2023–24 snooker season

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2023–24 snooker season
Details
Duration26 June 2023 – 26 May 2024 (2023-06-26 – 2024-05-26)
Tournaments43 (17 ranking events)
Triple Crown winners
UK Championship Ronnie O'Sullivan (ENG)
Masters 
World Championship 

The 2023–24 snooker season is an ongoing professional snooker season with tournaments played between 26 June 2023 and 26 May 2024.

Players[edit]

The World Snooker Tour in the 2023–24 season initially involved 130 professional players, but dropped to 129 players.[1][2] The decrease in membership was due to Dechawat Poomjaeng letting his WPBSA membership lapse and thus meant he was automatically removed from the main tour.[3]

This includes 65 out of the top 68 players from the prize money rankings after the 2023 World Championship (Zhao Xintong, Yan Bingtao, and Lu Ning were banned from competition after an independent disciplinary tribunal found them guilty of match-fixing, and are not eligible to compete during the season[4]) and 34 of the 35 players who earned a two-year card the previous year (Bai Langning was also banned from competition due to his involvement in match-fixing). The next four places went to the top four players on the one-year ranking list who had not already qualified for the tour. Seven players from international championships, two players from the Q Tour, three players from the CBSA China Tour, and two players from the World Women's Snooker Tour also received tour cards. A further eight places were assigned through the two 2023 Q School events. The finalists from both of the Asia-Oceania Q School events received tour cards. Marco Fu received an invitational tour card.

New professional players[edit]

All players listed below received a tour card for two seasons.

Calendar[edit]

The following tables outline the dates and results for all the World Snooker Tour, World Women's Snooker Tour, World Seniors Tour, Q Tour, and other events in the season.[18]

World Snooker Tour[edit]

Start Finish Tournament Venue Winner Score Runner-up Ref.
26 Jun 21 Jul Championship League Morningside Arena in Leicester, England  Shaun Murphy (ENG) 3‍–‍0  Mark Williams (WAL) [19]
22 Aug 27 Aug European Masters Kia Metropol Arena [de] in Nuremberg, Germany  Barry Hawkins (ENG) 9‍–‍6  Judd Trump (ENG) [20]
11 Sep 17 Sep Shanghai Masters† Shanghai Grand Stage in Shanghai, China  Ronnie O'Sullivan (ENG) 11‍–‍9  Luca Brecel (BEL) [21]
25 Sep 1 Oct British Open The Centaur in Cheltenham, England  Mark Williams (WAL) 10‍–‍7  Mark Selby (ENG) [22]
2 Oct 8 Oct English Open Brentwood Centre in Brentwood, England  Judd Trump (ENG) 9‍–‍7  Zhang Anda (CHN) [23]
9 Oct 15 Oct Wuhan Open Wuhan Gymnasium in Wuhan, China  Judd Trump (ENG) 10‍–‍7  Ali Carter (ENG) [24]
22 Oct 29 Oct Northern Ireland Open Waterfront Hall in Belfast, Northern Ireland  Judd Trump (ENG) 9‍–‍3  Chris Wakelin (ENG) [25]
5 Nov 12 Nov International Championship Tianjin People's Stadium [zh] in Tianjin, China  Zhang Anda (CHN) 10‍–‍6  Tom Ford (ENG) [26]
13 Nov 19 Nov Champion of Champions† University of Bolton Stadium in Bolton, England  Mark Allen (NIR) 10‍–‍3  Judd Trump (ENG) [27]
25 Nov 3 Dec UK Championship York Barbican in York, England  Ronnie O'Sullivan (ENG) 10‍–‍7  Ding Junhui (CHN) [28]
6 Dec 9 Dec Shoot Out Swansea Arena in Swansea, Wales  Mark Allen (NIR) 1‍–‍0  Cao Yupeng (CHN) [29]
11 Dec 17 Dec Scottish Open Meadowbank Sports Centre in Edinburgh, Scotland  Gary Wilson (ENG) 9‍–‍5  Noppon Saengkham (THA) [30]
7 Jan 14 Jan Masters† Alexandra Palace in London, England
15 Jan 21 Jan World Grand Prix Morningside Arena in Leicester, England
29 Jan 4 Feb German Masters Tempodrom in Berlin, Germany
12 Feb 18 Feb Welsh Open Venue Cymru in Llandudno, Wales
19 Feb 25 Feb Players Championship Telford International Centre in Telford, England
2 Jan 2 Mar Championship League† Morningside Arena in Leicester, England
18 Mar 24 Mar World Open Yushan, China
30 Mar 31 Mar World Mixed Doubles† Manchester Central in Manchester, England
1 Apr 7 Apr Tour Championship Manchester Central in Manchester, England
20 Apr 6 May World Championship Crucible Theatre in Sheffield, England
Ranking event
† Non-ranking event

World Women's Snooker Tour[edit]

Start Finish Tournament Venue Winner Score Runner-up Ref.
11 Aug 13 Aug US Women's Open OX Billiards in Seattle, United States  Mink Nutcharut (THA) 4‍–‍2  Ng On-yee (HKG) [31]
22 Sep 24 Sep UK Women's Championship Northern Snooker Centre in Leeds, England  Reanne Evans (ENG) 4‍–‍1  Bai Yulu (CHN) [32]
7 Oct 10 Oct Australian Women's Open Mounties in Sydney, Australia  Ng On-yee (HKG) 4‍–‍1  Amee Kamani (IND) [33]
17 Nov 19 Nov Eden Women's Masters Frames Sports Bar in London, England  Mary Talbot-Deegan (ENG) 4‍–‍3  Jamie Hunter (ENG) [34]
19 Jan 21 Jan Belgian Women's Open The Trickshot in Bruges, Belgium
29 Jan 2 Feb Albanian Women's Open Grand Blue Fafa Resort in Golem, Albania
11 Mar 17 Mar World Women's Championship Dongguan Snooker Academy in Dongguan, China
24 May 26 May British Women's Open Landywood Snooker Club in Great Wyrley, England

