2012 Q School
| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Dates | 13–29 May 2012 |
| Venue | World Snooker Academy |
| City | Sheffield |
| Country | England |
| Format | Qualifying School |
| Qualifiers | 12 via the 3 events |
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The 2012 Q School was a series of three snooker tournaments held at the start of the 2012–13 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 two seasons. The events took place in May 2012 at the World Snooker Academy in Sheffield, England with a total 12 players qualifying via the three tournaments.
Format
[edit | edit source]The 2012 Q School consisted of three events with 12 qualification places available.[1][2] The two events had 115 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.[3]
Event 1
[edit | edit source]The first 2012 Q School event was held from 13 to 17 May 2012 at the World Snooker Academy in Sheffield, England. Martin O'Donnell, Sam Baird, Ian Burns and Chen Zhe qualified.[4][5] The results of the four final matches are given below.[3]
- File:Flag of England.svg Martin O'Donnell (ENG) 4–1 File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Adrian Ridley (AUS)
- File:Flag of England.svg Sam Baird (ENG) 4–0 File:Flag of England.svg Nick Jennings (ENG)
- File:Flag of England.svg Ian Burns (ENG) 4–3 File:Flag of England.svg Rod Lawler (ENG)
- File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Chen Zhe (CHN) 4–1 File:Ulster Banner.svg Jordan Brown (NIR)
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Event 2
[edit | edit source]The second 2012 Q School event was held from 19 to 23 May 2012 at the World Snooker Academy in Sheffield, England. Daniel Wells, Jamie O'Neill, Sean O'Sullivan and Paul Davison qualified.[6][7] The results of the four final matches are given below.[8]
- File:Flag of Wales (1959–present).svg Daniel Wells (WAL) 4–3 File:Flag of England.svg Michael Wasley (ENG)
- File:Flag of England.svg Jamie O'Neill (ENG) 4–2 File:Flag of Scotland.svg Scott Donaldson (SCO)
- File:Flag of England.svg Sean O'Sullivan (ENG) 4–1 File:Flag of England.svg Ryan Causton (ENG)
- File:Flag of England.svg Paul Davison (ENG) 4–2 File:Flag of Wales (1959–present).svg Gareth Allen (WAL)
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Event 3
[edit | edit source]The third 2012 Q School event was held from 25 to 29 May 2012 at the World Snooker Academy in Sheffield, England. Rod Lawler, Michael Wasley, Joel Walker and Robbie Williams qualified.[9][10][11] The results of the four final matches are given below.[12]
- File:Flag of England.svg Rod Lawler (ENG) 4–0 File:Flag of Ireland.svg Joe Delaney (IRL)
- File:Flag of England.svg Michael Wasley (ENG) 4–3 File:Flag of Scotland.svg Fraser Patrick (SCO)
- File:Flag of England.svg Joel Walker (ENG) 4–0 File:Flag of England.svg Justin Astley (ENG)
- File:Flag of England.svg Robbie Williams (ENG) 4–3 File:Flag of England.svg Mitchell Mann (ENG)
Q School Order of Merit
[edit | edit source]A Q School Order of Merit was introduced for players who didn't qualify from the three events. The Order of Merit was used to top up fields for the 2012–13 snooker season where an event failed to attract the required number of entries. The rankings in the Order of Merit were based on the number of frames won in the three Q School events. The precise details are not known but a section of the Q School news says that "A new Q School ranking list will also be introduced, with players earning one point for every frame won. During the main tour season, should any of the tournament draws fall below a total entry of 96 (or 128 in 2013/14) then the field will be topped up to 96 or 128 with the highest ranked players from the Q-School list."[2]
Two-season performance of qualifiers
[edit | edit source]The following table shows the rankings of the 12 qualifiers from the 2012 Q School, at the end of the 2013–14 snooker season, the end of their two guaranteed seasons on the tour, together with their tour status for the 2014–15 snooker season. The rankings given here are the prize money rankings which replaced the points based system at the end of the 2013–14 season. Players in the top-64 of the prize money rankings retained their place on the tour while those outside the top-64 lost their place unless they qualified under a different category.[13][14][15]
| Player | End of 2013–14 season | Status for 2014–15 season | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Money | Ranking | ||
| File:Flag of England.svg Martin O'Donnell (ENG) | 17,968 | 92 | Amateur |
| File:Flag of England.svg Sam Baird (ENG) | 42,993 | 67 | Qualified through the European Tour Order of Merit[16] |
| File:Flag of England.svg Ian Burns (ENG) | 39,537 | 73 | Qualified through the European Tour Order of Merit[16] |
| File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Chen Zhe (CHN) | 21,123 | 89 | Amateur |
| File:Flag of Wales (1959–present).svg Daniel Wells (WAL) | 12,263 | 100 | Amateur |
| File:Flag of England.svg Jamie O'Neill (ENG) | 14,377 | 97 | Amateur |
| File:Flag of England.svg Sean O'Sullivan (ENG) | 9,209 | 102 | Amateur |
| File:Flag of England.svg Paul Davison (ENG) | 27,601 | 82 | Amateur |
| File:Flag of England.svg Rod Lawler (ENG) | 88,294 | 39 | Retained place on tour |
| File:Flag of England.svg Michael Wasley (ENG) | 40,782 | 72 | Qualified through the European Tour Order of Merit[16] |
| File:Flag of England.svg Joel Walker (ENG) | 31,512 | 80 | Qualified through the European Tour Order of Merit[16] |
| File:Flag of England.svg Robbie Williams (ENG) | 49,375 | 62 | Retained place on tour |
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