Challenge Tour 2019/20

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The Challenge Tour 2019/20 is an amateur series of snooker tournaments parallel to the professional season 2019/20 . The tournament series, which was already played in the previous season , again allows the two most successful players to start the next two Main Tour seasons 2020/21 and 2021/22 .

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As in the previous year, ten events will be played, six in the United Kingdom and four in the rest of Europe, with various snooker clubs and associations being able to apply to host these events. At the events in the United Kingdom, the 56 best players from the so-called Q-School ranking, which was determined from the results of the three tournaments in 2019, play. In addition, there are eight wildcard players each to promote talented players. If there are still free places in the round of the last 64, these will be filled by players on the Q-School ranking list.

The top 56 of the Q-School rankings also play in the four European events, whereby they are fixed for the round of the last 64 at these events, and eight wild cards are also given to talented players. In addition, an unlimited number of players can earn a place in the round of the last 64 in several qualifying rounds.

After the ten events, the winners of the ten events and at least six other players on the Challenge Tour ranking list, which was determined from the results of the ten events, were originally supposed to play in the play-offs for the two starting authorizations. In order to achieve this, a victory in the semifinals of the tournament should be required. However, this plan was rejected after criticism from the ranks of professional and amateur players. Instead, the player in first place in the adjusted Challenge Tour ranking was automatically given a start authorization for the Main Tour, while the next eight players play in the play-offs in the knockout system for the second Tour Card.

Results

On July 10, 2019, the dates of the eleven tournaments and the venues for the first three tournaments were announced, and on August 20, 2019 the venues for tournaments four to ten followed. On November 22nd, the exact date and place of the play-offs was finally set.

The fifth tournament, which was originally scheduled to take place in Brighton on November 2nd and 3rd, 2019 , has been postponed after roof damage caused by heavy rainfall during the first round. It was made up right before the tenth tournament, whereby the games that have already ended are counted.

No. date venue winner finalist Result
1 August 31 and September 1, 2019 GermanyGermany Nuremberg Hong KongHong Kong Ka Wai Cheung EnglandEngland Oliver Brown 3: 1
2 September 21 and 22, 2019 EnglandEngland Newbury EnglandEngland Jake Nicholson WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Andrew Pagett 3: 1
3 5th and 6th October 2019 EnglandEngland Leeds WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Andrew Pagett Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland Robbie McGuigan 3-0
4th October 19 and 20, 2019 BelgiumBelgium Bruges EnglandEngland Ashley Hugill IrelandIreland Aaron Hill 3: 1
6th November 16 and 17, 2019 HungaryHungary Budapest EnglandEngland Oliver Brown EnglandEngland Ashley Hugill 3: 1
7th December 14th and 15th, 2019 BelgiumBelgium Neerpelt ScotlandScotland Dean Young WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Andrew Pagett 3: 1
8th January 18 and 19, 2020 EnglandEngland Tamworth GermanyGermany Lukas Kleckers WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Tyler Rees 3: 1
9 February 15 and 16, 2020 WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Llanelli EnglandEngland Ashley Hugill EnglandEngland Sydney Wilson 3: 1
5 November 2, 2019
February 28 and 29, 2020 		EnglandEngland Brighton Leicester
EnglandEngland 		EnglandEngland Allan Taylor ScotlandScotland Michael Collumb 3: 1
10 February 29 and March 1, 2020 EnglandEngland Leicester EnglandEngland Adam Duffy EnglandEngland Kuldesh Johal 3: 1
Play-offs 20th July 2020 EnglandEngland Sheffield EnglandEngland Allan Taylor EnglandEngland Adam Duffy 4-0

Play-offs

Two of the top 3 on the tour rankings had qualified for the Snooker Main Tour through other tournaments during the season , while the third was given one of the two start authorizations that were granted at the Challenge Tour. For the other starting authorization, the players in positions 4 to 11 of the ranking list play an elimination tournament. These play-offs were supposed to take place on March 29, 2020 in the Pot Black of the English seaside resort Clacton-on-Sea , but were postponed in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic . In early July 2020 it was announced that the play-offs without spectators would take place on July 20, 2020 in Sheffield . Ka Wai Cheung later announced his withdrawal from Hong Kong; he was replaced by the next ranked, Tyler Rees from Wales. The winner was the Englishman Allan Taylor , who defeated Adam Duffy 4-0 in the final.

  Quarter finals Semifinals final
                           
  7th EnglandEngland Jake Nicholson 4th        
8th WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Tyler Rees 2  
7th EnglandEngland Jake Nicholson 1
  4th EnglandEngland Allan Taylor 4th  
3 EnglandEngland Oliver Brown 3
4th EnglandEngland Allan Taylor 4th  
4th EnglandEngland Allan Taylor 4th
  2 EnglandEngland Adam Duffy 0
2 EnglandEngland Adam Duffy 4th    
5 EnglandEngland Patrick Whelan 0  
2 EnglandEngland Adam Duffy 4th
  6th EnglandEngland Rory McLeod 1  
1 ScotlandScotland Dean Young 1
  6th EnglandEngland Rory McLeod 4th  
Final: Best of 7 Frames
English Institute of Sport,  Sheffield , England , July 20, 2020
Allan Taylor EnglandEngland 4 : 0 EnglandEngland Adam Duffy
89 : 27, 61 : 42, 61 : 31, 60 : 59
45 Highest break 33
- Century breaks -
- 50+ breaks -

Ranking list

The Englishman Ashley Hugill took first place in the ranking at the end of the ten events, but was already qualified for the next Main Tour season by winning the WSF Open 2020 . As a result, Lukas Kleckers in second place got the direct qualification place for the 2020/21 and 2021/22 seasons . Since Andrew Pagett had also qualified otherwise and Kai Wai Cheung later renounced participation in the play-offs, even Tyler Rees was able to take part in the play-offs in 12th place.

space player Prize money
in pounds
1 EnglandEngland Ashley Hugill £ 6,700
2 GermanyGermany Lukas Kleckers £ 5,925
3 WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Andrew Pagett £ 5,400
4th ScotlandScotland Dean Young £ 4,250
5 EnglandEngland Adam Duffy £ 3,950
6th EnglandEngland Oliver Brown £ 3,250
7th EnglandEngland Allan Taylor £ 3,225
8th EnglandEngland Patrick Whelan £ 3,175
9 EnglandEngland Rory McLeod £ 3,150
10 Hong KongHong Kong Ka Wai Cheung £ 3,100
11 EnglandEngland Jake Nicholson £ 2,875
12 WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Tyler Rees £ 2,525
13 ScotlandScotland Michael Collumb £ 2,425
14th Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland Robbie McGuigan £ 2,375
15th EnglandEngland Zak Surety £ 2,075
16 EnglandEngland George Pragnell £ 2,050
...
35 AustriaAustria Andreas Ploner £ 900
...
69 AustriaAustria Florian Nuessle 125 pounds
SwitzerlandSwitzerland Luis cousin 125 pounds
Qualified for the Main Tour seasons 2020/21 and 2021/22 through the Challenge Tour .
Qualified for the Main Tour through other tournaments.
Qualified for the play-offs

Individual evidence

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  2. ↑ Challenge Tour 2019/20 - Revision. World Professional Billiards & Snooker Association , March 27, 2019, accessed July 12, 2019 .
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