2012 Q School

Snooker tournaments September 2023 September 2023 2012 Q School 2012 5 13 2012 5 29 y World Snooker Academy Sheffield England Qualifying School 12 via the 3 events 2011 2013 The 2012 Q School was a series of three snooker tournaments held at the start of the 2012–13 snooker season. An event for amateur players, it served as a qualification event for a place on the professional World Snooker Tour for the following two seasons. The events took place in May 2012 at the World Snooker Academy in Sheffield, England with a total 12 players qualifying via the three tournaments. Format The 2012 Q School consisted of three events with 12 qualification places available.http://worldsnookerqschool.com/guide-to-q-school Guide to Q School 26 September 2023 World Snooker https://web.archive.org/web/20120324041641/http://www.worldsnookerqschool.com/guide-to-q-school 24 March 2012http://worldsnookerqschool.com/news 2012 World Snooker Q School - News 26 September 2023 World Snooker https://web.archive.org/web/20120427110200/http://www.worldsnookerqschool.com/news 27 April 2012 The two events had 115 entries competing for the 12 places on the main tour, four players qualifying from each of the three events. All matches were the best of seven frames. Event 1 The first 2012 Q School event was held from 13 to 17 May 2012. Martin O'Donnell, Sam Baird, Ian Burns and Chen Zhe qualified.http://www.worldsnooker.com/page/NewsArticles/0,,13165~2775970,00.html MOD Ready To Rock 17 May 2012 World Snooker https://web.archive.org/web/20120520120549/http://www.worldsnooker.com/page/NewsArticles/0,,13165~2775970,00.html 20 May 2012https://theoldgreenbaize.com/2012/05/19/odonnell-delighted-to-be-living-dream/ O’Donnell delighted to be living dream 19 May 2012 Snooker chat The results of the four final matches are given below.https://www.snooker.org/res/index.asp?event=170 Qualifying School - Event One (2012) - snooker.org www.snooker.org Martin O'Donnell ENG 4–1 Adrian Ridley AUS Sam Baird ENG 4–0 Nick Jennings ENG Ian Burns ENG 4–3 Rod Lawler ENG Chen Zhe CHN 4–1 Jordan Brown NIR Event 2 The second 2012 Q School event was held from 19 to 23 May 2012. Daniel Wells, Jamie O'Neill, Sean O'Sullivan and Paul Davison qualified.http://www.worldsnooker.com/page/NewsArticles/0,,13165~2786829,00.html Wells Digs Deep To Regain Tour Card 23 May 2012 World Snooker https://web.archive.org/web/20120527075211/http://www.worldsnooker.com/page/NewsArticles/0,,13165~2786829,00.html 27 May 2012https://www.eurosport.com/snooker/quartet-secure-tour-cards_sto3282869/story.shtml Quartet secure tour cards 24 May 2012 Eurosport The results of the four final matches are given below.https://www.snooker.org/res/index.asp?event=171 Qualifying School - Event Two (2012) - snooker.org www.snooker.org Daniel Wells WAL 4–3 Michael Wasley ENG Jamie O'Neill ENG 4–2 Scott Donaldson SCO Sean O'Sullivan ENG 4–1 Ryan Causton ENG Paul Davison ENG 4–2 Gareth Allen WAL Event 3 The third 2012 Q School event was held from 25 to 29 May 2012. Rod Lawler, Michael Wasley, Joel Walker and Robbie Williams qualified.http://www.worldsnooker.com/page/NewsArticles/0,,13165~2791963,00.html Full List Of Q School Qualifiers 29 May 2012 World Snooker https://web.archive.org/web/20120603055727/http://www.worldsnooker.com/page/NewsArticles/0,,13165~2791963,00.html 3 June 2012https://www.snookerbacker.com/2012/05/29/q-school-final-event-finals-day/ Q-School Final Event: Finals Day 29 May 2012 Snookerbacker https://web.archive.org/web/20120601140544/https://www.snookerbacker.com/2012/05/29/q-school-final-event-finals-day/ 1 June 2012https://www.eurosport.com/snooker/walker-qualifies-for-tour_sto3291206/story.shtml