2024–25 Q Tour

The 2024–25 Q Tour was a series of second-tier snooker tournaments, run by the World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association, that took place during the 2024–25 snooker season for players not on the main World Snooker Tour.

2024–25 Q Tour

Details
Duration	7 March 2024 – 13 March 2025 (2024-03-07 – 2025-03-13)
Tournaments	Organised by WPBSA: Q Tour Europe Q Tour Global Play-Offs Regional organisers: Q Tour Global - Americas Q Tour Global - Asia-Pacific Q Tour Global - Middle East
Promoted	Dylan Emery (WAL)  Steven Hallworth (ENG)  Liam Highfield (ENG)  Florian Nüßle (AUT) † † Promoted for the first time
← 2023–24 2025–26 →

Zhao Xintong is the prize money winner of the tournament. Steven Hallworth, Liam Highfield and Florian Nüßle won their respective Q Tour playoffs to each secure their own two-year tour cards for the subsequent two seasons.^[1]

Overview

A series of seven Q Tour Europe events were played, with the leading money-winner gaining a place on the main tour for the 2025–26 snooker season. Eighteen players – the highest-ranked players who had not already secured a place on the main tour for the 2024–25 season – gained entry to a further event, the WPBSA Q Tour Global Play-Off; They were joined by five players from the Q Tour Global qualifying from regional Q Tour series. These players competed for a further three places on the World Snooker Tour.^[2] In total, 1542 Q Tour matches were played, competed by 711 players from 54 countries.^[3]

This season's tournament saw the integration of CBSA China Tour into the Q Tour's playoff stage for its third-place finisher (as the first and second places directly qualified for the main tour);^[4] Luo Honghao was the first snooker player to qualify for the playoffs in such manner.

After returning from a 20-month ban for breaching match-fixing rules, former top-16 professional player Zhao Xintong won four Q Tour Europe events in a row, topping the rankings list and securing a professional tour card for the next two seasons.^[5][6] He made two maximum breaks while competing on the Q Tour, the first ever achieved at Q Tour events.^[7] Following the conclusion of the Q Tour, he qualified for and won the 2025 World Snooker Championship, securing professional status by ending the season at 11th place in the world rankings.^[8] The tour card Zhao had secured through the Q Tour was then awarded to Dylan Emery, who had finished second in the Q Tour Europe rankings and was thus the highest ranked eligible player.^[9] A record-breaking total of seven top-ranked Q Tour players have qualified for the main tour, with the other players qualified through regional championships and Q School.

Q Tour Europe

Format

Q Tour Europe events are generally played over three days. The first day is an open qualifying day with 16 places available. The main draw starts on the second day when the 16 qualifiers are joined by the 48 seeded players who qualified based on their rankings in the 2024 Q School Orders of Merit to make a first round field of 64 players. There are two rounds on the second day and a further four on the final day, to determine the winner of the event. The 48 who qualified directly included the top 32 eligible players from the 2024 UK Q School Order of Merit, the top eight from the 2024 Asia-Oceania Q School Order of Merit, and the eight highest ranked junior players on the 2024 UK Q School Order of Merit, not already qualified.^[2]

Prize fund

Each Q Tour Europe event featured a prize fund of £14,300 with the winner receiving £3,000.^[10]

• Winner: £3,000
• Runner-up: £1,500
• Semi-final: £900
• Quarter-final: £600
• Last 16: £300
• Last 32: £200
• Total: £14,300

Schedule

The schedule for the seven Q Tour Europe events is given below.^[2]

Date		Country	Tournament	Venue	City	Field	Winner	Runner-up	Score	Ref.
15 Aug	18 Aug	ENG	Event 1	Northern Snooker Centre	Leeds	154	Andres Petrov	Ryan Thomerson	4–3	[11]
20 Sep	22 Sep	BUL	Event 2	Bulgarian Snooker Academy	Sofia	108	Dylan Emery	Harvey Chandler	4–3	[12]
4 Oct	6 Oct	SWE	Event 3	Snookerhallen	Stockholm	116	Zhao Xintong	Craig Steadman	4–3	[13]
7 Nov	10 Nov	ENG	Event 4	Club 200	Manchester	156	Zhao Xintong	Ryan Davies	4–2	[14]
13 Dec	15 Dec	AUT	Event 5	Austrian Snooker Academy	Vienna	103	Zhao Xintong	Ryan Thomerson	4–2	[15]
10 Jan	12 Jan	BEL	Event 6	Delta Moon Snooker Club	Mons[a]	87	Zhao Xintong	Ehsan Heydari Nezhad	4–1	[17]
7 Feb	9 Feb	ENG	Event 7	Landywood Snooker Club	Great Wyrley	124	Liam Highfield	Dylan Emery	4–3	[18]

