The European Tour 2014/2015 – Event 3 (also known as the 2014 Victoria Bulgarian Open) was a professional minor-ranking snooker tournament that took place between 1–5 October 2014 in Sofia, Bulgaria.
[1] The tournament was meant to be Ali Carter's first since his lung cancer diagnosis and subsequent chemotherapy treatment,[2] but he was forced to withdraw due to acute pain in his left arm following his radiofrequency ablation surgery.
[3] John Higgins was the defending champion,[4] but he lost 1–4 against Judd Trump in the last 64.
[5] Shaun Murphy won his fifteenth professional title by defeating Martin Gould 4–2 in the final.
[6][7] The breakdown of prize money of the event is shown below:[8] [9][10][11] Best of 7 frames