2016/17 snooker season

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2016/17 snooker season
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Season dates
Beginning of the season June 22, 2016
End of season 1st May 2017
Ranked tournaments 17th
Invitation tournaments 5
Pro / Am tournaments 2
number of players 129
Triple Crown Winner
UK Championship EnglandEngland Mark Selby
Masters EnglandEngland Ronnie O'Sullivan
World Champion EnglandEngland Mark Selby
World ranking
Placements 2016/17
Ranking first EnglandEngland Mark Selby
← 2015/16
2017/18 →

The 2016/17 snooker season was a series of snooker tournaments that were part of the Main Tour .

Season results

With the abolition of the Players Tour Championship , the total number of tournaments was reduced. However, three PTC tournaments (in Riga, Fürth and Gibraltar) were retained as separate short tournaments. As another tournament on the European continent, the European Open , which was last held in 2004, has been reintroduced as a fully fledged world ranking tournament. In the British Isles there was a new "Home Series" with the established Welsh Open and three new tournaments in Scotland, England and Northern Ireland. Furthermore, the shoot-out received the status of a ranking tournament for the first time this season.

date competition venue Art winner finalist Result
June 22nd to June 24th, 2016 LatviaLatvia Riga Masters 2016 Riga World ranking tournament AustraliaAustralia Neil Robertson EnglandEngland Michael Holt 5: 2
July 5 to July 9, 2016 IndiaIndia Indian Open 2016 Hyderabad World ranking tournament ScotlandScotland Anthony McGill EnglandEngland Kyren Wilson 5: 2
July 25th to July 31st, 2016 China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China World Open 2016 Yushan World ranking tournament EnglandEngland Allister Carter EnglandEngland Joe Perry 10: 8
August 25 to August 28, 2016 GermanyGermany Paul Hunter Classic 2016 Fuerth Pro-Am tournament EnglandEngland Mark Selby EnglandEngland Tom Ford 4: 2
September 5 to September 10, 2016 ThailandThailand 6-Red World Championship 2016 Bangkok Invitation tournament China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China Ding Junhui EnglandEngland Stuart Bingham 8: 7
September 19 to September 25, 2016 China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China Shanghai Masters 2016 Shanghai World ranking tournament China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China Ding Junhui EnglandEngland Mark Selby 10: 6
October 3 to October 9, 2016 RomaniaRomania European Masters 2016 Bucharest World ranking tournament EnglandEngland Judd Trump EnglandEngland Ronnie O'Sullivan 9: 8
October 10 to October 16, 2016 EnglandEngland English Open 2016 Manchester World ranking tournament China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China Liang Wenbo EnglandEngland Judd Trump 9: 6
October 23 to October 30, 2016 China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China International Championship 2016 Daqing World ranking tournament EnglandEngland Mark Selby China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China Ding Junhui 10: 1
November 1st to November 5th, 2016 China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China China Championship 2016 Guangzhou Invitation tournament ScotlandScotland John Higgins EnglandEngland Stuart Bingham 10: 7
November 7th to November 12th, 2016 EnglandEngland Champion of Champions 2016 Coventry Invitation tournament ScotlandScotland John Higgins EnglandEngland Ronnie O'Sullivan 10: 7
November 14th to November 20th, 2016 Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland Northern Ireland Open 2016 Belfast World ranking tournament EnglandEngland Mark King EnglandEngland Barry Hawkins 9: 8
November 22nd to December 4th, 2016 EnglandEngland UK Championship 2016 York World ranking tournament EnglandEngland Mark Selby EnglandEngland Ronnie O'Sullivan 10: 7
December 12th to December 18th, 2016 ScotlandScotland Scottish Open 2016 Glasgow World ranking tournament Hong KongHong Kong Marco Fu ScotlandScotland John Higgins 9: 4
January 15 to January 22, 2017 EnglandEngland The Masters 2017 London Invitation tournament EnglandEngland Ronnie O'Sullivan EnglandEngland Joe Perry 10: 7
February 1 to February 5, 2017 GermanyGermany German Masters 2017 Berlin World ranking tournament EnglandEngland Anthony Hamilton EnglandEngland Allister Carter 9: 6
February 6 to February 12, 2017 EnglandEngland World Grand Prix 2017 Preston World ranking tournament EnglandEngland Barry Hawkins WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Ryan Day 10: 7
February 13 to February 19, 2017 WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Welsh Open 2017 Cardiff World ranking tournament EnglandEngland Stuart Bingham EnglandEngland Judd Trump 9: 8
February 23 to February 26, 2017 EnglandEngland Snooker Shoot-Out 2017 Watford World ranking tournament ScotlandScotland Anthony McGill China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China Xiao Guodong 67:19 1
February 27 to March 2, 2017 EnglandEngland Championship League 2017 Coventry Invitation tournament ScotlandScotland John Higgins WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Ryan Day 3-0
March 3 to March 5, 2017 GibraltarGibraltar Gibraltar Open 2017 Gibraltar Pro-Am tournament EnglandEngland Shaun Murphy EnglandEngland Judd Trump 4: 2
March 6 to March 12, 2017 WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Players Championship 2017 Llandudno World ranking tournament EnglandEngland Judd Trump Hong KongHong Kong Marco Fu 10: 8
March 27 to April 2, 2017 China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China China Open 2017 Beijing World ranking tournament EnglandEngland Mark Selby WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Mark Williams 10: 8
April 15 to May 1, 2017 EnglandEngland 2017 World Snooker Championship Sheffield World ranking tournament EnglandEngland Mark Selby ScotlandScotland John Higgins 18:15
1 Points played, as only one frame with a maximum time of 10 minutes is played.

