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2019–20 Challenge Tour
Details
Duration31 August 2019 – 20 July 2020
Tournaments11
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The Challenge Tour 2019/2020 is a series of snooker tournaments that take place during the 2019–20 snooker season. It is a second-tier tour for players not on the main World Snooker Tour.[1] The top player in the final rankings will earn a two-year card to the World Snooker Tour for 2020–21 snooker season. The next eight players in the rankings will then go into a play-off event, with the winner of that event to receive the second Tour Card.[2]

Ashley Hugill guaranteed his place in the World Snooker Tour after his victory in the 2020 WSF Open.[3] Lukas Kleckers guaranteed his place in the top and earned his two-year card to the World Snooker Tour after the last challenge event.[4] Andrew Pagett guaranteed his place in the World Snooker Tour after his victory in the 2020 EBSA European Snooker Championship.[5]

Format

Each event had a maximum field of 64. The leading 56 players in the 2019 Q School Order of Merit, excluding the 16 who qualified for the main tour, as well as eight wildcards are eligible to play. If there are less than 64 entries, players outside the top-56 in the Q School Order of Merit could enter.[1]

All matches are over five frames. The winner of each event receives prize money of £2,000 out of a total of £10,000. The runner-up receives £1,000, semi-finalists £700, quarter-finalists £500, last-16 losers £200 and last-32 losers £125.[6]

Schedule

Date Country Tournament Venue City Field Winner Runner-up Score Ref.
31 Aug 1 Sep  GER Event 1 Ballroom Nürnberg Nuremberg 67 Hong Kong Ka Wai Cheung England Oliver Brown 3–1 [7]
21 Sep 22 Sep  ENG Event 2 The Crucible Sports & Social Club Newbury 64 England Jake Nicholson Wales Andrew Pagett 3–1 [8]
5 Oct 6 Oct  ENG Event 3 Northern Snooker Centre Leeds 64 Wales Andrew Pagett Northern Ireland Robbie McGuigan 3–0 [9]
19 Oct 20 Oct  BEL Event 4 The Trickshot Bruges 58 England Ashley Hugill Republic of Ireland Aaron Hill 3–1 [10]
28 Feb 29 Feb[a]  ENG Event 5 The Winchester Leicester 64 England Allan Taylor Scotland Michael Collumb 3–1 [12]
16 Nov 17 Nov  HUN Event 6 Hungary Snooker Academy Budapest 62 England Oliver Brown England Ashley Hugill 3–1 [13]
14 Dec 15 Dec  BEL Event 7 De Maxx Pelt 42 Scotland Dean Young Wales Andrew Pagett 3–1 [14]
18 Jan 19 Jan  ENG Event 8 Tamworth Sports Bar Tamworth 60 Germany Lukas Kleckers Wales Tyler Rees 3–1 [15]
15 Feb 16 Feb  WAL Event 9 Terry Griffiths Matchroom Llanelli 52 England Ashley Hugill England Sydney Wilson 3–1
1 Mar 2 Mar  ENG Event 10 The Winchester Leicester 61 England Adam Duffy England Kuldesh Johal 3–1 [16]
20 Jul 20 Jul[b]  ENG Tour Playoffs English Institute of Sport Sheffield 8 England Allan Taylor England Adam Duffy 4–0 [18]

Source: [19]

Eligible players

The leading 56 players in the 2019 Q School Order of Merit, excluding the 16 who qualified for the main tour, are automatically eligible to play:[1][20]

Rankings

The leaders in the rankings were:

