The 2018–19 snooker season was a series of professional

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tournaments played between 10 May 2018 and 6 May 2019. The season was made up of ranking tournaments, non-ranking tournaments and variant tournaments. In total, 54 events were competed in the 2018–19 season, beginning with the

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2018

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, and ending with the 2019 World Snooker Championship. To be eligible to play in most tournaments, players had to have qualified to play on the

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, however, some wildcard former professional, and amateur players were eligible in certain competitions. The season also saw four events strictly for over 40s, as a part of the World Seniors Tour.

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and

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each won three ranking events with Mark Allen,

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and

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each winning twice. Robertson reached six ranking event finals during the season.

Players

The Main Tour consists of 128 professional players for the 2018/2019 season. The top 64 players from the prize money rankings after the 2018 World Championship and the 34 players earning a two-year card the previous year (excluding Lyu Haotian, who already climbed into the top 64 of the world rankings following the first year of his two-year tour card) automatically qualified for the season. Next, eight places were allocated from the top 8 on the One Year Ranking List, who had not already qualified for the Main Tour. Another two players came from the EBSA Qualifying Tour Play-Offs, two players came from the CBSA China Tour and a further 12 places were available through the Q School (four Event 1 winners, four

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winners, and four

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winners). The six remaining entries on to the tour were allocated from the international amateur events. Due to the disputes between the IBSF and the WPBSA, the WPBSA decided that the winners of the tournaments organised by the IBSF or any continental confederations which were not affiliated to the

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would not be awarded tour cards. The only exception was the IBSF World Under-21 Snooker Championship, which had been concluded before the decision was made.

New professional players

All players listed below received a tour card for two seasons. ; # WSF Championship winner: Luo Honghao # WSF Championship runner-up: Adam Stefanow #

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winner: Fan Zhengyi # EBSA European Snooker Championships winner: Harvey Chandler # # ABSF African Championships winner: ~~Mohamed Ibrahim~~ (withdrew) ;One Year Ranking List ;EBSA Qualifying Tour Play-Offs ;CBSA China Tour ; Q School ;Event 1 ;Event 2 ;Event 3 ;Invitational Tour Card

Calendar

The following tables outline the dates and results of all events of the

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, the World Seniors Tour, the

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, and other events.

World Snooker Tour

World Women's Snooker

World Seniors Tour

Challenge Tour

Other events

Points distribution

2018/2019 points distribution for

ranking events:

Notes

References

External links

Snooker season 2018/2019
at Snooker.org {{Snooker tournaments

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