2015 Q School

The 2015 Q School was a series of two snooker tournaments held at the start of the 2015–16 snooker season. An event for amateur players, it served as a qualification event for a place on the professional World Snooker Tour for the following two seasons. The events took place in May 2015 at the Meadowside Centre in Burton-upon-Trent, England with a total 8 players qualifying via the two tournaments.

2015 Q School
Tournament information
Dates14–25 May 2015 (2015-05-14 – 2015-05-25)
VenueMeadowside Centre
CityBurton-upon-Trent
CountryEngland
FormatQualifying School
Qualifiers8 via the 2 events
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Format

The 2015 Q School consisted of two events. The two events had 166 entries competing for 8 places on the main tour, four players qualifying from each of the two events.[1][2] All matches were the best of seven frames.[3]

Event 1

The first 2015 Q School event was held from 14 to 19 May 2015 at the Meadowside Centre in Burton-upon-Trent, England. Sydney Wilson, Daniel Wells, Eden Sharav and Rhys Clark qualified. Wells had previously held a tour card.[4] The results of the four final matches are given below.[5]

Event 2

The second 2015 Q School event was held from 20 to 25 May 2015 at the Meadowside Centre in Burton-upon-Trent, England. Jason Weston, Gareth Allen, Duane Jones and Paul Davison qualified. Weston and Davison had previously held a tour card.[6][7][8] The results of the four final matches are given below.[9]

Q School Order of Merit

A Q School Order of Merit was produced for players who didn't qualify from the two events. The Order of Merit was used to top up fields for the 2015–16 snooker season where an event failed to attract the required number of entries. The rankings in the Order of Merit were based on the number of frames won in the two Q School events. Players who received a bye into the second round were awarded four points for round one. Where players were equal, those who won the most frames in the first event were ranked higher.[10]

The leading players in the Q School Order of Merit are given below.[11] Luke Simmonds and Zhao Xintong tied for the leading position, and were selected at random for a top-up place, where only one was available.[10]

Rank Player Event 1Event 2Total
T1 England Luke Simmonds 192342
T1 China Zhao Xintong 192342
3 England Adam Duffy 231538
4 Switzerland Alexander Ursenbacher 211536
5 England Andy Hicks 161935
6 England Kuldesh Johal 102232
7 Republic of Ireland Leo Fernandez 211031
8 England Hammad Miah 111829
9 England Ashley Hugill 181028
10 Republic of Ireland Greg Casey 101828

Two-season performance of qualifiers

The following table shows the rankings of the 8 qualifiers from the 2015 Q School, at the end of the 2016–17 snooker season, the end of their two guaranteed seasons on the tour, together with their tour status for the 2017–18 snooker season. Players in the top-64 of the rankings retained their place on the tour while those outside the top-64 lost their place unless they qualified under a different category.[12][13]

PlayerEnd of 2016–17 seasonStatus for 2017–18 season
MoneyRanking
 Sydney Wilson (ENG)17,250100Amateur
 Daniel Wells (WAL)63,51262Retained place on tour
 Eden Sharav (SCO)30,22583Qualified through the one-year list[14]
 Rhys Clark (SCO)42,25075Qualified through the one-year list[14]
 Jason Weston (ENG)2,600124Amateur
 Gareth Allen (WAL)11,800110Amateur
 Duane Jones (WAL)17,61298Qualified through the 2017 Q School
 Paul Davison (ENG)22,25091Qualified through the 2017 Q School

References
  1. "Q School draws". worldsnooker.com. 24 April 2015.
  2. "Reanne Evans: Ten-time ladies' champion in 2015 Q School". BBC. 24 April 2015.
  3. "World Snooker qualifying format - Q School" (PDF). World Snooker. Retrieved 24 September 2023.
  4. "Quartet earn tour cards". World Snooker. 19 May 2015.
  5. "Qualifying School - Event One (2015) - snooker.org". www.snooker.org.
  6. "Q School event two winners". World Snooker. 25 May 2015.
  7. Nunns, Hector (25 May 2015). "Q School qualifiers and those leaving the stage". Inside Snooker.
  8. "World Snooker's Q School ends as eight new professionals get tour cards at Meadowside Leisure Centre". Burton Mail. 27 May 2015. Archived from the original on 29 May 2015. Retrieved 27 May 2015.
  9. "Qualifying School - Event Two (2015) - snooker.org". www.snooker.org.
  10. "Q School 2015 frames won ranking list" (PDF). worldsnooker.com. Retrieved 24 September 2023.
  11. "Q School Order of Merit (2014) - snooker.org". www.snooker.org.
  12. "World Rankings: After the 2017 Betfred World Championship" (PDF). World Snooker. 2 May 2017.
  13. "Tour Players 2017/18". WPBSA. 22 May 2017.
  14. "1 Year List: After the 2017 Betfred World Championship" (PDF). World Snooker. 2 May 2017.
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