2022–23 snooker season

The 2022–23 snooker season was a series of snooker tournaments played from June 2022 to May 2023.

Players The World Snooker Tour in the 2022–23 season initially consisted of a field of 131 professional players, but later dropped to 130 when Igor Figueiredo did not renew his WPBSA membership and fell off tour. The top 64 players from the prize money rankings after the 2022 World Championship, and 30 players earning a two-year card the previous year automatically qualify for the season. The other 36 tour cards are given to the following groups. Four places are allocated to the top four on the One Year Ranking List who have not already qualified for the Main Tour. Nine players from international championships and two players from the Q Tour are offered the tour cards. One player comes from the CBSA China Tour and two players from World Women's Snooker. 16 places are available through the Q School, four from each of the three UK events and two from each of the two Asia-Oceania Q School events). The last two tour cards are invitational tour cards, given to Stephen Hendry and Ken Doherty.

As one of the winners from the inaugural Q School Asia & Oceania qualification event, former professional player Thanawat Thirapongpaiboon was eligible to receive a fresh two-year tour card. However, on 22 June 2022, the WPBSA and the World Snooker Tour declined to offer him a tour card, citing "serious disciplinary matters from when Thanawat was previously a professional player in 2015" as the reason, later announced to be a resumption of a previous investigation into match-fixing that had been closed due to Thanawat having fallen off the tour at the time. His place was therefore offered to Asjad Iqbal, who was the next in line on the Asia-Oceania Q School Order of Merit.

New professional players All players listed below received a tour card for two seasons.

Top 4 players from 2021/2022 One Year Ranking List

International Champions

Q Tour

CBSA China Tour

World Women's Snooker Qualifiers

Invitational Tour Card

Q School

Event 1

Event 2

Event 3

Asia-Oceania Event 1

Asia-Oceania Event 2

Asia-Oceania Order of Merit

Calendar The following tables outline the dates and results for all the World Snooker Tour, World Women's Snooker Tour, World Seniors Tour, Q Tour, and other events in the season.

World Snooker Tour Start Finish Tournament Venue Winner Runner-up 28 Jun 29 Jul Championship League Morningside Arena in Leicester, England 31 16 Aug 21 Aug European Masters Stadthalle Fürth in Fürth, Germany 93 24Sep 25Sep World Mixed Doubles† Marshall Arena in Milton Keynes, England 42 26 Sep 2 Oct British Open Marshall Arena in Milton Keynes, England 107 6 Oct 9 Oct Hong Kong Masters† Hong Kong Coliseum in Hong Kong 64 16 Oct 23 Oct Northern Ireland Open Waterfront Hall in Belfast, Northern Ireland 94 31 Oct 6 Nov Champion of Champions† Bolton Whites Hotel in Bolton, England 106 12 Nov 20 Nov UK Championship York Barbican in York, England 107 28 Nov 4 Dec Scottish Open Meadowbank Sports Centre in Edinburgh, Scotland 92 12 Dec 18 Dec English Open Brentwood Centre in Brentwood, England 96 8 Jan 15 Jan Masters† Alexandra Palace in London, England 108 16 Jan 22 Jan World Grand Prix The Centaur in Cheltenham, England 109 25 Jan 28 Jan Shoot Out Morningside Arena in Leicester, England 10 1 Feb 5 Feb German Masters Tempodrom in Berlin, Germany 103 13 Feb 19 Feb Welsh Open Venue Cymru in Llandudno, Wales 97 20 Feb 26 Feb Players Championship Aldersley Leisure Village in Wolverhampton, England 104 19 Dec 2 Mar Championship League Invitational† Morningside Arena in Leicester, England 31 6 Mar 11 Mar Six-red World Championship† Thammasat University Convention Centrein Pathum Thani, Thailand 86 13 Mar 19 Mar Turkish Masters‡ Nirvana Cosmopolitan Hotel, Antalya, Turkey Cancelled due to lack of funding from promoter 16 Mar 22 Mar WST Classic Morningside Arena in Leicester, England 62 27 Mar 2 Apr Tour Championship Bonus Arena in Hull, England 107 15 Apr 1 May World Championship Crucible Theatre in Sheffield, England 1815 Ranking event † Non-ranking event ‡ Cancelled event

European Series champion and Betvictor bonus winner:

