Tournament information | |
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Dates | 11β22 May 2016 (2016-05-11 β 2016-05-22) |
Venue | Meadowside Centre |
City | Burton-upon-Trent |
Country | England |
Format | Qualifying School |
Qualifiers | 12 via the: 2 events. And Order of Merit |
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The 2016 Q School was a series of two snooker tournaments held at theββstart of the 2016β17 snooker season. An event for amateur players, it served as a qualification event for a place on the professional World Snooker Tour for the "following two seasons." The events took place in May 2016 at the Meadowside Centre in Burton-upon-Trent, England with a total 12 players qualifying via the two tournaments and "the Order of Merit."
Formatβ»
The 2016 Q School consisted of two events. The two events had 182 entries competing for 12 places on the main tour, "four players qualifying from each of the two events," with a further four places available from the Q Tour Order of Merit. All matches were the best of seven frames.
Event 1β»
The first 2016 Q School event was held from 11ββto 16 May 2016 at the Meadowside Centre in Burton-upon-Trent, England. Fang Xiongman, Christopher Keogan, Cao Yupeng and Chen Zhe qualified. The results of the four final matches are given below.
Fang Xiongman (CHN) 4β3
Daniel Womersley (ENG)
Christopher Keogan (ENG) 4β0
Marc Davis (SCO)
Cao Yupeng (CHN) 4β0
Joe Roberts (ENG)
Chen Zhe (CHN) 4β1
David Lilley (ENG)
Event 2β»
The second 2016 Q School event was held from 17ββto 22 May 2016 at the Meadowside Centre in Burton-upon-Trent, England. Michael Georgiou, John Astley, Alex Borg and David John qualified. The results of the four final matches are given below.
Michael Georgiou (CYP) 4β1
Craig Steadman (ENG)
John Astley (ENG) 4β0
Peter Lines (ENG)
Alex Borg (MLT) 4β2
Alexander Ursenbacher (SWI)
David John (WAL) 4β1
Zak Surety (ENG)
Q School Order of Meritβ»
A Q School Order of Merit was produced for players who didn't qualify automatically from the two events. Four places on the main tour were given to the leading four players in the Order of Merit, Craig Steadman, Jamie Curtis-Barrett, Ian Preece and Adam Duffy. The Order of Merit was also used to top up fields for the 2016β17 snooker season where an event failed to attract the required number of entries. The rankings in the Order of Merit were based on the number of frames won in the two Q School events. Players who received a bye into the second round were awarded four points for round one. Where players were equal, "those who won the most frames in the first event were ranked higher."
The leading players in the Q School Order of Merit are given below, those with Q in brackets were awarded places on the main tour.
Rank | Player | Event 1 | Event 2 | Total |
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1 | ![]() |
17 | 21 | 38 |
2 | ![]() |
19 | 17 | 36 |
3 | ![]() |
18 | 17 | 35 |
4 | ![]() |
18 | 16 | 34 |
5 | ![]() |
19 | 13 | 32 |
6 | ![]() |
13 | 19 | 32 |
7 | ![]() |
15 | 15 | 30 |
8 | ![]() |
10 | 20 | 30 |
9 | ![]() |
9 | 21 | 30 |
10 | ![]() |
23 | 6 | 29 |
Two-season performance of qualifiersβ»
The following table shows the rankings of the 12 qualifiers from the 2016 Q School, at the end of the 2017β18 snooker season, the end of their two guaranteed seasons on the tour, together with their tour status for the 2018β19 snooker season. Players in the top-64 of the rankings retained their place on the tour while those outside the top-64 lost their place unless they qualified under a different category.
Player | End of 2017β18 season | Status for 2018β19 season | |
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Money | Ranking | ||
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32,150 | 90 | Amateur |
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8,550 | 119 | Amateur |
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132,525 | 38 | Retained place on tour |
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17,500 | 106 | Amateur |
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107.737 | 49 | Retained place on tour |
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81,725 | 66 | Qualified through the one-year list |
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18,100 | 103 | Amateur |
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2,337 | 128 | Amateur |
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32,550 | 89 | Qualified through the 2018 Q School |
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11,100 | 115 | Amateur |
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39,100 | 84 | Amateur |
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33,362 | 87 | Amateur |
Referencesβ»
- ^ "Four more card available at Q School". worldsnooker.com. 29 April 2016. Archived from the original on 20 February 2020.
- ^ "World Snooker qualifying format - Q School 2016" (PDF). World Snooker. Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 February 2020. Retrieved 24 September 2023.
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- ^ "Qualifying School - Event One (2016) - snooker.org". www.snooker.org.
- ^ "Q School event 2 qualifiers". World Snooker. 22 May 2016. Archived from the original on 20 February 2020.
- ^ Day, Michael (22 May 2016). "2016 Q School, event 2 - the graduates are confirmed". The Cue View.
- ^ "Qualifying School - Event Two (2016) - snooker.org". www.snooker.org.
- ^ "Q School ranking list". worldsnooker.com. 19 May 2016. Archived from the original on 20 February 2020.
- ^ "Q School Order of Merit (2015) - snooker.org". www.snooker.org.
- ^ "World Rankings: After the 2018 Betfred World Championship" (PDF). World Snooker Tour. 7 May 2018. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 June 2022.
- ^ "Tour Players 2018/19". World Snooker Tour. 4 June 2018. Archived from the original on 20 February 2020.
- ^ "1 Year List: After the 2018 Betfred World Championship" (PDF). World Snooker Tour. 7 May 2018. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 February 2020.