Английская Википедия:2023–24 Q Tour

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Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:Use dmy dates Шаблон:Infobox snooker season The 2023–24 Q Tour is a series of snooker tournaments taking place during the 2023–24 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 UK/Europe events will be played with the leading money-winner gaining a place on the main tour for the 2024–25 snooker season. 16 players; the tournament winners and the highest-ranked players who had not already got a place on the main tour for the 2023–24 season, will gain entry to a further event, the WPBSA Q Tour Global Playoff. They will be joined by up to 8 players from the Q Tour Global; a further series of events held around the world. These 24 players will compete for a further three places on the World Snooker Tour.

Q Tour UK/Europe

Format

UK/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 2023 Q School Orders of Merit to make a first round field of 64 players. There are 3 rounds on the second day and a further three on the final day, to determine the winner of the event. The 48 who qualified directly included the top 32 eligible players from the 2023 UK Q School Order of Merit, the top eight from the 2023 Asia-Oceania Q School Order of Merit, and the eight highest ranked junior players on the 2023 UK Q School Order of Merit, not already qualified.

Prize fund

Each UK/Europe event featured a prize fund of £14,300 with the winner receiving £3,000.

• Winner: £3,000
• Runner-up: £1,500
• Semi-final: £900
• Quarter-final: £600
• Last 16: £300
• Last 32: £200
• Total: £14,300

Schedule

The schedule for the seven Q Tour UK/Europe events is given below.

Date		Country	Tournament	Venue	City	Field	Winner	Runner-up	Score	Ref.
25 Aug	27 Aug	Шаблон:Flag	Event 1	North East Snooker Centre	North Shields	115	Шаблон:Flagicon Liam Davies	Шаблон:Flagicon Craig Steadman	5–2
15 Sep	17 Sep	Шаблон:Flag	Event 2	Snookerhallen	Stockholm	105	Шаблон:Flagicon Michael Holt	Шаблон:Flagicon Liam Davies	5–2
20 Oct	22 Oct	Шаблон:Flag	Event 3	TSG Heilbronn	Heilbronn	106	Шаблон:Flagicon Umut Dikme	Шаблон:Flagicon Hamim Hussain	5–1
9 Nov	12 Nov	Шаблон:Flag	Event 4	Landywood Snooker Club	Great Wyrley	139	Шаблон:Flagicon Antoni Kowalski	Шаблон:Flagicon Rory McLeod	5–3
15 Dec	17 Dec	Шаблон:Flag	Event 5	Castle Snooker Club	Brighton	120	Шаблон:Flagicon Michael Holt	Шаблон:Flagicon Daniel Womersley	5–1
5 Jan	7 Jan	Шаблон:Flag	Event 6	National Snooker Academy	Sofia
16 Feb	18 Feb	Шаблон:Flag	Event 7	Northern Snooker Centre	Leeds

Rankings

Below are listed the leading players in the prize money rankings. The top-ranked player gets a place on the main tour for the 2023–24 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. Players on equal points were ranked by "countback", with the player having won the most prize money in the latest event played being ranked higher.

Rank	Player	Event 1	Event 2	Event 3	Event 4	Event 5	Event 6	Event 7	Total (£)
1	Шаблон:Flagicon Michael Holt +	–	3,000	600	200	3,000			6,800
2	Шаблон:Flagicon Liam Davies +	3,000	1,500	0	200	200			4,900
3	Шаблон:Flagicon Antoni Kowalski +	–	900	200	3,000	0			4,100
4	Шаблон:Flagicon Umut Dikme +	0	300	3,000	0	200			3,500
5	Шаблон:Flagicon Craig Steadman	1,500	300	200	600	200			2,800
6	Шаблон:Flagicon Peter Lines	200	600	900	300	600			2,600
7	Шаблон:Flagicon Harvey Chandler	200	200	900	900	0			2,200
8	Шаблон:Flagicon Daniel Womersley	0	600	0	0	1,500			2,100
9	Шаблон:Flagicon Barry Pinches	300	0	600	300	900			2,100
10	Шаблон:Flagicon Rory McLeod	300	200	0	1,500	0			2,000
11	Шаблон:Flagicon Hamim Hussain	0	200	1,500	0	0			1,700
12	Шаблон:Flagicon Ryan Davies	900	300	200	200	0			1,600
13	Шаблон:Flagicon Chris Totten	0	200	300	0	900			1,400
14	Шаблон:Flagicon Duane Jones	600	200	200	200	200			1,400
15	Шаблон:Flagicon Iulian Boiko	600	200	0	600	0			1,400
16	Шаблон:Flagicon Steven Hallworth	200	0	200	900	0			1,300
17	Шаблон:Flagicon Peter Devlin	0	300	600	0	300			1,200
18	Шаблон:Flagicon Alfie Davies	300	900	0	0	0			1,200

