Q School (snooker)

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The Q School is an amateur snooker competition which serves as the qualification process for the World Snooker Tour. It is held annually, before the start of the professional season.

Overview

The Q School was established in an attempt to streamline the qualification process for the World Snooker Tour. A series of play-offs are run every year before the season. Players pay a fixed entry fee to enter the play-off events, and there is no prize money. Qualifiers earn a two-year tour card on the Main Tour.

Qualifiers

For each event, the players who qualified for the World Snooker Tour are listed.

Year Location Entries Event End date Qualifier 1 Qualifier 2 Qualifier 3 Qualifier 4 Ref.
2011 Sheffield 124 Event 1 16 May England Andrew Norman England David Grace England Adam Wicheard Finland Robin Hull
Event 2 22 May China Li Yan Republic of Ireland David Morris England Simon Bedford China Tian Pengfei
Event 3 28 May Norway Kurt Maflin England Stuart Carrington England Adam Duffy England David Gilbert
2012 Sheffield 115 Event 1 17 May England Martin O'Donnell England Sam Baird England Ian Burns China Chen Zhe
Event 2 23 May Wales Daniel Wells England Jamie O'Neill England Sean O'Sullivan England Paul Davison
Event 3 29 May England Rod Lawler England Michael Wasley England Joel Walker England Robbie Williams
2013 Sheffield 110 Event 1 14 May England Elliot Slessor England Alex Davies England Lee Page England Hammad Miah
Event 2 18 May Qatar Ahmed Saif Scotland Ross Muir England Ryan Clark Switzerland Alexander Ursenbacher
Event 3 22 May Republic of Ireland David Morris England Lee Spick England Chris Wakelin Scotland Fraser Patrick
2014 Gloucester 145 Event 1 15 May England Craig Steadman England Chris Melling China Zhang Anda China Tian Pengfei
Event 2 21 May England Liam Highfield England Michael Georgiou Wales Lee Walker Scotland Michael Leslie
2015 Burton-
upon-Trent
166 Event 1 19 May England Sydney Wilson Wales Daniel Wells Scotland Eden Sharav Scotland Rhys Clark
Event 2 25 May England Jason Weston Wales Gareth Allen Wales Duane Jones England Paul Davison
2016 Burton-
upon-Trent
182 Event 1 16 May China Fang Xiongman England Christopher Keogan China Cao Yupeng China Chen Zhe
Event 2 22 May Cyprus Michael Georgiou England John Astley Malta Alex Borg Wales David John
Order of Merit England Craig Steadman England Jamie Curtis-Barrett Wales Ian Preece England Adam Duffy
2017 Preston 206 Event 1 14 May Germany Lukas Kleckers England Allan Taylor England Billy Joe Castle England Ashley Hugill
Event 2 20 May Wales Duane Jones England Sanderson Lam England Paul Davison China Chen Zifan
Order of Merit China Zhang Yong England Sean O'Sullivan Northern Ireland Joe Swail England Martin O'Donnell
2018 Burton-
upon-Trent
202 Event 1 19 May Wales Jak Jones England Sam Baird England Hammad Miah England Sam Craigie
Event 2 25 May Northern Ireland Jordan Brown England Craig Steadman China Lu Ning China Zhao Xintong
Event 3 31 May Malaysia Thor Chuan Leong Wales Kishan Hirani Hong Kong Andy Lee England Ashley Carty
2019 Wigan 218 Event 1 23 May China Xu Si England David Lilley England Jamie O'Neill Iran Soheil Vahedi
Event 2 29 May China Chen Zifan England Riley Parsons England Louis Heathcote Scotland Fraser Patrick
Event 3 4 June England Barry Pinches Malta Alex Borg Switzerland Alexander Ursenbacher England Andy Hicks
Order of Merit China Si Jiahui England Billy Castle England Peter Lines China Lei Peifan
2020 Sheffield 172 Event 1 7 August Wales Lee Walker England Peter Devlin Germany Simon Lichtenberg China Fan Zhengyi
Event 2 8 August Wales Jamie Jones England Zak Surety England Oliver Lines England Ben Hancorn
Event 3 9 August Jamaica Rory McLeod England Jamie Wilson England Farakh Ajaib England Steven Hallworth
2021 Sheffield 196 Event 1 1 June England Peter Lines Scotland Fraser Patrick Wales Jackson Page China Yuan Sijun
Event 2 7 June England Barry Pinches England Craig Steadman Republic of Ireland Michael Judge England Alfie Burden
Event 3 13 June England Ian Burns China Lei Peifan Scotland Dean Young Wales Duane Jones
Order of Merit England Hammad Miah England Mitchell Mann
2022 Sheffield 173 Event 1 21 May England Rod Lawler Hong Kong Andy Lee Republic of Ireland Fergal O'Brien China Bai Langning
Event 2 27 May England Adam Duffy Republic of Ireland Aaron Hill England Zak Surety England Sanderson Lam
Event 3 2 June England James Cahill England John Astley England Jenson Kendrick Germany Lukas Kleckers
2023 Leicester 208 Event 1 31 May Switzerland Alexander Ursenbacher England Andrew Higginson England Liam Pullen Wales Andrew Pagett
Event 2 6 June Scotland Dean Young England Louis Heathcote England Stuart Carrington England Alfie Burden
2024 Leicester Event 1 26 May
Event 2 2 June

Asia-Oceania Q School

Year Location Entries Event End date Qualifier 1 Qualifier 2 Ref.
2022 Bangkok 70 Asia & Oceania Event 1 5 June Pakistan Muhammad Asif Thailand Thanawat Thirapongpaiboon
Pakistan Asjad Iqbal
Asia & Oceania Event 2 11 June Thailand Dechawat Poomjaeng India Himanshu Jain
2023 Bangkok 99 Asia & Oceania Event 1 6 June Malaysia Thor Chuan Leong Thailand Manasawin Phetmalaikul
Asia & Oceania Event 2 12 June India Ishpreet Singh Chadha China He Guoqiang

Statistics

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