The 2015–16 snooker season was a series of snooker tournaments played between 7 May 2015 and 2 May 2016.
The World Grand Prix became a ranking event featuring the top 32 players on a one-year money list, having been a non-ranking event the previous season.
New professional players
Countries:
The top 64 players from the prize money rankings after the 2015 World Championship, and the 30 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 two players came from the EBSA Qualifying Tour Play-Offs, and a further eight places were available through the 2015 Q School. The rest of the places on to the tour came from amateur events and national governing body nominations. Hossein Vafaei's two-year tour card will commence this season. All players listed below 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: ACBS Asian Under-21 Snooker Championship winner: Pan-American Championship winner: ABSF African Championships winner: Oceania Championship winner:
European Tour Order of Merit
EBSA Qualifying Tour Play-Offs
Asian Tour Order of Merit
Q School
Event 1
Event 2
International Development Main Tour Card
Calendar The following tables outline the dates and results of all World Snooker Tour, World Ladies Billiards and Snooker, seniors, and other events.
World Snooker Tour Start Finish Tournament Venue Winner Runner-up 15 Jun 21 Jun World Cup Wuxi City Sports Park Stadium in Wuxi, China China B 41 Scotland 29 Jun 5 Jul Australian Goldfields Open Bendigo Stadium in Bendigo, Australia 98 29 Jul 2 Aug European Tour – Event 1Event also known as the 2015 Riga Open. Arena Riga in Riga, Latvia 41 26 Aug 30 Aug European Tour – Event 2Event also known as the 2015 Paul Hunter Classic. Stadhalle in Fürth, Germany 43 7 Sep 12 Sep Six-red World Championship Fashion Island Shopping Mall in Bangkok, Thailand 82 14Sep 20Sep Shanghai Masters Shanghai Grand Stage in Shanghai, China 109 7 Oct 11 Oct European Tour – Event 3Event also known as the 2015 Ruhr Open. RWE-Sporthalle in Mülheim, Germany 42 19 Oct 23 Oct Asian Tour – Event 1Event also known as the 2015 Haining Open. Haining Sports Center in Haining, China 43 25 Oct 1 Nov International Championship Baihu Media Broadcasting Centre in Daqing, China 105 4 Nov 8 Nov European Tour – Event 4Event also known as the 2015 Bulgarian Open. Universiada Hall in Sofia, Bulgaria 40 10 Nov 15 Nov Champion of Champions Ricoh Arena in Coventry, England 105 24 Nov 6 Dec UK Championship Barbican Centre in York, England 105 9 Dec 13 Dec European Tour – Event 5Event also known as the 2015 Gibraltar Open. Tercentenary Sports Hall, Victoria Stadium in Gibraltar, Gibraltar 41 10 Jan 17 Jan Masters Alexandra Palace in London, England 101 3 Feb 7 Feb German Masters Tempodrom in Berlin, Germany 95 12 Feb 14 Feb Shoot Out Hexagon Theatre in Reading, England 10 15 Feb 21 Feb Welsh Open Motorpoint Arena in Cardiff, Wales 95 23 Feb 28 Feb European Tour – Event 6Event also known as the 2016 Gdynia Open. Gdynia Sports Arena in Gdynia, Poland 41 4 Jan 3 Mar Championship League Crondon Park Golf Club in Stock, England 32 8 Mar 13 Mar World Grand Prix Venue Cymru in Llandudno, Wales 109 22 Mar 27 Mar Players Tour Championship Finals EventCity in Manchester, England 106 28 Mar 3 Apr China Open Beijing University Students' Gymnasium in Beijing, China 104 16 Apr 2 May World Championship Crucible Theatre in Sheffield, England 1814 Ranking event Minor-ranking event Non-ranking event
World Ladies Billiards and Snooker Start Finish Tournament Venue Winner Runner-up 26 Sep 27 Sep UK Ladies Championship Northern Snooker Centre in Leeds, England 51 5 Dec 6 Dec Eden Ladies Masters Cambridge Snooker Centre in Cambridge, England 50 6 Feb Connie Gough Trophy Dunstable Snooker Club in Dunstable, England 40 5 Mar 6 Mar Eden Classic North East Derbyshire Snooker Club in Chesterfield, England 51 2 Apr 5 Apr World Ladies Championship Northern Snooker Centre in Leeds, England 64
Seniors events Start Finish Tournament Venue Winner Runner-up 30 Jan 31 Jan World Seniors Championship Preston Guild Hall in Preston, England 21
Other events Start Finish Tournament Venue Winner Runner-up 7 May 10 May Vienna Open 15 Reds Köö Wien Snooker Club in Vienna, Austria 53 15 Jul 19 Jul Pink Ribbon The Capital Venue in Gloucester, England 42 11 Nov 14 Nov General Cup Qualifying Event General Snooker Club in Hong Kong, China 54 16 Nov 21 Nov General Cup General Snooker Club in Hong Kong, China 73
Points distribution 2015/2016 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 – – 400 – 800 1,300 1,750 3,500 6,500 13,500 European Tour events – 0 – – 525 – 900 1,725 3,000 4,500 9,000 18,750 – – – – – – 4,000 7,000 12,500 20,000 38,000 100,000Australian Goldfields Open – 0 250Players who lose their first match receive no ranking points. – 500 1000 4,500 6,000 8,500 10,000 16,000 37,500Shanghai Masters – 0 500 – 2,000 3,000 6,000 8,000 12,000 19,500 35,000 85,000International Championship – 0 – – 4,000 – 7,000 12,000 17,500 30,000 65,000 125,000UK Championship – 0 – – 4,000 – 9,000 12,000 20,000 30,000 70,000 150,000German Masters – 0 – – 1,500 – 3,000 3,750 7,500 15,000 26,250 60,000Welsh Open – 0 – – 2,000 – 3,000 5,000 10,000 20,000 30,000 60,000World Grand Prix – – – – – – 2,500 5,000 10,000 20,000 35,000 100,000China Open – 0 – – 4,000 – 6,500 8,000 12,500 21,000 35,000 85,000World Championship 0 – – 6,600 – 9,900 13,250 22,000 33,000 66,000 137,500 330,000
Notes
References
External links Snooker season 2015/2016 at Snooker.org