Rankings

Below are listed the leading players in the prize money rankings.^[19] The top-ranked player gets a place on the main tour for the 2024–25 season. 16 other players—the tournament winners and the highest-ranked players who have not already got a place on the main tour—will gain entry to a further event, the WPBSA Q Tour Global Playoff.^[2] Players on equal points are ranked by "countback", with the player having won the most prize money in the latest event played being ranked higher.^[20]

Rank	Player	Event 1	Event 2	Event 3	Event 4	Event 5	Event 6	Event 7	Total (£)
1	Zhao Xintong ^	–	0	3,000	3,000	3,000	3,000	–	12,000
2	Dylan Emery + *	–	3,000	–	900	200	0	1,500	5,600
3	Liam Highfield %	300	900	0	0	600	200	3,000	5,000
4	Ryan Thomerson +	1,500	600	300	0	1,500	0	0	3,900
5	Andres Petrov +	3,000	300	0	0	300	0	–	3,600
6	Craig Steadman +	200	300	1,500	900	200	200	0	3,300
7	Ryan Davies +	900	0	200	1,500	200	200	200	3,200
8	Steven Hallworth %	600	0	900	200	300	900	200	3,100
9	Iulian Boiko + ^	600	600	–	300	300	200	900	2,900
10	Sean O'Sullivan +	0	300	300	600	900	200	600	2,900
11	Florian Nüßle %	300	200	300	200	200	900	600	2,700
12	Harvey Chandler +	0	1,500	200	300	0	300	300	2,600
13	Mark Joyce +	600	900	–	200	0	600	200	2,500
14	Alex Clenshaw +	300	0	600	0	200	200	900	2,200
15	Joshua Thomond +	200	200	200	300	300	600	300	2,100
16	Ehsan Heydari Nezhad +	0	–	–	–	0	1,500	200	1,700
17	Oliver Sykes +	200	300	300	600	300	0	0	1,700
18	Kuldesh Johal +	0	600	0	200	0	200	600	1,600
19	Connor Benzey + ^	300	200	0	600	200	0	300	1,600
20	Hayden Staniland	200	0	200	200	900	0	0	1,500

* Qualified for the main tour by order of merit

^ Qualified for the main tour through other means

% Qualified for the main tour as play-offs winners

+ Qualified for the play-offs

Event 1

The first Q Tour Europe event took place at Northern Snooker Centre in Leeds from 15 to 18 August 2024. Andres Petrov beat Ryan Thomerson 4–3 in the final. Petrov came from 3-1 down in both the quarter and semi-finals and, after leading 3–0, also won the final in the deciding frame. Thomerson had had to qualify to reach the last-64 stage and won a further five matches to reach the final.^[11] The final-day results are given below.^[21]

	Last 16 Best of 7 frames				Quarter-finals Best of 7 frames				Semi-finals Best of 7 frames				Final Best of 7 frames
	Hamim Hussain (ENG)	1
	Andres Petrov (EST)	4
					Andres Petrov (EST)	4
					Simon Bedford (ENG)	3
	Simon Bedford (ENG)	4
	Alex Clenshaw (ENG)	1
									Andres Petrov (EST)	4
									Simon Blackwell (ENG)	3
	Mark Joyce (ENG)	4
	Peter Lines (ENG)	0
					Mark Joyce (ENG)	3
					Simon Blackwell (ENG)	4
	Alex Millington (ENG)	0
	Simon Blackwell (ENG)	4
													Andres Petrov (EST)	4
													Ryan Thomerson (AUS)	3
	Liam Highfield (ENG)	2
	Iulian Boiko (UKR)	4
					Iulian Boiko (UKR)	2
					Ryan Davies (ENG)	4
	Florian Nüßle (AUT)	2
	Ryan Davies (ENG)	4
									Ryan Davies (ENG)	1
									Ryan Thomerson (AUS)	4
	Ryan Thomerson (AUS)	4
	Umut Dikme (GER)	2
					Ryan Thomerson (AUS)	4
					Steven Hallworth (ENG)	3
	Connor Benzey (ENG)	2
	Steven Hallworth (ENG)	4

