The 2024–25 Q Tour is a series of snooker tournaments to take place during the 2024–25 snooker season. The Q Tour is the second-tier tour, run by the World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association, for players not on the main World Snooker Tour.
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Duration | 7 March 2024 – 13 March 2025 |
Tournaments | Organised by WPBSA: Q Tour Europe Q Tour Global Play-Offs Regional organisers: Q Tour Global - Americas Q Tour Global - Asia-Pacific Q Tour Global - Middle East |
Promoted | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() † Promoted for the first time |
← 2023–24 2025–26 → |
A series of seven Q Tour Europe events will be played, with the leading money-winner gaining a place on the main tour for the 2025–26 snooker season. Sixteen players – the tournament winners and the highest-ranked players who had not already secured a place on the main tour for the 2024–25 season – will gain entry to a further event, the WPBSA Q Tour Global Play-Off. They will be joined by players from the Q Tour Global; qualifying from regional Q Tour series. These players will compete for a further three places on the World Snooker Tour.[1] This season's tournament also sees the integration of CBSA China Tour into the Q Tour's playoff stage for its third-place finisher (as the first and second places directly qualify for the main tour);[2] Luo Honghao is the first snooker player to qualify for the playoffs in such manner.
Zhao Xintong won four Q Tour Europe events in a row to guarantee his place at the top of the rankings list and secured a place on the main tour for the next two seasons.[3] He went on and qualified for the 2025 World Championship later in that season by winning all four qualifying rounds and became the first amateur player from the Q Tour to reach the main draw of the competition (albeit as an ex-professional player and has won the UK Championship before). Steven Hallworth, Liam Highfield and Florian Nüßle won their respective Q Tour playoffs to each secure their own two-year tour cards for the subsequent two seasons.[4]
Q Tour Europe
editFormat
editQ Tour Europe events are generally played over three days. The first day is an open qualifying day with 16 places available. The main draw starts on the second day when the 16 qualifiers are joined by the 48 seeded players who qualified based on their rankings in the 2024 Q School Orders of Merit to make a first round field of 64 players. There are two rounds on the second day and a further four on the final day, to determine the winner of the event. The 48 who qualified directly included the top 32 eligible players from the 2024 UK Q School Order of Merit, the top eight from the 2024 Asia-Oceania Q School Order of Merit, and the eight highest ranked junior players on the 2024 UK Q School Order of Merit, not already qualified.[1]
Prize fund
editEach Q Tour Europe event featured a prize fund of £14,300 with the winner receiving £3,000.[5]
