The 2011–12 snooker season was a series of
snooker
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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
South America
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, and the
Australian Goldfields Open the first ranking event in Australia. The
World Cup was held again after
1996
1996 was designated as:
* International Year for the Eradication of Poverty
Events January
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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.
Stephen Hendry
Stephen Gordon Hendry (born 13 January 1969) is a Scottish retired professional snooker player and a current Sports commentator, commentator and pundit. One of the most successful players in snooker history, he turned professional in 1985, ag ...
's
maximum break
A maximum break (also known as a maximum, a 147, or orally, a onefourseven) is the highest possible in snooker in normal circumstances and is a special type of . A player compiles a maximum break by potting all 15 with 15 for 120 points, fo ...
at the
World Championship
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received "The Magic Moment" award.
Walter Donaldson,
Mark Williams,
John Higgins and
Ronnie O'Sullivan were inducted into the
Hall of Fame
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.
New professional players
Countries
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Note: new in this case means that these players were not on the
2010/2011 professional Main Tour.
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;NGB nominations
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;WPBSA Wildcard
Calendar
The following table outlines the results and dates for all the
ranking
A ranking is a relationship between a set of items, often recorded in a list, such that, for any two items, the first is either "ranked higher than", "ranked lower than", or "ranked equal to" the second. In mathematics, this is known as a weak ...
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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2011
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Season 2012
Season 2011