Snooker season 2016/2017
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| Duration | 5 May 2016 – 1 May 2017 |
| Tournaments | 27 (18 ranking events) |
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The 2016/2017 snooker season is a series of snooker tournaments played between 5 May 2016 and 1 May 2017.
There are 18 ranking events in 2016/17, with a target of 20 ranking events in 2017/18. World Snooker chairman Barry Hearn said, total prize money for the World Snooker Tour in 2016/17 will hit £10 million for the first time ever. The trophy for the Masters is renamed the Paul Hunter trophy in perpetuity, in memory of the three-time Masters champion who died in 2006.[1]
Players
The top 64 players from the prize money rankings after the 2016 World Championship,[2] and the 31 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 two 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,[3][4] and a further twelve places will be available through the Q School.[5][6] The rest of the places on to the tour will come from amateur events and national governing body nominations. Also, since Steve Davis and Stephen Hendry have both retired from professional play, only James Wattana will be offered an Invitational Tour Card.[7]
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Main article: Q-School 2016/17 – Event 1
Main article: Q-School 2016/17 – Event 2
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Calendar
The following table outlines the results and dates for all the ranking and major invitational events.[12][13][14]
| Date[n 1] | Country | Rank | Tournament name | Venue | City | Winner | Runner-up | Score | References | |
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| 05–05 | 05–08 |  AUT |
P/A | Vienna Snooker Open | 15 Reds Köö Wien Snooker Club | Vienna | [15][16] | |||
| 06–08 | 06–12 |  ENG |
P/A | Pink Ribbon | South West Snooker Academy | Gloucester | [17] | |||
| 06–22 | 06–24 |  LAT |
WR | Riga Masters | Arena Riga | Riga | ||||
| 07–05 | 07–09 |  IND |
WR | Indian Open | Hyderabad | |||||
| 07–25 | 07–31 |  CHN |
WR | World Open | ||||||
| 08–25 | 08–28 |  GER |
WR | Paul Hunter Classic | Stadhalle | Fürth | ||||
| 09–05 | 09–10 |  THA |
VE | Six-red World Championship | Bangkok Convention Center | Bangkok | ||||
| 09–19 | 09–25 | CHN |
WR | Shanghai Masters | Shanghai Grand Stage | Shanghai | ||||
| 10–03 | 10–09 |  ROU |
WR | European Open | Sala Polivalentă | Cluj-Napoca | ||||
| 10–10 | 10–16 | ENG |
WR | English Open | Manchester | |||||
| 10–23 | 10–30 | CHN |
WR | International Championship | Baihu Media Broadcasting Centre | Daqing | ||||
| 11–?? | 11–?? |  HKG |
NR | General Cup | General Snooker Club | Hong Kong | ||||
| 11–07 | 11–12 | ENG |
NR | Champion of Champions | Ricoh Arena | Coventry | ||||
| 11–14 | 11–20 |  NIR |
WR | Irish Open | Belfast | |||||
| 11–22 | 12–04 | ENG |
WR | UK Championship | Barbican Centre | York | ||||
| 12–12 | 12–18 |  SCO |
WR | Scottish Open | Glasgow | |||||
| 01–15 | 01–22 | ENG |
NR | Masters | Alexandra Palace | London | ||||
| 01–?? | 01–?? | ENG |
NR | World Seniors Championship | ||||||
| 02–01 | 02–05 | GER |
WR | German Masters | Berlin | |||||
| 02–06 | 02–12 | ENG |
WR | World Grand Prix | Preston Guild Hall | Preston | ||||
| 02–13 | 02–19 |  WAL |
WR | Welsh Open | Cardiff | |||||
| 02–24 | 02–26 | ENG |
VE | Snooker Shoot-Out | ||||||
| 01–02 | 03–02 | ENG |
NR | Championship League | ||||||
| 03–03 | 03–05 |  GIB |
WR | Gibraltar Open | Gibraltar | |||||
| 03–06 | 03–12 | WAL |
WR | Players Championship | Llandudno | |||||
| 03–27 | 04–02 | CHN |
WR | China Open | Beijing | |||||
| 04–15 | 05–01 | ENG |
WR | World Snooker Championship | Crucible Theatre | Sheffield | ||||
| WR = World ranking event |
| NR = Non-ranking event |
| VE = Variant event |
| P/A = Pro–am event |
Official rankings
Seeding revision 1
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Notes
- ↑ Dates use the month day format
References
- ↑ Announcements From Barry Hearn
- ↑ "Provisional End-of-Season Seedings". Snooker.org. Retrieved 6 May 2016.
- ↑ "Amateur Order of Merit". worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. 13 July 2014. Archived from the original on 17 July 2014. Retrieved 6 May 2016.
- ↑ "EBSA Order of Merit 2015/16". prosnookerblog. Retrieved 6 May 2016.
- ↑ "Two Weeks Until Q School Deadline". worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. 23 March 2016. Retrieved 15 May 2016. Check date values in:
|access-date=(help) - ↑ "Four More Tour Cards Available At Q School". worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. 29 April 2016. Retrieved 6 May 2016.
- ↑ "World Snooker Update". worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. 30 April 2016. Retrieved 7 May 2016.
- ↑ "Double delight for Thailand. Boonyarit & Siripaporn are new champions". Retrieved 5 July 2015.
- ↑ "JAK JONES IS THE NEW EUROPEAN CHAMPION". European Billiards & Snooker Association. 21 February 2016. Retrieved 21 February 2016.
- ↑ "Ireland's Josh Boileau takes European Under-21 title and turns professional". RTÉ Sport. 14 February 2016. Retrieved 14 February 2016.
- ↑ "Slessor And Craigie Win EBSA Play-Offs". worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. 14 April 2016. Retrieved 15 April 2016.
- ↑ http://www.worldsnooker.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/Click-here.pdf
- ↑ 2016 snooker calendar
- ↑ http://www.worldsnooker.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/Click-Here-For-The-Calendar.pdf
- ↑ "Vienna Snooker Open 2016". Retrieved 6 May 2016.
- ↑ "Vienna Snooker Open: Internationale Snooker-Stars kommen nach Wien". Retrieved 6 May 2016.
- ↑ "South West Snooker Academy". Retrieved 6 May 2016.
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