- Winner: £3,000
- Runner-up: £1,500
- Semi-final: £900
- Quarter-final: £600
- Last 16: £300
- Last 32: £200
- Total: £14,300
Schedule
editThe schedule for the seven Q Tour Europe events is given below.[1]
Date | Country | Tournament | Venue | City | Field | Winner | Runner-up | Score | Ref. | |
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15 Aug | 18 Aug | ENG | Event 1 | Northern Snooker Centre | Leeds | 154 | Andres Petrov | Ryan Thomerson | 4–3 | [6] |
20 Sep | 22 Sep | BUL | Event 2 | Bulgarian Snooker Academy | Sofia | 108 | Dylan Emery | Harvey Chandler | 4–3 | [7] |
4 Oct | 6 Oct | SWE | Event 3 | Snookerhallen | Stockholm | 116 | Zhao Xintong | Craig Steadman | 4–3 | [8] |
7 Nov | 10 Nov | ENG | Event 4 | Club 200 | Manchester | 156 | Zhao Xintong | Ryan Davies | 4–2 | [9] |
13 Dec | 15 Dec | AUT | Event 5 | Austrian Snooker Academy | Vienna | 103 | Zhao Xintong | Ryan Thomerson | 4–2 | [10] |
10 Jan | 12 Jan | BEL | Event 6 | Delta Moon Snooker Club | Mons[a] | 87 | Zhao Xintong | Ehsan Heydari Nezhad | 4–1 | [12] |
7 Feb | 9 Feb | ENG | Event 7 | Landywood Snooker Club | Great Wyrley | 124 | Liam Highfield | Dylan Emery | 4–3 | [13] |
Rankings
editBelow are listed the leading players in the prize money rankings.[14] The top-ranked player gets a place on the main tour for the 2024–25 season. 16 other players—the tournament winners and the highest-ranked players who have not already got a place on the main tour—will gain entry to a further event, the WPBSA Q Tour Global Playoff.[1] Players on equal points are ranked by "countback", with the player having won the most prize money in the latest event played being ranked higher.[15]
Rank | Player | Event 1 | Event 2 | Event 3 | Event 4 | Event 5 | Event 6 | Event 7 | Total (£) |
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1 | Zhao Xintong * | – | 0 | 3,000 | 3,000 | 3,000 | 3,000 | – | 12,000 |
2 | Dylan Emery + | – | 3,000 | – | 900 | 200 | 0 | 1,500 | 5,600 |
3 | Liam Highfield % | 300 | 900 | 0 | 0 | 600 | 200 | 3,000 | 5,000 |
4 | Ryan Thomerson + | 1,500 | 600 | 300 | 0 | 1,500 | 0 | 0 | 3,900 |
5 | Andres Petrov + | 3,000 | 300 | 0 | 0 | 300 | 0 | – | 3,600 |
6 | Craig Steadman + | 200 | 300 | 1,500 | 900 | 200 | 200 | 0 | 3,300 |
7 | Ryan Davies + | 900 | 0 | 200 | 1,500 | 200 | 200 | 200 | 3,200 |
8 | Steven Hallworth % | 600 | 0 | 900 | 200 | 300 | 900 | 200 | 3,100 |
9 | Iulian Boiko + ^ | 600 | 600 | – | 300 | 300 | 200 | 900 | 2,900 |
10 | Sean O'Sullivan + | 0 | 300 | 300 | 600 | 900 | 200 | 600 | 2,900 |
11 | Florian Nüßle % | 300 | 200 | 300 | 200 | 200 | 900 | 600 | 2,700 |
12 | Harvey Chandler + | 0 | 1,500 | 200 | 300 | 0 | 300 | 300 | 2,600 |
13 | Mark Joyce + | 600 | 900 | – | 200 | 0 | 600 | 200 | 2,500 |
14 | Alex Clenshaw + | 300 | 0 | 600 | 0 | 200 | 200 | 900 | 2,200 |
15 | Joshua Thomond + | 200 | 200 | 200 | 300 | 300 | 600 | 300 | 2,100 |
