Snooker season 2015/2016

Snooker season 2015/2016
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Duration 1 June 2015 – May 2016
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The 2015/2016 snooker season is a series of snooker tournaments played between 1 June 2015 and May 2016.

Players

The top 64 players from the prize money rankings after the 2015 World Championship,[1] and the 30 players earning a two-year card the previous year will automatically qualify for the season. The top eight players from the European Tour Order of Merit and top four players from the Asian Tour Order of Merit, who have not already qualified for the Main Tour, also qualify. Another two players will come from the EBSA Qualifying Tour Play-Offs,[2] and a further eight places will be available through the Q School.[3] The rest of the places on to the tour will come from amateur events and national governing body nominations. Hossein Vafaei's two-year tour card will commence this season.[n 1] All players listed below received a tour card for two seasons.

International champions:
  1. IBSF World Snooker Championship winner: China Yan Bingtao[6]
  2. IBSF World Under-21 Snooker Championship winner:
  3. EBSA European Snooker Championships winner:
  4. EBSA European Under-21 Snooker Championships winner: Isle of Man Darryl Hill[7]
  5. ACBS Asian Snooker Championship winner: Pakistan Hamza Akbar
  6. ACBS Asian Under-21 Snooker Championship winner: Thailand Akani Songsermsawad[8]
NGB nominations
  1. American nomination: Brazil Itaro Santos[9]
  2. Oceania nomination: Australia Vinnie Calabrese[10]
European Tour Order of Merit[11]
EBSA Qualifying Tour Play-Offs[12]
  1. England Sanderson Lam
  2. England Martin O'Donnell
Asian Tour Order of Merit[13]
Q School

Calendar

The following table outlines the results and dates for all the ranking and major invitational events.[14][15]

Date[n 2] Country Rank Tournament name Venue City Winner Runner-up Score References
15/6 21/6  CHN World Cup TBA Wuxi
22/6 26/6  CHN PT Asian Tour – Event 1 TBA TBA
29/6 5/7  AUS WR Australian Goldfields Open TBA Bendigo
15/7 19/7  ENG Pink Ribbon The Capital Venue Gloucester
29/7 2/8  LAT PT European Tour – Event 1[n 3] TBA Riga
26/8 30/8  GER PT European Tour – Event 2[n 4] Stadhalle Fürth
7/9 12/9  THA Six-red World Championship TBA TBA
14/9 20/9  CHN WR Shanghai Masters TBA Shanghai
22/9 26/9 PT Asian Tour – Event 2 TBA TBA
7/10 11/10  GER PT European Tour – Event 3[n 5] RWE-Sporthalle Mülheim
19/10 23/10  CHN PT Asian Tour – Event 3 TBA TBA
25/10 1/11  CHN WR International Championship TBA TBA
10/11 15/11  ENG Champion of Champions Ricoh Arena Coventry
18/11 22/11  BUL PT European Tour – Event 4[n 6] TBA TBA
11–24 12–06  ENG WR UK Championship Barbican Centre York
9/12 13/12  POR PT European Tour – Event 5 TBA TBA
10/1/2016 17/1/2016  ENG Masters Alexandra Palace London
16/4/2016 2/5/2016  ENG WR World Snooker Championship Crucible Theatre Sheffield
WR = World ranking event
PT = Players Tour Championship 2015/2016 event
Other, non-ranking event
Variant event

Notes

  1. ↑ Hossein Vafaei received special dispensation to play on the Main Tour last season, while awaiting a visa, which he received in February 2015.[4][5]
  2. ↑ Dates use the day month format
  3. ↑ Event also known as the 2015 Riga Open.
  4. ↑ Event also known as the 2015 Paul Hunter Classic.
  5. ↑ Event also known as the 2015 Ruhr Open.
  6. ↑ Event also known as the 2015 Bulgarian Open.

References

  1. ↑ "Provisional End-of-Season Seedings". Snooker.org. Retrieved 15 April 2015.
  2. ↑ "Amateur Order of Merit". worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. 13 July 2014. Archived from the original on 17 July 2014. Retrieved 15 April 2015.
  3. ↑ "Entries Open For Q School 2015". worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. 6 February 2015. Archived from the original on 7 February 2015. Retrieved 15 April 2015.
  4. ↑ "Tirapongpaiboon/Ayouri Tour Cards". worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. 16 June 2014. Archived from the original on 25 October 2014. Retrieved 15 April 2015.
  5. ↑ "Iranian snooker player Vafaei gets visa". TeamIran.net. 28 February 2015. Retrieved 15 April 2015.
  6. ↑ Pathak, Vivek (29 November 2014). "Yan Bingtao becomes youngest ever World Champion". International Billiards and Snooker Federation. Archived from the original on 29 November 2014. Retrieved 15 April 2015.
  7. ↑ "Darryl Hill is Europe's man". ebsa.tv. European Billiards & Snooker Association. 26 March 2015. Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 15 April 2015.
  8. ↑ 泰国小将宋沙瓦夺冠 连克赵心童袁思俊成中国苦主 (in Chinese). my147.com. 13 April 2015. Retrieved 15 April 2015.
  9. ↑ Acosta, Roberto (1 February 2015). "Brasil arrasó con los premios del Panamericano de Snooker" (in Spanish). Late!. Retrieved 15 April 2015.
  10. ↑ "Oceania Men's Snooker Championship 2015". obsf.info. Oceania Billiards & Snooker Federation. Archived from the original on 15 April 2015. Retrieved 15 April 2015.
  11. ↑ "European Order of Merit 2014/2015". Snooker.org. Retrieved 15 April 2015.
  12. ↑ "EBSA Qualifying Tour Play-Offs (2015)". Snooker.org. Retrieved 15 April 2015.
  13. ↑ "Asian Order of Merit 2014/2015". Snooker.org. Retrieved 15 April 2015.
  14. ↑ "Calender 2015" (PDF). worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Retrieved 15 April 2015.
  15. ↑ "Tournament Calendar 2015/2016". Snooker.org. Retrieved 15 April 2015.