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2008 POY Leader Boards - Europe
| Rank | Player | Location | POY Points | Titles | Final Tables | POY Winnings |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 51 (254) | Magnus Hansen | DNK | 1,280 | 0 | 1 | $398,094 |
| 52 (257) | Martin Jacobson | Stockholm, SWE | 1,280 | 0 | 1 | $277,066 |
| 53 (272) | Spencer Lawrence | Wimbledon, GBR | 1,219 | 0 | 3 | $213,512 |
| 54 (277) | James Akenhead | London, GBR | 1,200 | 0 | 1 | $520,219 |
| 55 (282) | Stephane Bazin | FRA | 1,200 | 0 | 1 | $315,745 |
| 56 (278) | Rene Mouritsen | Copenhagen, DNK | 1,200 | 0 | 1 | $445,523 |
| 57 (280) | Daniele Mazzia | ITA | 1,200 | 0 | 1 | $494,910 |
| 58 (279) | Casper Hansen | Horsens, DNK | 1,200 | 1 | 1 | $662,592 |
| 59 (275) | Diego Perez | Valencia, ESP | 1,200 | 0 | 1 | $346,616 |
| 60 (281) | Fuad Serhan | Cobham, GBR | 1,200 | 0 | 1 | $165,412 |
| 61 (276) | Nico Behling | Thuriugen, DEU | 1,200 | 0 | 2 | $412,640 |
| 62 (301) | Andrey Zaichenko | Moscow, RUS | 1,182 | 0 | 3 | $259,844 |
| 63 (304) | Theodoros Aidonopoulos | GRC | 1,170 | 0 | 1 | $216,503 |
| 64 (314) | Remy Biechel | Ste. Genevieve, FRA | 1,137 | 0 | 4 | $261,366 |
| 65 (318) | Joao Barbosa | PRT | 1,116 | 1 | 1 | $485,484 |
| 66 (332) | Daniel Larsson | Linkoping, SWE | 1,088 | 0 | 1 | $266,129 |
| 67 (334) | Bengt Sonnert | Linkoping, SWE | 1,080 | 0 | 1 | $482,680 |
| 68 (333) | Mehdi Ouakhir | FRA | 1,080 | 0 | 1 | $238,190 |
| 69 (346) | Christian Oman | Stockholm, SWE | 1,062 | 0 | 2 | $213,727 |
| 70 (365) | Antoanell Judet | Bucharest, ROU | 1,005 | 1 | 1 | $506,294 |
| 71 (370) | Phillipe Narboni | FRA | 1,000 | 0 | 1 | $219,131 |
| 72 (369) | Dren Ukella | DEU | 1,000 | 0 | 1 | $414,318 |
| 73 (368) | Stefan Mattsson | Umea, SWE | 1,000 | 0 | 1 | $342,989 |
| 74 (367) | Craig Hopkins | GBR | 1,000 | 0 | 1 | $450,000 |
| 75 (390) | Sergey Rybachenko | Moscow, RUS | 972 | 1 | 2 | $145,767 |
| 76 (405) | Kristoffer Thorsson | SWE | 960 | 0 | 1 | $415,150 |
| 77 (398) | Peter Gould | London, GBR | 960 | 0 | 1 | $245,997 |
| 78 (402) | Ian McDonald | Woodland Spa, GBR | 960 | 0 | 1 | $248,335 |
| 79 (401) | Julian Thew | Nottingham, GBR | 960 | 1 | 3 | $257,155 |
| 80 (399) | Martin Klaser | Rheinbach, DEU | 960 | 1 | 1 | $216,249 |
| 81 (400) | Sam Trickett | Nottingham, GBR | 960 | 0 | 1 | $245,927 |
| 82 (396) | Tim Blake | Wansford, GBR | 960 | 0 | 1 | $346,790 |
| 83 (397) | Eric Koskas | Marseille, FRA | 960 | 0 | 1 | $351,900 |
| 84 (406) | John Conroy | Dublin, IRL | 960 | 0 | 1 | $278,255 |
| 85 (403) | Albert Iversen | DNK | 960 | 0 | 1 | $214,502 |
| 86 (404) | Konstantinos Alexiou | GRC | 960 | 0 | 1 | $250,740 |
| 87 (441) | Francesco Nguyen | ITA | 936 | 0 | 1 | $132,834 |
| 88 (481) | Roger Hairabedian | Marseille, FRA | 868 | 1 | 2 | $654,583 |
| 89 (488) | Dario Alioto | ITA | 861 | 0 | 2 | $243,885 |
| 90 (493) | Kirill Gerasimov | Moscow, RUS | 855 | 0 | 2 | $369,981 |
| 91 (501) | William Thorson | Varberg, SWE | 840 | 0 | 2 | $340,742 |
| 92 (502) | Stephen Chidwick | Deal, GBR | 840 | 1 | 1 | $141,212 |
| 93 (512) | Martin Nielsen | DNK | 816 | 0 | 2 | $281,055 |
| 94 (514) | Nokolas Liakos | SWE | 816 | 0 | 1 | $170,529 |
| 95 (513) | Theo Jorgensen | Copenhagen, DNK | 816 | 1 | 1 | $394,150 |
| 96 (527) | Jean-Philippe Rohr | FRA | 800 | 0 | 1 | $172,225 |
| 97 (524) | Gregory Genovese | ITA | 800 | 0 | 1 | $295,945 |
| 98 (523) | Luca Pagano | Preganzio, ITA | 800 | 0 | 1 | $532,831 |
| 99 (525) | Marino Serenelli | ITA | 800 | 0 | 1 | $178,752 |
| 100 (526) | Francesco Cirianni | ITA | 800 | 0 | 1 | $209,160 |