16 | Ehsan Heydari Nezhad + | 0 | – | – | – | 0 | 1,500 | 200 | 1,700 |
17 | Oliver Sykes + | 200 | 300 | 300 | 600 | 300 | 0 | 0 | 1,700 |
18 | Kuldesh Johal + | 0 | 600 | 0 | 200 | 0 | 200 | 600 | 1,600 |
19 | Connor Benzey + | 300 | 200 | 0 | 600 | 200 | 0 | 300 | 1,600 |
20 | Hayden Staniland | 200 | 0 | 200 | 200 | 900 | 0 | 0 | 1,500 |
* Qualified for the main tour by order of merit |
^ Qualified for the main tour through other means |
% Qualified for the main tour as play-offs winners |
+ Qualified for the play-offs |
Event 1
editThe first Q Tour Europe event took place at Northern Snooker Centre in Leeds from 15 to 18 August 2024. Andres Petrov beat Ryan Thomerson 4–3 in the final. Petrov came from 3-1 down in both the quarter and semi-finals and, after leading 3–0, also won the final in the deciding frame. Thomerson had had to qualify to reach the last-64 stage and won a further five matches to reach the final.[6] The final-day results are given below.[16]
Last 16 Best of 7 frames | Quarter-finals Best of 7 frames | Semi-finals Best of 7 frames | Final Best of 7 frames | |||||||||||
Hamim Hussain (ENG) | 1 | |||||||||||||
Andres Petrov (EST) | 4 | |||||||||||||
Andres Petrov (EST) | 4 | |||||||||||||
Simon Bedford (ENG) | 3 | |||||||||||||
Simon Bedford (ENG) | 4 | |||||||||||||
Alex Clenshaw (ENG) | 1 | |||||||||||||
Andres Petrov (EST) | 4 | |||||||||||||
Simon Blackwell (ENG) | 3 | |||||||||||||
Mark Joyce (ENG) | 4 | |||||||||||||
Peter Lines (ENG) | 0 | |||||||||||||
Mark Joyce (ENG) | 3 | |||||||||||||
Simon Blackwell (ENG) | 4 | |||||||||||||
Alex Millington (ENG) | 0 | |||||||||||||
Simon Blackwell (ENG) | 4 | |||||||||||||
Andres Petrov (EST) | 4 | |||||||||||||
Ryan Thomerson (AUS) | 3 | |||||||||||||
Liam Highfield (ENG) | 2 | |||||||||||||
Iulian Boiko (UKR) | 4 | |||||||||||||
Iulian Boiko (UKR) | 2 | |||||||||||||
Ryan Davies (ENG) | 4 | |||||||||||||
Florian Nüßle (AUT) | 2 | |||||||||||||
Ryan Davies (ENG) | 4 | |||||||||||||
Ryan Davies (ENG) | 1 | |||||||||||||
Ryan Thomerson (AUS) | 4 | |||||||||||||
Ryan Thomerson (AUS) | 4 | |||||||||||||
Umut Dikme (GER) | 2 | |||||||||||||
Ryan Thomerson (AUS) | 4 | |||||||||||||
Steven Hallworth (ENG) | 3 | |||||||||||||
Connor Benzey (ENG) | 2 | |||||||||||||
Steven Hallworth (ENG) | 4 | |||||||||||||
Event 2
editThe second Q Tour Europe event took place at the National Snooker Academy of Bulgaria in Sofia from 20 to 22 September 2024. Dylan Emery beat Harvey Chandler 4–3 in the final, winning the last three frames after trailing 1–3. Emery and Liam Highfield both made a 142 total clearance in the first frame of their respective semi-finals, the highest breaks of the event.[7] The final-day results are given below.[17]
Last 16 Best of 7 frames | Quarter-finals Best of 7 frames | Semi-finals Best of 7 frames | Final Best of 7 frames | |||||||||||
Oliver Sykes (ENG) | 1 | |||||||||||||
Kuldesh Johal (ENG) | 4 | |||||||||||||
Kuldesh Johal (ENG) | 0 | |||||||||||||
