2014/15 snooker season
2014/15 snooker season |
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Season dates | |
Beginning of the season | 17th June 2014 |
End of season | May 4, 2015 |
Ranked tournaments | 11 |
Minor ranking | 9 |
Invitation tournaments | 7th |
number of players | 128 |
Triple Crown Winner | |
UK Championship | Ronnie O'Sullivan |
Masters | Shaun Murphy |
World Champion | Stuart Bingham |
World ranking | |
Placements | 2014/15 |
Ranking first |
Mark Selby Neil Robertson Ding Junhui |
← 2013/14
2015/16 →
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The 2014/15 snooker season was a series of snooker tournaments that are part of the Main Tour .
Season results
date | competition | venue | Art | winner | finalist | Result |
June 23 to June 29, 2014 | Wuxi Classic 2014 | Wuxi | World ranking tournament | Neil Robertson | Joe Perry | 10: 9 |
June 30th to July 6th, 2014 | Australian Goldfields Open 2014 | Bendigo | World ranking tournament | Judd Trump | Neil Robertson | 9: 5 |
September 1 to September 6, 2014 | 6-Red World Championship 2014 | Bangkok | Invitation tournament | Stephen Maguire | Ricky Walden | 8: 7 |
September 8 to September 14, 2014 | Shanghai Masters 2014 | Shanghai | World ranking tournament | Stuart Bingham | Mark Allen | 10: 3 |
October 26th to November 2nd, 2014 | International Championship 2014 | Cheng you | World ranking tournament | Ricky Walden | Mark Allen | 10: 7 |
November 3 to November 9, 2014 | Champion of Champions 2014 | Coventry | Invitation tournament | Ronnie O'Sullivan | Judd Trump | 10: 7 |
November 25th to December 7th, 2014 | UK Championship 2014 | York | World ranking tournament | Ronnie O'Sullivan | Judd Trump | 10: 9 |
January 11th to January 18th, 2015 | Masters 2015 | London | Invitation tournament | Shaun Murphy | Neil Robertson | 10: 2 |
February 4 to February 8, 2015 | German Masters 2015 | Berlin | World ranking tournament | Mark Selby | Shaun Murphy | 9: 7 |
January 5 to February 12, 2015 | Championship League 2015 | Stock, Essex | Invitation tournament | Stuart Bingham | Mark Davis | 3: 2 |
February 16 to February 22, 2015 | Welsh Open 2015 | Cardiff | World ranking tournament | John Higgins | Ben Woollaston | 9: 3 |
March 2nd to March 3rd, 2015 | World Seniors Championship 2015 | Blackpool | Invitation tournament | Mark Williams | Fergal O'Brien | 2: 1 |
March 4 to March 6, 2015 | Snooker Shoot-Out 2015 | Blackpool | Invitation tournament | Michael White | Xiao Guodong | 54:48 |
March 10 to March 14, 2015 | Indian Open 2015 | Mumbai | World ranking tournament | Michael White | Ricky Walden | 5-0 |
March 16 to March 22, 2015 | World Grand Prix 2015 | Llandudno | Invitation tournament | Judd Trump | Ronnie O'Sullivan | 10: 7 |
March 30th to April 5th, 2015 | China Open 2015 | Beijing | World ranking tournament | Mark Selby | Gary Wilson | 10: 2 |
April 18 to May 4, 2015 | World Championship 2015 | Sheffield | World ranking tournament | Stuart Bingham | Shaun Murphy | 18:15 |
Players Tour Championship
No. | date | competition | venue | winner | finalist | Result |
1 | June 17 to June 21, 2014 | AT Event 1 - Yixing Open 2014 | Yixing | Ding Junhui | Michael Holt | 4: 2 |
2 | August 7th to August 10th 2014 | ET Event 1 - Riga Open 2014 | Riga | Mark Selby | Mark Allen | 4: 3 |
3 | August 20 to August 24, 2014 | ET Event 2 - Paul Hunter Classic 2014 | Fuerth | Mark Allen | Judd Trump | 4: 2 |
4th | October 1 to October 5, 2014 | ET Event 3 - Bulgarian Open 2014 | Sofia | Shaun Murphy | Martin Gould | 4: 2 |
5 | October 20 to October 24, 2014 | AT Event 2 - Haining Open 2014 | Haining | Stuart Bingham | Oliver Lines | 4-0 |
6th | November 19 to November 23, 2014 | ET Event 4 - Ruhr Open 2014 | Mülheim | Shaun Murphy | Robert Milkins | 4-0 |
7th | December 11th to December 14th, 2014 | ET Event 5 - Lisbon Open 2014 | Lisbon | Stephen Maguire | Matthew Selt | 4: 2 |
8th | January 20 to January 24, 2015 | AT Event 3 - Xuzhou Open 2015 | Xuzhou | Joe Perry | Thepchaiya Un-Nooh | 4: 1 |
9 | February 25 to March 1, 2015 | ET Event 6 - Gdynia Open 2015 | Gdynia | Neil Robertson | Mark Williams | 4-0 |
final | March 24th to March 28th, 2015 | Grand Finals | Bangkok | Joe Perry | Mark Williams | 4: 3 |
World ranking
From this season on, the world snooker ranking is based on the prize money won over the last 24 months. It was updated after every tournament that has the status of a world ranking tournament or minor ranking tournament. Several times during the season - at the so-called cut-off points - the world rankings became the new seeding list for the following tournaments.
