, CHE | 1,280 | 0 | 1 | $355,050 |
| 50 (255) | Thomas Dunwoodie | Newcastle, GBR | 1,280 | 0 | 1 | $433,487 |
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