2003/04 snooker season
2003/04 snooker season![]() |
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Beginning of the season | October 4, 2003 |
End of season | May 3, 2004 |
Ranked tournaments | 8th |
Invitation tournaments | 1 |
number of players | 291 |
Triple Crown Winner | |
UK Championship |
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Masters |
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World Champion |
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World ranking | |
Ranking first |
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← 2002/03
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The 2003/04 snooker season was a series of snooker tournaments that were part of the Main Tour . Compared to the previous season, the tour calendar has been shortened by two events. Eight of the nine tournaments were not only about the title but also about world ranking points, the only exception was traditionally the Masters .
The main tour no longer included the Benson & Hedges Championship , which was now held as a qualifying tournament and earned the winner a place at the Masters. After 22 years (including a one year break) the Scottish Masters were no longer held. The Scottish Open took place for the last time this year as a Players Championship .
The season began on October 4, 2003 with the Grand Prix and ended, as usual, with the World Championship final on May 3, 2004.
Season results
The following table shows the final results of the season.
date | competition | venue | Art | winner | finalist | Result |
October 4 to October 12, 2003 |
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Preston | World ranking tournament |
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9: 5 |
November 2003 |
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Liverpool | Non-ranking tournament |
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5: 1 |
November 8th to November 16th, 2003 |
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Brighton | World ranking tournament |
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9: 6 |
November 18 to November 30, 2003 |
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York | World ranking tournament |
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10: 8 |
January 19 to January 25, 2004 |
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Newport | World ranking tournament |
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9: 8 |
February 1 to February 8, 2004 |
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London | Invitation tournament |
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10: 9 |
March 1 to March 6, 2004 |
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Portomaso | World ranking tournament |
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9: 3 |
March 23 to March 28, 2004 |
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Dublin | World ranking tournament |
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10: 7 |
April 3 to April 11, 2004 |
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Glasgow | World ranking tournament |
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9: 7 |
April 17th to May 3rd, 2004 |
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Sheffield | World ranking tournament |
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18: 8 |
World ranking
The snooker world ranking is only updated after each full season and takes into account the performance of the past two seasons. The following table shows the 32 best placed players in the 2003/04 season, based on the results from 2001/02 and 2002/03 . The previous year's position is given in brackets.
Place 1 - 8 | Place 9 - 16 | 17th - 24th place | Place 25 - 32 | ||||
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1 |
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9 |
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17th |
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25th |
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2 |
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10 |
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18th |
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26th |
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3 |
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11 |
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19th |
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27 |
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4th |
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12 |
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20th |
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28 |
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5 |
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13 |
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21st |
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29 |
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6th |
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14th |
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22nd |
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30th |
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7th |
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15th |
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23 |
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31 |
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8th |
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16 |
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24 |
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32 |
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