World ranking

Qualification for the Main Tour 2016/17 and 2017/18

In addition to the 64 best-placed players in the world rankings at the end of the 2015/16 season and 30 players who were eligible to start for two years in 2015, 35 other players were given a starting place for the 2016/17 and 2017/18 seasons.

Qualification via the European Tour Order of Merit
  1. MalaysiaMalaysia Thor Chuan Leong
  2. WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Lee Walker
  3. EnglandEngland Mitchell Mann
  4. IndiaIndia Aditya Mehta
  5. ScotlandScotland Scott Donaldson
  6. EnglandEngland Hammad Miah
  7. EnglandEngland Anthony Hamilton
  8. EnglandEngland Liam Highfield
Qualification through the Asian Tour Order of Merit
  1. IrelandIreland Leo Fernandez
  2. China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China Zhang Anda
Qualification via the Q School ( tournament 1 , tournament 2 and combined ranking list)
  1. China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China Fang Xiongman
  2. EnglandEngland Christopher Keogan
  3. China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China Cao Yupeng
  4. China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China Chen Zhe
  5. Cyprus RepublicRepublic of Cyprus Michael Georgiou
  6. EnglandEngland John Astley
  7. MaltaMalta Alex Borg
  8. WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg David John
  9. EnglandEngland Craig Steadman
  10. EnglandEngland Jamie Barrett
  11. WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Ian Preece
  12. EnglandEngland Adam Duffy
Qualification via the EBSA Amateur Play Offs
  1. EnglandEngland Sam Craigie
  2. EnglandEngland Elliot Slessor
International championships
  1. China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China Zhao Xintong ( IBSF Vice World Champion )
  2. ThailandThailand Boonyarit Keattikun ( IBSF U21 World Champion )
  3. WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Jak Jones ( EBSA European Champion )
  4. IrelandIreland Josh Boileau ( EBSA U21 European Champion )
  5. ThailandThailand Kritsanut Lertsattayathorn ( ACBS Asian Champion )
  6. China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China Wang Yuchen ( ACBS U21 Asian Champion )
  7. China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China Yan Bingtao ( IBSF World Champion 2014 )
Nominations from the national or continental associations
  1. China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China Mei Xiwen (China)
  2. China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China Rouzi Maimaiti (China)
  3. AustraliaAustralia Kurt Dunham (Oceania)
Invitational Tour Card
  1. ThailandThailand James Wattana

