2017/18 snooker season
2017/18 snooker season |
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Season dates | |
Beginning of the season | 23rd June 2017 |
End of season | May 7, 2018 |
Ranked tournaments | 17th |
Invitation tournaments | 8th |
Pro / Am tournaments | 2 |
number of players | 131 |
Triple Crown Winner | |
UK Championship | Ronnie O'Sullivan |
Masters | Mark Allen |
World Champion | Mark Williams |
World ranking | |
Placements | 2017/18 |
Ranking first | Mark Selby |
← 2016/17
2018/19 →
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The 2017/18 snooker season was a series of snooker tournaments that are part of the Main Tour .
Season results
For the season, 26 competitions were added to the tournament calendar. 19 events were world ranking tournaments, including the four tournaments of the Home Nations Series , two tournaments with amateur participation and the shoot-out tournament. The 7 invitation tournaments included the 6-Red World Championship, the Championship League and two team competitions.
date | competition | venue | Art | winner | finalist | Result |
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June 23 to June 25, 2017 | Riga Masters 2017 | Riga | World ranking tournament | Ryan Day | Stephen Maguire | 5: 2 |
July 3 to July 9, 2017 | World Cup 2017 | Wuxi | Team competition | China A | England | 4: 3 |
July 20 to July 23, 2017 | Hong Kong Masters 2017 | Hong Kong | Invitation tournament | Neil Robertson | Ronnie O'Sullivan | 6: 3 |
July 28 to July 29, 2017 | CVB International Challenge 2017 | Shenzhen | Team competition | Great Britain | People's Republic of China | 26: 9 |
August 16 to August 22, 2017 | China Championship 2017 | Guangzhou | World ranking tournament | Luca Brecel | Shaun Murphy | 10: 5 |
August 23 to August 27, 2017 | Paul Hunter Classic 2017 | Fuerth | Pro-Am tournament | Michael White | Shaun Murphy | 4: 2 |
September 4 to September 9, 2017 | 6-Red World Championship 2017 | Bangkok | Invitation tournament | Mark Williams | Thepchaiya Un-Nooh | 8: 2 |
September 12 to September 16, 2017 | Indian Open 2017 | Visakhapatnam | World ranking tournament | John Higgins | Anthony McGill | 5: 1 |
September 18 to September 24, 2017 | World Open 2017 | Yushan | World ranking tournament | Ding Junhui | Kyren Wilson | 10: 3 |
October 2 to October 8, 2017 | European Masters 2017 | Lommel | World ranking tournament | Judd Trump | Stuart Bingham | 9: 7 |
October 16 to October 22, 2017 | English Open 2017 | Barnsley | World ranking tournament | Ronnie O'Sullivan | Kyren Wilson | 9: 2 |
October 29 to November 5, 2017 | International Championship 2017 | Daqing | World ranking tournament | Mark Selby | Mark Allen | 10: 7 |
November 6th to November 12th, 2017 | Champion of Champions 2017 | Coventry | Invitation tournament | Shaun Murphy | Ronnie O'Sullivan | 10: 8 |
November 13th to November 18th, 2017 | Shanghai Masters 2017 | Shanghai | World ranking tournament | Ronnie O'Sullivan | Judd Trump | 10: 3 |
November 20 to November 26, 2017 | Northern Ireland Open 2017 | Belfast | World ranking tournament | Mark Williams | Yan Bingtao | 9: 8 |
November 28th to December 10th, 2017 | UK Championship 2017 | York | World ranking tournament | Ronnie O'Sullivan | Shaun Murphy | 10: 5 |
December 11th to December 17th, 2017 | Scottish Open 2017 | Glasgow | World ranking tournament | Neil Robertson | Cao Yupeng | 9: 8 |
January 14th to January 21st, 2018 | The Masters 2018 | London | Invitation tournament | Mark Allen | Kyren Wilson | 10: 7 |
January 31 to February 4, 2018 | German Masters 2018 | Berlin | World ranking tournament | Mark Williams | Graeme Dott | 9: 1 |
February 8 to February 11, 2018 | Snooker Shoot-Out 2018 | Watford | World ranking tournament | Michael Georgiou | Graeme Dott | 67:56 1 |
February 19 to February 25, 2018 | World Grand Prix 2018 | Preston | World ranking tournament | Ronnie O'Sullivan | Ding Junhui | 10: 3 |
February 26 to March 4, 2018 | Welsh Open 2018 | Cardiff | World ranking tournament | John Higgins | Barry Hawkins | 9: 7 |
March 7 to March 11, 2018 | Gibraltar Open 2018 | Gibraltar | Pro-Am tournament | Ryan Day | Cao Yupeng | 4-0 |
March 14th to March 18th, 2018 | Romanian Masters 2018 | Bucharest | Invitation tournament | Ryan Day | Stuart Bingham | 10: 8 |
March 19 to March 25, 2018 | Players Championship 2018 | Llandudno | World ranking tournament | Ronnie O'Sullivan | Shaun Murphy | 10: 4 |
January 2 to March 29, 2018 | Championship League 2018 | Coventry | Invitation tournament | John Higgins | Zhou Yuelong | 3: 2 |
April 2 to April 8, 2018 | China Open 2018 | Beijing | World ranking tournament | Mark Selby | Barry Hawkins | 11: 3 |
April 21 to May 7, 2018 | World Snooker Championship 2018 | Sheffield | World ranking tournament | Mark Williams | John Higgins | 18:16 |
Multisport events
date | competition | venue | discipline | gold | silver | bronze |
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July 26th to July 30th, 2017 | World Games 2017 | Wroclaw | Snooker singles | Kyren Wilson | Ali Carter | Soheil Vahedi |
August 19 to August 30, 2017 | Southeast Asian Games 2017 | Kuala Lumpur | Snooker team | Singapore | Thailand | Malaysia |
Myanmar | ||||||
Snooker singles | Sakbieng Siththideth | Phaitoon Phonbun | Ko Htet | |||
Minalavong Suriya | ||||||
September 19 to September 26, 2017 |
Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games 2017 |
Ashgabat | Six-Red-Snooker Singles | Yan Bingtao | Soheil Vahedi | Muhammad Sajjad |
Saleh Mohammadi | ||||||
Snooker team | Iran | Qatar | People's Republic of China | |||
Afghanistan | ||||||
Snooker singles | Zhao Xintong | Hossein Vafaei | Soheil Vahedi | |||
Zhou Yuelong |
World ranking
Player of the Main Tour 2017/18
In addition to the 64 best-placed players in the world rankings at the end of the 2016/17 season and 32 players who were eligible to start for two years in 2016, the following players were given a starting place for the 2017/18 and 2018/19 seasons:
Qualification via the one-year ranking Qualification via the Q School ( tournament 1 , tournament 2 and combined ranking list) |
Qualification via the EBSA Amateur Play Offs Qualification via the CBSA China Tour International championships:
Nominations from the national or continental associations
Invitational Tour Card |
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 .