World Women's Snooker Start Finish Tournament Venue Winner Runner-up 30 Jul 31 Jul UK Women's Championship Northern Snooker Centre in Leeds, England 43 Evans Wins 11th UK Crown . World Women's Snooker. 1 August 2022. 26 Aug 28 Aug US Women's Open OX Billiards in Seattle, Washington, United States 41 Hunter Wins First Ranking Title in Seattle . World Women's Snooker. 29 August 2022. 1 Oct 4 Oct Australian Women's Open Mounties in Sydney, Australia 43 22 Oct 23 Oct Scottish Women's Open The Q Club in Glasgow, Scotland 42 Evans Claims Scottish Crown . World Women's Snooker. 24 October 2022. 26 Nov 27 Nov Eden Women's Masters Frames Sports Bar in London, England 40 Mink Masters On Yee For Eden Title . World Women's Snooker. 28 November 2022. 20 Jan 22 Jan Belgian Women's Open The Trickshot in Bruges, Belgium 41 Mink is Best in Bruges. World Women's Snooker. 22 January 2023. 31 Jan 3 Feb Asia-Pacific Women's Championship Mounties in Sydney, Australia 41 Ploy Does the Double in Sydney!. World Women's Snooker. 3 February 2023. 25 Feb 27 Feb Women's Snooker World Cup Hi-End Snooker Club in Bangkok, Thailand India 1 43 England 1 Incredible India Are World Cup Winners. World Women's Snooker. 27 February 2023. 28 Feb 4 Mar World Women's Championship Hi-End Snooker Club in Bangkok, Thailand 63 Siripaporn Nuanthakhamjan Is World Champion!. World Women's Snooker. 27 February 2023. 13May 14May Women's British Open Landywood Snooker Club in Great Wyrley, England 43 Brilliant Bai Wins British Open. World Women's Snooker. 15 May 2023. Individual event Team event

World Seniors Tour

Start Finish Tournament Venue Winner Runner-up 3 May 7 May World Seniors Championship Crucible Theatre in Sheffield, England 53 White Crowned World Seniors King. World Seniors Snooker. 7 May 2023.

Q-Tour

Start Finish Tournament Venue Winner Runner-up 2 Sep 4 Sep Q Tour 1 North East Snooker Centre in North Shields, England 52 16 Sep 18 Sep Q Tour 2 Castle Snooker Club in Brighton, England 51 14 Oct 16 Oct Q Tour 3 Delta Moon in Mons, Belgium 53 25 Nov 27 Nov Q Tour 4 Snookerhallen in Stockholm, Sweden 54 9 Dec 11 Dec Q Tour 5 Landywood Snooker Club in Great Wyrley, England 52 6 Jan 8 Jan Q Tour 6 Northern Snooker Centre in Leeds, England 51 4 Mar 5 Mar Q Tour Playoff Q House Academy in Darlington, England 52

Other events Start Finish Tournament Venue Winner Runner-up 17 May 21 May Haining Open Hainging Sports Center, Haining China 51 13 Jul 17 Jul World Games Sheraton Hotel, Birmingham, Alabama, United States 31 7 May14 MaySEA Games – SinglesAeon 2, Sen Sok City, Phnom Penh, Cambodia41SEA Games – Six-red singles53

World ranking points

R144 R128 R112 R96 R80 R64 R48 R32 R24 R16 R6 Championship League 0 1,000 2,000 4,000 5,000 6,000 8,000 9,000 11,000 23,000 33,000 European Masters 0 3,000 4,500 7,500 11,000 17,500 35,000 80,000 British Open 0 3,000 5,000 8,000 12,000 20,000 45,000 100,000 Northern Ireland Open 0 3,000 4,500 7,500 11,000 17,500 35,000 80,000 UK Championship 0 2,500 5,000 7,500 10,000 15,000 25,000 50,000 100,000 250,000 Scottish Open 0 3,000 4,500 7,500 11,000 17,500 35,000 80,000 English Open 0 3,000 4,500 7,500 11,000 17,500 35,000 80,000 World Grand Prix 5,000 7,500 12,500 20,000 40,000 100,000 Shoot Out 0 500 1,000 2,000 4,000 8,000 20,000 50,000 German Masters 0 3,000 4,500 7,500 11,000 17,500 35,000 80,000 Welsh Open 0 3,000 4,500 7,500 11,000 17,500 35,000 80,000 Players Championship 10,000 15,000 30,000 50,000 125,000 WST Classic 0 3,000 4,500 7,500 11,000 17,500 35,000 80,000 Tour Championship 20,000 40,000 60,000 150,000 World Championship 0 5,000 10,000 15,000 20,000 30,000 50,000 100,000 200,000 500,000

Notes

References

External links Calendar 2022/2023 at snooker.org