Between 2005 and 2008 it was known as the Malta Cup and was the sole ranking tournament in Europe outside the British Isles, before being discontinued.

The event then was held at the Palais des Sports in Lyon, France, for 1992 and at the Imax Centre in Rotterdam, Netherlands with the sponsorship of Tulip Computers.

Alain Robidoux made the first in the first qualifying round of the 1989 event against Jim Meadowcroft.

[1][6] The second was Shaun Murphy's fifth official maximum break, which he compiled in the second qualifying round of the 2016 event against Allan Taylor.

On 16 July, Zhang Anda made a maximum break during his 5–1 win over Anton Kazakov; the following day, Hossein Vafaei made a maximum as he defeated Ng On-yee by the same score.

[8][9] The most recent maximum break was made by Sean O'Sullivan in the qualifying round of the 2023 event against Barry Hawkins.