Challenge Tour 2019/2020
The Challenge Tour 2019/2020 is a series of snooker tournaments that take place during the 2019–20 snooker season. It is a second-tier tour for players not on the main World Snooker Tour.[1] The top player in the final rankings will earn a two-year card to the World Snooker Tour for 2020–21 snooker season. The next eight players in the rankings will then go into a play-off event, with the winner of that event to receive the second Tour Card.[2]
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Duration | 31 August 2019 – 20 July 2020 |
Tournaments | 11 |
← 2018/19 2020/21 → |
Ashley Hugill guaranteed his place in the World Snooker Tour after his victory in the 2020 WSF Open.[3] Lukas Kleckers guaranteed his place in the top and earned his two-year card to the World Snooker Tour after the last challenge event.[4] Andrew Pagett guaranteed his place in the World Snooker Tour after his victory in the 2020 EBSA European Snooker Championship.[5]
Format
Each event had a maximum field of 64. The leading 56 players in the 2019 Q School Order of Merit, excluding the 16 who qualified for the main tour, as well as eight wildcards are eligible to play. If there are less than 64 entries, players outside the top-56 in the Q School Order of Merit could enter.[1]
All matches are over five frames. The winner of each event receives prize money of £2,000 out of a total of £10,000. The runner-up receives £1,000, semi-finalists £700, quarter-finalists £500, last-16 losers £200 and last-32 losers £125.[6]
Schedule
Date | Country | Tournament | Venue | City | Field | Winner | Runner-up | Score | Ref. | |
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31 Aug | 1 Sep | ![]() |
Event 1 | Ballroom Nürnberg | Nuremberg | 67 | ![]() |
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3–1 | [7] |
21 Sep | 22 Sep | ![]() |
Event 2 | The Crucible Sports & Social Club | Newbury | 64 | ![]() |
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3–1 | [8] |
5 Oct | 6 Oct | ![]() |
Event 3 | Northern Snooker Centre | Leeds | 64 | ![]() |
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3–0 | [9] |
19 Oct | 20 Oct | ![]() |
Event 4 | The Trickshot | Bruges | 58 | ![]() |
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3–1 | [10] |
28 Feb | 29 Feb[lower-alpha 1] | ![]() |
Event 5 | The Winchester | Leicester | 64 | ![]() |
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3–1 | [12] |
16 Nov | 17 Nov | ![]() |
Event 6 | Hungary Snooker Academy | Budapest | 62 | ![]() |
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3–1 | [13] |
14 Dec | 15 Dec | ![]() |
Event 7 | De Maxx | Pelt | 42 | ![]() |
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3–1 | [14] |
18 Jan | 19 Jan | ![]() |
Event 8 | Tamworth Sports Bar | Tamworth | 60 | ![]() |
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3–1 | [15] |
15 Feb | 16 Feb | ![]() |
Event 9 | Terry Griffiths Matchroom | Llanelli | 52 | ![]() |
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3–1 | |
1 Mar | 2 Mar | ![]() |
Event 10 | The Winchester | Leicester | 61 | ![]() |
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3–1 | [16] |
20 Jul | 20 Jul[lower-alpha 2] | ![]() |
Tour Playoffs | English Institute of Sport | Sheffield | 8 | ![]() |
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4–0 | [18] |
Source:[19]
Eligible players
The leading 56 players in the 2019 Q School Order of Merit, excluding the 16 who qualified for the main tour, are automatically eligible to play:[1][20]
Ross Bulman
Long Zehuang
Yang Qingtian
Lukas Kleckers
Ian Preece
Paul Davison
Lin Shuai
Hamza Akbar
Andrew Pagett
Allan Taylor
Geng Mingqi
Chae Ross
Christopher Keogan
Shane Castle
Andreas Ploner
Au Chi-wai
Wang Zepeng
Adam Duffy
Robin Hull
Sydney Wilson
Daniel Womersley
Ashley Hugill
Callum Downing
Kayden Brierley
Callum Lloyd
Simon Blackwell
Guan Zhen
Zak Surety
Lee Richardson
Rory McLeod
Jamie McArdle
Andy Marriott
Ryan Thomerson
Fang Xiongman
Adrian Rosa
Patrick Whelan
Rodion Judin
Andrew Doherty
Michael Collumb
Gary Thomson