Qualification for the Main Tour 2014/15 and 2015/16
In addition to the 64 best-placed players in the new world prize money ranking at the end of the 2013/14 season and the 33 players who were guaranteed a starting place for the 2013/14 and 2014/15 seasons, 31 others (except Hossein Vafaei ) were given a starting place for the 2014/15 and 2015/16 seasons.
- Qualification via the European Tour Order of Merit
- Qualification through the Asian Tour Order of Merit
- Qualification via the Q School ( tournament 1 and tournament 2 )
- Craig Steadman
- Chris Melling
- Zhang Anda
- Tian Pengfei
- Liam Highfield
- Michael Georgiou
- Lee Walker
- Michael Leslie
- Qualification via the EBSA Qualifying Tour
- International championships
- Zhou Yuelong ( IBSF World Champion )
- Lu Ning ( IBSF U21 World Champion )
- Mitchell Mann ( EBSA European Champion )
- Oliver Lines ( EBSA U21 European Champion )
- Thor Chuan Leong ( ACBS Asian Champion )
- Thanawat Tirapongpaiboon ( ACBS U21 Asian Champion )
- Nominations from the national or continental associations
- Steve Mifsud (Oceania)
- Wildcard
Points key
round | Last 128 | Last 64 | Last 32 | Round of 16 | Quarter finals | Semifinals | Second | winner | ||
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Places 1–64 vs. Seats 65–128 |
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Wuxi Classic | 0 | 3,000 | 6,500 | 8,000 | 12,500 | 21,000 | 35,000 | 85,000 | ||
International Championship | 0 | 3,000 | 7,000 | 12,000 | 17,500 | 30,000 | 65,000 | 125,000 | ||
UK Championship | 0 | 3,000 | 9,000 | 12,000 | 20,000 | 30,000 | 70,000 | 150,000 | ||
German Masters | 0 | 1,250 | 2,500 | 4.167 | 8,333 | 16,667 | 29,167 | 66,667 | ||
Welsh Open | 0 | 1,500 | 2,500 | 5,000 | 10,000 | 20,000 | 30,000 | 60,000 | ||
Indian Open | 0 | 2,000 | 3,000 | 6,000 | 9,000 | 13,500 | 25,000 | 50,000 | ||
China Open | 0 | 3,000 | 6,500 | 8,000 | 12,500 | 21,000 | 35,000 | 85,000 | ||
European Tour | 0 | 583 | 1,000 | 1.917 | 3,333 | 5,000 | 10,000 | 20,883 | ||
Asian tour | 0 | 200 | 600 | 1,000 | 1,500 | 2,500 | 5,000 | 10,000 | ||
Players Tour Championship (final tournament) |
- | - | 4,000 | 7,000 | 12,500 | 20,000 | 38,000 | 100,000 | ||
round | Last 128 | Last 96 | Last 64 | Last 48 | Last 32 | Round of 16 | Quarter finals | Semifinals | Second | winner |
Places 65–96 vs. Seats 97–128 |
33-64 places vs. Winner Last 128 |
Winner Last 96 vs. Winner Last 96 |
Seats 17–32 vs. Winner Last 64 |
Places 1–16 vs. Winner Last 48 |
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Australian Goldfields Open | 0 | 83 | 417 | 889 | 5,000 | 6,667 | 9,444 | 11,111 | 17,778 | 41,667 |
Shanghai Masters | 0 | 400 | 1,750 | 2,500 | 6,000 | 8,000 | 12,000 | 19,500 | 35,000 | 85,000 |
round | Last 144 | Last 80 | Last 48 | Last 32 | Round of 16 | Quarter finals | Semifinals | Second | winner | |
Seats 17–80 vs. Seats 81–144 |
Winner Last 144 vs. Winner Last 144 |
Winner Last 80 vs. Winner Last 80 |
Places 1–16 vs. Winner Last 48 |
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World Snooker Championship | 0 | 6,000 | 9,000 | 12,000 | 20,000 | 30,000 | 60,000 | 125,000 | 300,000 |
Remarks
- ↑ Three players ( Patrick Einsle , Jin Long and Shi Hanqing ) stopped playing for the second season of their two-year tour card.
