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The 2011 Q School was a series of three snooker tournaments held at the start of the 2011–12 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 seasons. The events took place in May 2011 at the World Snooker Academy in Sheffield, England with a total 12 players qualifying via the three tournaments.
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Format
The 2011 Q School consisted of three events with 12 qualification places available.[1][2] The two events had 124 entries competing for the 12 places on the main tour, four players qualifying from each of the three events.[2] All matches were the best of seven frames.[3]
Event 1
The first 2011 Q School event was held from 11 to 16 May 2011 at the World Snooker Academy in Sheffield, England. Andrew Norman, David Grace, Adam Wicheard and Robin Hull qualified.[4][5] The results of the four final matches are given below.[3]
Andrew Norman (ENG) 4–3 
Chen Zhe (CHN)- David Grace (ENG) 4–1 Zhang Anda (CHN)
- Adam Wicheard (ENG) 4–1
Fraser Patrick (SCO) 
Robin Hull (FIN) 4–3 David Gilbert (ENG)
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Event 2
The second 2011 Q School event was held from 17 to 22 May 2011 at the World Snooker Academy in Sheffield, England. Li Yan, David Morris, Simon Bedford and Tian Pengfei qualified.[6][7] The results of the four final matches are given below.[8]
- Li Yan (CHN) 4–1 David Gray (ENG)
David Morris (IRL) 4–3 Michael Wild (ENG)- Simon Bedford (ENG) 4–3
Lee Walker (WAL) - Tian Pengfei (CHN) 4–2 David Gilbert (ENG)
Event 3
The third 2011 Q School event was held from 23 to 28 May 2011 at the World Snooker Academy in Sheffield, England. Kurt Maflin, Stuart Carrington, Adam Duffy and David Gilbert qualified.[9][10] The results of the four final matches are given below.[11]
Kurt Maflin (NOR) 4–1 Martin O'Donnell (ENG)- Stuart Carrington (ENG) 4–2 Stephen Craigie (ENG)
- Adam Duffy (ENG) 4–2 David Gray (ENG)
- David Gilbert (ENG) 4–1 Allan Taylor (ENG)
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Performance of qualifiers
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The following table shows the rankings of the 12 qualifiers from the 2011 Q School, at the end of the 2011–12 snooker season, together with their tour status for the 2012–13 snooker season. 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 Snooker world ranking points 2011/2012). 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.[12][13]
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