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tournaments that took place during the

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. The

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is the second-tier tour, run by the

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, for players not on the main

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. A series of seven Q Tour Europe events were played, with the leading money-winner gaining a place on the main tour for the 2025–26 snooker season. Sixteen players – the tournament winners and the highest-ranked players who had not already secured a place on the main tour for the 2024–25 season – gained entry to a further event, the WPBSA Q Tour Global Play-Off. They were joined by players from the Q Tour Global; qualifying from regional Q Tour series. These players competed for a further three places on the

. This season's tournament also saw the integration of CBSA China Tour into the Q Tour's playoff stage for its third-place finisher (as the first and second places directly qualified for the main tour);

Luo Honghao Luo Honghao (; born 31 January 2000) is a Chinese former professional snooker player. Career Amateur In July 2017, he reached the final of 2017 IBSF World Under-21 Snooker Championship where he lost the final 7–6 to Fan Zhengyi. Later ...

was the first snooker player to qualify for the playoffs in such manner. After returning from a 20-month ban for breaching match-fixing rules, former top-16 professional player

Zhao Xintong Zhao Xintong (; born 3 April 1997) is a Chinese professional snooker player and the reigning World Snooker Champion. He first turned professional in the 2016–17 season, aged 19, having previously recorded wins against a number of top p ...

won four Q Tour Europe events in a row, topping the rankings list and securing a professional tour card for the next two seasons. He made two maximum breaks while competing on the Q Tour, the first ever achieved at Q Tour events. Following the conclusion of the Q Tour, he qualified for and won the

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, securing professional status by ending the season at 11th place in the world rankings. The tour card Zhao had secured through the Q Tour was then awarded to

Dylan Emery Dylan Emery (born 31 March 2001) is a Welsh professional snooker player. Career The winner of the 2021 EBSA European Under-21 Snooker Championships, he defeated Julien Leclercq in the final, 5–2. As a result of this win, he earned a place o ...

, who had finished second in the Q Tour Europe rankings and was thus the highest ranked eligible player.

Steven Hallworth Steven Hallworth (born 1 December 1995) is an English professional snooker player. He is the only ever qualified professional from Lincoln. He is a practice partner of Stuart Carrington. Career Junior Hallworth started playing snooker aged ...

Liam Highfield Liam Highfield (born 1 December 1990) is an English professional snooker player. He turned professional in 2010 after finishing second in the 2009/2010 PIOS rankings. He plays left-handed. Career Amateur years In the 2007/2008 season, Highfi ...

and

Florian Nüßle Florian Nüßle (born 18 December 2001) is an Austrian professional snooker player from Graz. In 2017, aged 16, he became his country's youngest national snooker champion. In March 2025, he won his Q Tour Playoff to gain a two-year professional ...

won their respective Q Tour playoffs to each secure their own two-year tour cards for the subsequent two seasons.

Q Tour Europe

Format

Q Tour Europe events are generally played over three days. The first day is an open qualifying day with 16 places available. The main draw starts on the second day when the 16 qualifiers are joined by the 48 seeded players who qualified based on their rankings in the 2024 Q School Orders of Merit to make a first round field of 64 players. There are two rounds on the second day and a further four on the final day, to determine the winner of the event. The 48 who qualified directly included the top 32 eligible players from the 2024 UK Q School Order of Merit, the top eight from the 2024 Asia-Oceania Q School Order of Merit, and the eight highest ranked junior players on the 2024 UK Q School Order of Merit, not already qualified.

Prize fund

Each Q Tour Europe event featured a prize fund of £14,300 with the winner receiving £3,000. * Winner: £3,000 * Runner-up: £1,500 * Semi-final: £900 * Quarter-final: £600 * Last 16: £300 * Last 32: £200 * Total: £14,300

Schedule

The schedule for the seven Q Tour Europe events is given below.

Rankings

Below are listed the leading players in the prize money rankings. The top-ranked player gets a place on the main tour for the 2024–25 season. 16 other players—the tournament winners and the highest-ranked players who have not already got a place on the main tour—will gain entry to a further event, the WPBSA Q Tour Global Playoff. Players on equal points are ranked by "countback", with the player having won the most prize money in the latest event played being ranked higher.