+ Qualified for the Q Tour Global Playoff

Event 1

The first UK/Europe event took place at North East Snooker Centre, North Shields, from 25 to 27 August 2023. Liam Davies beat Craig Steadman 5–2 in the final. After a walkover at the last 64 stage, Davies won his next four matches in the deciding frame to reach his first Q Tour final. Davies took a 2–0 lead in the final and although Steadman reduced the deficit to 3–2, Davies took the next two frames to win the match. The final-day results are given below. {{#invoke:RoundN|main|columns=3 |team-width = 200 |bold_winner=high |short_brackets=yes | RD1 = Quarter-finals
Best of 7 frames| RD2 =Semi-finals
Best of 7 frames | 3rdplace=no | RD3 = Final
Best of 9 frames || Шаблон:Flagicon Craig Steadman|4 |Шаблон:Flagicon Iulian Boiko|2 || Шаблон:Flagicon Asutosh Padhy|3 |Шаблон:Flagicon Tyler Rees|4 || Шаблон:Flagicon Duane Jones|3 |Шаблон:Flagicon Liam Davies|4 || Шаблон:Flagicon Kreishh Gurbaxani|2 |Шаблон:Flagicon Ryan Davies|4 || Шаблон:Flagicon Craig Steadman|4 |Шаблон:Flagicon Tyler Rees|3 || Шаблон:Flagicon Liam Davies|4 |Шаблон:Flagicon Ryan Davies|3 || Шаблон:Flagicon Craig Steadman|2 |Шаблон:Flagicon Liam Davies|5 }}

Event 2

The second UK/Europe event took place at Snookerhallen, Stockholm, Sweden from 15 to 17 September 2023. Michael Holt lost only two frames in reaching the final and then beat Liam Davies, the winner of event 1, 5–2 in the final. The final-day results are given below. {{#invoke:RoundN|main|columns=3 |team-width = 200 |bold_winner=high |short_brackets=yes | RD1 = Quarter-finals
Best of 7 frames| RD2 =Semi-finals
Best of 7 frames | 3rdplace=no | RD3 = Final
Best of 9 frames || Шаблон:Flagicon Florian Nuessle|3 |Шаблон:Flagicon Liam Davies|4 || Шаблон:Flagicon Sean McAllister|1 |Шаблон:Flagicon Antoni Kowalski|4 || Шаблон:Flagicon Alfie Davies|4 |Шаблон:Flagicon Peter Lines|1 || Шаблон:Flagicon Michael Holt|4 |Шаблон:Flagicon Daniel Womersley|0 || Шаблон:Flagicon Liam Davies|4 |Шаблон:Flagicon Antoni Kowalski|0 || Шаблон:Flagicon Alfie Davies| 1|Шаблон:Flagicon Michael Holt|4 || Шаблон:Flagicon Liam Davies|2 |Шаблон:Flagicon Michael Holt|5 }}

Event 3

The third UK/Europe event took place at TSG Heilbronn, Heilbronn, Germany from 20 to 22 October 2023. Umut Dikme beat Hamim Hussain 5–1 in the final, finishing with a break of 106. The final-day results are given below. {{#invoke:RoundN|main|columns=3 |team-width = 200 |bold_winner=high |short_brackets=yes | RD1 = Quarter-finals
Best of 7 frames| RD2 =Semi-finals
Best of 7 frames | 3rdplace=no | RD3 = Final
Best of 9 frames || Шаблон:Flagicon Barry Pinches|1 |Шаблон:Flagicon Harvey Chandler|4 || Шаблон:Flagicon Hamim Hussain|4 |Шаблон:Flagicon Michael Holt|3 || Шаблон:Flagicon Umut Dikme|4 |Шаблон:Flagicon Yu Kiu Chang|2 || Шаблон:Flagicon Peter Devlin|1 |Шаблон:Flagicon Peter Lines|4 || Шаблон:Flagicon Harvey Chandler|0 |Шаблон:Flagicon Hamim Hussain|4 || Шаблон:Flagicon Umut Dikme|4 |Шаблон:Flagicon Peter Lines|2 || Шаблон:Flagicon Hamim Hussain|1 |Шаблон:Flagicon Umut Dikme|5 }}

