The 2011–12 snooker season was a series of snooker tournaments played between 1 June 2011 and 7 May 2012. The Brazil Masters became the first major professional event held in South America, and the Australian Goldfields Open the first ranking event in Australia. The World Cup was held again after 1996. At the end of the season Ronnie O'Sullivan was named the World Snooker Player of the Year and the Snooker Writers Player of the Year, Judd Trump the Fans Player of the Year and Luca Brecel the Rookie of the Year. Stuart Bingham received the "Performance of the Year" for winning his first ranking event, the Australian Goldfields Open. Stephen Hendry's maximum break at the World Championship received "The Magic Moment" award. Walter Donaldson, Mark Williams, John Higgins and Ronnie O'Sullivan were inducted into the Hall of Fame.
New professional players Countries
Note: new in this case means that these players were not on the 2010/2011 professional Main Tour.
NGB nominations
WPBSA Wildcard
Calendar The following table outlines the results and dates for all the ranking and major invitational events.
World Snooker Tour Start Finish Tournament Venue Winner Runner-up 18 Jun 22 Jun Players Tour Championship – Event 1 World Snooker Academy in Sheffield, England 4–0 7 Jul 10 Jul Wuxi Classic Wuxi City Sports Park Stadium in Wuxi, China 9–7 11 Jul 17 Jul World Cup World Trade Center in Bangkok, Thailand China 4–2 Northern Ireland 18 Jul 24 Jul Australian Goldfields Open Bendigo Stadium in Bendigo, Australia 9–8 6 Aug 10 Aug Players Tour Championship – Event 2 South West Snooker Academy in Gloucester, England 4–0 17 Aug 21 Aug Players Tour Championship – Event 3 World Snooker Academy in Sheffield, England 4–2 25 Aug 28 Aug Players Tour Championship – Event 4Event also known as the 2011 Paul Hunter Classic Stadthalle in Fürth, Germany 4–0 5 Sep 11 Sep Shanghai Masters Shanghai Grand Stage in Shanghai, China 10–9 15 Sep 18 Sep Brazil Masters Costão do Santinho Resort in Florianópolis, Brazil 5–0 21 Sep 25 Sep Players Tour Championship – Event 5 World Snooker Academy in Sheffield, England 4–1 29 Sep 2 Oct Players Tour Championship – Event 6Event also known as the 2011 Warsaw Classic Arena Ursynów in Warsaw, Poland 4–1 5 Oct 9 Oct Players Tour Championship – Event 7Event also known as the 2011 Kay Suzanne Memorial Trophy South West Snooker Academy in Gloucester, England 4–2 20 Oct 23 Oct Players Tour Championship – Event 8Event also known as the 2011 Alex Higgins International Trophy Killarney Convention Centre in Killarney, Ireland 4–1 10 Nov 13 Nov Players Tour Championship – Event 9Event also known as the 2011 Antwerp Open Lotto Arena in Antwerp, Belgium 4–3 18 Aug 27 Nov Premier League Potters Leisure Resort in Hopton-on-Sea, England 7–1 27 Nov 30 Nov Players Tour Championship – Event 10 World Snooker Academy in Sheffield, England 4–2 3 Dec 11 Dec UK Championship Barbican Centre in York, England 10–8 17 Dec 19 Dec Players Tour Championship – Event 11 English Institute of Sport in Sheffield, England 4–3 15 Dec 16 DecPlayers Tour Championship – Event 12Event also known as the 2012 FFB Snooker Open and the 2012 Arcaden Shopping Open World Snooker Academy in Sheffield, England 4–2 6 Jan 8 Jan Event Forum in Fürstenfeldbruck, Germany 15 Jan 22 Jan Masters Alexandra Palace in London, England 10–6 27 Jan 29 Jan Snooker Shoot Out Circus Arena in Blackpool, England 1–0 1 Feb 5 Feb German Masters Tempodrom in Berlin, Germany 9–7 13 Feb 19 Feb Welsh Open Newport Centre in Newport, Wales 9–6 27 Feb 4 Mar World Open Haikou Stadium in Haikou, China 10–1 14 Mar 18 Mar Players Tour Championship Finals Bailey Allen Hall in Galway, Ireland 4–0 9 Jan 22 Mar Championship League Crondon Park Golf Club in Stock, England 3–1 26 Mar 1 Apr China Open Beijing University Students' Gymnasium in Beijing, China 10–9 21 Apr 7 May World Snooker Championship Crucible Theatre in Sheffield, England 18–11 Ranking event Minor-ranking event Non-ranking event
