The 2023–24 Q Tour is a series of snooker tournaments that took place during the 2023–24 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.
A series of seven UK/Europe events were played, with the leading money-winner gaining a place on the main tour for the 2024–25 snooker season. Eighteen players – the tournament winners and the highest-ranked players who had not already secured a place on the main tour for the 2023–24 season – gained entry to a further event, the WPBSA Q Tour Global Playoff. They were joined by six players from the Q Tour Global; qualifying from three regional Q Tour series. The two qualifiers from the Asia-Pacific series withdrew and were replaced by the next two players from the Q Tour UK/Europe rankings. These 24 players competed for a further three places on the World Snooker Tour.[1]
Michael Holt won three of the first six UK/Europe events to guarantee his position as the leading money-winner and gain a place on the main tour. Duane Jones, Amir Sarkhosh and Mohamed Shehab got places through the Q Tour Global Playoff.
UK/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 2023 Q School Orders of Merit to make a first round field of 64 players. There are three rounds on the second day and a further three on the final day, to determine the winner of the event. The 48 who qualified directly included the top 32 eligible players from the 2023 UK Q School Order of Merit, the top eight from the 2023 Asia-Oceania Q School Order of Merit, and the eight highest ranked junior players on the 2023 UK Q School Order of Merit, not already qualified.[2]
Each UK/Europe event featured a prize fund of £14,300 with the winner receiving £3,000.
The schedule for the seven Q Tour UK/Europe events is given below.[1]
| Date | Country | Tournament | Venue | City | Field | Winner | Runner-up | Score | Ref. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 Aug | 27 Aug | Event 1 | North East Snooker Centre | North Shields | 115 | Liam Davies | Craig Steadman | 5–2 | [3] | ||
| 15 Sep | 17 Sep |  Sweden | Event 2 | Snookerhallen | Stockholm | 105 | Michael Holt | Liam Davies | 5–2 | [4] | |
| 20 Oct | 22 Oct | Event 3 | TSG Heilbronn | Heilbronn | 106 | Umut Dikme | Hamim Hussain | 5–1 | [5] | ||
| 9 Nov | 12 Nov | Event 4 | Landywood Snooker Club | Great Wyrley | 139 |  Antoni Kowalski |  Rory McLeod | 5–3 | [6] | ||
| 15 Dec | 17 Dec | Event 5 | Castle Snooker Club | Brighton | 120 | Daniel Womersley | 5–1 | [7] | |||
| 5 Jan | 7 Jan | Event 6 | National Snooker Academy | Sofia | 77 | Alfie Davies | 5–4 | [8] | |||
| 16 Feb | 18 Feb | Event 7 | Northern Snooker Centre | Leeds | 117 | Peter Lines | Umut Dikme | 5–1 | [9] | ||
Below are listed the leading players in the prize money rankings. The top-ranked player gets a place on the main tour for the 2023–24 season. Eighteen other players – the tournament winners and the highest-ranked players who have not already secured a place on the main tour – gained entry to a further event, the WPBSA Q Tour Global Playoff. The two qualifiers from the Asia-Pacific series withdrew and were replaced by the next two players from the rankings, increasing the number of players who qualified to 20. Players on equal points were ranked by "countback", with the player having won the most prize money in the latest event played being ranked higher.[10]
| Rank | Player | Event 1 | Event 2 | Event 3 | Event 4 | Event 5 | Event 6 | Event 7 | Total (£) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Michael Holt * | – | 3,000 | 600 | 200 | 3,000 | 3,000 | – | 9,800 | |
| 2 | Liam Davies + | 3,000 | 1,500 | 0 | 200 | 200 | 600 | 200 | 5,700 | |
| 3 | Peter Lines + | 200 | 600 | 900 | 300 | 600 | 0 | 3,000 | 5,600 | |
| 4 | Umut Dikme + | 0 | 300 | 3,000 | 0 | 200 | 200 | 1,500 | 5,200 | |
| 5 | Antoni Kowalski + | – | 900 | 200 | 3,000 | 0 | 300 | – | 4,400 | |
| 6 | Harvey Chandler + | 200 | 200 | 900 | 900 | 0 | 900 | 900 | 4,000 | |
| 7 | Craig Steadman + | 1,500 | 300 | 200 | 600 | 200 | 200 | 0 | 3,000 | |
| 8 | Duane Jones + | 600 | 200 | 200 | 200 | 200 | 600 | 900 | 2,900 | |
| 9 | Barry Pinches + | 300 | 0 | 600 | 300 | 900 | 300 | 300 | 2,700 | |
