2016 Q School

The 2016 Q School was a series of two snooker tournaments held at the start of the 2016–17 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 2016 at the Meadowside Centre in Burton-upon-Trent, England with a total 12 players qualifying via the two tournaments and the Order of Merit.

2016 Q School
Tournament information
Dates11–22 May 2016 (2016-05-11 2016-05-22)
VenueMeadowside Centre
CityBurton-upon-Trent
CountryEngland
FormatQualifying School
Qualifiers12 via the 2 events and Order of Merit
2015
2017

Format

The 2016 Q School consisted of two events. The two events had 182 entries competing for 12 places on the main tour, four players qualifying from each of the two events, with a further four places available from the Q Tour Order of Merit.[1] All matches were the best of seven frames.[2]

Event 1

The first 2016 Q School event was held from 11 to 16 May 2016 at the Meadowside Centre in Burton-upon-Trent, England. Fang Xiongman, Christopher Keogan, Cao Yupeng and Chen Zhe qualified.[3][4] The results of the four final matches are given below.[5]

Event 2

The second 2016 Q School event was held from 17 to 22 May 2016 at the Meadowside Centre in Burton-upon-Trent, England. Michael Georgiou, John Astley, Alex Borg and David John qualified.[6][7] The results of the four final matches are given below.[8]

Q School Order of Merit

A Q School Order of Merit was produced for players who didn't qualify automatically from the two events. Four places on the main tour were given to the leading four players in the Order of Merit, Craig Steadman, Jamie Curtis-Barrett, Ian Preece and Adam Duffy.[6][7] The Order of Merit was also used to top up fields for the 2016–17 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.[9]

The leading players in the Q School Order of Merit are given below, those with Q in brackets were awarded places on the main tour.[10]

Rank Player Event 1Event 2Total
1 England Craig Steadman (Q) 172138
2 England Jamie Curtis-Barrett (Q) 191736
3 Wales Ian Preece (Q) 181735
4 England Adam Duffy (Q) 181634
5 Poland Adam Stefanow 191332
6 England Andy Hicks 131932
7 England Brandon Sargeant 151530
8 England Peter Lines 102030
9 England Zak Surety 92130
10 England Daniel Womersley 23629

Two-season performance of qualifiers

The following table shows the rankings of the 12 qualifiers from the 2016 Q School, at the end of the 2017–18 snooker season, the end of their two guaranteed seasons on the tour, together with their tour status for the 2018–19 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.[11][12]

PlayerEnd of 2017–18 seasonStatus for 2018–19 season
MoneyRanking
 Fang Xiongman (CHN)32,15090Amateur
 Christopher Keogan (ENG)8,550119Amateur
 Cao Yupeng (CHN)132,52538Retained place on tour
 Chen Zhe (CHN)17,500106Amateur
 Michael Georgiou (CYP)107.73749Retained place on tour
 John Astley (ENG)81,72566Qualified through the one-year list[13]
 Alex Borg (MLT)18,100103Amateur
 David John (WAL)2,337128Amateur
 Craig Steadman (ENG)32,55089Qualified through the 2018 Q School
 Jamie Curtis-Barrett (ENG)11,100115Amateur
 Ian Preece (WAL)39,10084Amateur
 Adam Duffy (ENG)33,36287Amateur

References

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