The 2014–15 snooker season was a series of snooker tournaments played between 8 May 2014 and 4 May 2015. The Riga Open was the first professional snooker tournament held in Latvia. The season also saw the first professional tournament in Portugal as the Lisbon Open took place.
In November, it was announced that the World Open would not be held this season after the contract with the promoter was not renewed and a new venue was not found in time. But the intention was to bring the event back for the next season.
The structure of the World Championship was changed. The top 16 seeds still qualified automatically for the first round at the Crucible, but all non-seeded players had to start in the first of three qualifying rounds. The overall championship was increased from 128 to 144 players, with the additional places made available to former world champions and players from emerging countries.
New professional players
Countries:
The 2014/2015 season was made up of 128 professional players. The top 64 players from the prize money rankings after the 2014 World Championship, and the 33 players earning a two-year card the previous year automatically qualified for the season. The top eight players from the European Tour Order of Merit and top four players from the Asian Tour Order of Merit, who had not already qualified for the Main Tour, also qualified. Another three players came from the EBSA Qualifying Tour Play-Offs, and a further eight places were available through the 2014 Q School. The rest of the places on to the tour came from amateur events and national governing body nominations. All players listed below, except Hossein Vafaei received a tour card for two seasons.
IBSF World Snooker Championship winner: IBSF World Under-21 Snooker Championship winner: EBSA European Snooker Championships winner: EBSA European Under-21 Snooker Championships winner: ACBS Asian Snooker Championship winner:
NGB nominations
European Tour Order of Merit
EBSA Qualifying Tour Play-Offs
Asian Tour Order of Merit
Q School
Special dispensation
Invitational Tour Card
Calendar The following table outlines the results and dates for all the World Snooker Tour, World Ladies Billiards and Snooker Association, seniors and other events.
World Snooker Tour Start Finish Tournament Venue Winner Runner-up 17 Jun 21 Jun Asian Tour – Event 1Event also known as the 2014 Yixing Open. Yixing Sports Centre in Yixing, China 42 23 Jun 29 Jun Wuxi Classic Wuxi City Sports Park Stadium in Wuxi, China 109 30 Jun 6 Jul Australian Goldfields Open Bendigo Stadium in Bendigo, Australia 95 7 Aug 10 Aug European Tour – Event 1Event also known as the 2014 Riga Open. Arena Riga in Riga, Latvia 43 20 Aug 24 Aug European Tour – Event 2Event also known as the 2014 Paul Hunter Classic. Stadthalle in Fürth, Germany 42 1 Sep 6 Sep Six-red World Championship Montien Riverside Hotel in Bangkok, Thailand 87 8 Sep 14 Sep Shanghai Masters Shanghai Grand Stage in Shanghai, China 103 1 Oct 5 Oct European Tour – Event 3Event also known as the 2014 Bulgarian Open Universiada Hall in Sofia, Bulgaria 42 20 Oct 24 Oct Asian Tour – Event 2Event also known as the 2014 Haining Open. Haining Sports Center in Haining, China 40 26 Oct 2 Nov International Championship Sichuan International Tennis Center in Chengdu, China 107 3 Nov 9 Nov Champion of Champions Ricoh Arena in Coventry, England 107 19 Nov 23 Nov European Tour – Event 4Event also known as the 2014 Ruhr Open RWE-Sporthalle in Mülheim, Germany 40 25 Nov 7 Dec UK Championship Barbican Centre in York, England 109 11 Dec 14 Dec European Tour – Event 5Event also known as the 2014 Lisbon Open. Casal Vistoso Sports Centre in Lisbon, Portugal 42 11 Jan 18 Jan Masters Alexandra Palace in London, England 102 20 Jan 24 Jan Asian Tour – Event 3Event also known as the 2015 Xuzhou Open Xuzhou Olympic Center in Xuzhou, China 41 4 Feb 8 Feb German Masters Tempodrom in Berlin, Germany 97 5 Jan 12 Feb Championship League Crondon Park Golf Club in Stock, England 32 16 Feb 22 Feb Welsh Open Motorpoint Arena in Cardiff, Wales 93 25 Feb 1 Mar European Tour – Event 6Event also known as the 2015 Gdynia Open. Gdynia Sports Arena in Gdynia, Poland 40 4 Mar 6 Mar Shoot Out Circus Arena in Blackpool, England 10 10 Mar 14 Mar Indian Open Grand Hyatt in Mumbai, India 50 16 Mar 22 Mar World Grand Prix Venue Cymru in Llandudno, Wales 107 24 Mar 28 Mar Players Tour Championship FinalsEvent also known as the 2015 Players Championship Grand Final. Montien Riverside Hotel in Bangkok, Thailand 43 30 Mar 5 Apr China Open Beijing University Students' Gymnasium in Beijing, China 102 18 Apr 4 May World Championship Crucible Theatre in Sheffield, England 1815 Ranking event Minor-ranking event Non-ranking event
World Ladies Billiards and Snooker Association Start Finish Tournament Venue Winner Runner-up 4 Oct 5 Oct Eden Classic Cueball Derby in Derby, England 53 31 Jan 1 Feb Eden Masters Crucible Sports Club in Newbury, England 51 28 Mar Connie Gough Trophy Dunstable Snooker Club in Dunstable, England 41 18 Apr 21 Apr World Ladies Championship Northern Snooker Centre in Leeds, England 62
Seniors events Start Finish Tournament Venue Winner Runner-up 2 Mar 3 Mar World Seniors Championship Circus Arena in Blackpool, England 21
Other events Start Finish Tournament Venue Winner Runner-up 8 May 11 May Vienna Open 15 Reds Köö Wien Snooker Club in Vienna, Austria 52 4 Jun 8 Jun Pink Ribbon The Capital Venue in Gloucester, England 41 12 Oct 18 Oct General Cup General Snooker Club in Hong Kong, China 76
Points distribution 2014/2015 points distribution for World Snooker Tour ranking and minor-ranking events:
Tournament\Round→ R144 R128 R96 R80 R64 R48 R32 R16 QF SF F W Asian Tour events – 0 – – 200 – 600 1,000 1,500 2,500 5,000 10,000Wuxi Classic – 0 – – 3,000 – 6,500 8,000 12,500 21,000 35,000 85,000Australian Goldfields Open – 0 83Players, who lose their first match, receive no ranking points. – 417 889 5,000 6,667 9,444 11,111 17,778 41,677 European Tour events – 0 – – 583 – 1,000 1,917 3,333 5,000 10,000 20,883Shanghai Masters – 0 400 – 1,750 2,500 6,000 8,000 12,000 19,500 35,000 85,000International Championship – 0 – – 3,000 – 7,000 12,000 17,500 30,000 65,000 125,000UK Championship – 0 – – 3,000 – 9,000 12,000 20,000 30,000 70,000 150,000German Masters – 0 – – 1,250 – 2,500 4,167 8,333 16,667 29,167 66,667Welsh Open – 0 – – 1,500 – 2,500 5,000 10,000 20,000 30,000 60,000Indian Open – 0 – – 2,000 – 3,000 6,000 9,000 13,500 25,000 50,000 – – – – – – 4,000 7,000 12,500 20,000 38,000 100,000China Open – 0 – – 3,000 – 6,500 8,000 12,500 21,000 35,000 85,000World Championship 0 – – 6,000 – 9,000 12,000 20,000 30,000 60,000 125,000 300,000
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