2022 Q School
| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Dates | 16 May – 11 June 2022 |
| Venue | Ponds Forge International Sports Centre and Royal Bangkok Sports Club |
| City | SheffieldandBangkok |
| Country | England and Thailand |
| Format | Qualifying School |
| Qualifiers | 16 via the 5 events |
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The2022 Q Schoolwas a series of fivesnookertournaments held at the start of the2022–23 snooker season.An event for amateur players, it served as a qualification event for a place on the professionalWorld Snooker Tourfor the following two seasons. The events took place in May and June 2022 at the Ponds Forge International Sports Centre inSheffield,England and also at the Royal Bangkok Sports Club inBangkok,Thailand with a total 16 players qualifying via the five tournaments. The three events held in England were organised by the World Snooker Tour, whilst those in Thailand were organised by the Billiard Sports Association of Thailand.[1]
Format
[edit]The 2022 Q School consisted of five events, three held in the UK and two "Asia-Oceania" events held in Thailand. The three UK events had 173 entries competing for 12 places on the main tour, while the two Asia-Oceania events had 70 players competing for a further four places.[2]The Asia-Oceania events were only open to residents of those continents.[3]All matches were the best of seven frames.
Event 1
[edit]The first 2022 Q School event was held from 16 to 21 May 2022 at the Ponds Forge International Sports Centre inSheffield,England.Rod Lawler,Fergal O'Brien,Andy LeeandBai Langningqualified.[4]The results of the four final matches are given below.[5]
Rod Lawler(ENG)4–3Brandon Sargeant(ENG)
Fergal O'Brien(IRL)4–1
Rory McLeod(JAM)
Andy Lee(HKG)4–2Luke Simmonds(ENG)
Bai Langning(CHN)4–3
Sunny Akani(THA)
Event 2
[edit]The second 2022 Q School event was held from 22 to 27 May 2022 at the Ponds Forge International Sports Centre inSheffield,England.Adam Duffy,Zak Surety,Aaron HillandSanderson Lamqualified.[6]The results of the four final matches are given below.[7]
- Adam Duffy(ENG)4–3
Daniel Wells(WAL) - Zak Surety(ENG)4–2
Ben Mertens(BEL) - Aaron Hill(IRL)4–1Zhao Jianbo(CHN)
- Sanderson Lam(ENG)4–3Steven Hallworth(ENG)
Event 3
[edit]The third 2022 Q School event was held from 28 May to 2 June 2022 at the Ponds Forge International Sports Centre inSheffield,England.Lukas Kleckers,Jenson Kendrick,John AstleyandJames Cahillqualified.[8]The results of the four final matches are given below.[9]
Lukas Kleckers(GER)4–3
Ross Muir(SCO)- Jenson Kendrick(ENG)4–1Haydon Pinhey(ENG)
- John Astley(ENG)4–2Michael Holt(ENG)
- James Cahill(ENG)4–1Zhao Jianbo(CHN)
Asia-Oceania event 1
[edit]The first 2022 Asia-Oceania Q School event was held from 1 to 5 June 2022 at the Royal Bangkok Sports Club inBangkok,Thailand.Muhammad AsifandThanawat Thirapongpaiboonqualified.[10]The results of the two final matches are given below.[11]
Muhammad Asif(PAK)4–2Asjad Iqbal(PAK)- Thanawat Thirapongpaiboon(THA)4–2Dechawat Poomjaeng(THA)
On 22 June 2022, theWPBSAand theWorld Snooker Tourdeclined to offerThanawat Thirapongpaiboona tour card, citing "serious disciplinary matters from when Thanawat was previously a professional player in 2015" as the reason, later announced to be a resumption of a previous investigation into match-fixing that had been closed due to Thanawat having fallen off the tour at the time. His place was therefore offered toAsjad Iqbal,who was the next in line on the Asia-Oceania Q School Order of Merit.[12]