Event 1

The first Q Tour Europe event took place at Northern Snooker Centre in

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from 15 to 18 August 2024. Andres Petrov beat

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4–3 in the final. Petrov came from 3-1 down in both the quarter and semi-finals and, after leading 3–0, also won the final in the deciding frame. Thomerson had had to qualify to reach the last-64 stage and won a further five matches to reach the final. The final-day results are given below.

Event 2

The second Q Tour Europe event took place at the National Snooker Academy of Bulgaria in

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from 20 to 22 September 2024.

beat

Harvey Chandler Harvey Chandler (born 19 April 1995) is an English professional snooker player from Northamptonshire. Early and personal life He is from Raunds in North Northamptonshire. He started playing snooker at the age of 13 years-old. His father would ...

4–3 in the final, winning the last three frames after trailing 1–3. Emery and

both made a 142 total clearance in the first frame of their respective semi-finals, the highest breaks of the event. The final-day results are given below.

Event 3

The third Q Tour Europe event took place at the Snookerhallen in

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from 4 to 6 October 2024.

made a

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in his last-64 match against Shaun Liu, the first in a Q Tour event. Zhao beat

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4–3 in the final. In the event Zhao won 8 matches and made 8 century breaks. The final-day results are given below.

Event 4

The fourth Q Tour Europe event took place at the Club 200 in

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from 7 to 10 November 2024.

made a

in his quarter-final match against Oliver Sykes. Zhao beat Ryan Davies 4–2 in the final to win his second Q Tour Europe event in a row. The final-day results are given below.

Event 5

The fifth Q Tour Europe event took place at the Austrian Snooker Academy in

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from 13 to 15 December 2024.

defeated

4–2 in the final to win his third Q Tour Europe event and 24th match on the Q Tour in a row. The final-day results are given below.

Event 6

The sixth Q Tour Europe event took place at the Delta Moon Snooker Club in

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, Belgium, from 10 to 12 January 2025. In the third frame of his last-64 match against Daan Leyssen,

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made a

, becoming the second player after

to record a maximum break on the Q Tour. Zhao defeated Ehsan Heydari Nezhad 4–1 in the final to win his fourth Q Tour Europe event and 32nd match on the Q Tour in a row. The final-day results are given below.

Event 7

The seventh Q Tour Europe event was held at the Landywood Snooker Club in

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from 7 to 9 February 2025.

defeated

43 in the final, thereby winning his first Q Tour event. Emery made the highest break of the event, a 140 compiled in his match against

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in the early rounds of the event. The final-day results are given below.

Q Tour Global

The Q Tour Global will consist of regional Q Tour series held outside Europe.

Americas series

Two players will qualify from a series of events organised by the Pan American Billiards and Snooker Association. The schedule for the Q Tour Americas events is given below.

Asia-Pacific series

One player will qualify from a series of events organised by the Asia-Pacific Snooker and Billiards Federation. The schedule for the Q Tour Asia-Pacific events is given below.

Middle East series

Two players will qualify from a series of events played in the Middle East. The schedule for the Q Tour Middle East events is given below.

Q Tour Playoff

The final event, the WPBSA Q Tour Playoff, was held at the Pine Beach Belek Hotel in

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, Turkey, from 11 to 13 March.

and

won their respective playoffs, gaining two-year tour cards starting from the 2025–26 season.

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made the highest break of the event, a 147

in his 62 victory over

in the semi-final of Playoff 1. It was the fourth maximum ever compiled on the Q Tour. The complete results are shown below.

Prize fund

The prize money for each play-off is shown below. * Winner: £2,000 * Runner-up: £1,000 * Semi-final: £750 * Quarter-final: £500 * Total: £19,500

Q Tour Europe

Format

Prize fund

Schedule

Rankings

Event 1

Event 2

Event 3

Event 4

Event 5

Event 6

Event 7

Q Tour Global

Americas series

Asia-Pacific series

Middle East series

Q Tour Playoff

Prize fund

Playoff 1

Playoff 2

Playoff 3

Notes

References