2015/16 snooker season

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2015/16 snooker season
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Season dates
Beginning of the season June 15, 2015
End of season May 2, 2016
Ranked tournaments 10
Minor ranking 7th
Invitation tournaments 7th
number of players 125
Triple Crown Winner
UK Championship AustraliaAustralia Neil Robertson
Masters EnglandEngland Ronnie O'Sullivan
World Champion EnglandEngland Mark Selby
World ranking
Placements 2015/16
Ranking first EnglandEngland Mark Selby
← 2014/15
2016/17 →

The 2015/16 snooker season was a series of snooker tournaments that were part of the Main Tour .

Season results

date competition venue Art winner finalist Result
June 15-21, 2015 China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China World Cup 2015 Wuxi Invitation tournament China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China China B ScotlandScotland Scotland 4: 1
June 29th to July 5th, 2015 AustraliaAustralia Australian Goldfields Open 2015 Bendigo World ranking tournament ScotlandScotland John Higgins EnglandEngland Martin Gould 9: 8
0September 7-12, 2015 ThailandThailand 6-Red World Championship 2015 Bangkok Invitation tournament ThailandThailand Thepchaiya Un-Nooh China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China Liang Wenbo 8: 2
September 14-20, 2015 China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China Shanghai Masters 2015 Shanghai World ranking tournament EnglandEngland Kyren Wilson EnglandEngland Judd Trump 10: 9
October 25 to November 1, 2015 China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China International Championship 2015 Daqing World ranking tournament ScotlandScotland John Higgins EnglandEngland David Gilbert 10: 5
November 10-15, 2015 EnglandEngland Champion of Champions 2015 Coventry Invitation tournament AustraliaAustralia Neil Robertson Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland Mark Allen 10: 5
November 24th to December 6th, 2015 EnglandEngland UK Championship 2015 York World ranking tournament AustraliaAustralia Neil Robertson China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China Liang Wenbo 10: 5
January 10-17, 2016 EnglandEngland Masters 2016 London Invitation tournament EnglandEngland Ronnie O'Sullivan EnglandEngland Barry Hawkins 10: 1
January 30th to 31st, 2016 EnglandEngland World Seniors Championship 2016 Preston Invitation tournament EnglandEngland Mark Davis WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Darren Morgan 2: 1
0February 3 to 7, 2016 GermanyGermany German Masters 2016 Berlin World ranking tournament EnglandEngland Martin Gould BelgiumBelgium Luca Brecel 9: 5
February 12-14, 2016 EnglandEngland Snooker Shoot-Out 2016 Reading Invitation tournament FinlandFinland Robin Hull BelgiumBelgium Luca Brecel 50:36
February 15-21, 2016 WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Welsh Open 2016 Cardiff World ranking tournament EnglandEngland Ronnie O'Sullivan AustraliaAustralia Neil Robertson 9: 5
0March 2-3, 2016 EnglandEngland Championship League 2016 (Winners' Group) floor Invitation tournament EnglandEngland Judd Trump EnglandEngland Ronnie O'Sullivan 3: 2
0March 8-13, 2016 WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg World Grand Prix 2016 Llandudno World ranking tournament EnglandEngland Shaun Murphy EnglandEngland Stuart Bingham 10: 9
March 28 to April 3, 2016 China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China China Open 2016 Beijing World ranking tournament EnglandEngland Judd Trump EnglandEngland Ricky Walden 10: 4
April 16 to May 2, 2016 EnglandEngland World Championship 2016 Sheffield World ranking tournament EnglandEngland Mark Selby China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China Ding Junhui 18:14

