2018 Q School

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2018 Q School
Tournament information
Dates14–31 May 2018 (2018-05-14 – 2018-05-31)
VenueMeadowside Leisure Centre
CityBurton-upon-Trent
CountryEngland
FormatQualifying School
Qualifiers12 via the 3 events
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The 2018 Q School was a series of three snooker tournaments held at the start of the 2018–19 snooker season.[1] 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 2018 at the Meadowside Leisure Centre in Burton-upon-Trent, England with a total 12 players qualifying via the three tournaments.

Format

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The 2018 Q School consisted of three events. The three events had 202 entries competing for 12 places on the main tour, four players qualifying from each of the three events. All matches were the best of seven frames.[2][3]

Event 1

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The first 2018 Q School event was held from 14 to 19 May 2018 at the Meadowside Leisure Centre in Burton-upon-Trent, England. Jak Jones, Sam Baird, Hammad Miah and Sam Craigie qualified.[4] All four players who qualified had previously lost their professional status after the 2018 World Snooker Championship.[5] In one match, Barry Pinches played his son Luke.[6] The results of the four final matches are given below.[7]

Event 2

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The second 2018 Q School event was held from 20 to 25 May 2018 at the Meadowside Leisure Centre in Burton-upon-Trent, England. Jordan Brown, Craig Steadman, Lu Ning and Zhao Xintong qualified.[8] The results of the four final matches are given below.[9]

Event 3

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The third 2018 Q School event was held from 26 to 31 May 2018 at the Meadowside Leisure Centre in Burton-upon-Trent, England. Thor Chuan Leong, Kishan Hirani, Andy Lee and Ashley Carty qualified.[10] The results of the four final matches are given below.[11]

Q School Order of Merit

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A Q School Order of Merit was produced for players who failed to gain a place on the main tour. The Order of Merit was used to top up fields for the 2018–19 snooker season where an event failed to attract the required number of entries.[12] The rankings in the Order of Merit were based on the number of frames won in the three Q School events. Players who received a bye into the second round were awarded four points for round one. Where players were equal, those who won the most frames in the first event were ranked higher and, if still equal, the player with most frames in event two.[13]

The Order of Merit was used to give priority places for the new Challenge Tour which was played during the 2018–19 snooker season.[12][14]

The leading players in the Q School Order of Merit are given below.[15]

Rank Player Event 1 Event 2 Event 3 Total
1 England David Lilley 18 19 19 56
2 Thailand Dechawat Poomjaeng 20 21 14 55
3 England James Cahill 17 17 19 53
4 England Adam Duffy 18 20 14 52
5 England Luke Simmonds 20 14 11 45
6 England Jamie Cope 9 21 15 45
7 China Fang Xiongman 11 10 21 42
8 England Farakh Ajaib 9 14 19 42
9 England Andy Hicks 7 16 18 41
10 Republic of Ireland Michael Judge 6 18 16 40

Two-season performance of qualifiers

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The following table shows the rankings of the 12 qualifiers from the 2018 Q School, at the end of the 2019–20 snooker season, the end of their two guaranteed seasons on the tour, together with their tour status for the 2020–21 snooker season. 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.[16][17]

Player End of 2019–20 season Status for 2020–21 season
Money Ranking
File:Flag of Wales (1959–present).svg Jak Jones (WAL) 82,750 67 Qualified through the one-year list[18]
File:Flag of England.svg Sam Baird (ENG) 62,750 73 Amateur
File:Flag of England.svg Hammad Miah (ENG) 23,475 97 Amateur
File:Flag of England.svg Sam Craigie (ENG) 95,500 58 Retained place on tour
File:Ulster Banner.svg Jordan Brown (NIR) 73,000 69 Qualified through the one-year list[18]
File:Flag of England.svg Craig Steadman (ENG) 55,500 75 Amateur
File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Lu Ning (CHN) 110,250 51 Retained place on tour
File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Zhao Xintong (CHN) 177,250 29 Retained place on tour
File:Flag of Malaysia.svg Thor Chuan Leong (MYS) 22,000 98 Amateur
File:Flag of Wales (1959–present).svg Kishan Hirani (WAL) 25,350 88 Amateur
File:Flag of Hong Kong.svg Andy Lee (HKG) 16,500 104 Amateur
File:Flag of England.svg Ashley Carty (ENG) 49,750 77 Qualified as Crucible qualifier

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