Dylan Emery (WAL) | 4 | |||||||||||||
Dylan Emery (WAL) | 4 | |||||||||||||
Mateusz Baranowski (POL) | 0 | |||||||||||||
Dylan Emery (WAL) | 4 | |||||||||||||
Mark Joyce (ENG) | 2 | |||||||||||||
Mark Vincent (ENG) | 1 | |||||||||||||
Ryan Thomerson (AUS) | 4 | |||||||||||||
Ryan Thomerson (AUS) | 3 | |||||||||||||
Mark Joyce (ENG) | 4 | |||||||||||||
Sean O'Sullivan (ENG) | 1 | |||||||||||||
Mark Joyce (ENG) | 4 | |||||||||||||
Dylan Emery (WAL) | 4 | |||||||||||||
Harvey Chandler (ENG) | 3 | |||||||||||||
Brandon Hall (ENG) | 4 | |||||||||||||
Craig Steadman (ENG) | 1 | |||||||||||||
Brandon Hall (ENG) | 1 | |||||||||||||
Harvey Chandler (ENG) | 4 | |||||||||||||
Harvey Chandler (ENG) | 4 | |||||||||||||
Anton Kazakov (UKR) | 1 | |||||||||||||
Harvey Chandler (ENG) | 4 | |||||||||||||
Liam Highfield (ENG) | 2 | |||||||||||||
Iulian Boiko (UKR) | 4 | |||||||||||||
Andres Petrov (EST) | 3 | |||||||||||||
Iulian Boiko (UKR) | 1 | |||||||||||||
Liam Highfield (ENG) | 4 | |||||||||||||
Liam Highfield (ENG) | 4 | |||||||||||||
Joshua Cooper (ENG) | 1 | |||||||||||||
Event 3
editThe third Q Tour Europe event took place at the Snookerhallen in Stockholm from 4 to 6 October 2024.[8] Zhao Xintong made a maximum break in his last-64 match against Shaun Liu, the first in a Q Tour event.[18] Zhao beat Craig Steadman 4–3 in the final. In the event Zhao won 8 matches and made 8 century breaks.[8] The final-day results are given below.[19]
Last 16 Best of 7 frames | Quarter-finals Best of 7 frames | Semi-finals Best of 7 frames | Final Best of 7 frames | |||||||||||
Alfie Davies (WAL) | 1 | |||||||||||||
Craig Steadman (ENG) | 4 | |||||||||||||
Craig Steadman (ENG) | 4 | |||||||||||||
Peter Devlin (ENG) | 1 | |||||||||||||
Umut Dikme (GER) | 2 | |||||||||||||
Peter Devlin (ENG) | 4 | |||||||||||||
Craig Steadman (ENG) | 4 | |||||||||||||
Steven Hallworth (ENG) | 2 | |||||||||||||
Alex Clenshaw (ENG) | 4 | |||||||||||||
Rory McLeod (JAM) | 0 | |||||||||||||
Alex Clenshaw (ENG) | 1 | |||||||||||||
Steven Hallworth (ENG) | 4 | |||||||||||||
Florian Nuessle (AUT) | 3 | |||||||||||||
Steven Hallworth (ENG) | 4 | |||||||||||||
Craig Steadman (ENG) | 3 | |||||||||||||
Zhao Xintong (CHN) | 4 | |||||||||||||
Zhao Xintong (CHN) | 4 | |||||||||||||
Peter Lines (ENG) | 1 | |||||||||||||
Zhao Xintong (CHN) | 4 | |||||||||||||
Nicolas Mortreux (FRA) | 0 | |||||||||||||
Oliver Sykes (ENG) | 3 | |||||||||||||
Nicolas Mortreux (FRA) | 4 | |||||||||||||
Zhao Xintong (CHN) | 4 | |||||||||||||
Mateusz Baranowski (POL) | 0 | |||||||||||||
Barry Pinches (ENG) | 4 | |||||||||||||
Sean O'Sullivan (ENG) | 0 | |||||||||||||
Barry Pinches (ENG) | 3 | |||||||||||||
Mateusz Baranowski (POL) | 4 | |||||||||||||
Ryan Thomerson (AUS) | 3 | |||||||||||||
Mateusz Baranowski (POL) | 4 | |||||||||||||
Event 4
