Q Tour Global Play-Off Eligibility Criteria – WPBSA
Jan 26 2024
Q Tour Global Play-Off
Eligibility Criteria The World Billiards and Snooker Association (WPBSA) is pleased to confirm 24 players in the field for the new of this season. season launched Global Q Tour Play-off has ended.
The prestigious event is organized together with the EBSA European Championship in Bosnia and Herzegovina on 13-15. March 2024 and will see three venues on the World Snooker Tour for the first time since the start of the 2024/25 season.
It can now be confirmed that 18 players from the Q Tour UK/Europe Rankings will qualify for the finals, two more than the minimum number of 16 announced at the start of the season
They will be joined by two players from the Middle East, Asia- Pacific and America to complete the 24-man squad from Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Since there are still events to play in various parts of the world, there is still a lot to play. Here’s a summary of the current situation:
Success in three of the six Q Tour UK/Europe events already held this season means Michael Holt has the undisputed lead at the top of the rankings and has already secured his World Snooker Tour – card 2024/25.
However, there is still plenty to play for, as there are 18 spots in the Global Play-Off from 2 to 7 p.m. to those who obtained the first place.
Winners of the last tournament, Liam Davies, Umut Dikme and Antoni Kowalski, are automatically guaranteed qualification, but for the players further down the table, it will undoubtedly be a nervous weekend in Leeds, where the 11th-28th. ranked players. current rank
Iran Amir Sarkhosh dominated the first two events of the Middle East series. He won back-to-back tournaments in January, most recently over Habib Humood (4-0) and Mohamed Shehab (4-3), securing his place in the global final regardless of what happened in the third event.
For Sarkhoshi, a first-round exit from Event 3 in Abu Dhabi meant a new winner and Shehab led 3-0 at one stage in the second-leg final before beating the Iranian. improving by defeating Yaza Alhaddad in the final and securing another free place in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Event 3: TBC, Brazil
Vito Puopolo of Canada is currently the top American in the poll after winning the first event in Toronto.
Puopolo, who played at last year’s Senior World Cup at the Crucible Theatre, beat Matt Fifield, Charlie Brown and Alan Whitfield to set up a final with compatriot Jason Williams.
After dropping just one frame en route to the final, Puopolo was once again dominant in the title match, racing to a 4-0 lead and then defeating Williams 5-1 to secure the only win of the competition.
Puopolo and Williams currently sit in the Global Play-Off qualifying spots, but there are still events in the US and Brazil, so there’s plenty to play for.
Vinnie Calabrese competing at the snooker table.
It remains firmly at the top of the Q Tour Asia-Pacific ranking, with the top two players holding maximum points in one of the two events held so far and zero points in the other.
The first event was held in New Zealand in September and October, with Rob Redgrove beating Adam Shaw in the final frame to secure the individual title and an early lead of the event at the race in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Former main tour pro Vinnie Calabrese wins another event in Sydney. Calabrese stormed through an impressive field of 111 players to lift the title – defeating Steve Mifsud 6-3 in the final.
Redgrove and Calabrese are currently the top two, but with the third event still this week, no one in the region is guaranteed a place in the Global Play-Off just yet..