World Ladies Billiards and Snooker Association Start Finish Tournament Venue Winner Runner-up 24 Sep Northern Championship North East Derbyshire Snooker Centre in Chesterfield, England 3–1 30 Oct UK Ladies Championship Woking Snooker Centre in Woking, England 3–2 26 Nov East Anglian Championship Pot Black Sports Bar in Bury St Edmunds, England 3–0 28 Jan Southern Classic Fareham Snooker Club in Fareham, England 3–1 25 Feb Connie Gough Memorial Jesters Snooker in Swindon, England 3–0 20 Apr 22 Apr World Ladies Championship Cambridge Snooker Centre in Cambridge, England 5–3
Seniors events Start Finish Tournament Venue Winner Runner-up 5 Nov 6 Nov World Seniors Championship East of England Showground in Peterborough, England 2–1
Other events Start Finish Tournament Venue Winner Runner-up 1 Jun 5 Jun Pink Ribbon South West Snooker Academy in Gloucester, England 4–0 4 Jul 7 Jul General Cup International General Snooker Club in Hong Kong, China 7–6 29 Oct 30 Oct Irish Classic Celbridge Snooker Club in Kildare, Ireland 5–2 19 Nov 20 Nov Power Snooker Masters Trophy Trafford Centre in Manchester, England This format was based on points. Martin Gould won 286–258. 14 Jan 15 Jan Dutch Open De Dieze in 's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands 7–3
Official rankings
Seeding revision 1 No. Ch. Name Points 1 Mark Williams 60360 2 John Higgins 58820 3 Mark Selby 55965 4 Ding Junhui 55960 5 Neil Robertson 48100 6 Ali Carter 47040 7 Shaun Murphy 46965 8 Stephen Maguire 45300 9 Judd Trump 41715 10 Graeme Dott 40930 11 Ronnie O'Sullivan 40660 12 Mark Allen 37305 13 Peter Ebdon 36480 14 Matthew Stevens 36395 15 Jamie Cope 35580 16 Stephen Hendry 35420
Seeding revision 2 No. Ch. Name Points 1 Mark Selby 67385 2 Mark Williams 63540 3 John Higgins 57540 4 Neil Robertson 52100 5 Ding Junhui 51420 6 Shaun Murphy 50485 7 Ali Carter 46760 8 Judd Trump 46465 9 Stephen Maguire 45980 10 Graeme Dott 44405 11 Stuart Bingham 40955 12 Mark Allen 39625 13 Stephen Lee 38750 14 Ronnie O'Sullivan 38660 15 Matthew Stevens 37815 16 Martin Gould 37210
Seeding revision 3 No. Ch. Name Points 1 Mark Selby 69945 2 Mark Williams 65020 3 John Higgins 58180 4 Neil Robertson 57940 5 Judd Trump 57385 6 Shaun Murphy 54085 7 Graeme Dott 50005 8 Stephen Maguire 49660 9 Ding Junhui 48740 10 Mark Allen 48265 11 Ali Carter 48200 12 Martin Gould 45370 13 Matthew Stevens 43015 14 Stuart Bingham 41115 15 Stephen Lee 40550 16 Ronnie O'Sullivan 40540
Seeding revision 4 No. Ch. Name Points 1 Mark Selby 73945 2 Mark Williams 66920 3 Judd Trump 60985 4 Shaun Murphy 59785 5 Neil Robertson 58640 6 John Higgins 56980 7 Ding Junhui 53740 8 Stephen Maguire 52960 9 Graeme Dott 50705 10 Mark Allen 50165 11 Martin Gould 47520 12 Stephen Lee 45675 13 Ali Carter 45600 14 Ronnie O'Sullivan 45540 15 Matthew Stevens 45515 16 Stuart Bingham 43515
World ranking points
Points distribution 2011/2012 Points distribution for world ranking and minor-ranking events
Tournament Round → R96 R80 R64 R48 R32 R24 R16 QF SF F WAustralian Goldfields Open Unseeded loser 400 650 900 1150 1400 – 1900 2500 3200 4000 5000 Seeded loser 200 325 450 575 700 – – – – – –Shanghai Masters 560 910 1260 1610 1960 – 2660 3500 4480 5600 7000 Seeded loser 280 455 630 805 980 – – – – – –UK Championship Unseeded loser 640 1040 1440 1840 2240 – 3040 4000 5120 6400 8000 Seeded loser 320 520 720 920 1120 – – – – – –German Masters Unseeded loser 650 – 900 1150 1400 – 1900 2500 3200 4000 5000 Seeded loser 325 – 450 575 700 – – – – – –Welsh Open Unseeded loser 400 650 900 1150 1400 – 1900 2500 3200 4000 5000 Seeded loser 200 325 450 575 700 – – – – – –World Open Unseeded loser 560 910 1260 1610 1960 – 2660 3500 4480 5600 7000 Seeded loser 280 455 630 805 980 – – – – – – Regular events – – 360 – 560 – 760 1000 1280 1600 2000 Finals – – – – – 840 1140 1500 1920 2400 3000China Open Unseeded loser 560 910 1260 1610 1960 – 2660 3500 4480 5600 7000 Seeded loser 280 455 630 805 980 – – – – – – Unseeded loser 800 1300 1800 2300 2800 – 3800 5000 6400 8000 10000 Seeded loser 400 650 900 1150 1400 – – – – – –
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