Challenge Tour 2018/2019

The Challenge Tour 2018/2019 is a series of snooker tournaments taking place during the 2018/2019 season. It is a second-tier tour for players not on the main tour.[1] The top two players in the final rankings earn a two-year card to the World Snooker Tour for 2019/2020.[2]

Each event has a maximum field of 64. The leading 64 players in the 2018 Q School Order of Merit, excluding the 12 who qualified for the main tour, are automatically eligible to play. If some of these do not enter, eight wildcards become eligible and if there are still less than 64 entries, players outside the top-64 in the Q School Order of Merit can enter.[1]

All matches are over five frames. The winner of each event receives prize money of £2,000 out of a total of £10,000. The runner-up receives £1,000, semi-finalists £700, quarter-finalists £500, last-16 losers £200 and last-32 losers £125.[3]

Schedule

Date Country Tournament Venue City Field Winner Runner-up Score Ref.
2 June 3 June  ENG Event 1 Meadowside Leisure Centre Burton upon Trent 59 England Brandon Sargeant England Luke Simmonds 3–1 [4]
10 July 11 July  ENG Event 2 Preston Guild Hall Preston 64 England David Grace England Mitchell Mann 3–0 [5]
28 July 28 July  LAT Event 3 Arena Riga Riga 25 England Barry Pinches Wales Jackson Page 3–2 [6]
27 Aug 28 Aug  GER Event 4 Stadthalle Fürth 42 England Mitchell Mann Wales Dylan Emery 3–0 [7]
18 Sep 19 Sep  ENG Event 5 Cueball Derby Derby 61 England David Lilley England Brandon Sargeant 3–1 [8]
4 Oct 5 Oct  BEL Event 6 De Soeverein Lommel 40 England David Grace England Ben Hancorn 3–0 [9]
13 Oct 14 Oct  ENG Event 7 Barnsley Metrodome Barnsley 61 England Joel Walker England Jenson Kendrick 3–0 [10]
24 Nov 25 Nov  HUN Event 8 Snooker Terminál Budapest
26 Jan 27 Jan  ENG Event 9 Star Snooker Academy Sheffield
13 Mar 14 Mar Event 10

Source: [11]

The event at Riga was planned for two days, but with only 25 entries, it was played in a single day.

Eligible players

The leading 64 players in the 2018 Q School Order of Merit, excluding the 12 who qualified for the main tour, are automatically eligible to play:[1][12]

Rankings

The current leaders in the rankings after five events are:

Rank Player Event 1Event 2Event 3Event 4Event 5 Total (£)
1 England Mitchell Mann 7001,0005002,000500 4,700
2 England Brandon Sargeant 2,0007007002001,000 4,600
3 England David Grace 7002,000200500125 3,525
4 England Barry Pinches 002,000125500 2,625
5 England David Lilley 200–––2,000 2,200
6 England Steven Hallworth 0700500500200 1,900

Source: [13]

Players currently in the qualifying places are shown in green.

References

  1. 1 2 3 "World Snooker Challenge Tour 2018/19". World Snooker. Retrieved 13 August 2018.
  2. ↑ "Challenge Tour Nominations Announced". World Snooker. Retrieved 13 August 2018.
  3. ↑ "Challenge Tour Prize Money". World Snooker. Retrieved 13 August 2018.
  4. ↑ "Sargeant Rises To the Challenge". World Snooker. Retrieved 4 June 2018.
  5. ↑ "Grace Beats Mann In Challenge Final". World Snooker. Retrieved 29 July 2018.
  6. ↑ "Pinches Wins Challenge Tour Event Three". World Snooker. Retrieved 29 July 2018.
  7. ↑ "Mann wins Challenge Tour Four". World Snooker. Retrieved 28 August 2018.
  8. ↑ "Challenge Tour Event Five Draw". World Snooker. Retrieved 28 August 2018.
  9. ↑ "Challenge Tour Event Six Draw and Format". World Snooker. Retrieved 14 September 2018.
  10. ↑ "Challenge Tour Event Seven Draw and Format". World Snooker. Retrieved 14 September 2018.
  11. ↑ "Calendar 2018/2019" (PDF). World Snooker. Retrieved 14 September 2018.
  12. ↑ "Q School Order of Merit". World Snooker. Retrieved 28 August 2018.
  13. ↑ "Challenge Tour Rankings". World Snooker. Retrieved 13 August 2018.
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