round | Last 128 | Last 64 | Last 32 | Round of 16 | Quarter finals | Semifinals | Second | winner | |
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Places 1–64 vs. Seats 65–128 |
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Riga Masters | 0 | 1,000 | 2,000 | 4,000 | 6,000 | 15,000 | 25,000 | 50,000 | |
Indian Open | 0 | 2,000 | 4,000 | 6,000 | 10,000 | 15,000 | 25,000 | 50,000 | |
China Championship | 0 | 4,000 | 7,000 | 12,000 | 18,000 | 32,000 | 75,000 | 150,000 | |
World Open | 0 | 4,000 | 7,000 | 12,000 | 18,000 | 32,000 | 75,000 | 150,000 | |
International Championship | 0 | 4,000 | 8,500 | 13,500 | 21,500 | 32,000 | 75,000 | 150,000 | |
Shanghai Masters | 0 | 4,000 | 7,000 | 12,000 | 18,000 | 32,000 | 75,000 | 150,000 | |
UK Championship | 0 | 5,000 | 10,000 | 15,000 | 22,500 | 35,000 | 75,000 | 170,000 | |
German Masters | 0 | 2,000 | 4,000 | 5,000 | 10,000 | 20,000 | 35,000 | 80,000 | |
European Masters | 0 | 2,000 | 4,000 | 6,000 | 11,000 | 17,500 | 35,000 | 75,000 | |
English Open | 0 | 2,500 | 3,500 | 6,000 | 10,000 | 20,000 | 30,000 | 70,000 | |
Northern Ireland Open | 0 | 2,500 | 3,500 | 6,000 | 10,000 | 20,000 | 30,000 | 70,000 | |
Scottish Open | 0 | 2,500 | 3,500 | 6,000 | 10,000 | 20,000 | 30,000 | 70,000 | |
Welsh Open | 0 | 2,500 | 3,500 | 6,000 | 10,000 | 20,000 | 30,000 | 70,000 | |
China Open | 0 | 5,000 | 11,000 | 18,000 | 27,000 | 45,000 | 90,000 | 225,000 | |
Snooker shoot-out | 250 1 | 500 | 1,000 | 2,000 | 4,000 | 8,000 | 16,000 | 32,000 | |
Paul Hunter Classic | 0 | 600 | 1,000 | 1,725 | 3,000 | 4,500 | 10,000 | 20,000 | |
Gibraltar Open | 0 | 1,000 | 2,000 | 3,000 | 4,000 | 6,000 | 12,000 | 25,000 | |
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 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 |
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World Snooker Championship | 0 | 9,000 | 13,500 | 18,000 2 | 27,500 | 42,500 | 85,000 | 180,000 | 425,000 |
Web links
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- ↑ Calendar 2017/2018. (PDF; 402 kB) In: worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association , October 3, 2017, accessed October 6, 2017 .
- ^ O'Sullivan And Ding Lead Teams For New International Challenge. World Snooker, July 11, 2017, accessed July 12, 2017 .
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ The preliminary round groups of the Championship League were played from January 2nd to 5th, 8th to 11th and January 23rd to 26th and on March 26th and 27th, 2018, the final winners' group was on March 28th and 29th carried out.
- ↑ Matt Huart: Tour Players 2017/18. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association , May 22, 2017, accessed May 25, 2017 .
- ^ Bolton accepted for Main Tour. Oceania Billiards & Snooker Federation, accessed April 16, 2017 .
- ↑ Since there was again no American nomination this year because the "All American Championship" was not played, the WPBSA awarded the place to Hamza Akbar. Hamza Akbar - Tour Card. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association , accessed April 21, 2017 .
- ↑ Holders of an “Invitational tour card” are entitled to play on the main tour. You only take part in tournaments if there are enough free places.
- ↑ a b Jimmy White and Ken Doherty given tour cards by World Snooker. BBC-online April 14, 2017, archived from the original April 15, 2017 ; accessed on April 15, 2017 (English).
- ↑ Indicative Prize Money Rankings Schedule 2017/2018 Season. (PDF; 176 kB) In: worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards & Snooker Association , October 3, 2017, accessed October 6, 2017 .