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==External links==
==External links==
*[http://www.cuetracker.net/Seasons/2016-2017 Snooker season 2017/2018] at Cuetracker
*[http://www.cuetracker.net/Seasons/2017-2018 Snooker season 2017/2018] at Cuetracker
*[http://www.snooker.org/res/index.asp?season=2017&template=2 Snooker season 2017/2018] at Snooker.org
*[http://www.snooker.org/res/index.asp?season=2017&template=2 Snooker season 2017/2018] at Snooker.org


Revision as of 08:38, 19 June 2017

2017–18 snooker season
Details
Duration4 May 2017 – 7 May 2018
Tournaments34 (19 ranking events)

The 2017/2018 snooker season is an upcoming series of professional snooker tournaments to be played between 4 May 2017 and 7 May 2018.

The China Championship became the ranking event and was brought forward to a mid-August date and will run just ahead of the Paul Hunter Classic. The World Open was withdrawn from the season calendar with the biennial team event World Cup returning in 2017. Another event not held every year returning in 2017 will be the 2017 IWGA World Games. The Shoot-Out has been brought forward to the start of February, ahead of both the World Grand Prix and Welsh Open events.[1]

The new World Seniors Tour will comprise four events (with Stephen Hendry participation), including the World Seniors Championship which will return to Scunthorpe in 2018.[2]

Players

Players in the Main Tour
by nation[3]
 Australia 3
 Belgium 1
 China 22
 Cyprus 1
 Egypt 1
 England 57
 Finland 1
 Germany 1
 Hong Kong 1
 India 1
 Iran 2
 Ireland 4
 Israel 1
 Malaysia 1
 Malta 1
 Northern Ireland 3
 Norway 1
 Pakistan 1
 Scotland 9
  Switzerland 1
 Thailand 6
 Wales 12
Total 131

The top 64 players from the prize money rankings after the 2017 World Championship, and the 31 player earning a two-year card the previous year automatically qualified for the season (Rouzi Maimaiti has resigned his membership). Next 8 places were allocated to the top 8 on the One Year Ranking List who have not already qualified for the Main Tour. Another two players came from the EBSA Qualifying Tour Play-Offs, and a further 12 places were available through the Q School (four Event 1 winners, four Event 2 winners, and four best-ranked players in the Order of Merit). The rest of the places on to the tour came from amateur events and national governing body (NGB) nominations. Hamza Akbar received a tour card as a special dispensation in place of Americas nomination.[4][5]

The list of all professional players in the 2017/2018 season consist of 131 players, including the standard field of the 128 players and three invitational tour cards (James Wattana has second year of a two-year invitational tour card while Jimmy White and Ken Doherty were awarded the new two-year permission). Players with invitational tour cards are only eligible to enter events where there are sufficient spaces subject to main tour entries. These players will be seeded after main tour professionals, but above amateur top ups taken from the Q School ranking list.[4][5][6]

New professional players

All players listed below received a tour card for two seasons.

Calendar

The following tables outlines the results and dates for all the ranking and major invitational events.[14][15][16][17]

Date[n 1] Country Rank Tournament name Venue City Winner Runner-up Score Ref.
05–04 05–07  AUT P/A Vienna Snooker Open 15 Reds Köö Wien Snooker Club Vienna England David Grace England Nigel Bond 5–2 [18]
06–07 06–11  ENG P/A Pink Ribbon South West Snooker Academy Gloucester England Robert Milkins England Rob James 4–2
06–23 06–25  LAT WR Riga Masters Arena Riga Riga
07–03 07–09  CHN NR World Cup (team event) Wuxi City Sports Park Stadium Wuxi
07–20 07–23  HKG NR Hong Kong Masters Queen Elizabeth Stadium Hong Kong
07–24 07–30  POL NR World Games Wrocław Congress Center Wrocław
08–16 08–22  CHN WR China Championship Guangzhou Sports Institute Guangzhou
08–23 08–27  GER WR Paul Hunter Classic Stadthalle Fürth
09–04 09–09  THA VE Six-red World Championship Bangkok Convention Center, Central Ladprao Bangkok
09–12 09–16  IND WR Indian Open HICC Novotel Hotel Hyderabad
09–18 09–24  CHN WR Shanghai Masters Shanghai Grand Stage Shanghai
10–02 10–08  ROU WR European Masters Circul Globus Bucharest
10–16 10–22  ENG WR English Open EventCity Manchester
10–17 10–21  CHN NR Haining Open Haining Sports Center Haining
10–23 10–26  ENG WST UK Seniors Championship Harlequin Theatre Redhill
10–29 11–05  CHN WR International Championship Baihu Media Broadcasting Centre Daqing
11–06 11–12  ENG NR Champion of Champions Ricoh Arena Coventry
11–20 11–26  NIR WR Northern Ireland Open Titanic Belfast Belfast
11–28 12–10  ENG WR UK Championship Barbican Centre York
12–11 12–17  SCO WR Scottish Open Commonwealth Arena Glasgow
01–05 01–07  IRL WST Irish Seniors Masters Goffs Kildare
01–14 01–21  ENG NR The Masters Alexandra Palace London
01–26 01–28  ITA P/A Italian Snooker Open Via Galvani 39 Bolzano
01–31 02–04  GER WR German Masters Tempodrom Berlin
02–08 02–11  ENG WR Snooker Shoot-Out Watford Colosseum Watford
02–19 02–25  ENG WR World Grand Prix Preston Guild Hall Preston
02–26 03–04  WAL WR Welsh Open Motorpoint Arena Cardiff
03–07 03–11  GIB WR Gibraltar Open Tercentenary Sports Hall, Victoria Stadium Gibraltar
03–19 03–25  WAL WR Players Championship Venue Cymru Llandudno
03–20 03–24  ENG WST World Seniors Championship Baths Hall Scunthorpe
01–22 03–29  ENG NR Championship League Ricoh Arena Coventry
04–02 04–08  CHN WR China Open Beijing University Students' Gymnasium Beijing
04–12 04–12  ENG WST The Seniors Masters Crucible Theatre Sheffield
04–21 05–07  ENG WR World Snooker Championship Crucible Theatre Sheffield
WR = World ranking event
NR = Non-ranking event
VE = Variant event
P/A = Pro–am event
WST = World Seniors Tour[2]