Event 2

The second Q Tour Europe event took place at the National Snooker Academy of Bulgaria in Sofia from 20 to 22 September 2024. Dylan Emery beat Harvey Chandler 4–3 in the final, winning the last three frames after trailing 1–3. Emery and Liam Highfield both made a 142 total clearance in the first frame of their respective semi-finals, the highest breaks of the event.^[12] The final-day results are given below.^[22]

	Last 16 Best of 7 frames				Quarter-finals Best of 7 frames				Semi-finals Best of 7 frames				Final Best of 7 frames
	Oliver Sykes (ENG)	1
	Kuldesh Johal (ENG)	4
					Kuldesh Johal (ENG)	0
					Dylan Emery (WAL)	4
	Dylan Emery (WAL)	4
	Mateusz Baranowski (POL)	0
									Dylan Emery (WAL)	4
									Mark Joyce (ENG)	2
	Mark Vincent (ENG)	1
	Ryan Thomerson (AUS)	4
					Ryan Thomerson (AUS)	3
					Mark Joyce (ENG)	4
	Sean O'Sullivan (ENG)	1
	Mark Joyce (ENG)	4
													Dylan Emery (WAL)	4
													Harvey Chandler (ENG)	3
	Brandon Hall (ENG)	4
	Craig Steadman (ENG)	1
					Brandon Hall (ENG)	1
					Harvey Chandler (ENG)	4
	Harvey Chandler (ENG)	4
	Anton Kazakov (UKR)	1
									Harvey Chandler (ENG)	4
									Liam Highfield (ENG)	2
	Iulian Boiko (UKR)	4
	Andres Petrov (EST)	3
					Iulian Boiko (UKR)	1
					Liam Highfield (ENG)	4
	Liam Highfield (ENG)	4
	Joshua Cooper (ENG)	1

Event 3

The third Q Tour Europe event took place at the Snookerhallen in Stockholm from 4 to 6 October 2024.^[13] Zhao Xintong made a maximum break in his last-64 match against Shaun Liu, the first in a Q Tour event.^[23] Zhao beat Craig Steadman 4–3 in the final. In the event Zhao won 8 matches and made 8 century breaks.^[13] The final-day results are given below.^[24]

	Last 16 Best of 7 frames				Quarter-finals Best of 7 frames				Semi-finals Best of 7 frames				Final Best of 7 frames
	Alfie Davies (WAL)	1
	Craig Steadman (ENG)	4
					Craig Steadman (ENG)	4
					Peter Devlin (ENG)	1
	Umut Dikme (GER)	2
	Peter Devlin (ENG)	4
									Craig Steadman (ENG)	4
									Steven Hallworth (ENG)	2
	Alex Clenshaw (ENG)	4
	Rory McLeod (JAM)	0
					Alex Clenshaw (ENG)	1
					Steven Hallworth (ENG)	4
	Florian Nuessle (AUT)	3
	Steven Hallworth (ENG)	4
													Craig Steadman (ENG)	3
													Zhao Xintong (CHN)	4
	Zhao Xintong (CHN)	4
	Peter Lines (ENG)	1
					Zhao Xintong (CHN)	4
					Nicolas Mortreux (FRA)	0
	Oliver Sykes (ENG)	3
	Nicolas Mortreux (FRA)	4
									Zhao Xintong (CHN)	4
									Mateusz Baranowski (POL)	0
	Barry Pinches (ENG)	4
	Sean O'Sullivan (ENG)	0
					Barry Pinches (ENG)	3
					Mateusz Baranowski (POL)	4
	Ryan Thomerson (AUS)	3
	Mateusz Baranowski (POL)	4

Event 4

The fourth Q Tour Europe event took place at the Club 200 in Manchester from 7 to 10 November 2024.^[14] Zhao Xintong made a maximum break in his quarter-final match against Oliver Sykes. Zhao beat Ryan Davies 4–2 in the final to win his second Q Tour Europe event in a row.^[14] The final-day results are given below.^[25]