editThe fourth Q Tour Europe event took place at the Club 200 in Manchester from 7 to 10 November 2024.[9] Zhao Xintong made a maximum break in his quarter-final match against Oliver Sykes. Zhao beat Ryan Davies 4–2 in the final to win his second Q Tour Europe event in a row.[9] The final-day results are given below.[20]
Last 16 Best of 7 frames | Quarter-finals Best of 7 frames | Semi-finals Best of 7 frames | Final Best of 7 frames | |||||||||||
Connor Benzey (ENG) | 4 | |||||||||||||
Joshua Thomond (ENG) | 2 | |||||||||||||
Connor Benzey (ENG) | 1 | |||||||||||||
Craig Steadman (ENG) | 4 | |||||||||||||
Craig Steadman (ENG) | 4 | |||||||||||||
Iulian Boiko (UKR) | 2 | |||||||||||||
Craig Steadman (ENG) | 1 | |||||||||||||
Zhao Xintong (CHN) | 4 | |||||||||||||
Oliver Sykes (ENG) | 4 | |||||||||||||
Aidan Gallagher (ENG) | 1 | |||||||||||||
Oliver Sykes (ENG) | 1 | |||||||||||||
Zhao Xintong (CHN) | 4 | |||||||||||||
Zhao Xintong (CHN) | 4 | |||||||||||||
Hamim Hussain (ENG) | 1 | |||||||||||||
Zhao Xintong (CHN) | 4 | |||||||||||||
Ryan Davies (ENG) | 2 | |||||||||||||
James Cahill (ENG) | 3 | |||||||||||||
Ryan Davies (ENG) | 4 | |||||||||||||
Ryan Davies (ENG) | 4 | |||||||||||||
Sean O'Sullivan (ENG) | 2 | |||||||||||||
Harvey Chandler (ENG) | 2 | |||||||||||||
Sean O'Sullivan (ENG) | 4 | |||||||||||||
Ryan Davies (ENG) | 4 | |||||||||||||
Dylan Emery (WAL) | 0 | |||||||||||||
Kayden Brierley (ENG) | 2 | |||||||||||||
Dylan Emery (WAL) | 4 | |||||||||||||
Dylan Emery (WAL) | 4 | |||||||||||||
Gerard Greene (NIR) | 2 | |||||||||||||
Gerard Greene (NIR) | 4 | |||||||||||||
Sean Maddocks (ENG) | 2 | |||||||||||||
Event 5
editThe fifth Q Tour Europe event took place at the Austrian Snooker Academy in Vienna from 13 to 15 December 2024.[10] Zhao Xintong defeated Ryan Thomerson 4–2 in the final to win his third Q Tour Europe event and 24th match on the Q Tour in a row.[10] The final-day results are given below.[21]
Last 16 Best of 7 frames | Quarter-finals Best of 7 frames | Semi-finals Best of 7 frames | Final Best of 7 frames | |||||||||||
Zhao Xintong (CHN) | 4 | |||||||||||||
Steven Hallworth (ENG) | 2 | |||||||||||||
Zhao Xintong (CHN) | 4 | |||||||||||||
Matthew Glasby (ENG) | 3 | |||||||||||||
Joshua Thomond (ENG) | 3 | |||||||||||||
Matthew Glasby (ENG) | 4 | |||||||||||||
Zhao Xintong (CHN) | 4 | |||||||||||||
Sean O'Sullivan (ENG) | 0 | |||||||||||||
Iulian Boiko (UKR) | 3 | |||||||||||||
Sean O'Sullivan (ENG) | 4 | |||||||||||||
Sean O'Sullivan (ENG) | 4 | |||||||||||||
Patrick Whelan (ENG) | 1 | |||||||||||||
Patrick Whelan (ENG) | 4 | |||||||||||||
Andres Petrov (EST) | 2 | |||||||||||||
Zhao Xintong (CHN) | 4 | |||||||||||||
Ryan Thomerson (AUS) | 2 | |||||||||||||
Ryan Thomerson (AUS) | 4 | |||||||||||||
Mateusz Baranowski (POL) | 3 | |||||||||||||
Ryan Thomerson (AUS) | 4 | |||||||||||||
Liam Highfield (ENG) | 1 | |||||||||||||
Oliver Sykes (ENG) | 1 | |||||||||||||
Liam Highfield (ENG) | 4 | |||||||||||||
Ryan Thomerson (AUS) | 4 | |||||||||||||
Hayden Staniland (ENG) | 2 | |||||||||||||
Asutosh Padhy (IND) | 4 | |||||||||||||
Umut Dikme (GER) | 3 | |||||||||||||
