2011_Q_School

2011 Q School

2011 Q School

Snooker tournaments

The 2011 Q School was a series of three snooker tournaments held at the start of the 2011–12 snooker season. An event for amateur players, it served as a qualification event for a place on the professional World Snooker Tour for the following seasons. The events took place in May 2011 at the World Snooker Academy in Sheffield, England with a total 12 players qualifying via the three tournaments.

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Format

The 2011 Q School consisted of three events with 12 qualification places available.[1][2] The two events had 124 entries competing for the 12 places on the main tour, four players qualifying from each of the three events.[2] All matches were the best of seven frames.[3]

Event 1

The first 2011 Q School event was held from 11 to 16 May 2011 at the World Snooker Academy in Sheffield, England. Andrew Norman, David Grace, Adam Wicheard and Robin Hull qualified.[4][5] The results of the four final matches are given below.[3]

Event 2

The second 2011 Q School event was held from 17 to 22 May 2011 at the World Snooker Academy in Sheffield, England. Li Yan, David Morris, Simon Bedford and Tian Pengfei qualified.[6][7] The results of the four final matches are given below.[8]

Event 3

The third 2011 Q School event was held from 23 to 28 May 2011 at the World Snooker Academy in Sheffield, England. Kurt Maflin, Stuart Carrington, Adam Duffy and David Gilbert qualified.[9][10] The results of the four final matches are given below.[11]

Performance of qualifiers

The following table shows the rankings of the 12 qualifiers from the 2011 Q School, at the end of the 2011–12 snooker season, together with their tour status for the 2012–13 snooker season. Unlike subsequent Q Schools, qualifiers were only guaranteed a single season on the tour. Since the world rankings were determined over two seasons, new players were given "starter points" to compensate them (see Snooker world ranking points 2011/2012). Players in the top-64 of the rankings retained their place on the tour while those outside the top-64 lost their place unless they qualified under a different category.[12][13]

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References

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    "Q School - News". World Snooker. Archived from the original on 18 July 2011. Retrieved 26 September 2023.
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    "Qualifying School - Event One (2011) - snooker.org". www.snooker.org.
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    "Hull Back On Pro Tour". worldsnooker.com. 16 May 2011. Archived from the original on 21 May 2011.
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    "Finn back with a bang". Eurosport. 16 May 2011.
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    "Chinese Duo Join Main Tour". worldsnooker.com. 22 May 2011. Archived from the original on 26 May 2011.
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    "Chinese duo book tour". Eurosport. 22 May 2011.
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    "Qualifying School - Event Two (2011) - snooker.org". www.snooker.org.
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    "Brave Gilbert Comes Through Final Event". worldsnooker.com. 28 May 2011. Archived from the original on 30 May 2011.
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    "Gilbert claims tour place". Eurosport. 28 May 2011.
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    "Qualifying School - Event Three (2011) - snooker.org". www.snooker.org.
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    "The Tour 2012/2013 season provisional qualifying criteria" (PDF). World Snooker. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 May 2012. Retrieved 1 October 2023.
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    "Tour Players 2012/2013" (DOC). World Snooker . Archived from the original (DOC) on 16 June 2013. Retrieved 1 October 2023.
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    "PTC Order of Merit after PTC event 12" (PDF). worldsnooker.com. World Snooker . 9 January 2012. Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 January 2012.
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