Q School

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Q School is a qualifying series of snooker tournaments through which amateur players can earn a place on the professional World Snooker Tour.

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instanceOf snooker qualifying tournament series
sports qualifying competition
alsoKnownAs World Snooker Q School
category snooker qualifying school
competitionFormat knockout tournament
multiple events series
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom
eligibility open to players from all countries
frequency annual
governingBody World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association
governs entry to the World Snooker Tour for non‑tour players
grants two‑year World Snooker Tour cards to successful players
hasNotableGraduate David Gilbert
Gary Wilson
Hossein Vafaei
Luca Brecel
Yan Bingtao
hasNumberOfEventsPerSeason typically three main events
hasPrizeMoney limited compared to main tour events
hasRegionSpecificVersion Africa Q School
Americas Q School
Asia-Oceania Q School
European Tour Qualifying School
surface form: Europe Q School
inception 2011
introducedBy Barry Hearn administration of World Snooker
isPartOf professional snooker qualification system
level professional tour qualifying level
location England
United Kingdom
organizer World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association
World Snooker Tour
participantType amateur snooker players
former professional snooker players
primaryReward tour card rather than prize money
purpose to qualify players for the professional World Snooker Tour
qualificationCriterion finishing high enough on an Order of Merit
reaching the final round of an event
replaces previous qualifying school and open tour structures in snooker
traditional open professional tour qualifying system
seasonAlignment held shortly before the start of a new World Snooker Tour season
sport snooker
tourQualifiedFor World Snooker Tour
typicalVenueType leisure centres
snooker clubs
uses Order of Merit ranking based on frames won

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