Preliminary Qualifying
The preliminary qualifying rounds for the tournament took place in Pontin's Prestatyn, Wales between 3 and 5 January 2008.
- Round 1
| Phil Seaton | 5–2 | Donald Newcombe |
- Round 2
| Colin Mitchell | 5–4 | Phil Seaton |
| Les Dodd | 1–5 | David Singh |
| Adam Osbourne | 0–5 | Sean Storey |
| Tony Knowles | 5–1 | Ali Bassiri |
| Neil Selman | 5–1 | John Wilson |
| Ian Stark | 5–4 | Del Smith |
| Tony Brown | 5–1 | Christopher Flight |
| Stephen Ormerod | w/o–w/d | Paul Wykes |
- Round 3
| Colin Mitchell | 5–3 | David Singh |
| Sean Storey | 5–0 | Tony Knowles |
| Neil Selman | 4–5 | Ian Stark |
| Tony Brown | 3–5 | Stephen Ormerod |
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