The 2011 Q School was a series of three

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tournaments held at the start of the

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. An event for amateur players, it served as a qualification event for a place on the professional

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for the following seasons. The events took place in May 2011 at the World Snooker Academy in

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, England with a total 12 players qualifying via the three tournaments.

Format

The 2011 Q School consisted of three events with 12 qualification places available. The two events had 124 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 2011 Q School event was held from 11 to 16 May 2011 at the World Snooker Academy in

, England.

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, David Grace, Adam Wicheard and

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qualified. The results of the four final matches are given below. * 4–3 * 4–1 * 4–1 * 4–3

Event 2

The second 2011 Q School event was held from 17 to 22 May 2011 at the World Snooker Academy in

, England. Li Yan, David Morris,

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and

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qualified. The results of the four final matches are given below. * 4–1 * 4–3 * 4–3 * 4–2

Event 3

The third 2011 Q School event was held from 23 to 28 May 2011 at the World Snooker Academy in

, England.

Kurt Maflin Kurt Graham Maflin (born 8 August 1983) is an English-Norwegian former professional snooker player. A strong break-builder, Maflin has compiled more than 200 century breaks during his career and has made two 147 breaks in professional competit ...

Stuart Carrington Stuart Carrington (born 14 May 1990) is an English former professional snooker player. He practises frequently with Steven Hallworth and Ian Glover in Grimsby. In May 2011, Carrington qualified for the 2011–12 professional Main Tour as on ...

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and David Gilbert qualified. The results of the four final matches are given below. * 4–1 * 4–2 * 4–2 * 4–1

Performance of qualifiers

The following table shows the rankings of the 12 qualifiers from the 2011 Q School, at the end of the

, together with their tour status for the

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. Unlike subsequent Q Schools, qualifiers were only guaranteed a single season on the tour. Since the world rankings were determined over two seasons, new players were given "starter points" to compensate them (see

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). Players in the top-64 of the rankings retained their place on the tour while those outside the top-64 lost their place unless they qualified under a different category.

References

{{2011–12 snooker season Q School (snooker) 2011 in English sport 2011 in snooker Sports competitions in Sheffield