Event 4

The fourth UK/Europe event took place at the Landywood Snooker Club, Great Wyrley, England from 9 to 12 November 2023. Antoni Kowalski beat Rory McLeod 5–3 in the final. Kowalski led 4–0 and although McLeod won the next three frames, Kowalski won frame 8 to clinch the match. The final-day results are given below. {{#invoke:RoundN|main|columns=3 |team-width = 200 |bold_winner=high |short_brackets=yes | RD1 = Quarter-finals
Best of 7 frames| RD2 =Semi-finals
Best of 7 frames | 3rdplace=no | RD3 = Final
Best of 9 frames || Шаблон:Flagicon Harvey Chandler|4 |Шаблон:Flagicon Iulian Boiko|0 || Шаблон:Flagicon Sydney Wilson|0 |Шаблон:Flagicon Rory McLeod|4 || Шаблон:Flagicon Craig Steadman|2 |Шаблон:Flagicon Antoni Kowalski|4 || Шаблон:Flagicon Tom Maxfield|1 |Шаблон:Flagicon Steven Hallworth|4 || Шаблон:Flagicon Harvey Chandler|0 |Шаблон:Flagicon Rory McLeod|4 || Шаблон:Flagicon Antoni Kowalski|4 |Шаблон:Flagicon Steven Hallworth|1 || Шаблон:Flagicon Rory McLeod|3 |Шаблон:Flagicon Antoni Kowalski|5 }}

Event 5

The fifth UK/Europe event took place at the Castle Snooker Club, Brighton, England from 15 to 17 December 2023. Michael Holt beat Daniel Womersley 5–1 in the final to win his second UK/Europe Q Tour event of the season. His closest match was in the semi-finals where he won the deciding frame against Barry Pinches. The final-day results are given below. {{#invoke:RoundN|main|columns=3 |team-width = 200 |bold_winner=high |short_brackets=yes | RD1 = Quarter-finals
Best of 7 frames| RD2 =Semi-finals
Best of 7 frames | 3rdplace=no | RD3 = Final
Best of 9 frames || Шаблон:Flagicon Peter Lines|1 |Шаблон:Flagicon Barry Pinches|4 || Шаблон:Flagicon Michael Holt|4 |Шаблон:Flagicon Hayden Staniland|1 || Шаблон:Flagicon Luke Pinches|3 |Шаблон:Flagicon Daniel Womersley|4 || Шаблон:Flagicon Chris Totten|4 |Шаблон:Flagicon Mark Lloyd|1 || Шаблон:Flagicon Barry Pinches|3 |Шаблон:Flagicon Michael Holt|4 || Шаблон:Flagicon Daniel Womersley|4 |Шаблон:Flagicon Chris Totten|0 || Шаблон:Flagicon Michael Holt|5 |Шаблон:Flagicon Daniel Womersley|1 }}

Q Tour Global

The Q Tour Global will consist of a number of regional Q Tour series held outside the UK/Europe area. Up to eight players will qualify through these events for the Q Tour Global Playoff.

Asia-Pacific series

One player will qualify from a series of three events organised by the Asia-Pacific Snooker and Billiards Federation, one in New Zealand and two in Australia.

The schedule for the three Q Tour Asia-Pacific events is given below.

