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2011 Q School
Tournament information
Dates11–28 May 2012 (2012-05-11 – 2012-05-28)
VenueWorld Snooker Academy
CitySheffield
CountryEngland
FormatQualifying School
Qualifiers12 via the 3 events
2012 →
Snooker tournament

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.

Format

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

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. The results of the four final matches are given below.

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. The results of the four final matches are given below.

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. The results of the four final matches are given below.

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.

Player End of 2011–12 season Status for 2012–13 season
Points Ranking
 Andrew Norman (ENG) 18,000 78 Amateur
 David Grace (ENG) 17,565 80 Qualified through the PTC Order of Merit
 Adam Wicheard (ENG) 15,715 85 Amateur
 Robin Hull (FIN) 10,925 94 Amateur
 Li Yan (CHN) 20,215 68 Qualified through the PTC Order of Merit
 David Morris (IRL) 18,835 73 Amateur
 Simon Bedford (ENG) 12,970 89 Qualified through the PTC Order of Merit
 Tian Pengfei (CHN) 17,280 81 Qualified as Chinese nominee
 Kurt Maflin (NOR) 18,450 74 Qualified through the PTC Order of Merit
 Stuart Carrington (ENG) 11,545 92 Amateur
 Adam Duffy (ENG) 20,865 62 Retained place on tour
 David Gilbert (ENG) 23,420 57 Retained place on tour

References

  1. "Guide to Q School". World Snooker. Archived from the original on 18 July 2011. Retrieved 26 September 2023.
  2. ^ "Q School - News". World Snooker. Archived from the original on 18 July 2011. Retrieved 26 September 2023.
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  4. "Hull Back On Pro Tour". worldsnooker.com. 16 May 2011. Archived from the original on 21 May 2011.
  5. "Finn back with a bang". Eurosport. 16 May 2011.
  6. "Chinese Duo Join Main Tour". worldsnooker.com. 22 May 2011. Archived from the original on 26 May 2011.
  7. "Chinese duo book tour". Eurosport. 22 May 2011.
  8. "Qualifying School - Event Two (2011) - snooker.org". www.snooker.org.
  9. "Brave Gilbert Comes Through Final Event". worldsnooker.com. 28 May 2011. Archived from the original on 30 May 2011.
  10. "Gilbert claims tour place". Eurosport. 28 May 2011.
  11. "Qualifying School - Event Three (2011) - snooker.org". www.snooker.org.
  12. "The Tour 2012/2013 season provisional qualifying criteria" (PDF). World Snooker. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 May 2012. Retrieved 1 October 2023.
  13. "Tour Players 2012/2013" (DOC). World Snooker . Archived from the original (DOC) on 16 June 2013. Retrieved 1 October 2023.
  14. ^ "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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