Venue: | World Snooker Academy |
Location: | Sheffield |
Country: | England |
Format: | Qualifying School |
Qualifiers: | 12 via the 3 events |
Next: | 2012 |
The 2011 Q School was a series of three snooker tournaments held at the start of the 2011–12 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 seasons. The events took place in May 2011 at the World Snooker Academy in Sheffield, England with a total 12 players qualifying via the three tournaments.
The 2011 Q School consisted of three events with 12 qualification places available.[1] [2] The two events had 124 entries competing for the 12 places on the main tour, four players qualifying from each of the three events.[2] All matches were the best of seven frames.
The first 2011 Q School event was held from 11 to 16 May 2011 at the World Snooker Academy in Sheffield, England. Andrew Norman, David Grace, Adam Wicheard and Robin Hull qualified.[3] [4] The results of the four final matches are given below.[5]
The second 2011 Q School event was held from 17 to 22 May 2011 at the World Snooker Academy in Sheffield, England. Li Yan, David Morris, Simon Bedford and Tian Pengfei qualified.[6] [7] The results of the four final matches are given below.[8]
The third 2011 Q School event was held from 23 to 28 May 2011 at the World Snooker Academy in Sheffield, England. Kurt Maflin, Stuart Carrington, Adam Duffy and David Gilbert qualified.[9] [10] The results of the four final matches are given below.[11]
The following table shows the rankings of the 12 qualifiers from the 2011 Q School, at the end of the 2011–12 snooker season, together with their tour status for the 2012–13 snooker season. Unlike subsequent Q Schools, qualifiers were only guaranteed a single season on the tour. Since the world rankings were determined over two seasons, new players were given "starter points" to compensate them (see Snooker world ranking points 2011/2012). 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]
Player | End of 2011–12 season | Status for 2012–13 season | ||
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Points | Ranking | |||
18,000 | 78 | Amateur | ||
17,565 | 80 | Qualified through the PTC Order of Merit[14] | ||
15,715 | 85 | Amateur | ||
10,925 | 94 | Amateur | ||
20,215 | 68 | Qualified through the PTC Order of Merit | ||
18,835 | 73 | Amateur | ||
12,970 | 89 | Qualified through the PTC Order of Merit | ||
17,280 | 81 | Qualified as Chinese nominee | ||
18,450 | 74 | Qualified through the PTC Order of Merit | ||
11,545 | 92 | Amateur | ||
20,865 | 62 | Retained place on tour | ||
23,420 | 57 | Retained place on tour |