Home Nations Series
The home nations Series (short: Home Series . Dt homeland Nations series ) is a tournament series in Snooker consisting of four tournaments in the four parts of the United Kingdom in a season as a professional .
history
On April 29, 2015, Barry Hearn , Chairman of World Snooker , announced that a “Home Nations Series” would be added to the calendar for the 2016/17 snooker season. The Home Series includes the tournaments of the four individual countries of the motherland of snooker. In addition to the Northern Ireland Open , Scottish Open and Welsh Open, this also includes the English Open , which was founded in 2016 . In the true sense of the word , the Home Series is not an independent tournament series, but rather the results of the individual tournaments are summarized and the winners receive an extra bonus. Those who win all four tournaments within a season will receive a special bonus of ₤ 1 million . In addition, the Home Series awards two wild cards to amateur players. The four national associations (National Governing Bodies, NGB) select the wildcard players according to criteria that they have previously agreed with the WPBSA.
trophies
The trophies of the individual tournaments are named after well-known snooker players of the respective countries, in detail they are:
- At the English Open after Steve Davis, the Davis Trophy
- At the Northern Ireland Open, after Alex Higgins, the Higgins Trophy
- At the Scottish Open after Stephen Hendry, the Hendry Trophy
- At the Welsh Open after Ray Reardon, the Reardon Trophy
mode
All tournaments are major ranking tournaments of the Snooker Main Tour and are played with 128 players. After first all professional players have been nominated, then the wildcard players are nominated and finally the qualifiers of the Q-School. Up to and including the last sixteen the game will be played on Best of 7 . Best of 9 in the quarter-finals , Best of 11 in the semi-finals and Best of 17 in the final . The prize money is the same for all four tournaments and amounts to in the 2019/20 season :
| Prize money per individual tournament | |
|---|---|
| winner | £ 70,000 |
| finalist | £ 30,000 |
| Semi-finalist | £ 20,000 |
| Quarter finalist | £ 10,000 |
| Round of 16 | £ 7,500 |
| Last 32 | £ 4,000 |
| Last 64 | £ 3,000 |
| Highest break | £ 5,000 |
| All in all | £ 405,000 |
Results
Individual evidence
- ^ Barry Hearn Announces Home Series, Calendar Changes. Pro Snooker Blog, accessed October 14, 2016 .
- ↑ worldsnooker.com: Home Nations Snooker Events To Include Wild Cards. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association , accessed October 14, 2016 .
- ↑ John Skilbeck: Barry Hearn Announces new snooker Home Series ... and promises £ 1m bonus to any player who wins all four in the same year. Daily Mail online, accessed October 14, 2016 .
- ↑ English Open Cup named after Steve Davis , accessed October 10, 2016
- ↑ Northern Ireland Open Cup named after Alex Higgins , accessed October 19, 2016
- ↑ Scottish Open Cup named after Stephen Hendry On World Snooker, accessed October 19, 2016
- ↑ Welsh Open Cup named after Ray Reardon , accessed October 19, 2016
- ↑ 2019-2020 Season Summary. (PDF; 148 kB) In: worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association , September 19, 2019, accessed October 14, 2019 .