Walker qualifies for tour 30 May 2012 Eurosport The results of the four final matches are given below.https://www.snooker.org/res/index.asp?event=172 Qualifying School - Event Three (2012) - snooker.org www.snooker.org Rod Lawler ENG 4–0 Joe Delaney IRL Michael Wasley ENG 4–3 Fraser Patrick SCO Joel Walker ENG 4–0 Justin Astley ENG Robbie Williams ENG 4–3 Mitchell Mann ENG Q School Order of Merit A Q School Order of Merit was introduced for players who didn't qualify from the three events. The Order of Merit was used to top up fields for the 2012–13 snooker season where an event failed to attract the required number of entries. The rankings in the Order of Merit were based on the number of frames won in the three Q School events. The precise details are not known but a section of the Q School news says that "A new Q School ranking list will also be introduced, with players earning one point for every frame won. During the main tour season, should any of the tournament draws fall below a total entry of 96 (or 128 in 2013/14) then the field will be topped up to 96 or 128 with the highest ranked players from the Q-School list." Two-season performance of qualifiers The following table shows the rankings of the 12 qualifiers from the 2012 Q School, at the end of the 2013–14 snooker season, the end of their two guaranteed seasons on the tour, together with their tour status for the 2014–15 snooker season. The rankings given here are the prize money rankings which replaced the points based system at the end of the 2013–14 season. Players in the top-64 of the prize money rankings retained their place on the tour while those outside the top-64 lost their place unless they qualified under a different category.http://www.worldsnooker.com/staticFiles/4a/c1/0,,13165~180554,00.pdf Prize Money Rankings: The Tour 2014/2015 season qualification criteria World Snooker 30 September 2023 https://web.archive.org/web/20140426233621/http://www.worldsnooker.com/staticFiles/4a/c1/0,,13165~180554,00.pdf 26 April 2014http://www.worldsnooker.com/staticFiles/71/c1/0%2C%2C13165~180593%2C00.pdf Prize Money Rankings: After the World Championship 2014 World Snooker 30 September 2023 https://web.archive.org/web/20140508030740/http://www.worldsnooker.com/staticFiles/71/c1/0%2C%2C13165~180593%2C00.pdf 8 May 2014https://wst.tv/201415-list-of-tour-players/ https://web.archive.org/web/20200220232411/https://wst.tv/201415-list-of-tour-players/ dead 20 February 2020 2014/15 List of Tour Players World Snooker 30 September 2023 Player End of 2013–14 season Status for 2014–15 season Money RankingMartin O'Donnell ENG 17,968 92 AmateurSam Baird ENG 42,993 67 Qualified through the European Tour Order of Merithttp://www.worldsnooker.com/staticFiles/76/c0/0,,13165~180342,00.pdf Order of Merit after the Gdynia Open (ET8) 2014 World Snooker 10 February 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20140223112930/http://www.worldsnooker.com/staticFiles/76/c0/0,,13165~180342,00.pdf 23 February 2014Ian Burns ENG 39,537 73 Qualified through the European Tour Order of MeritChen Zhe CHN 21,123 89 AmateurDaniel Wells WAL 12,263 100 AmateurJamie O'Neill ENG 14,377 97 AmateurSean O'Sullivan ENG 9,209 102 AmateurPaul Davison ENG 27,601 82 AmateurRod Lawler ENG 88,294 39 Retained place on tourMichael Wasley ENG 40,782 72 Qualified through the European Tour Order of MeritJoel Walker ENG 31,512 80 Qualified through the European Tour Order of MeritRobbie Williams ENG 49,375 62 Retained place on tour References Category:Q School (snooker) Category:2012 in English sport Category:2012 in snooker Category:Sports competitions in Sheffield