2023–24 snooker season

The 2023–24 snooker season was a series of snooker tournaments played from 26 June 2023 to 26 May 2024.

Players

The World Snooker Tour in the 2023–24 season initially involved 130 professional players, but dropped to 129 players. The decrease in membership was due to Dechawat Poomjaeng letting his WPBSA membership lapse and thus meant he was automatically removed from the main tour. https://wpbsa.com/dechawat-poomjaeng/

This included 65 out of the top 68 players from the prize money rankings after the 2023 World Championship (Zhao Xintong, Yan Bingtao, and Lu Ning were banned from competition after an independent disciplinary tribunal found them guilty of match-fixing, and were not eligible to compete during the seasonWPBSA statement | 6 JUNE 2023) and 34 of the 35 players who earned a two-year card the previous year (Bai Langning was also banned from competition due to his involvement in match-fixing). The next four places went to the top four players on the one-year ranking list who had not already qualified for the tour. Seven players from international championships, two players from the Q Tour, three players from the CBSA China Tour, and two players from the World Women's Snooker Tour also received tour cards. A further eight places were assigned through the two 2023 Q School events. The finalists from both of the Asia-Oceania Q School events received tour cards. Marco Fu received an invitational tour card.

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

Top 4 players from 2022/2023 One Year Ranking List

International Champions

Q Tour

CBSA China Tour

World Women's Snooker Qualifiers

Q School

Event 1

Event 2

Asia-Oceania Event 1

Asia-Oceania Event 2

Invitational Tour Card

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 26 Jun 21 Jul Championship League Leicester Arena in Leicester, England 30 22 Aug 27 Aug European Masters in Nuremberg, Germany 96 11 Sep 17Sep Shanghai Masters† Shanghai Grand Stage in Shanghai, China 119 25Sep 1 Oct British Open The Centaur in Cheltenham, England 107 2 Oct 8 Oct English Open Brentwood Centre in Brentwood, England 97 9 Oct 15 Oct Wuhan Open Wuhan Gymnasium in Wuhan, China 107 22 Oct 29 Oct Northern Ireland Open Waterfront Hall in Belfast, Northern Ireland 93 5 Nov 12 Nov International Championship in Tianjin, China 106 13 Nov 19 Nov Champion of Champions† University of Bolton Stadium in Bolton, England 103 25 Nov 3 Dec UK Championship York Barbican in York, England 107 6 Dec 9 Dec Shoot Out Swansea Arena in Swansea, Wales 10 11 Dec 17 Dec Scottish Open Meadowbank Sports Centre in Edinburgh, Scotland 95 7 Jan 14 Jan Masters† Alexandra Palace in London, England 107 15 Jan 21 Jan World Grand Prix Leicester Arena in Leicester, England 107 29 Jan 4 Feb German Masters Tempodrom in Berlin, Germany 105 12 Feb 18 Feb Welsh Open Venue Cymru in Llandudno, Wales 94 19 Feb 25 Feb Players Championship Telford International Centre in Telford, England 108 4 Mar 6 Mar World Masters of Snooker† Global Theatre in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia 52 2 Jan 13 Mar Championship League Invitational† Leicester Arena in Leicester, England 31 18 Mar 24 Mar World Open Yushan Sport Centre in Yushan, China 104 30 Mar 31 Mar World Mixed Doubles† Manchester Central in Manchester, England 42 1 Apr 7 Apr Tour Championship Manchester Central in Manchester, England 105 20 Apr 6 May World Championship Crucible Theatre in Sheffield, England 1814 Ranking event † Non-ranking event

European Series champion and Betvictor bonus winner: World Women's Snooker Tour Start Finish Tournament Venue Winner Runner-up 11 Aug 13 Aug US Women's Open OX Billiards in Seattle, Washington, United States 42 22 Sep 24 Sep UK Women's Championship Northern Snooker Centre in Leeds, England 41 7 Oct 10 Oct Australian Women's Open Mounties in Sydney, Australia 41 17 Nov 19 Nov Women's Masters Frames Sports Bar in London, England 43 19 Jan 21 Jan Belgian Women's Open The Trickshot in Bruges, Belgium 42 29 Jan 2 Feb Albanian Women's Open Grand Blue Fafa Resort in Golem, Albania 43 11 Mar 17 Mar World Women's Championship Changping Gymnasium in Dongguan, China 65 24May 26May British Women's Open Landywood Snooker Club in Great Wyrley, England 41