	Last 16 Best of 7 frames				Quarter-finals Best of 7 frames				Semi-finals Best of 7 frames				Final Best of 7 frames
	Connor Benzey (ENG)	4
	Joshua Thomond (ENG)	2
					Connor Benzey (ENG)	1
					Craig Steadman (ENG)	4
	Craig Steadman (ENG)	4
	Iulian Boiko (UKR)	2
									Craig Steadman (ENG)	1
									Zhao Xintong (CHN)	4
	Oliver Sykes (ENG)	4
	Aidan Gallagher (ENG)	1
					Oliver Sykes (ENG)	1
					Zhao Xintong (CHN)	4
	Zhao Xintong (CHN)	4
	Hamim Hussain (ENG)	1
													Zhao Xintong (CHN)	4
													Ryan Davies (ENG)	2
	James Cahill (ENG)	3
	Ryan Davies (ENG)	4
					Ryan Davies (ENG)	4
					Sean O'Sullivan (ENG)	2
	Harvey Chandler (ENG)	2
	Sean O'Sullivan (ENG)	4
									Ryan Davies (ENG)	4
									Dylan Emery (WAL)	0
	Kayden Brierley (ENG)	2
	Dylan Emery (WAL)	4
					Dylan Emery (WAL)	4
					Gerard Greene (NIR)	2
	Gerard Greene (NIR)	4
	Sean Maddocks (ENG)	2

Event 5

The fifth Q Tour Europe event took place at the Austrian Snooker Academy in Vienna from 13 to 15 December 2024.^[15] Zhao Xintong defeated Ryan Thomerson 4–2 in the final to win his third Q Tour Europe event and 24th match on the Q Tour in a row.^[15] The final-day results are given below.^[26]

	Last 16 Best of 7 frames				Quarter-finals Best of 7 frames				Semi-finals Best of 7 frames				Final Best of 7 frames
	Zhao Xintong (CHN)	4
	Steven Hallworth (ENG)	2
					Zhao Xintong (CHN)	4
					Matthew Glasby (ENG)	3
	Joshua Thomond (ENG)	3
	Matthew Glasby (ENG)	4
									Zhao Xintong (CHN)	4
									Sean O'Sullivan (ENG)	0
	Iulian Boiko (UKR)	3
	Sean O'Sullivan (ENG)	4
					Sean O'Sullivan (ENG)	4
					Patrick Whelan (ENG)	1
	Patrick Whelan (ENG)	4
	Andres Petrov (EST)	2
													Zhao Xintong (CHN)	4
													Ryan Thomerson (AUS)	2
	Ryan Thomerson (AUS)	4
	Mateusz Baranowski (POL)	3
					Ryan Thomerson (AUS)	4
					Liam Highfield (ENG)	1
	Oliver Sykes (ENG)	1
	Liam Highfield (ENG)	4
									Ryan Thomerson (AUS)	4
									Hayden Staniland (ENG)	2
	Asutosh Padhy (IND)	4
	Umut Dikme (GER)	3
					Asutosh Padhy (IND)	0
					Hayden Staniland (ENG)	4
	Hayden Staniland (ENG)	4
	Aaron Busuttil (MLT)	1

Event 6

The sixth Q Tour Europe event took place at the Delta Moon Snooker Club in Mons, Belgium, from 10 to 12 January 2025.^[a][27] In the third frame of his last-64 match against Daan Leyssen, Iulian Boiko made a maximum break, becoming the second player after Zhao Xintong to record a maximum break on the Q Tour.^[28] Zhao defeated Ehsan Heydari Nezhad 4–1 in the final to win his fourth Q Tour Europe event and 32nd match on the Q Tour in a row.^[17] The final-day results are given below.^[29]