Asutosh Padhy (IND) | 0 | |||||||||||||
Hayden Staniland (ENG) | 4 | |||||||||||||
Hayden Staniland (ENG) | 4 | |||||||||||||
Aaron Busuttil (MLT) | 1 | |||||||||||||
Event 6
editThe sixth Q Tour Europe event took place at the Delta Moon Snooker Club in Mons, Belgium, from 10 to 12 January 2025.[a][22] In the third frame of his last-64 match against Daan Leyssen, Iulian Boiko made a maximum break, becoming the second player after Zhao Xintong to record a maximum break on the Q Tour.[23] Zhao defeated Ehsan Heydari Nezhad 4–1 in the final to win his fourth Q Tour Europe event and 32nd match on the Q Tour in a row.[12] The final-day results are given below.[24]
Last 16 Best of 7 frames | Quarter-finals Best of 7 frames | Semi-finals Best of 7 frames | Final Best of 7 frames | |||||||||||
Patrick Whelan (ENG) | 0 | |||||||||||||
Joshua Thomond (ENG) | 4 | |||||||||||||
Joshua Thomond (ENG) | 0 | |||||||||||||
Steven Hallworth (ENG) | 4 | |||||||||||||
Ashley Hugill (ENG) | 1 | |||||||||||||
Steven Hallworth (ENG) | 4 | |||||||||||||
Steven Hallworth (ENG) | 3 | |||||||||||||
Ehsan Heydari Nezhad (IRN) | 4 | |||||||||||||
Paul Deaville (ENG) | 0 | |||||||||||||
Nicolás Mortreux (FRA) | 4 | |||||||||||||
Nicolás Mortreux (FRA) | 0 | |||||||||||||
Ehsan Heydari Nezhad (IRN) | 4 | |||||||||||||
Luke Pinches (ENG) | 0 | |||||||||||||
Ehsan Heydari Nezhad (IRN) | 4 | |||||||||||||
Ehsan Heydari Nezhad (IRN) | 1 | |||||||||||||
Zhao Xintong (CHN) | 4 | |||||||||||||
Nathan Jones (ENG) | 4 | |||||||||||||
Fergal Quinn (NIR) | 1 | |||||||||||||
Nathan Jones (ENG) | 1 | |||||||||||||
Zhao Xintong (CHN) | 4 | |||||||||||||
Zhao Xintong (CHN) | 4 | |||||||||||||
Aaron Busuttil (MLT) | 1 | |||||||||||||
Zhao Xintong (CHN) | 4 | |||||||||||||
Florian Nüßle (AUT) | 0 | |||||||||||||
Harvey Chandler (ENG) | 3 | |||||||||||||
Florian Nüßle (AUT) | 4 | |||||||||||||
Florian Nüßle (AUT) | 4 | |||||||||||||
Mark Joyce (ENG) | 1 | |||||||||||||
Joshua Cooper (ENG) | 3 | |||||||||||||
Mark Joyce (ENG) | 4 | |||||||||||||
Event 7
editThe seventh Q Tour Europe event was held at the Landywood Snooker Club in Great Wyrley from 7 to 9 February 2025.[25] Liam Highfield defeated Dylan Emery 4–3 in the final, thereby winning his first Q Tour event. Emery made the highest break of the event, a 140 compiled in his match against Anton Kazakov in the early rounds of the event.[13] The final-day results are given below.[26]
Last 16 Best of 7 frames | Quarter-finals Best of 7 frames | Semi-finals Best of 7 frames | Final Best of 7 frames | |||||||||||
Iulian Boiko (UKR) | 4 | |||||||||||||
Fergal Quinn (NIR) | 2 | |||||||||||||
Iulian Boiko (UKR) | 4 | |||||||||||||
Sean O'Sullivan (ENG) | 0 | |||||||||||||
Sean O'Sullivan (ENG) | 4 | |||||||||||||
Alfie Davies (WAL) | 1 | |||||||||||||
Iulian Boiko (UKR) | 3 | |||||||||||||
Dylan Emery (WAL) | 4 | |||||||||||||
Shaun Liu (HKG) | 4 | |||||||||||||
Harvey Chandler (ENG) | 2 | |||||||||||||