Rank Player Event 1 Event 2 Event 3 Event 4 Event 5 Event 6 Event 7 Event 8 Event 9 Event 10 Total (£)
1 England Ashley Hugill 125 125 500 2,000 125 1,000 700 0 2,000 125 6,700
2 Germany Lukas Kleckers 200 125 500 700 700 700 500 2,000 0 500 5,925
3 Wales Andrew Pagett 500 1,000 2,000 125 200 200 1,000 125 125 125 5,400
4 Scotland Dean Young 200 0 0 700 125 125 2,000 200 200 700 4,250
5 England Adam Duffy - 500 125 200 0 500 125 500 0 2,000 3,950
6 England Oliver Brown 1,000 - - 0 0 2,000 0 0 125 125 3,250
7 England Allan Taylor - 700 125 - 2,000 - - 200 - 200 3,225
8 England Patrick Whelan 700 0 125 500 125 200 200 700 125 500 3,175
9 England Rory McLeod 125 500 0 500 700 500 125 500 200 - 3,150
10 Hong Kong Ka Wai Cheung 2,000 - 200 0 - 200 500 0 200 0 3,100
11 England Jake Nicholson - 2,000 0 0 0 500 125 125 125 0 2,875
12 Wales Tyler Rees 200 0 - - 125 - - 1,000 700 500 2,525
13 Scotland Michael Collumb 0 200 125 0 1,000 700 - 200 200 0 2,425
14 Northern Ireland Robbie McGuigan 125 500 1,000 125 0 0 125 0 500 0 2,375
15 England Zak Surety 500 125 700 125 500 - - 125 0 0 2,075
16 England George Pragnell 0 0 700 0 125 200 125 700 0 200 2,050
17 England Sanderson Lam 0 200 500 200 200 500 0 200 0 125 1,925
18 Republic of Ireland Aaron Hill 500 125 125 1,000 0 0 125 - - - 1,875
19 England Paul Davison 0 0 125 500 0 125 200 200 500 200 1,850
20 England Daniel Womersley 125 125 500 200 125 0 125 125 200 125 1,650

Source: [21]

Notes

  1. ^ Postponed due to the bad weather conditions causing a health and safety issue at the Castle Snooker and Sports Bar in Brighton.[11]
  2. ^ Postponed due to the coronavirus pandemic[17]

References

  1. ^ a b c "Challenge Tour 2019/20". World Snooker. 25 March 2019. Retrieved 28 August 2019.
  2. ^ "Challenge Tour Revision". worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. 27 March 2019. Retrieved 28 August 2019.
  3. ^ "Hugill Wins WSF Open To Secure Main Tour Return". World Snooker. 18 January 2020.
  4. ^ "Klekers Regains Tour Place". World Snooker. 3 March 2020.
  5. ^ "Pagett Wins European Amateur Championship". World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. 20 March 2020.
  6. ^ "Challenge Tour Prize Money". World Snooker. 31 May 2018. Retrieved 28 August 2019.
  7. ^ "Cheung the Champ at Challenge Tour One". worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. 1 September 2019.
  8. ^ "Nicholson wins the shining Challenge Two trophy". worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. 22 September 2019.
  9. ^ "Pagett Shows Northern Soul To Win Challenge Three". worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. 6 October 2019.
  10. ^ "Hugill Best In Bruges". worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. 20 October 2019.
  11. ^ "Challenge Tour Five Postponed". worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. 2 November 2019.
  12. ^ "Taylor Made For The Challenge". World Snooker. 1 March 2020.
  13. ^ "Brown Strikes Gold In Budapest". World Snooker. 17 November 2019.
  14. ^ "Young Blood: Dean Wins Challenge Seven". World Snooker. 15 December 2019.
  15. ^ "Klekers King At Challenge Tour Eight". World Snooker. 19 January 2020.
  16. ^ "Duffy Wins Challenge Tour Ten". World Snooker. 3 March 2020.
  17. ^ "Challenge Tour Play-Off To Take Place July 20th". 1 July 2020.
  18. ^ "Taylor Made Up At Tour Return". World Snooker. 20 July 2020.
  19. ^ "Challenge Tour Calendar". worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. 10 July 2019. Retrieved 28 August 2019.
  20. ^ "Q School Order of Merit". World Snooker. Retrieved 28 August 2019.
  21. ^ "Challenge Tour Rankings".
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