Snooker season 2016/2017

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Snooker season 2016/2017
Details
Duration 5 May 2016 – 1 May 2017
Tournaments 26 (19 ranking events)
2017/2018 →

The 2016/2017 snooker season is a series of snooker tournaments played between 5 May 2016 and 1 May 2017.

The number of ranking events has been increased in 2016/17, with a target of 20 ranking events in 2017/18. According to the World Snooker chairman Barry Hearn, 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]

The Snooker Shoot-Out will become a ranking event for the first time.[2] The World Seniors Championship has been cancelled due to poor ratings.[3]

The Players Championship will feature the top-16 players on the one year ranking list, as the Players Tour Championship has been cancelled and no order of merit will be issued.[4]

New professional players

Countries
 Australia  China  Cyprus
 England  India  Ireland  Malaysia
 Malta  Scotland  Thailand  Wales

The top 64 players from the prize money rankings after the 2016 World Championship,[5] and the 30 players earning a two-year card the previous year will automatically qualify for the season (Vinnie Calabrese has resigned his membership).[6] 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,[7][8] and a further twelve places will be available through the Q School.[9][10] The rest of the places on to the tour will come from amateur events and national governing body nominations. Yan Bingtao's two year tour card will commence this season.[11] Also, since Steve Davis and Stephen Hendry have both retired from professional play, only James Wattana will be offered an Invitational Tour Card.[12]

Calendar

The following table outlines the results and dates for all the ranking and major invitational events.[22][23][24][25]

Date[n 1] Country Rank Tournament name Venue City Winner Runner-up Score References
05–05 05–08  AUT P/A Vienna Snooker Open 15 Reds Köö Wien Snooker Club Vienna England Peter Ebdon England Mark Davis 5–1 [26][27]
06–08 06–12  ENG P/A Pink Ribbon South West Snooker Academy Gloucester [28]
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 Yushan
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 The Masters Alexandra Palace London
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
02–23 02–26  ENG VE/WR 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 Venue Cymru 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

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World ranking points

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Points distribution

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Notes

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References

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External links

  1. ↑ Announcements From Barry Hearn
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  3. ↑ Barry Hearn's statement
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  13. ↑ 13.0 13.1 2015/16 Tour Qualification: Making 128 (ish)
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  22. ↑ http://www.worldsnooker.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/Click-here.pdf
  23. ↑ 2016 snooker calendar
  24. ↑ http://www.worldsnooker.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/Click-Here-For-The-Calendar.pdf
  25. ↑ http://www.worldsnooker.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/Click-here-for-the-calendar.pdf
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