| 10 | Alfie Davies + | 300 | 900 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1,500 | 0 | 2,700 | |
| 11 | Daniel Womersley + | 0 | 600 | 0 | 0 | 1,500 | 200 | 300 | 2,600 | |
| 12 |  Iulian Boiko + | 600 | 200 | 0 | 600 | 0 | 300 | 600 | 2,300 | |
| 13 | Rory McLeod + | 300 | 200 | 0 | 1,500 | 0 | 0 | 200 | 2,200 | |
| 14 | Ryan Davies + | 900 | 300 | 200 | 200 | 0 | 300 | 200 | 2,100 | |
| 15 | Chris Totten + | 0 | 200 | 300 | 0 | 900 | 300 | 300 | 2,000 | |
| 16 | Steven Hallworth + | 200 | 0 | 200 | 900 | 0 | 600 | 0 | 1,900 | |
| 17 | Tyler Rees + | 900 | 0 | 200 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 600 | 1,700 | |
| 18 | Hamim Hussain + | 0 | 200 | 1,500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1,700 | |
| 19 |  Florian Nuessle + | 200 | 600 | 300 | 0 | 0 | 200 | 300 | 1,600 | |
| 20 | Peter Devlin + | 0 | 300 | 600 | 0 | 300 | 0 | 200 | 1,400 | |
| 21 |  Yu Kiu Chang + | – | 200 | 600 | 0 | 0 | 600 | 0 | 1,400 |
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| + Qualified for the Q Tour Global Playoff |
The first UK/Europe event took place at North East Snooker Centre, North Shields, from 25 to 27 August 2023. Liam Davies beat Craig Steadman 5–2 in the final. After a walkover at the last 64 stage, Davies won his next four matches in the deciding frame to reach his first Q Tour final. Davies took a 2–0 lead in the final and although Steadman reduced the deficit to 3–2, Davies took the next two frames to win the match.[3] The final-day results are given below.[11]
The second UK/Europe event took place at Snookerhallen, Stockholm, Sweden from 15 to 17 September 2023. Michael Holt lost only two frames in reaching the final and then beat Liam Davies, the winner of event 1, 5–2 in the final.[4] The final-day results are given below.[12]
The third UK/Europe event took place at TSG Heilbronn, Heilbronn, Germany from 20 to 22 October 2023. Umut Dikme beat Hamim Hussain 5–1 in the final, finishing with a break of 106.[5] The final-day results are given below.[13]
The fourth UK/Europe event took place at the Landywood Snooker Club, Great Wyrley, England from 9 to 12 November 2023. Antoni Kowalski beat Rory McLeod 5–3 in the final. Kowalski led 4–0 and although McLeod won the next three frames, Kowalski won frame eight to clinch the match.[6] The final-day results are given below.[14]
The fifth UK/Europe event took place at the Castle Snooker Club, Brighton, England from 15 to 17 December 2023. Michael Holt beat Daniel Womersley 5–1 in the final to win his second UK/Europe Q Tour event of the season. His closest match was in the semi-finals where he won the deciding frame against Barry Pinches.[7] The final-day results are given below.[15]
The sixth UK/Europe event took place at the National Snooker Academy of Bulgaria in Sofia from 5 to 7 January 2024. Michael Holt beat Alfie Davies 5–4 in the final to win his third UK/Europe Q Tour event of the season and secure his return to the main tour. Davies led 4–2 before Holt won the final three frames, which included breaks of 140 in frame seven and 128 in the last frame.[8] The final-day results are given below.[16]
The seventh UK/Europe event took place at the Northern Snooker Centre in Leeds from 16 to 18 February 2024. Peter Lines beat Umut Dikme 5–1 in the final. Lines had been 3–1 behind in his semi-final match against Harvey Chandler but won the final three frames.[9] The final-day results are given below.[17]
The Q Tour Global consisted of three regional Q Tour series held outside the UK/Europe area.[1] Initially it was intended that up to eight players would qualify through the regional events for the Q Tour Global Playoff.[2] However, this was later reduced to six, two from each of the regional series.[18]
Two players qualified from a series of three events organised by the Asia-Pacific Snooker and Billiards Federation, one in New Zealand and two in Australia.[18] [19] [20] Vinnie Calabrese, who won the two Australian events, finished in first place in the rankings and Rob Redgrove, the winner of the New Zealand event, finished second.