Asia-Oceania event 2
[edit]The second 2022 Asia-Oceania Q School event was held from 7 to 11 June 2022 at the Royal Bangkok Sports Club inBangkok,Thailand.Dechawat PoomjaengandHimanshu Jainqualified.[13]The results of the two final matches are given below.[14]
- Dechawat Poomjaeng(THA)4–1Narongdat Takantong(THA)
Himanshu Jain(IND)4–3Kritsanut Lertsattayathorn(THA)
Q School Order of Merit
[edit]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 the2022–23 snooker seasonwhere 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 UK 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.Zhao Jianboled the Order of Merit.[15]
In addition 48 players were seeded in the2022–23 Q TourUK/Europe events based on their position in the 2022 Q School Orders of Merit. These were the top 32 eligible players from the 2022 UK Q School Order of Merit, the top eight from the 2022 Asia-Oceania Q School Order of Merit, and the eight highest ranked junior players on the 2022 UK Q School Order of Merit, not already qualified.[16][17][18]
The leading players in the UK Q School Order of Merit are given below.[19]
| Rank | Player | Event 1 | Event 2 | Event 3 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Zhao Jianbo
|
17 | 21 | 21 | 59 |
| 2 | Ross Muir
|
18 | 10 | 23 | 51 |
| 3 | Steven Hallworth
|
9 | 23 | 19 | 51 |
| 4 | Sunny Akani
|
23 | 10 | 17 | 50 |
| 5 | Daniel Wells
|
10 | 23 | 15 | 48 |
| 6 |  Florian Nüßle
|
19 | 6 | 19 | 44 |
| 7 | Farakh Ajaib
|
15 | 9 | 19 | 43 |
| 8 | Ross Bulman
|
14 | 19 | 10 | 43 |
| 9 | Ian Martin
|
14 | 10 | 19 | 43 |
| 10 |  Kurt Maflin
|
7 | 19 | 17 | 43 |
References
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- ^"Asia-Oceania Q School online entry open".World Snooker Tour.4 April 2022. Archived fromthe originalon 4 April 2022.
- ^"O'Brien, Lawler, Lee and Bai earn tour cards".World Snooker Tour.21 May 2022. Archived fromthe originalon 21 May 2022.
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- ^"Hill, Surety, Lam and Duffy earn tour cards".World Snooker Tour.27 May 2022. Archived fromthe originalon 27 May 2022.
- ^"Qualifying School - Event Two (2022) - snooker.org".www.snooker.org.
- ^"Kleckers, Kendrick, Astley and Cahill earn tour cards".World Snooker Tour.2 June 2022. Archived fromthe originalon 2 June 2022.
- ^"Qualifying School - Event Three (2022) - snooker.org".www.snooker.org.
- ^"Triumph for Thirapongpaiboon and Asif".World Snooker Tour.6 June 2022. Archived fromthe originalon 1 July 2022.
- ^"Qualifying School - Event One Asia & Oceania - snooker.org".www.snooker.org.
- ^"WPBSA Statement - Thanawat Thirapongpaiboon".Archived fromthe originalon 22 June 2022.Retrieved22 June2022.
- ^"Poomjaeng earn tour return".World Snooker Tour.11 June 2022. Archived fromthe originalon 11 June 2022.
- ^"Qualifying School - Event Two Asia & Oceania - snooker.org".www.snooker.org.
- ^"2022 Q School Order of Merit".World Snooker Tour.Archived fromthe originalon 2 August 2022.
- ^"WPBSA Q Tour 2022/23 – UK qualifying rounds open for entry".WPBSA.27 July 2022.
- ^"WPBSA Q Tour 2022/23 – Pathway to the World Snooker Tour"(PDF).WPBSA.Retrieved22 August2022.
- ^"Asia-Oceania Q School Order of Merit (2021)".wpbsa.com.Archived fromthe originalon 4 August 2022.
- ^"Q School Order of Merit (2021) - snooker.org".www.snooker.org.