Q School (snooker)


The Q School is an amateur snooker competition which serves as the qualification process for the World Snooker Tour.

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. Each player who wins a quarter-final game qualifies for a two-year tour card on the Main Tour.

Winners by event

For each event, four winners which qualified for the World Snooker Tour are listed.
SeasonDate of finalPlayersEventQualifier 1Qualifier 2Qualifier 3Qualifier 4
2011–1211 May 2011124Event 1 Andrew Norman David Grace Adam Wicheard Robin Hull
2011–1217 May 2011124Event 2 Li Yan David Morris Simon Bedford Tian Pengfei
2011–1223 May 2011124Event 3 Kurt Maflin Stuart Carrington Adam Duffy David Gilbert
2012–1313 May 2012115Event 1 Martin O'Donnell Sam Baird Ian Burns Chen Zhe
2012–1319 May 2012115Event 2 Daniel Wells Jamie O'Neill Sean O'Sullivan Paul Davison
2012–1325 May 2012115Event 3 Rod Lawler Michael Wasley Joel Walker Robbie Williams
2013–1411 May 2013110Event 1 Elliot Slessor Alex Davies Lee Page Hammad Miah
2013–1415 May 2013110Event 2 Ahmed Saif Ross Muir Ryan Clark Alexander Ursenbacher
2013–1419 May 2013110Event 3 David Morris Lee Spick Chris Wakelin Fraser Patrick
2014–1510 May 2014145Event 1 Craig Steadman Chris Melling Zhang Anda Tian Pengfei
2014–1516 May 2014145Event 2 Liam Highfield Michael Georgiou Lee Walker Michael Leslie
2015–1614 May 2015166Event 1 Sydney Wilson Daniel Wells Eden Sharav Rhys Clark
2015–1620 May 2015166Event 2 Jason Weston Gareth Allen Duane Jones Paul Davison
2016–1716 May 2016182Event 1 Fang Xiongman Christopher Keogan Cao Yupeng Chen Zhe
2016–1722 May 2016182Event 2 Michael Georgiou John Astley Alex Borg David John
2016–1722 May 2016182Order of Merit Craig Steadman Jamie Curtis-Barrett Ian Preece Adam Duffy
2017–1814 May 2017206Event 1 Lukas Kleckers Allan Taylor Billy Joe Castle Ashley Hugill
2017–1820 May 2017206Event 2 Duane Jones Sanderson Lam Paul Davison Chen Zifan
2017–1820 May 2017206Order of Merit Zhang Yong Sean O'Sullivan Joe Swail Martin O'Donnell
2018–1919 May 2018202Event 1 Jak Jones Sam Baird Hammad Miah Sam Craigie
2018–1925 May 2018202Event 2 Jordan Brown Craig Steadman Lu Ning Zhao Xintong
2018–1931 May 2018202Event 3 Thor Chuan Leong Kishan Hirani Andy Lee Ashley Carty
2019–2023 May 2019218Event 1 Xu Si David Lilley Jamie O'Neill Soheil Vahedi
2019–2029 May 2019218Event 2 Chen Zifan Riley Parsons Louis Heathcote Fraser Patrick
2019–204 June 2019218Event 3 Barry Pinches Alex Borg Alexander Ursenbacher Andy Hicks
2019–204 June 2019218Order of Merit Si Jiahui Billy Joe Castle Peter Lines Lei Peifan
2020–217 August 2020172Event 1
2020–218 August 2020172Event 2
2020–219 August 2020172Event 3

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