Date		Country	Tournament	Venue	City	Field	Winner	Runner-up	Score	Ref.
28 Sep	1 Oct	Шаблон:Flag	New Zealand Snooker Open Championship	The Richmond Club	Christchurch	45	Шаблон:Flagicon Rob Redgrove	Шаблон:Flagicon Adam Shaw	5–4
12 Oct	15 Oct	Шаблон:Flag	Bob Hawke AC Memorial Australian Open Snooker Championship	Mounties Club	Sydney	111	Шаблон:Flagicon Vinnie Calabrese	Шаблон:Flagicon Steve Mifsud	6–3
?? Jan	?? Jan	Шаблон:Flag	Dr Clem Jones AO Queensland Open Snooker Championship

Event 1 - New Zealand Snooker Open Championship

The first Asia-Pacific event took place at The Richmond Club, Christchurch, New Zealand, from 28 September to 1 October 2023. Rob Redgrove beat Adam Shaw 5-4 in the final. The final-day results are given below. {{#invoke:RoundN|main|columns=3 |team-width = 200 |bold_winner=high |short_brackets=yes | RD1 = Quarter-finals
Best of 7 frames| RD2 =Semi-finals
Best of 9 frames | 3rdplace=no | RD3 = Final
Best of 9 frames || Шаблон:Flagicon Rob Redgrove|4 |Шаблон:Flagicon Dale Kwok|0 || Шаблон:Flagicon Miltos Song|1 |Шаблон:Flagicon Kelly Pritchard|4 || Шаблон:Flagicon Joseph Conchie|4 |Шаблон:Flagicon Mark Canovan|1 || Шаблон:Flagicon Thomas Cook|0 |Шаблон:Flagicon Adam Shaw|4 || Шаблон:Flagicon Rob Redgrove|5 |Шаблон:Flagicon Kelly Pritchard|2 || Шаблон:Flagicon Joseph Conchie|4 |Шаблон:Flagicon Adam Shaw|5 || Шаблон:Flagicon Rob Redgrove|5 |Шаблон:Flagicon Adam Shaw|4 }}

Event 2 - Bob Hawke AC Memorial Australian Open Snooker Championship

The second Asia-Pacific event took place at Mounties Club, Sydney, Australia, from 12 to 15 October 2023. Vinnie Calabrese beat Steve Mifsud 6-3 in the final. The final-day results are given below. {{#invoke:RoundN|main|columns=3 |team-width = 200 |bold_winner=high |short_brackets=yes | RD1 = Quarter-finals
Best of 7 frames| RD2 =Semi-finals
Best of 9 frames | 3rdplace=no | RD3 = Final
Best of 11 frames || Шаблон:Flagicon Vinnie Calabrese|4 |Шаблон:Flagicon James Mifsud|2 || Шаблон:Flagicon Adrian Law|1 |Шаблон:Flagicon Paul Norris|4 || Шаблон:Flagicon Shaun Dalitz|4 |Шаблон:Flagicon David Wright|0 || Шаблон:Flagicon Alex Ganji|0 |Шаблон:Flagicon Steve Mifsud|4 || Шаблон:Flagicon Vinnie Calabrese|5 |Шаблон:Flagicon Paul Norris|1 || Шаблон:Flagicon Shaun Dalitz|2 |Шаблон:Flagicon Steve Mifsud|5 || Шаблон:Flagicon Vinnie Calabrese|6 |Шаблон:Flagicon Steve Mifsud|3 }}

Americas series

Two players will qualify from a series of three events organised by the Pan American Billiards and Snooker Association. There will be separate ranking lists for North America and South America, with the top ranked player qualifying from each list.

The schedule for the three Q Tour Americas events is given below.

Date		Country	Tournament	Venue	City	Field	Winner	Runner-up	Score	Ref.
19 Jan	21 Jan	Шаблон:Flag	Event 1	The Corner Bank	Toronto
22 Feb	25 Feb	Шаблон:Flag	Event 2	PABSA Academy	San Jose
8 Mar	10 Mar	Шаблон:Flag	Event 3

Middle East series

One player will qualify from a series of three events, organised by the UAE Cue Sports and played in Abu Dhabi.

The schedule for the three Q Tour Middle East events is given below.

Date		Country	Tournament	Venue	City	Field	Winner	Runner-up	Score	Ref.
4 Jan	10 Jan	Шаблон:Flag	Event 1	Cue Sports Academy	Abu Dhabi
11 Jan	17 Jan	Шаблон:Flag	Event 2	Cue Sports Academy	Abu Dhabi
18 Jan	24 Jan	Шаблон:Flag	Event 3	Cue Sports Academy	Abu Dhabi