	Last 16 Best of 7 frames				Quarter-finals Best of 7 frames				Semi-finals Best of 7 frames				Final Best of 7 frames
	Patrick Whelan (ENG)	0
	Joshua Thomond (ENG)	4
					Joshua Thomond (ENG)	0
					Steven Hallworth (ENG)	4
	Ashley Hugill (ENG)	1
	Steven Hallworth (ENG)	4
									Steven Hallworth (ENG)	3
									Ehsan Heydari Nezhad (IRN)	4
	Paul Deaville (ENG)	0
	Nicolás Mortreux (FRA)	4
					Nicolás Mortreux (FRA)	0
					Ehsan Heydari Nezhad (IRN)	4
	Luke Pinches (ENG)	0
	Ehsan Heydari Nezhad (IRN)	4
													Ehsan Heydari Nezhad (IRN)	1
													Zhao Xintong (CHN)	4
	Nathan Jones (ENG)	4
	Fergal Quinn (NIR)	1
					Nathan Jones (ENG)	1
					Zhao Xintong (CHN)	4
	Zhao Xintong (CHN)	4
	Aaron Busuttil (MLT)	1
									Zhao Xintong (CHN)	4
									Florian Nüßle (AUT)	0
	Harvey Chandler (ENG)	3
	Florian Nüßle (AUT)	4
					Florian Nüßle (AUT)	4
					Mark Joyce (ENG)	1
	Joshua Cooper (ENG)	3
	Mark Joyce (ENG)	4

Event 7

The seventh Q Tour Europe event was held at the Landywood Snooker Club in Great Wyrley from 7 to 9 February 2025.^[30] Liam Highfield defeated Dylan Emery 4‍–‍3 in the final, thereby winning his first Q Tour event. Emery made the highest break of the event, a 140 compiled in his match against Anton Kazakov in the early rounds of the event.^[18] The final-day results are given below.^[31]

	Last 16 Best of 7 frames				Quarter-finals Best of 7 frames				Semi-finals Best of 7 frames				Final Best of 7 frames
	Iulian Boiko (UKR)	4
	Fergal Quinn (NIR)	2
					Iulian Boiko (UKR)	4
					Sean O'Sullivan (ENG)	0
	Sean O'Sullivan (ENG)	4
	Alfie Davies (WAL)	1
									Iulian Boiko (UKR)	3
									Dylan Emery (WAL)	4
	Shaun Liu (HKG)	4
	Harvey Chandler (ENG)	2
					Shaun Liu (HKG)	3
					Dylan Emery (WAL)	4
	Ashley Hugill (ENG)	2
	Dylan Emery (WAL)	4
													Dylan Emery (WAL)	3
													Liam Highfield (ENG)	4
	Alex Clenshaw (ENG)	4
	Lewis Ullah (ENG)	0
					Alex Clenshaw (ENG)	4
					Florian Nüßle (AUT)	1
	Florian Nüßle (AUT)	4
	Riley Powell (WAL)	2
									Alex Clenshaw (ENG)	2
									Liam Highfield (ENG)	4
	Liam Highfield (ENG)	4
	Joshua Thomond (ENG)	0
					Liam Highfield (ENG)	4
					Kuldesh Johal (ENG)	2
	Connor Benzey (ENG)	2
	Kuldesh Johal (ENG)	4

Q Tour Global

The Q Tour Global will consist of regional Q Tour series held outside Europe.^[2]

Americas series

Two players will qualify from a series of events organised by the Pan American Billiards and Snooker Association.

The schedule for the Q Tour Americas events is given below.

Date		Country	Tournament	Venue	City	Field	Winner	Runner-up	Score	Ref.
7 Mar	10 Mar	BRA	Event 1	H Niteroi Hotel	Rio de Janeiro	37	Igor Figueiredo	Noel Rodrigues Moreira	5–1	[32]
31 Oct	3 Nov	BRA	Event 2	H Niteroi Hotel	Rio de Janeiro	37	Claudio Menechini	Dhiones Moraes Arent	5–1
13 Dec	15 Dec	USA	Event 3	Arizona Snooker Academy	Chandler	20	Andy McCloskey	Ajeya Prabhakar	4–2	[33]
17 Jan	19 Jan	CAN	Event 4	The Corner Bank	Toronto	16	Vito Puopolo	Indi Lotey	5–0	[34]

Asia-Pacific series

One player will qualify from a series of events organised by the Asia-Pacific Snooker and Billiards Federation.

The schedule for the Q Tour Asia-Pacific events is given below.