Shaun Liu (HKG) | 3 | |||||||||||||
Dylan Emery (WAL) | 4 | |||||||||||||
Ashley Hugill (ENG) | 2 | |||||||||||||
Dylan Emery (WAL) | 4 | |||||||||||||
Dylan Emery (WAL) | 3 | |||||||||||||
Liam Highfield (ENG) | 4 | |||||||||||||
Alex Clenshaw (ENG) | 4 | |||||||||||||
Lewis Ullah (ENG) | 0 | |||||||||||||
Alex Clenshaw (ENG) | 4 | |||||||||||||
Florian Nüßle (AUT) | 1 | |||||||||||||
Florian Nüßle (AUT) | 4 | |||||||||||||
Riley Powell (WAL) | 2 | |||||||||||||
Alex Clenshaw (ENG) | 2 | |||||||||||||
Liam Highfield (ENG) | 4 | |||||||||||||
Liam Highfield (ENG) | 4 | |||||||||||||
Joshua Thomond (ENG) | 0 | |||||||||||||
Liam Highfield (ENG) | 4 | |||||||||||||
Kuldesh Johal (ENG) | 2 | |||||||||||||
Connor Benzey (ENG) | 2 | |||||||||||||
Kuldesh Johal (ENG) | 4 | |||||||||||||
Q Tour Global
editThe Q Tour Global will consist of regional Q Tour series held outside Europe.[1]
Americas series
editTwo players will qualify from a series of events organised by the Pan American Billiards and Snooker Association.
The schedule for the Q Tour Americas events is given below.
Date | Country | Tournament | Venue | City | Field | Winner | Runner-up | Score | Ref. | |
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7 Mar | 10 Mar | BRA | Event 1 | H Niteroi Hotel | Rio de Janeiro | 37 | Igor Figueiredo | Noel Rodrigues Moreira | 5–1 | [27] |
31 Oct | 3 Nov | BRA | Event 2 | H Niteroi Hotel | Rio de Janeiro | 37 | Claudio Menechini | Dhiones Moraes Arent | 5–1 | |
13 Dec | 15 Dec | USA | Event 3 | Arizona Snooker Academy | Chandler | 20 | Andy McCloskey | Ajeya Prabhakar | 4–2 | [28] |
17 Jan | 19 Jan | CAN | Event 4 | The Corner Bank | Toronto | 16 | Vito Puopolo | Indi Lotey | 5–0 | [29] |
Asia-Pacific series
editOne player will qualify from a series of events organised by the Asia-Pacific Snooker and Billiards Federation.
The schedule for the Q Tour Asia-Pacific events is given below.
Date | Country | Tournament | Venue | City | Field | Winner | Runner-up | Score | Ref. | |
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28 Jun | 30 Jun | AUS | West Coast International | Pot Black Snooker Centre | North Perth | 44 | Vinnie Calabrese | Ben Foster | 5–4 | [30] |
2 Aug | 4 Aug | AUS | Fred Osbourne Classic | Commercial Club | Albury | 81 | Vinnie Calabrese | Hassan Kerde | 4–2 | [31] |
26 Sep | 29 Sep | NZL | New Zealand Open | Papatoetoe Cosmopolitan Club | Auckland | 30 | Matthew Scarborough | Lawrence Millington | 6–3 | [32] |
10 Oct | 13 Oct | AUS | Bob Hawke AC Memorial Australian Open Snooker Championship |
Mounties Club | Sydney | 92 | Vinnie Calabrese | Hassan Kerde | 6–5 | [33] |
24 Jan | 27 Jan | AUS | Dr Clem Jones AO Qld Open Snooker Championship |
Redcliffe Snooker Club | Redcliffe | 66 | Vinnie Calabrese | Shaun Dalitz | 5–1 | [34] |
Middle East series
editTwo players will qualify from a series of events played in the Middle East.
The schedule for the Q Tour Middle East events is given below.
