The 2008–09 snooker season was a series of
snooker
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tournaments played between 4 June 2008 and 10 May 2009. Four players missed the fourth ranking event of the season, the
Bahrain Championship, and therefore lost ranking points; this was due to a clash with some
Premier League
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matches whose date had already been approved by the game's governing body.
New professional players
Countries
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Note: new means in these case, that these players were not on the
2007/2008 professional Main Tour.
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PIOS Tour
Calendar
The following table outlines the results and dates for all the
ranking
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and major invitational events.
World Snooker Tour
World Ladies Billiards and Snooker Association
Pontin's International Open Series
Other events
Official rankings
The top 16 of the world rankings, these players automatically played in the final rounds of the world ranking events and were invited for the Masters.
World ranking points
Points distribution
2008/2009 Points distribution for world ranking events:
Notes
References
External links
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2008
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Season 2009
Season 2008