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2024–25 Q Tour
The 2024–25 Q Tour was a series of snooker tournaments that took place during the 2024–25 snooker season. The Q Tour is the second-tier tour, run by the World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association, for players not on the main World Snooker Tour. 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 World Snooker Tour. 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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WPBSA
The World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association (WPBSA) is the governing body of professional snooker and English billiards. It is headquartered in Bristol, England. Founded as the Professional Billiard Players Association (PBPA) in 1946, with Joe Davis as chairman, it was revived in 1968 after some years of inactivity and renamed the World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association in 1970. Its current chairman is Jason Ferguson. The WPBSA devises and publishes the official rules of the two sports. It promotes their global development at the grassroots, amateur, and professional levels; enforces conduct regulations and disciplines players who breach them; and works to combat corruption, such as by investigating betting irregularities. Additionally, it is involved in the coaching, development and training of referees. It also supports World Women's Snooker, World Disability Billiards and Snooker, and English billiards through World Billiards. The WPBSA owns a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
