2014/15 snooker season

2014/15 snooker season
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 →

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
01	June 17 to June 21, 2014	AT Event 1 - Yixing Open 2014	Yixing	Ding Junhui	Michael Holt	4: 2
02	August 7th to August 10th 2014	ET Event 1 - Riga Open 2014	Riga	Mark Selby	Mark Allen	4: 3
03	August 20 to August 24, 2014	ET Event 2 - Paul Hunter Classic 2014	Fuerth	Mark Allen	Judd Trump	4: 2
04th	October 1 to October 5, 2014	ET Event 3 - Bulgarian Open 2014	Sofia	Shaun Murphy	Martin Gould	4: 2
05	October 20 to October 24, 2014	AT Event 2 - Haining Open 2014	Haining	Stuart Bingham	Oliver Lines	4-0
06th	November 19 to November 23, 2014	ET Event 4 - Ruhr Open 2014	Mülheim	Shaun Murphy	Robert Milkins	4-0
07th	December 11th to December 14th, 2014	ET Event 5 - Lisbon Open 2014	Lisbon	Stephen Maguire	Matthew Selt	4: 2
08th	January 20 to January 24, 2015	AT Event 3 - Xuzhou Open 2015	Xuzhou	Joe Perry	Thepchaiya Un-Nooh	4: 1
09	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.

→ Main article : World snooker ranking 2014/15

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

• Sam Baird
• Joel Walker
• Scott Donaldson
• Ian Burns
• Michael Wasley
• Barry Pinches
• David Grace
• Tony Drago

Qualification through the Asian Tour Order of Merit

• Ju Reti
• Liu Chuang
• Lu Chenwei
• Rouzi Maimaiti

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

• Ian Glover
• Steven Hallworth
• Zak Surety

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

• Hossein Vafaei

Points key

round			Last 128	Last 64	Last 32	Round of 16	Quarter finals	Semifinals	Second	winner
			Places 1–64 vs. Seats 65–128
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
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
World Snooker Championship		0	6,000	9,000	12,000	20,000	30,000	60,000	125,000	300,000

Remarks

1. ↑ Three players ( Patrick Einsle , Jin Long and Shi Hanqing ) stopped playing for the second season of their two-year tour card.
2. ↑ ^{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.
3. ↑ ^{a b c d e f g} Seeded players who lose their first game do not receive any ranking points.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{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.
2. ↑ ^{a b} Calendar 2014/2015 . Snooker.org. Retrieved May 7, 2014.
3. ↑ ^{a b} Finals 2014/2015 . Snooker.org. Retrieved May 7, 2014.
4. ↑ 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.
5. ^ Asian Tour Event One (2014) . Snooker.org. Retrieved May 27, 2014.
6. ^ European Tour Event One (2014) . Snooker.org. Retrieved May 27, 2014.
7. ↑ 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.
8. ↑ ^{a b c} Tirapongpaiboon / Ayouri Tour Cards ( English ) In: worldsnooker.com . World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association . June 16, 2014. Retrieved June 17, 2014.
9. ↑ 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.
10. ↑ 2014/15 List Of Tour Players . In: worldsnooker.com . World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association . June 11, 2014. Retrieved June 12, 2014.
11. ↑ 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.
12. ↑ European Order of Merit - Players Tour Championship 2013/2014 . Snooker.org. Retrieved May 7, 2014.
13. ↑ Asian Order of Merit - Players Tour Championship 2013/2014 . Snooker.org. Retrieved May 7, 2014.
14. ↑ Qualifying School - Event One (2014) . Snooker.org. Retrieved May 7, 2014.
15. ↑ Qualifying School - Event Two (2014) . Snooker.org. Retrieved May 7, 2014.
16. ↑ EBSA Qualifying Tour Play-Offs (2014) . Snooker.org. Retrieved May 7, 2014.
17. ↑ 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.
18. ↑ 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.
19. ↑ European Snooker Championships Men - Sofia / Bulgaria 2014 - knockout results . European Billiards and Snooker Association . Retrieved June 11, 2014.
20. ↑ European Snooker Championships U21 - Bucharest / Romania 2014 . European Billiards and Snooker Association . Retrieved May 7, 2014.
21. ↑ 30th Asian Snooker Championships 2014 . Cue Sports India. Retrieved May 7, 2014.
22. ↑ ONGC Asian Championship 2014: 15th Under-21 Snooker . Cue Sports India. Retrieved June 13, 2014.
23. ^ Steve Mifsud Accepts Main Tour Nomination . Oceania Billiards & Snooker Federation. April 17, 2014. Retrieved May 7, 2014.
24. ↑ 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.