Date | Country | Tournament | Venue | City | Field | Winner | Runner-up | Score | Ref. | |
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21 May | 23 May | BHR | Event 1 | Bahrain Snooker Academy | Manama | 40 | Habib Subah Humood | Ismail Türker | 4–1 | [35] |
19 Jul | 21 Jul | UAE | Event 2 | Emirates Snooker Academy | Abu Dhabi | 56 | Ali Gharahgozlou | Amin Sanjael | 4–1 | [36] |
16 Jan | 18 Jan | UAE | Event 3 | Cue Sports Academy | Abu Dhabi | 25 | Ali Gharahgozlou | Ismail Türker | 4–2 | [37] |
Q Tour Playoff
editThe final event, the WPBSA Q Tour Playoff, was held at the Pine Beach Belek Hotel in Antalya, Turkey, from 11 to 13 March.[38] Steven Hallworth, Liam Highfield and Florian Nüßle won their respective playoffs, gaining two-year tour cards starting from the 2025–26 season.[4] Mark Joyce made the highest break of the event, a 147 maximum break in his 6–2 victory over Dylan Emery in the semi-final of Playoff 1. It was the fourth maximum ever compiled on the Q Tour.[39] The complete results are shown below.[40]
Prize fund
editThe prize money for each play-off is shown below.[citation needed]
- Winner: £2,000
- Runner-up: £1,000
- Semi-final: £750
- Quarter-final: £500
- Total: £19,500
Playoff 1
editQuarter-finals Best of 9 frames | Semi-finals Best of 11 frames | Final Best of 19 frames | ||||||||
Dylan Emery | 5 | |||||||||
Ali Gharahgozlou | 2 | |||||||||
Dylan Emery | 2 | |||||||||
Mark Joyce | 6 | |||||||||
Connor Benzey | 2 | |||||||||
Mark Joyce | 5 | |||||||||
Mark Joyce | 5 | |||||||||
Steven Hallworth | 10 | |||||||||
Steven Hallworth | 5 | |||||||||
Luo Honghao | 3 | |||||||||
Steven Hallworth | 6 | |||||||||
Ryan Davies | 1 | |||||||||
Kuldesh Johal | 4 | |||||||||
Ryan Davies | 5 | |||||||||
Playoff 2
editQuarter-finals Best of 9 frames | Semi-finals Best of 11 frames | Final Best of 19 frames | ||||||||
Liam Highfield | 5 | |||||||||
Habib Subah Humood | 1 | |||||||||
Liam Highfield | 6 | |||||||||
Harvey Chandler | 2 | |||||||||
Dhiones Moraes Arent | 0 | |||||||||
Harvey Chandler | 5 | |||||||||
Liam Highfield | 10 | |||||||||
Iulian Boiko | 3 | |||||||||
Iulian Boiko | 5 | |||||||||
Alex Clenshaw | 2 | |||||||||
Iulian Boiko | 6 | |||||||||
Vinnie Calabrese | 5 | |||||||||
Vinnie Calabrese | 5 | |||||||||
Craig Steadman | 1 | |||||||||
Playoff 3
editQuarter-finals Best of 9 frames | Semi-finals Best of 11 frames | Final Best of 19 frames | ||||||||
Ryan Thomerson | 1 | |||||||||
Ehsan Heydari Nezhad | 5 | |||||||||
Ehsan Heydari Nezhad | 3 | |||||||||
Florian Nüßle | 6 | |||||||||
Joshua Thomond | 3 | |||||||||
Florian Nüßle | 5 | |||||||||
Florian Nüßle | 10 | |||||||||
Andres Petrov | 3 | |||||||||
Sean O'Sullivan | 1 | |||||||||
Oliver Sykes | 5 | |||||||||
Oliver Sykes | 3 | |||||||||
Andres Petrov | 6 | |||||||||
Vito Puopolo | 2 | |||||||||
Andres Petrov | 5 | |||||||||
Notes
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