The 2011–12 snooker season was a series of

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tournaments played between 1 June 2011 and 7 May 2012. The Brazil Masters became the first major professional event held in

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, and the Australian Goldfields Open the first ranking event in Australia. The World Cup was held again after

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. At the end of the season Ronnie O'Sullivan was named the ''World Snooker Player of the Year'' and the ''Snooker Writers Player of the Year'', Judd Trump the ''Fans Player of the Year'' and Luca Brecel the ''Rookie of the Year''. Stuart Bingham received the "Performance of the Year" for winning his first ranking event, the Australian Goldfields Open.

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at the

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received "The Magic Moment" award. Walter Donaldson, Mark Williams, John Higgins and Ronnie O'Sullivan were inducted into the

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New professional players

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Calendar

The following table outlines the results and dates for all the

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and major invitational events.

World Snooker Tour

World Ladies Billiards and Snooker Association

Seniors events

Other events

Official rankings

Seeding revision 1

Seeding revision 2

Seeding revision 3

Seeding revision 4

World ranking points

Points distribution

2011/2012 Points distribution for world ranking and minor-ranking events

Notes

References

External links

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