The 2014 Q School was a series of two snooker tournaments held at the start of the 2014–15 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 2014 at the Capital Venue in Gloucester, England with a total 8 players qualifying via the two tournaments.

2014 Q School
Tournament information
Dates10–21 May 2014 (2014-05-10 – 2014-05-21)
VenueCapital Venue
CityGloucester
CountryEngland
FormatQualifying School
Qualifiers8 via the 2 events
2013
2015

Format

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The 2014 Q School consisted of two events with 8 qualification places available. Previously there had been three events with a total of 12 places available. The entry fee was reduced from £1,000 to £600.[1][2] The two events had 145 entries competing for the eight places on the main tour, four players qualifying from each of the two events. All matches were the best of seven frames.[3]

Event 1

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The first 2014 Q School event was held from 10 to 15 May 2014 at the Capital Venue in Gloucester, England. Craig Steadman, Chris Melling, Zhang Anda and Tian Pengfei qualified.[4][5] The results of the four final matches are given below.[3]

Event 2

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The second 2014 Q School event was held from 16 to 21 May 2014 at the Capital Venue in Gloucester, England. Liam Highfield, Michael Georgiou, Lee Walker and Michael Leslie qualified. Wells had previously held a tour card.[6][7] The results of the four final matches are given below.[8]

Q School Order of Merit

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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 2014–15 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][10]

The leading players in the Q School Order of Merit are given below.[10][11]

Rank Player Event 1 Event 2 Total
1   Eden Sharav 20 23 43
T2   Ashley Carty 18 22 40
T2   Alex Pagulayan 18 22 40
4   Jamie Clarke 23 15 38
5   Daniel Wells 15 19 34
6   John Sutton 20 12 32
7   Chen Zhe 17 15 32
8   Oliver Brown 14 18 32
9   Joe O'Connor 9 21 30
10   Duane Jones 23 6 29

Two-season performance of qualifiers

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The following table shows the rankings of the 8 qualifiers from the 2014 Q School, at the end of the 2015–16 snooker season, the end of their two guaranteed seasons on the tour, together with their tour status for the 2016–17 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][14]

Player End of 2015–16 season Status for 2016–17 season
Money Ranking
  Craig Steadman (ENG) 42,999 68 Qualified through the 2016 Q School
  Chris Melling (ENG) 12,757 91 Amateur
  Zhang Anda (CHN) 45,816 65 Qualified through the Asian Tour Order of Merit[15]
  Tian Pengfei (CHN) 74,616 48 Retained place on tour
  Liam Highfield (ENG) 44,716 67 Qualified through the European Tour Order of Merit[16]
  Michael Georgiou (ENG) 28,591 76 Qualified through the 2016 Q School
  Lee Walker (WAL) 32,833 74 Qualified through the European Tour Order of Merit[16]
  Michael Leslie (SCO) 11,422 93 Amateur

References

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  1. ^ Nunns, Hector (22 January 2014). "Q School places cut". Inside Snooker.
  2. ^ Hirschowitz, Ivan (22 January 2014). "Changes to 2014 Q School". AZBilliards.com.
  3. ^ a b "Qualifying School - Event One (2014) - snooker.org". www.snooker.org.
  4. ^ "Melling/Steadman/Tian/Zhang qualify". World Snooker. 15 May 2014. Archived from the original on 20 February 2020.
  5. ^ Nunns, Hector (15 May 2014). "Four qualify for Q School". Inside Snooker.
  6. ^ "Highfield breaks lion's heart". World Snooker. 21 May 2014. Archived from the original on 20 February 2020.
  7. ^ Nunns, Hector (21 May 2014). "Four make main tour returns". Inside Snooker.
  8. ^ "Qualifying School - Event Two (2014) - snooker.org". www.snooker.org.
  9. ^ "Q School ranking list". worldsnooker.com. 23 May 2014. Archived from the original on 24 May 2014.
  10. ^ a b "Q School 2014 frames won ranking list" (PDF). worldsnooker.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 July 2014. Retrieved 25 September 2023.
  11. ^ "Q School Order of Merit (2013) - snooker.org". www.snooker.org.
  12. ^ "World Rankings: After the 2016 Betfred World Championship" (PDF). World Snooker. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 January 2022. Retrieved 29 September 2023.
  13. ^ "2016/17 Roll Call". WPBSA. 17 May 2016.
  14. ^ "Tour Players 2016/2017" (PDF). World Snooker. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 February 2020. Retrieved 29 September 2023.
  15. ^ "Asian Tour Order Of Merit" (PDF). World Snooker. Retrieved 29 September 2023.[dead link]
  16. ^ a b "Kreativ Dental European Order of Merit" (PDF). World Snooker. 29 February 2016.[dead link]