2025 Q School
The 2025 Q School was a series of four snooker tournaments held at the start of the 2025–26 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 and June 2025 at the Mattioli Arena in Leicester, England and also at the BSAT Academy in Bangkok, Thailand with a total 12 players qualifying via the four tournaments. The two events held in England were organised by the World Snooker Tour, whilst those in Thailand were organised by the Billiard Sports Association of Thailand. FormatThe 2025 Q School consisted of four events, two held in the UK and two "Asia-Oceania" events held in Thailand.[1] The two UK events had 171 entries competing for eight places on the main tour, while the two Asia-Oceania events had 86 players competing for a further four places. The Asia-Oceania events were only open to citizens of those continents. Any player was allowed to enter the UK events, but players could not enter both the Asia-Oceania and UK events.[1] All matches were the best of seven frames. Event 1The first 2025 Q School event was held from 21 to 26 May 2025 at the Mattioli Arena in Leicester, England. Liam Pullen, Oliver Brown, Alexander Ursenbacher and Mateusz Baranowski qualified.[2] The results of the four final matches are given below.[3]
Event 2The second 2025 Q School event was held from 27 May to 1 June 2025 at the Mattioli Arena in Leicester, England. David Grace, Ian Burns, Fergal Quinn and Connor Benzey qualified.[4] The results of the four final matches are given below.[5]
Asia-Oceania event 1The first 2025 Asia-Oceania Q School event was held from 13 to 18 May 2025 at the BSAT Academy in Bangkok, Thailand. Chatchapong Nasa and Liu Wenwei qualified.[6] The results of the two final matches are given below.[7]
Asia-Oceania event 2The second 2025 Asia-Oceania Q School event was held from 19 to 24 May 2025 at the BSAT Academy in Bangkok, Thailand. Xu Yichen and Zhao Hanyang qualified.[8] The results of the two final matches are given below.[9]
Q School Order of MeritA Q School Order of Merit was produced for players who failed to gain a place on the main tour. The Order of Merit will be used to top up fields for the 2025–26 snooker season where an event fails to attract the required number of entries.[1] The rankings in the Order of Merit were based on the number of frames won in the two UK Q School events. Players who received a bye into the second round were awarded four points for round one. Where players were equal, those who won the most frames in the first event were ranked higher. Other tie-breaker criteria are used if players are still tied. The leading players in the UK Q School Order of Merit are given below.[10]
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