Following the current extended July break, the next professional action will come from Riga at the first event of the 2014/15 European Tour in Latvia and following the passing of the tournament’s entry deadline earlier this week, World Snooker have today revealed the draw and format for the event.
You can view the official documents here at World Snooker, or alternatively here at the ever-reliable snookerorg website.
At first glance, the field is an extremely strong one, with only Ronnie O’Sullivan, Ali Carter and Chinese trio Ding Junhui, Xiao Guodong and Liang Wenbo absent from the top 32. Other absentees from the top 64 are former world champion Ken Doherty, Tom Ford, Cao Yupeng, Yu Delu and Pankaj Advani.
The event will run from 7th August 2014 and will be the first of six European Tour events staged this season, with tour places at stake for both professionals and amateurs, as well as 32 spots in the lucrative Grand Finals event, currently scheduled to be held in Thailand next March.