Date		Country	Tournament	Venue	City	Field	Winner	Runner-up	Score	Ref.
28 Jun	30 Jun	AUS	West Coast International	Pot Black Snooker Centre	North Perth	44	Vinnie Calabrese	Ben Foster	5–4	[35]
2 Aug	4 Aug	AUS	Fred Osbourne Classic	Commercial Club	Albury	81	Vinnie Calabrese	Hassan Kerde	4–2	[36]
26 Sep	29 Sep	NZL	New Zealand Open	Papatoetoe Cosmopolitan Club	Auckland	30	Matthew Scarborough	Lawrence Millington	6–3	[37]
10 Oct	13 Oct	AUS	Bob Hawke AC Memorial Australian Open Snooker Championship	Mounties Club	Sydney	92	Vinnie Calabrese	Hassan Kerde	6–5	[38]
24 Jan	27 Jan	AUS	Dr Clem Jones AO Qld Open Snooker Championship	Redcliffe Snooker Club	Redcliffe	66	Vinnie Calabrese	Shaun Dalitz	5–1	[39]

Middle East series

Two players will qualify from a series of events played in the Middle East.

The schedule for the Q Tour Middle East events is given below.

Date		Country	Tournament	Venue	City	Field	Winner	Runner-up	Score	Ref.
21 May	23 May	BHR	Event 1	Bahrain Snooker Academy	Manama	40	Habib Subah Humood	Ismail Türker	4–1	[40]
19 Jul	21 Jul	UAE	Event 2	Emirates Snooker Academy	Abu Dhabi	56	Ali Gharahgozlou	Amin Sanjael	4–1	[41]
16 Jan	18 Jan	UAE	Event 3	Cue Sports Academy	Abu Dhabi	25	Ali Gharahgozlou	Ismail Türker	4–2	[42]

Q Tour Playoff

The final event, the WPBSA Q Tour Playoff, was held at the Pine Beach Belek Hotel in Antalya, Turkey, from 11 to 13 March.^[43] Steven Hallworth, Liam Highfield and Florian Nüßle won their respective playoffs, gaining two-year tour cards starting from the 2025–26 season.^[1] Mark Joyce made the highest break of the event, a 147 maximum break in his 6‍–‍2 victory over Dylan Emery in the semi-final of Playoff 1. It was the fourth maximum ever compiled on the Q Tour.^[44] The complete results are shown below.^[45]

Prize fund

The prize money for each play-off is shown below.^{[citation needed]}

• Winner: £2,000
• Runner-up: £1,000
• Semi-final: £750
• Quarter-final: £500
• Total: £19,500

Playoff 1

	Quarter-finals Best of 9 frames				Semi-finals Best of 11 frames				Final Best of 19 frames
	Dylan Emery	5
	Ali Gharahgozlou	2
					Dylan Emery	2
					Mark Joyce	6
	Connor Benzey	2
	Mark Joyce	5
									Mark Joyce	5
									Steven Hallworth	10
	Steven Hallworth	5
	Luo Honghao	3
					Steven Hallworth	6
					Ryan Davies	1
	Kuldesh Johal	4
	Ryan Davies	5

Playoff 2

	Quarter-finals Best of 9 frames				Semi-finals Best of 11 frames				Final Best of 19 frames
	Liam Highfield	5
	Habib Subah Humood	1
					Liam Highfield	6
					Harvey Chandler	2
	Dhiones Moraes Arent	0
	Harvey Chandler	5
									Liam Highfield	10
									Iulian Boiko	3
	Iulian Boiko	5
	Alex Clenshaw	2
					Iulian Boiko	6
					Vinnie Calabrese	5
	Vinnie Calabrese	5
	Craig Steadman	1

Playoff 3

	Quarter-finals Best of 9 frames				Semi-finals Best of 11 frames				Final Best of 19 frames
	Ryan Thomerson	1
	Ehsan Heydari Nezhad	5
					Ehsan Heydari Nezhad	3
					Florian Nüßle	6
	Joshua Thomond	3
	Florian Nüßle	5
									Florian Nüßle	10
									Andres Petrov	3
	Sean O'Sullivan	1
	Oliver Sykes	5
					Oliver Sykes	3
					Andres Petrov	6
	Vito Puopolo	2
	Andres Petrov	5

Notes

1. This event was originally announced to be held in Zurich, Switzerland.^[16]