Players Tour Championship 2014/2015 Explained

The Players Tour Championship 2014/2015 was a series of snooker tournaments which started on 17 June 2014 and ended on 28 March 2015, with events held across Europe and Asia. In this season the European events formed the European Tour and events held in Asia the Asian Tour. The nine regular minor-ranking events concluded with the Finals. Both event five and event six of the European Tour were sponsored by Kreativ Dental.^[1]

Schedule

Date^[2]			width=235	Tournament Name	width=180	Venue	width=90	City	width=160	Winner	width=160	Runner–up	width=30	width=20	References
06–17	06–21		Asian Tour – Event 1^[3]		Yixing		Michael Holt	4–2	^[4]
08–07	08–10		European Tour – Event 1^[5]	Arena Riga	Riga	Mark Selby	Mark Allen	4–3	^[6]
08–20	08–24		European Tour – Event 2^[7]	Stadthalle	Fürth	Mark Allen	Judd Trump	4–2	^[8]
10–01	10–05		European Tour – Event 3^[9]	Universiada Hall	Sofia		Martin Gould	4–2	^[10]
10–20	10–24	China	Asian Tour – Event 2^[11]		Haining		Oliver Lines	4–0	^[12]
11–19	11–23		European Tour – Event 4^[13]	RWE-Sporthalle	Mülheim	Shaun Murphy	Robert Milkins	4–0	^[14]
12–11	12–14	Portugal	European Tour – Event 5^[15]		Lisbon		Matthew Selt	4–2	^[16]
01–20	01–24	China	Asian Tour – Event 3^[17]	Xuzhou Olympic Center	Xuzhou	Joe Perry		4–1	^[18]
02–25	03–01	Poland	European Tour – Event 6^[19]	Gdynia Sports Arena	Gdynia		Mark Williams	4–0	^[20]
				Montien Riverside Hotel	Bangkok	Joe Perry	Mark Williams	4–3	^[21]

Order of Merit

European Tour

width=10px bgcolor=#FF9F00		Player qualified for the Finals through the Asian Tour Order of Merit

After 6 out of 6 events:^[22] ^[23] ^[24]

width=40 align="center"	Rank	width=150	Player	width=90	Total Points	width=100	Events Played
1	Shaun Murphy	48,249	6
2	Mark Allen	31,833	3
3	Stephen Maguire	29,333	6
4	Mark Selby	28,499	4
5	Neil Robertson	27,249	5
6	Judd Trump	26,916	6
7	Robert Milkins	17,750	6
8	Mark Williams	16,250	6
9	Matthew Selt	15,500	6
10	Martin Gould	12,500	4
11	Mark Davis	12,416	6
12	Barry Hawkins	12,000	5
13	Peter Ebdon	11,833	5
14	Rod Lawler	10,499	6
15	Jimmy Robertson	10,083	6
16	Luca Brecel	9,832	6
17	Joe Perry	9,166	5
18	Alan McManus	9,084	5
19	Ricky Walden	9,083	5
20	Michael White	8,583	6
21	Anthony McGill	8,000	6
22	Marco Fu	7,416	6
23	Chris Wakelin	7,416	6
24	Mark King	7,000	6
25	Dominic Dale	6,583	6
26	John Higgins	6,583	6

(Top 26 players out of 395)

Asian Tour

After 3 out of 3 events:^[25] ^[26] ^[23] ^[27]

width=40 align="center"	Rank	width=150	Player	width=90	Total Points	width=100	Events Played
1	Joe Perry	12,000	3
2	Ding Junhui	11,500	2
3		10,600	2
4	Thepchaiya Un-Nooh	6,200	3
5	Oliver Lines	6,000	2
6	Michael Holt	5,000	1
7	Ryan Day	4,000	2
8	Jimmy Robertson	3,500	2

(Top 8 players out of 219)

Finals

The Finals of the Players Tour Championship 2014/2015 took place between 24–28 March 2015 at the Montien Riverside Hotel in Bangkok, Thailand. It was contested by the top 24 players on the European Tour Order of Merit, and the top eight from the Asian Tour Order of Merit. If a player qualified from both Order of Merits, then the highest position counted and the next player on the other list qualified. If a player finished on both lists on the same place, then the European Tour Order of Merit took precedence and the next player from the Asian Tour Order of Merit qualified. The seeding list of the Finals was based on the combined list from the earnings of both Order of Merits.^[28]

Final: Best of 7 frames. Referee: Paul Collier. Montien Riverside Hotel, Bangkok, Thailand, 28 March 2015.
Mark Williams (9)	3–4	Joe Perry (7)
73–22 (64), 80–0 (57),,,,,
103	Highest break	56
1	Century breaks	0
3	50+ breaks	3

Notes and References

Web site: Kreativ Dental To Sponsor European Tour. worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. 9 December 2014. 31 December 2014.
Dates use the month day format
Event also known as the 2014 Yixing Open.
Web site: Asian Tour Event One (2014). Snooker.org. 16 May 2014.
Event also known as the 2014 Riga Open.
Web site: European Tour Event One (2014). Snooker.org. 16 May 2014.
Event also known as the 2014 Paul Hunter Classic.
Web site: European Tour Event Two (2014). Snooker.org. 16 May 2014.
Event also known as the 2014 Bulgarian Open.
Web site: European Tour Event Three (2014). Snooker.org. 16 May 2014.
Event also known as the 2014 Haining Open.
Web site: Asian Tour Event Two (2014). Snooker.org. 16 May 2014.
Event also known as the 2014 Ruhr Open.
Web site: European Tour Event Four (2014). Snooker.org. 16 May 2014.
Event also known as the 2014 Lisbon Open.
Web site: Kreativ Dental European Tour Event Five (2014). Snooker.org. 16 May 2014.
Event also known as the 2015 Xuzhou Open.
Web site: Asian Tour Event Three (2015). Snooker.org. 16 May 2014.
Event also known as the 2015 Gdynia Open.
Web site: Kreativ Dental European Tour Event Six (2015). Snooker.org. 16 May 2014.
Web site: Players Championship Grand Final (2015). Snooker.org. 16 May 2014.
Web site: Order of Merit after the Kreativ Dental Gdynia Open (ET6) 2015. worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. PDF. 6 March 2015. 6 March 2015.
Web site: Players Championship Grand Finals Line-up Confirmed. wpbsa.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. 1 March 2015. 1 March 2015.
Web site: European Order of Merit 2014/2015. Snooker.org. 2 March 2015.
Web site: Asian Tour Order Of Merit (after APTC-3). my147.com. 27 January 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150127193930/http://news.my147.com/2015/01/61521.html. 27 January 2015.
Web site: 2014-2015 APTC Ranking (截止徐州公开赛）Asian Tour Order Of Merit(after APTC-3). worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. PDF. 10 February 2015.
Web site: Asian Order of Merit 2014/2015. Snooker.org. 24 January 2015.
Web site: Players Championship Grand Final 2014/2015 Season Qualifying Criteria. worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. 1 July 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20150402165304/http://www.worldsnooker.com/staticFiles/7b/c2/0,,13165~180859,00.pdf. dead. 2 April 2015.