The 2022–23 snooker season is a professional

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season with tournaments played between June 2022 and May 2023.

Players

The

World Snooker Tour The World Snooker Tour (WST) is the main professional snooker tour, consisting of approximately 128 players competing on a circuit of up to 28 tournaments each season. The World Snooker Tour is administered by World Snooker Ltd, the commercial ar ...

in the 2022–23 season initially consisted of a field of 131 professional players, but later dropped to 130 when Igor Figueiredo did not renew his WPBSA membership and fell off tour. The top 64 players from the prize money rankings after the 2022 World Championship, and 30 players earning a two-year card the previous year automatically qualify for the season. The other 36 tour cards are given to the following groups. Four places are allocated to the top four on the One Year Ranking List who have not already qualified for the Main Tour. Nine players from international championships and two players from the Q Tour are offered the tour cards. One player comes from the CBSA China Tour and two players from World Women's Snooker. 12 places are available through the Q School (four Event 1 winners, four

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winners, and four

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winners). Four places are offered to the new Asia-Oceania Q School (two Event 1 winners and two Event 2 winners). The last two tour cards are invitational tour cards, given to

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and

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. As one of the winners from the inaugural Q School Asia & Oceania – Event 1 qualification event, former professional player

Thanawat Thirapongpaiboon Thanawat Thirapongpaiboon ( ''Ṭhnwạtʹhn̒ T̄hirphngṣ̄̒phịbūly̒''; born December 14, 1993) is a Thai former professional snooker player. He turned professional in 2010 as the Asian nomination following his run to the semi-finals of t ...

was eligible to receive a fresh two-year tour card. However, on 22 June 2022, the

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and the World Snooker Tour declined to offer him a tour card, citing "serious disciplinary matters from when Thanawat was previously a professional player in 2015" as the reason. His place was therefore offered to

Asjad Iqbal Asjad Iqbal (born 15 November 1991 in Sargodha, Pakistan) is a Pakistani snooker player. He turned professional at the start of the 2022/2023 season. Reaching the final round of the first event of Asia-Oceania Q School in 2022 he earned a two y ...

, who was the next in line on the Asia-Oceania Q School Order of Merit.

New professional players

All players listed below received a tour card for two seasons. ;Top 4 players from 2021/2022 One Year Ranking List ;International Champions ;Q Tour ;CBSA China Tour ;World Women's Snooker Qualifiers ;Invitational Tour Card ;Q School ;Event 1 ;Event 2 ;Event 3 ;Q School Asia & Oceania ;Event 1 ;Event 2 ;Order of Merit

Calendar

World Snooker Tour

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

and

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. The calendar is subject to change, due to the continuing impact of the global

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World Women's Snooker

World Seniors Tour

Q-Tour

Other events

World ranking points

Notes

References

External links

Calendar 2022/2023
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