- ↑ a b Hossein Vafaei only got a starting place for 2014/15, but afterwards he will get a two-year tour ticket for 2015/16 and 2016/17 due to his victory at the IBSF U21 World Snooker Championship in 2014.
- ↑ a b c d e f g Seeded players who lose their first game do not receive any ranking points.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b 2014/15 Calendar . In: worldsnooker.com . World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association . Archived from the original on March 17, 2015. Retrieved May 17, 2014.
- ↑ a b Calendar 2014/2015 . Snooker.org. Retrieved May 7, 2014.
- ↑ a b Finals 2014/2015 . Snooker.org. Retrieved May 7, 2014.
- ↑ 2014/2015 World Prize Money Ranking List Seeding Cut Off Points (PDF; 223 kB) In: worldsnooker.com . World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association . Archived from the original on November 8, 2014. Retrieved May 15, 2014.
- ^ Asian Tour Event One (2014) . Snooker.org. Retrieved May 27, 2014.
- ^ European Tour Event One (2014) . Snooker.org. Retrieved May 27, 2014.
- ↑ Updated World Rankings ( English ) In: worldsnooker.com . World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association . July 1, 2014. Archived from the original on October 25, 2014. Retrieved July 1, 2014.
- ↑ a b c Tirapongpaiboon / Ayouri Tour Cards ( English ) In: worldsnooker.com . World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association . June 16, 2014. Retrieved June 17, 2014.
- ↑ The Tour 2014/2015 Season Qualifying Criteria (PDF; 169 kB) In: worldsnooker.com . World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association . Archived from the original on October 25, 2014. Retrieved May 7, 2014.
- ↑ 2014/15 List Of Tour Players . In: worldsnooker.com . World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association . June 11, 2014. Retrieved June 12, 2014.
- ↑ Order of Merit after the Gdynia Open (ET8) 2014 (PDF; 349 kB) In: worldsnooker.com . World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association . February 10, 2014. Archived from the original on February 23, 2014. Retrieved on May 7, 2014.
- ↑ European Order of Merit - Players Tour Championship 2013/2014 . Snooker.org. Retrieved May 7, 2014.
- ↑ Asian Order of Merit - Players Tour Championship 2013/2014 . Snooker.org. Retrieved May 7, 2014.
- ↑ Qualifying School - Event One (2014) . Snooker.org. Retrieved May 7, 2014.
- ↑ Qualifying School - Event Two (2014) . Snooker.org. Retrieved May 7, 2014.
- ↑ EBSA Qualifying Tour Play-Offs (2014) . Snooker.org. Retrieved May 7, 2014.
- ↑ Zhou Yuelong becomes world champion 2013 . International Billiards & Snooker Federation . December 8, 2013. Archived from the original on December 12, 2013. Retrieved on May 7, 2014.
- ↑ Lu Ning crowned World Under-21 Champ . International Billiards & Snooker Federation . July 26, 2013. Archived from the original on December 2, 2013. Retrieved on May 7, 2014.
- ↑ European Snooker Championships Men - Sofia / Bulgaria 2014 - knockout results . European Billiards and Snooker Association . Retrieved June 11, 2014.
- ↑ European Snooker Championships U21 - Bucharest / Romania 2014 . European Billiards and Snooker Association . Retrieved May 7, 2014.
- ↑ 30th Asian Snooker Championships 2014 . Cue Sports India. Retrieved May 7, 2014.
- ↑ ONGC Asian Championship 2014: 15th Under-21 Snooker . Cue Sports India. Retrieved June 13, 2014.
- ^ Steve Mifsud Accepts Main Tour Nomination . Oceania Billiards & Snooker Federation. April 17, 2014. Retrieved May 7, 2014.
- ↑ Indicative Prize Money Rankings Schedule 2014/2015 Season (PDF; 94 kB) In: worldsnooker.com . World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association . May 12, 2014. Archived from the original on June 20, 2014. Retrieved on May 15, 2014.