World Seniors Tour[edit]

Main article: World Seniors Tour
Start Finish Tournament Venue Winner Score Runner-up Ref.
8 May 12 May World Seniors Championship Crucible Theatre in Sheffield, England

Q Tour[edit]

Main article: 2023–24 Q Tour
Start Finish Tournament Venue Winner Score Runner-up Ref.
25 Aug 27 Aug Q Tour 1 North East Snooker Centre in North Shields, England  Liam Davies (WAL) 5‍–‍2  Craig Steadman (ENG) [35]
15 Sep 17 Sep Q Tour 2 Snookerhallen in Stockholm, Sweden  Michael Holt (ENG) 5‍–‍2  Liam Davies (WAL) [36]
20 Oct 22 Oct Q Tour 3 Billardzentrum am Pfühlpark in Heilbronn, Germany  Umut Dikme (GER) 5‍–‍1  Hamim Hussain (ENG) [37]
10 Nov 12 Nov Q Tour 4 Landywood Snooker Club in Great Wyrley, England  Antoni Kowalski (POL) 5‍–‍3  Rory McLeod (JAM) [38]
15 Dec 17 Dec Q Tour 5 Castle Snooker Club in Brighton, England  Michael Holt (ENG) 5‍–‍1  Daniel Womersley (ENG) [39]
5 Jan 7 Jan Q Tour 6 National Snooker Academy in Sofia, Bulgaria  Michael Holt (ENG) 5‍–‍4  Alfie Davies (WAL) [40]
16 Feb 18 Feb Q Tour 7 Northern Snooker Centre in Leeds, England
13 Mar 15 Mar Q Tour Playoff Hotel Hills in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina

Other events[edit]

Start Finish Tournament Venue Winner Score Runner-up Ref.
1 Aug 5 Aug Huangguoshu Open Huangguoshu Tourism Area in Anshun, China  Judd Trump (ENG) 5‍–‍1  John Higgins (SCO) [41]
22 Dec 24 Dec Macau Masters – Event 1 Studio City in Macau, China  Mark Selby (ENG) 6–3  Ali Carter (ENG) [42]
26 Dec 29 Dec Macau Masters – Event 2 Wynn Palace in Macau, China  Mark Williams (WAL) 9–6  Jack Lisowski (ENG) [43]
25 May 26 May Helsinki International Cup Kulttuuritalo in Helsinki, Finland [44]

World ranking points[edit]

Main article: 2023–24 snooker world rankings

The ranking points for reaching different stages of each ranking tournament are listed below.

Round
Tournament
 R144 R128 R112 R96 R80 R64 R48 R32 R24 R16 QF R6 SF F W
Championship League — 0
[note 1] 		— 1,000
[note 2] 		— 2,000
[note 3] 		— 4,000
[note 4] 		5,000
[note 5] 		6,000
[note 6] 		8,000
[note 7] 		9,000
[note 8] 		11,000
[note 9] 		23,000 33,000
European Masters — 0 — — — 3,000 — 4,500 — 7,500 11,000 — 17,500 35,000 80,000
British Open — 0 — — — 3,000 — 5,000 — 8,000 12,000 — 20,000 45,000 100,000
English Open — 0 — — — 3,000 — 4,500 — 7,500 11,000 — 17,500 35,000 80,000
Wuhan Open — 0 — — — 4,500 — 8,000 — 12,000 16,000 — 30,000 63,000 140,000
Northern Ireland Open — 0 — — — 3,000 — 4,500 — 7,500 11,000 — 17,500 35,000 80,000
International Championship — 0 — — — 5,000 — 9,000 — 14,000 22,000 — 33,000 75,000 175,000
UK Championship 0 — 2,500
[note 10] 		— 5,000
[note 10] 		— 7,500 10,000
[note 10] 		— 15,000 25,000 — 50,000 100,000 250,000
Shoot Out — 0 — — — 500 — 1,000 — 2,000 4,000 — 8,000 20,000 50,000
Scottish Open — 0 — — — 3,000 — 4,500 — 7,500 11,000 — 17,500 35,000 80,000
World Grand Prix — — — — — — — 5,000 — 7,500 12,500 — 20,000 40,000 100,000
German Masters — 0 — — — 3,000 — 4,500 — 7,500 11,000 — 17,500 35,000 80,000
Welsh Open — 0 — — — 3,000 — 4,500 — 7,500 11,000 — 17,500 35,000 80,000

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ First stage fourth-placed
  2. ^ First stage third-placed
  3. ^ First stage runner-up
  4. ^ Second stage fourth-placed
  5. ^ Second stage third-placed
  6. ^ Second stage runner-up
  7. ^ Third stage fourth-placed
  8. ^ Third stage third-placed
  9. ^ Third stage runner-up
  10. ^ a b c Players who lose their first match receive no ranking points.

References[edit]

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  44. ^ "Taom Helsinki International Snooker Cup (2024)". snooker.org.

External links[edit]

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