Ka Wai Cheung
Dean Young
Sean Maddocks
George Pragnell
Matthew Glasby
Himanshu Jain
Fergal Quinn
Peter Devlin
Matthew Couch
Ryan Davies
Aditya Mehta
Amir Sarkhosh
Michael Wild
Iulian Boiko
Lee Daegyu
Alex Taubman
Rankings
The leaders in the rankings were:
Rank | Player | Event 1 | Event 2 | Event 3 | Event 4 | Event 5 | Event 6 | Event 7 | Event 8 | Event 9 | Event 10 | Total (£) |
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1 | ![]() |
125 | 125 | 500 | 2,000 | 125 | 1,000 | 700 | 0 | 2,000 | 125 | 6,700 |
2 | ![]() |
200 | 125 | 500 | 700 | 700 | 700 | 500 | 2,000 | 0 | 500 | 5,925 |
3 | ![]() |
500 | 1,000 | 2,000 | 125 | 200 | 200 | 1,000 | 125 | 125 | 125 | 5,400 |
4 | ![]() |
200 | 0 | 0 | 700 | 125 | 125 | 2,000 | 200 | 200 | 700 | 4,250 |
5 | ![]() |
- | 500 | 125 | 200 | 0 | 500 | 125 | 500 | 0 | 2,000 | 3,950 |
6 | ![]() |
1,000 | - | - | 0 | 0 | 2,000 | 0 | 0 | 125 | 125 | 3,250 |
7 | ![]() |
- | 700 | 125 | - | 2,000 | - | - | 200 | - | 200 | 3,225 |
8 | ![]() |
700 | 0 | 125 | 500 | 125 | 200 | 200 | 700 | 125 | 500 | 3,175 |
9 | ![]() |
125 | 500 | 0 | 500 | 700 | 500 | 125 | 500 | 200 | - | 3,150 |
10 | ![]() |
2,000 | - | 200 | 0 | - | 200 | 500 | 0 | 200 | 0 | 3,100 |
11 | ![]() |
- | 2,000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 500 | 125 | 125 | 125 | 0 | 2,875 |
12 | ![]() |
200 | 0 | - | - | 125 | - | - | 1,000 | 700 | 500 | 2,525 |
13 | ![]() |
0 | 200 | 125 | 0 | 1,000 | 700 | - | 200 | 200 | 0 | 2,425 |
14 | ![]() |
125 | 500 | 1,000 | 125 | 0 | 0 | 125 | 0 | 500 | 0 | 2,375 |
15 | ![]() |
500 | 125 | 700 | 125 | 500 | - | - | 125 | 0 | 0 | 2,075 |
16 | ![]() |
0 | 0 | 700 | 0 | 125 | 200 | 125 | 700 | 0 | 200 | 2,050 |
17 | ![]() |
0 | 200 | 500 | 200 | 200 | 500 | 0 | 200 | 0 | 125 | 1,925 |
18 | ![]() |
500 | 125 | 125 | 1,000 | 0 | 0 | 125 | - | - | - | 1,875 |
19 | ![]() |
0 | 0 | 125 | 500 | 0 | 125 | 200 | 200 | 500 | 200 | 1,850 |
20 | ![]() |
125 | 125 | 500 | 200 | 125 | 0 | 125 | 125 | 200 | 125 | 1,650 |
Source:[21]
Notes
- Postponed due to the bad weather conditions causing a health and safety issue at the Castle Snooker and Sports Bar in Brighton.[11]
- Postponed due to the coronavirus pandemic[17]
References
- "Challenge Tour 2019/20". World Snooker. 25 March 2019. Retrieved 28 August 2019.
- "Challenge Tour Revision". worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. 27 March 2019. Retrieved 28 August 2019.
- "Hugill Wins WSF Open To Secure Main Tour Return". World Snooker. 18 January 2020.
- "Klekers Regains Tour Place". World Snooker. 3 March 2020.
- "Pagett Wins European Amateur Championship". World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. 20 March 2020.
- "Challenge Tour Prize Money". World Snooker. 31 May 2018. Retrieved 28 August 2019.
- "Cheung the Champ at Challenge Tour One". worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. 1 September 2019.
- "Nicholson wins the shining Challenge Two trophy". worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. 22 September 2019.
- "Pagett Shows Northern Soul To Win Challenge Three". worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. 6 October 2019.
- "Hugill Best In Bruges". worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. 20 October 2019.
- "Challenge Tour Five Postponed". worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. 2 November 2019.
- "Taylor Made For The Challenge". World Snooker. 1 March 2020.
- "Brown Strikes Gold In Budapest". World Snooker. 17 November 2019.
- "Young Blood: Dean Wins Challenge Seven". World Snooker. 15 December 2019.
- "Klekers King At Challenge Tour Eight". World Snooker. 19 January 2020.
- "Duffy Wins Challenge Tour Ten". World Snooker. 3 March 2020.
- "Challenge Tour Play-Off To Take Place July 20th". 1 July 2020.
- "Taylor Made Up At Tour Return". World Snooker. 20 July 2020.
- "Challenge Tour Calendar". worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. 10 July 2019. Retrieved 28 August 2019.
- "Q School Order of Merit". World Snooker. Retrieved 28 August 2019.
- "Challenge Tour Rankings".