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2024–25 Q Tour
The 2024–25 Q Tour is a series of snooker tournaments to take place during the 2024–25 snooker season. The Q Tour is the second-tier tour, run by the World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association, for players not on the main World Snooker Tour. A series of seven Q Tour Europe events will be played, with the leading money-winner gaining a place on the main tour for the 2025–26 snooker season. Sixteen players – the tournament winners and the highest-ranked players who had not already secured a place on the main tour for the 2024–25 season – will gain entry to a further event, the WPBSA Q Tour Global Playoff. They will be joined by players from the Q Tour Global; qualifying from regional Q Tour series. These players will compete for a further three places on the World Snooker Tour.[1] Zhao Xintong won four Europe events in a row to guarantee his place at the top of the rankings list and secure a place on the main tour for the upcoming season. Q Tour EuropeFormatQ Tour Europe events are generally played over three days. The first day is an open qualifying day with 16 places available. The main draw starts on the second day when the 16 qualifiers are joined by the 48 seeded players who qualified based on their rankings in the 2024 Q School Orders of Merit to make a first round field of 64 players. There are two rounds on the second day and a further four on the final day, to determine the winner of the event. The 48 who qualified directly included the top 32 eligible players from the 2024 UK Q School Order of Merit, the top eight from the 2024 Asia-Oceania Q School Order of Merit, and the eight highest ranked junior players on the 2024 UK Q School Order of Merit, not already qualified.[1] Prize fundEach Q Tour Europe event featured a prize fund of £14,300 with the winner receiving £3,000.[2]
ScheduleThe schedule for the seven Q Tour Europe events is given below.[1]
RankingsBelow are listed the leading players in the prize money rankings.[10] The top-ranked player gets a place on the main tour for the 2024–25 season. 16 other players; the tournament winners and the highest-ranked players who have not already got a place on the main tour, will gain entry to a further event, the WPBSA Q Tour Global Playoff.[1] Players on equal points are ranked by "countback", with the player having won the most prize money in the latest event played being ranked higher.[11]
Event 1The first Q Tour Europe event took place at Northern Snooker Centre in Leeds from 15 to 18 August 2024. Andres Petrov beat Ryan Thomerson 4–3 in the final. Petrov came from 3-1 down in both the quarter and semi-finals and, after leading 3–0, also won the final in the deciding frame. Thomerson had had to qualify to reach the last-64 stage and won a further five matches to reach the final.[3] The final-day results are given below.[12]
Event 2The second Q Tour Europe event took place at the National Snooker Academy of Bulgaria in Sofia from 20 to 22 September 2024. Dylan Emery beat Harvey Chandler 4–3 in the final, winning the last three frames after trailing 1–3. Emery and Liam Highfield both made a 142 total clearance in the first frame of their respective semi-finals, the highest breaks of the event.[4] The final-day results are given below.[13]
Event 3The third Q Tour Europe event took place at the Snookerhallen in Stockholm from 4 to 6 October 2024.[5] Zhao Xintong made a maximum break in his last-64 match against Shaun Liu, the first in a Q Tour event.[14] Zhao beat Craig Steadman 4–3 in the final. In the event Zhao won 8 matches and made 8 century breaks.[5] The final-day results are given below.[15]
Event 4The fourth Q Tour Europe event took place at the Club 200 in Manchester from 7 to 10 November 2024.[6] Zhao Xintong made a maximum break in his quarter-final match against Oliver Sykes. Zhao beat Ryan Davies 4–2 in the final to win his second Q Tour Europe event in a row.[6] The final-day results are given below.[16]
Event 5The fifth Q Tour Europe event took place at the Austrian Snooker Academy in Vienna from 13 to 15 December 2024.[7] Zhao Xintong defeated Ryan Thomerson 4–2 in the final to win his third Q Tour Europe event and 24th match on the Q Tour in a row.[7] The final-day results are given below.[17]
Event 6The sixth Q Tour Europe event took place at the Delta Moon Snooker Club in Mons, Belgium, from 10 to 12 January 2025.[a][18] In the third frame of his last-64 match against Daan Leyssen, Iulian Boiko made a maximum break, becoming the second player after Zhao Xintong to record a maximum break on the Q Tour.[19] Zhao Xintong defeated Ehsan Heydari Nezhad 4–1 in the final to win his fourth Q Tour Europe event and 32nd match on the Q Tour in a row.[9] The final-day results are given below.[20]
Q Tour GlobalThe Q Tour Global will consist of regional Q Tour series held outside Europe.[1] Americas seriesTwo players will qualify from a series of events organised by the Pan American Billiards and Snooker Association. The schedule for the Q Tour Americas events is given below.
Asia-Pacific seriesTwo players will qualify from a series of events organised by the Asia-Pacific Snooker and Billiards Federation. The schedule for the Q Tour Asia-Pacific events is given below.
Middle East seriesTwo players will qualify from a series of events played in the Middle East. The schedule for the Q Tour Middle East events is given below.
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