Players Tour Championship

No date competition venue winner finalist Result
1 July 29th to August 2nd, 2015 LatviaLatviaET Event 1 - Riga Open 2015 Riga EnglandEngland Barry Hawkins EnglandEngland Tom Ford 4: 1
2 August 26th to August 30th, 2015 GermanyGermanyET Event 2 - Paul Hunter Classic 2015 Fuerth EnglandEngland Allister Carter EnglandEngland Shaun Murphy 4: 3
3 0October 7-11, 2015 GermanyGermanyET Event 3 - Ruhr Open 2015 Mülheim EnglandEngland Rory McLeod China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China Tian Pengfei 4: 2
4th October 19-23, 2015 China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of ChinaAT Event 1 - Haining Open 2015 Haining China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China Ding Junhui EnglandEngland Ricky Walden 4: 3
5 0November 4th to 8th, 2015 BulgariaBulgariaET Event 4 - Bulgarian Open 2015 Sofia Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland Mark Allen WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Ryan Day 4-0
6th 0December 9-13, 2015 GibraltarGibraltarET Event 5 - Gibraltar Open 2015 Gibraltar Hong KongHong Kong Marco Fu WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Michael White 4: 1
7th February 24-28, 2016 PolandPolandET Event 6 - Gdynia Open 2016 Gdynia EnglandEngland Mark Selby EnglandEngland Martin Gould 4: 1
final March 22-27, 2016 EnglandEngland Grand Finals Manchester Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland Mark Allen EnglandEngland Ricky Walden 10: 6

World ranking

Qualification for the Main Tour 2015/16 and 2016/17

In addition to the 64 best-placed players in the world rankings at the end of the 2014/15 season and 30 players who were guaranteed a starting place for the 2014/15 and 2015/16 seasons, 31 other players were given a starting place for the 2015/16 and 2016/17 seasons .

Yan Bingtao also qualified as IBSF World Champion . But since he did not get a visa to enter England, the validity of his starting place was postponed to the beginning of the next season. He was thus also qualified for the 2017/18 season. The Brazilian Igor Figueiredo received the open place for this season .

Qualification via the European Tour Order of Merit
  1. EnglandEngland Chris Wakelin
  2. ScotlandScotland Fraser Patrick
  3. ThailandThailand Noppon Saengkham
  4. EnglandEngland Jamie Cope
  5. EnglandEngland Jimmy White
  6. EnglandEngland Allan Taylor
  7. EnglandEngland Nigel Bond
  8. EnglandEngland James Cahill
Qualification through the Asian Tour Order of Merit
  1. ScotlandScotland Ross Muir
  2. EnglandEngland Sean O'Sullivan
  3. China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China Zhang Yong
  4. EnglandEngland Alfred Burden
Qualification via the Q School ( tournament 1 and tournament 2 )
  1. EnglandEngland Sydney Wilson
  2. WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Daniel Wells
  3. ScotlandScotland Eden Sharav
  4. ScotlandScotland Rhys Clark
  5. EnglandEngland Jason Weston
  6. WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Gareth Allen
  7. WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Duane Jones
  8. EnglandEngland Paul Davison
Qualification via the EBSA Amateur Play Offs
  1. EnglandEngland Sanderson Lam
  2. EnglandEngland Martin O'Donnell
International championships
  1. IranIran Hossein Vafaei ( IBSF U21 World Champion )
  2. EnglandEngland Michael Wild ( EBSA European Champion )
  3. Isle of ManIsle of Man Darryl Hill ( EBSA U21 European Champion )
  4. PakistanPakistan Hamza Akbar ( ACBS Asian Champion )
  5. ThailandThailand Akani Songsermsawad ( ACBS U21 Asian Champion )
Nominations from the national or continental associations
  1. BrazilBrazil Itaro Santos (America)
  2. AustraliaAustralia Vinnie Calabrese (Oceania)
  3. EgyptEgypt Hatem Yaseen (Africa)
Wildcard
  1. BrazilBrazil Igor Figueiredo

Prize money

The table shows an overview of the prize money distributed this season, which flowed into the world rankings . All amounts are in pounds . Prize money in other currencies was converted into pounds using a fixed exchange rate (1 GBP = 2  AUD and 1 GBP = 1.333  EUR ).