World Seniors Tour

Start Finish Tournament Venue Winner Runner-up 8 May 12 May World Seniors Championship Crucible Theatre in Sheffield, England 52

Q Tour

Start Finish Tournament Venue Winner Runner-up 25 Aug 27 Aug Q Tour UK/Europe 1 North East Snooker Centre in North Shields, England 52 15 Sep 17 Sep Q Tour UK/Europe 2 Snookerhallen in Stockholm, Sweden 52 28 Sep 1 Oct Q Tour Asia Pacific 1 Cuthberts Green in Christchurch, New Zealand 54 12 Oct 15 Oct Q Tour Asia Pacific 2 Mt Pritchard & District Community Club in Sydney, Australia 63 20 Oct 22 Oct Q Tour UK/Europe 3 Billardzentrum am Pfühlpark in Heilbronn, Germany 51 10 Nov 12 Nov Q Tour UK/Europe 4 Landywood Snooker Club in Great Wyrley, England 53 15 Dec 17 Dec Q Tour UK/Europe 5 Castle Snooker Club in Brighton, England 51 5 Jan 7 Jan Q Tour UK/Europe 6 National Snooker Academy in Sofia, Bulgaria 54 4 Jan 9 Jan Q Tour Middle East 1 Cue Sports Academy in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates 40 11 Jan 17 Jan Q Tour Middle East 2 Cue Sports Academy in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates 43 19 Jan 21 Jan Q Tour Americas 1 The Corner Bank in Toronto, Canada 51 18 Jan 24 Jan Q Tour Middle East 3 Cue Sports Academy in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates 40 25 Jan 28 Jan Q Tour Asia Pacific 3 Matchroom Snooker Centre in Calamvale, Australia 53 16 Feb 18 Feb Q Tour UK/Europe 7 Northern Snooker Centre in Leeds, England 5–1 22 Feb 25 Feb Q Tour Americas 2 PABSA Academy in San Jose, California, United States 5–4 13 Mar 15 Mar Q Tour Global Playoff Hotel Hills in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina 10–9 10–8 10–8

Other events Start Finish Tournament Venue Winner Runner-up 1 Aug 5 Aug Huangguoshu Open Huangguoshu Tourism Area in Anshun, China 51 22 Dec 24 Dec Macau Masters – Event 1 Studio City in Cotai, Macau 6–3 26 Dec 29 Dec Macau Masters – Event 2 Wynn Palace in Cotai, Macau 9–6 9 May12 MayVienna Open15 Reds Köö Club in Vienna, Austria5–4 25 May 26 May Helsinki International Cup Kulttuuritalo in Helsinki, Finland 6–3

World ranking points

The ranking points for reaching different stages of each ranking tournament are listed below. R144 R128 R112 R96 R80 R64 R48 R32 R24 R16 R12 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 English Open 0 3,000 4,500 7,500 11,000 17,500 35,000 80,000 Wuhan Open 0 4,500 8,000 12,000 16,000 30,000 63,000 140,000 Northern Ireland Open 0 3,000 4,500 7,500 11,000 17,500 35,000 80,000 International Championship 0 5,000 9,000 14,000 22,000 33,000 75,000 175,000 UK Championship 0 2,500 5,000 7,500 10,000 15,000 25,000 50,000 100,000 250,000 Shoot Out 0 500 1,000 2,000 4,000 8,000 20,000 50,000 Scottish 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 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 World Open 0 5,000 9,000 14,000 21,500 32,500 73,000 170,000 Tour Championship 20,000 30,000 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 Official calendar at World Snooker Tour 2023–24 season calendar at snooker.org