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 euros was converted into pounds using a fixed exchange rate of 1 GBP = 1.33 €.

round Last 128 Last 64 Last 32 Round of 16 Quarter finals Semifinals Second winner
Places 1–64 vs.
Seats 65–128
Riga Masters 0 525 1,050 2,250 4,500 11,250 18,750 37,500
Indian Open 0 2,000 3,000 6,000 9,000 13,500 25,000 50,000
World Open 0 4,000 6,500 8,000 12,500 21,000 40,000 90,000
International Championship 0 4,000 7,000 12,000 17,500 30,000 65,000 125,000
UK Championship 0 5,000 10,000 15,000 22,500 35,000 75,000 170,000
German Masters 0 1,500 3,000 3,750 7,500 15,000 26,500 60,000
European Masters 0 1.312 2,625 4,500 8,250 13,125 26,250 56,250
English Open 0 2,500 3,500 6,000 12,000 20,000 30,000 70,000
Northern Ireland Open 0 2,500 3,500 6,000 12,000 20,000 30,000 70,000
Scottish Open 0 2,500 3,500 6,000 12,000 20,000 30,000 70,000
Welsh Open 0 2,500 3,500 6,000 12,000 20,000 30,000 70,000
China Open 0 4,000 6,500 8,000 12,500 21,000 35,000 85,000
Snooker shoot-out 0 500 1,000 2,000 4,000 8,000 16,000 32,000
Paul Hunter Classic 0 525 900 1,725 3,000 4,500 9,000 18,750
Gibraltar Open 0 525 900 1,725 3,000 4,500 9,000 18,750
Players Championship - - - 10,000 15,000 30,000 50,000 125,000
World Grand Prix - - 5,000 7,500 12,500 20,000 40,000 100,000
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
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 8,000 12,500 16,000 25,000 37,500 75,000 160,000 375,000
  1. ↑ a b c d For seeded players who lost their first game, the prize money was not counted for the ranking list.

Web links

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  1. ↑ Calendar 2016/2017. (PDF; 19.7 kB) In: worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association , May 5, 2016, accessed May 7, 2016 .
  2. ↑ Snooker Shoot Out Becomes Ranking Event. In: worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards & Snooker Association , May 11, 2016, accessed May 11, 2016 .
  3. ↑ a b Pro-Am tournaments are tournaments of the main tour for professional players, for which amateurs can also register and qualify. The prize money is lower than in pure professional world ranking tournaments, but for the Main Tour players it is also included in the calculation of the world ranking list.
  4. ↑ The preliminary round groups of the Championship League will be played from January 2nd to 5th and 9th to 12th or February 20th to 23rd 2017, the final winners' group will be played from February 27th to March 2nd.
  5. ↑ Tour Players 2016/2017. (PDF; 24.2 kB) In: worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards & Snooker Association , June 1, 2016, accessed June 1, 2016 .
  6. ^ Q School Ranking List. In: worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards & Snooker Association , May 19, 2016, accessed May 21, 2016 .
  7. ↑ Q School Order of Merit 2015/2016. In: snooker.org. May 22, 2016, accessed on May 22, 2016 .
  8. ↑ The actually qualified IBSF World Champion Pankaj Advani renounced his Main Tour starting place, whereby the defeated finalist Zhao Xintong moved up.
  9. ^ Chinese Duo to Turn Professional. In: worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards & Snooker Association, May 17, 2016, accessed May 19, 2016 .
  10. ↑ Yan Bingtao Tour Card Deferred. In: worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards & Snooker Association , July 16, 2015, accessed May 21, 2016 .
  11. ↑ Originally 5 players were planned, but the associations of America and Africa did not make use of their right to nominate one player each for a starting place
  12. ↑ Kurt the Continental King! , Michael Day, The Cue View, March 6, 2016
  13. ↑ Indicative Prize Money Rankings Schedule 2016/2017 Season. (DOC; 70.7 kB) In: worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards & Snooker Association , June 3, 2016, accessed June 3, 2016 .