round Last 128 Last 64 Last 32 Round of 16 Quarter finals Semifinals Second winner
Places 1–64 vs.
Seats 65–128
International Championship 0 4,000 7,000 12,000 17,500 30,000 65,000 125,000
UK Championship 0 4,000 9,000 12,000 20,000 30,000 70,000 150,000
German Masters 0 1,500 3,000 3,750 7,500 15,000 26,250 60,000
Welsh Open 0 2,000 3,000 5,000 10,000 20,000 30,000 60,000
China Open 0 4,000 6,500 8,000 12,500 21,000 35,000 85,000
European Tour 0 525 900 1,725 3,000 4,500 9,000 18,750
Asian tour 0 400 800 1,300 1,750 3,500 6,500 13,500
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 against each other Seats 17–32 vs.
Winner Last 64 		Places 1–16 vs.
Winner Last 48
Australian Goldfields Open 0 250 500 1,000 4,500 6,000 8,500 10,000 16,000 37,500
Shanghai Masters 0 500 2,000 3,000 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 against each other Winner last 80 against each other Places 1–16 vs.
Winner Last 48
World Snooker Championship 0 6,600 9,900 13,250 22,000 33,000 66,000 137,500 330,000
  1. ↑ a b c d e f g For seeded players who lost their first game, the prize money was not counted for the ranking list.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Full Calendar. In: worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association , accessed August 13, 2015 .
  2. ↑ a b Calendar 2015/16. snooker.org, accessed May 31, 2015 .
  3. ↑ Rolf Kalb : Snooker - Provisional tournament calendar 2015/2016. (No longer available online.) In: eurosport.yahoo.com. Eurosport , May 6, 2015; archived from the original on June 14, 2015 ; accessed on May 16, 2015 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / de.eurosport.yahoo.com
  4. ↑ a b c Tour Players 2015/16. (PDF; 116 kB) In: worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association , May 28, 2015, accessed May 29, 2015 .
  5. ↑ Vivek Pathak: Yan Bingtao becomes youngest ever World Champion. In: ibsf.info. International Billiards & Snooker Federation , November 29, 2014, accessed April 14, 2015 .
  6. ↑ a b Yan Bingtao Tour Card Deferred. In: worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards & Snooker Association , July 16, 2015, accessed July 12, 2015 .
  7. ↑ European Order of Merit 2014/15. snooker.org, accessed May 2, 2015 .
  8. ↑ Asian Order of Merit 2014/15. snooker.org, accessed April 15, 2015 .
  9. ↑ Qualifying School - Event One (2015). snooker.org, accessed May 19, 2015 .
  10. ↑ Qualifying School - Event Two (2015). snooker.org, accessed May 25, 2015 .
  11. ↑ EBSA Qualifying Tour Play-Offs (2015). snooker.org, accessed April 15, 2015 .
  12. ↑ Vivek Pathak: Second world title for Hossein Vafaei . International Billiards & Snooker Federation . May 18, 2014. Archived from the original on May 18, 2014. Retrieved May 18, 2014.
  13. ↑ European Snooker Championships Men - Prague / Czech Republic 2015 - knockout. In: ebsa.pl. European Billiards and Snooker Association , accessed June 13, 2015 .
  14. ↑ European Snooker Championships U21 - Malta / Malta 2015. esnooker.pl, accessed on April 14, 2015 .
  15. ↑ 31th Asian Snooker Championships 2015. Cue Sports India, accessed May 2, 2015 .
  16. ↑ Asian Championship 2015 - 16th Under-21 Snooker. Cue Sports India, accessed April 14, 2015 .
  17. ↑ Roberto Acosta: Brasil arrasó con los premios del Panamericano de snooker. In: late.com.bo. Late !, February 1, 2015, accessed April 15, 2015 .
  18. ^ Oceania Men's Snooker Championship 2015. In: obsf.info. Oceania Billiards & Snooker Federation, accessed April 15, 2015 .
  19. ↑ Indicative Prize Money Rankings Schedule 2015/2016 Season. (PDF; 29.0 kB) In: worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association , June 12, 2015, accessed June 12, 2015 .