Official rankings

Main article: Snooker world rankings 2017/2018

World ranking points

Main article: Snooker world ranking points 2017/2018

Points distribution

2017/2018 points distribution for world ranking events:[19]

Tournament/Round→ R144 R128 R96 R80 R64 R48 R32 R16 QF SF F W
Riga Masters – 0 – – 525 – 1,050 2,250 4,500 11,250 18,750 37,500
Indian Open – 0 – – 2,000 – 3,000 6,000 9,000 13,500 25,000 50,000
World Open – 0 – – 4,000 – 6,500 8,000 12,500 21,000 40,000 90,000
Paul Hunter Classic – 0 – – 525 – 900 1,725 3,000 4,500 9,000 18,750
Shanghai Masters – 0 500[n 2] – 2,000 3,000[n 2] 6,000[n 2] 8,000 12,000 19,500 35,000 85,000
European Masters – 0 – – 1,312 – 2,625 4,500 8,250 13,125 26,250 56,250
English Open – 0 – – 2,500 – 3,500 6,000 10,000 20,000 30,000 70,000
International Championship – 0 – – 4,000 – 7,000 12,000 17,500 30,000 65,000 125,000
Northern Ireland Open – 0 – – 2,500 – 3,500 6,000 10,000 20,000 30,000 70,000
UK Championship – 0 – – 5,000 – 10,000 15,000 22,500 35,000 75,000 170,000
Scottish Open – 0 – – 2,500 – 3,500 6,000 10,000 20,000 30,000 70,000
German Masters – 0 – – 1,500 – 3,000 3,750 7,500 15,000 26,250 60,000
World Grand Prix – – – – – – 5,000 7,500 12,500 20,000 40,000 100,000
Welsh Open – 0 – – 2,500 – 3,500 6,000 10,000 20,000 30,000 70,000
Shoot-Out – 0 – – 500 – 1,000 2,000 4,000 8,000 16,000 32,000
Gibraltar Open – 0 – – 525 – 900 1,725 3,000 4,500 9,000 18,750
Players Championship – – – – – – – 10,000 15,000 30,000 50,000 125,000
China Open – 0 – – 4,000 – 6,500 8,000 12,500 21,000 35,000 85,000
World Championship 0 – – 8,000 – 12,000 16,000[n 2] 25,000 37,500 75,000 160,000 425,000

Notes

  1. ^ Dates use the month day format
  2. ^ a b c d Players who lose their first match receive no ranking points.

References

  1. ^ a b http://www.wpbsa.com/big-201718-season-preview/
  2. ^ a b https://snookerhq.com/2017/06/01/stephen-hendry-fronts-new-world-seniors-tour/
  3. ^ a b "Players on the Main Tour". snooker.org. Retrieved 26 May 2017.
  4. ^ a b c d e "2017/18 Tour Qualification: Making 128 (ish)". WPBSA. 10 April 2017. Retrieved 10 April 2017.
  5. ^ a b c d e f g http://www.wpbsa.com/tour-players-201718/
  6. ^ a b "Q School Order of Merit (2017)". snooker.org. 2017-05-20.
  7. ^ http://www.thecueview.com/2017-ebsa-play-offs.html
  8. ^ http://www.snooker.org/res/index.asp?event=617
  9. ^ http://www.worldsnooker.com/kleckers-books-tour-spot/
  10. ^ a b http://www.worldsnooker.com/lam-secures-immediate-tour-return/
  11. ^ http://www.worldsnooker.com/china-tour-nominations/
  12. ^ "Hamza Akbar – Tour Card". worldsnooker.com. World Snooker. 19 April 2017. Retrieved 22 April 2017.
  13. ^ "Jimmy White and Ken Doherty given tour cards by World Snooker". BBC Sport. Retrieved 15 April 2017.
  14. ^ http://www.worldsnooker.com/full-calendar/
  15. ^ http://www.worldsnooker.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/Click-here-for-the-2017-18-season-calendar.pdf
  16. ^ http://www.worldsnooker.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/Click-here-for-the-Calendar.pdf
  17. ^ http://www.worldsnooker.com/updated-201718-calendar/
  18. ^ "Vienna Snooker Open 2017". Retrieved 8 May 2017.
  19. ^ "Indicative prize money rankings schedule 2016/2017 season" (PDF). World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Retrieved 3 June 2016.
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