It is that time of year again, as the final main tour places for the 2015/16 season are claimed at a mix of amateur events, both international and also Q School.
Click below for my annual ‘roll call’ post, tracking how all of the available professional places will be filled in the coming weeks, although it should be noted that World Snooker have not yet officially published the tour qualifying criteria for next season…
Updated 25/05/2015
For a full explanation of how the tour places are allocated, please see my previous article here.
The players currently confirmed to be on the main tour are as follows:
The Top 64
These players finished inside the top 64 on the two year money rankings and so will retain their place on the circuit as a result, with a one-year card.
(Provisional end of season rankings as of 25/04/2015)
- Mark Selby
- Neil Robertson
- Ding Junhui
- Ronnie O’Sullivan
- Joe Perry
- Judd Trump
- Shaun Murphy
- Barry Hawkins
- Stuart Bingham
- Ricky Walden
- Marco Fu
- Mark Allen
- John Higgins
- Mark Williams
- Stephen Maguire
- Robert Milkins
- Michael White
- Graeme Dott
- Mark Davis
- Ryan Day
- Xiao Guodong
- Liang Wenbo
- Alan McManus
- Anthony McGill
- Michael Holt
- Martin Gould
- Fergal O’Brien
- Matthew Stevens
- Ali Carter
- Matthew Selt
- Peter Ebdon
- Ben Woollaston
- Dominic Dale
- Gary Wilson
- David Gilbert
- Mark King
- Kurt Maflin
- Jamie Jones
- Rod Lawler
- Gerard Greene
- Jimmy Robertson
- Mike Dunn
- Dechawat Poomjaeng
- Luca Brecel
- Ken Doherty
- Jamie Burnett
- Mark Joyce
- Andrew Higginson
- Thepchaiya Un-Nooh
- Robbie Williams
- David Morris
- Yu Delu
- Jack Lisowski
- Aditya Mehta
- Li Hang
- Kyren Wilson
- Peter Lines
- Anthony Hamilton
- tom Ford
- Cao Yupeng
- Robin Hull
- Rory McLeod
- Stuart Carrington
- Joe Swail
The Two Year Cards (30) + Invites (3)
These players competed on the main tour in 2014/15 and will start the 2015/16 season on the second year of their two-year tour cards.
- Sam Baird
- Craig Steadman
- Liam Highfield
- Zhou Yuelong
- Oliver Lines
- Tian Pengfei
- Zhang Anda
- Joel Walker
- Mitchell Mann
- Ian Burns
- Michael Georgiou
- Michael Wasley
- Scott Donaldson
- Barry Pinches
- Chris Melling
- Zak Surety
- Tony Drago
- Thanawat Tirapongpaiboon
- Lee Walker
- Michael Leslie
- David Grace
- Lyu Chenwei
- Lu Ning
- Ian Glover
- Steven Hallworth
- Rouzi Maimaiti
- Ju Reti
- Liu Chuang
- Chuan Thor Leong
- Steve Mifsud
- Steve Davis – (INVITE)
- James Wattana – (INVITE)
- Stephen Hendry (INVITE)
The European Tour 8 (Top eight on the European Order of Merit, outside top 64)
These are the top eight players on the 2014/15 European Order of Merit, not already qualified for the tour by finishing inside the top 64 on the main two year ranking list. They earn a fresh two-year tour card, starting on zero ranking points.
- Chris Wakelin
- Fraser Patrick
- Noppon Saengkham
- Jamie Cope
- Jimmy White
- Allan Taylor
- Nigel Bond
- James Cahill
Asian Tour Order of Merit (4)
These are the top four players on the 2014/15 Asian Order of Merit, not already qualified for the tour by finishing inside the top 64 on the main two year ranking list. They earn a fresh two-year tour card, starting on zero ranking points.
- Ross Muir
- Sean O’Sullivan
- Zhang Yong
- Alfie Burden
The Q School (8)
A further 8 will be promoted from the Q School and again they will receive a two-year tour card.
- Daniel Wells (2015 Q School Event One semi-finalist)
- Rhys Clark (2015 Q School Event One semi-finalist)
- Eden Sharav (2015 Q School Event One semi-finalist)
- Sydney Wilson (2015 Q School Event One semi-finalist)
- Gareth Allen (2015 Q School Event Two semi-finalist)
- Duane Jones (2015 Q School Event Two semi-finalist)
- Jason Weston (2015 Q School Event Two semi-finalist)
- Paul Davison (2015 Q School Event Two semi-finalist)
EBSA Play-Offs (2)
Two more qualified via the EBSA Play-Offs at Ponds Forge earlier this month. They will also earn a two-year card.
- Martin O’Donnell
- Sanderson Lam
International Nominations (9)
The remaining players come from a mix of other amateur/international competitions and again will earn a two-year card.
- Yan Bingtao (IBSF Nomination)
- Hossein Vafaei Ayouri (2014 IBSF World Under 21 Champion)
- Michael Wild (2015 European Champion)
- Darryl Hill (2015 European U-21 Champion)
- Hamza Akbar (ACBS Nomination)
- Akani Songsermsawad (2015 Asian U-21 Champion)
- Itaro Santos (2015 Pan American Champion)
- Vinnie Calabrese (Oceania Nomination)
- Hatem Yassin (Africa Nomination)