The eleventh event of the Players Tour Championship 2011/12 was a snooker tournament, which took place on December 10th and from December 17th to 19th 2011 at the English Institute of Sport in Sheffield . So far, the World Snooker Academy in the EIS has only held tournaments that were rated for the English half of the PTC series. Since this time no sixth continental venue could be found, the remaining European tournament was moved to the center of English snooker. Since the Academy itself does not have enough space for spectators, three tables were moved to the badminton hall of the institute, from where the television broadcasts took place.
158 players had registered for the tournament. Tournament mode was best of seven for all games including the final .
30 players had to qualify for the free places in the main tournament. In a preliminary round taking place on December 10th, 60 amateurs played the participants in the main round one week later.
The main tournament began on Saturday, December 17th with 128 participants. The 64 players on the top half of the seeding list played the first three main rounds on the first day, the next day the bottom half was at the tables. The games for the decision from the round of 16 took place on a Monday this time.