The schedule for the three Q Tour Asia-Pacific events is given below.
| Date | Country | Tournament | Venue | City | Field | Winner | Runner-up | Score | Ref. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 Sep | 1 Oct |  New Zealand | New Zealand Snooker Open Championship | The Richmond Club | Christchurch | 45 | Rob Redgrove | Adam Shaw | 5–4 | [21] | |
| 12 Oct | 15 Oct |  Australia | Bob Hawke AC Memorial Australian Open Snooker Championship | Mounties Club | Sydney | 111 | Vinnie Calabrese | Steve Mifsud | 6–3 | [22] | |
| 25 Jan | 28 Jan | Australia | Dr Clem Jones AO Queensland Open Snooker Championship | Matchroom Snooker Centre | Brisbane | 71 | Vinnie Calabrese | Adrian Law | 5–3 | [23] | |
Two players qualified from a series of two events organised by the Pan American Billiards and Snooker Association.[18] The winners of the two events, Vito Puopolo and Hasanain Khalid Alsultani, qualified for the playoff. Initially three events were planned with separate ranking lists for North America and South America.[24] The South American event was still held, in Brazil in March 2024, but became the first event of the 2024–25 series.[25]
The schedule for the two Q Tour Americas events is given below.
| Date | Country | Tournament | Venue | City | Field | Winner | Runner-up | Score | Ref. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19 Jan | 21 Jan |  Canada | Event 1 | The Corner Bank | Toronto | 22 | Vito Puopolo | Jason Williams | 5–1 | [26] | |
| 22 Feb | 25 Feb |  United States | Event 2 | PABSA Academy | San Jose | 28 | Hasanain Khalid Alsultani | Sargon Isaac | 5–4 | [27] | |
Two players qualified from a series of three events, organised by the UAE Cue Sports and played in Abu Dhabi.[18] [28] Amir Sarkhosh, who won the first two events, finished in first place in the rankings while Mohamed Shehab, the winner of the final event, finished in second place.
The schedule for the three Q Tour Middle East events is given below.
| Date | Country | Tournament | Venue | City | Field | Winner | Runner-up | Score | Ref. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 Jan | 9 Jan | Event 1 | Cue Sports Academy | Abu Dhabi | 31 |  Amir Sarkhosh |  Habib Humood | 4–0 | [29] | ||
| 11 Jan | 17 Jan | Event 2 | Cue Sports Academy | Abu Dhabi | 36 | Amir Sarkhosh | Mohamed Shehab | 4–3 | [30] | ||
| 18 Jan | 24 Jan | Event 3 | Cue Sports Academy | Abu Dhabi | 36 | Mohamed Shehab |  Yazan Alhaddad | 4–0 | [31] | ||
The final event, the WPBSA Q Tour Playoff, was held at the Hotel Hills, in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, from 13 to 15 March. The event saw 24 players compete for a further three places on the main tour. Eighteen players qualified for the playoff through the Q Tour UK/Europe rankings, with six players qualifying through Q Tour Global, two from each of the three series.[18] The two qualifiers from the Asia-Pacific series withdrew and were replaced by the next two players from the Q Tour UK/Europe rankings.[32]
Duane Jones qualified from the first group after beating Liam Davies 10–9 in the group final. Jones led 6–3 after the first session of the final, but Davies won six of the next seven frames to lead 9–7. However Jones then won the last three frames to win the match. In his semi-final match against Florian Nuessle, Jones lost the first three frames but then won the next six.[33] The results for the first group are given below.[34]
Amir Sarkhosh won the second group after defeating Iulian Boiko 10–8 in the group final. Sarkhosh led 6–3 after the first session and increased his lead to 9–5. Boiko won the next three frames before Sarkhosh won frame 18 to win the match.[33] The results for the second group are given below.[35]
Mohamed Shehab won the second group after defeating Yu Kiu Chang 10–8 in the group final. Shehab led 6–3 after the first session. Chang reduced the deficit to one frame at the final session interval but Shehab won three of the next five frames to win the match.[33] The results for the third group are given below.[36]