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  • Ssb - the rankings: Making things a little clearer

    I realise yesterday's post about the rankings confused a few people so let me explain it again by using the new season calendar.

    You will see the various cut off points when the list is revised. This happens three times during the coming season and once again at the end of it.

    It's a two-year rolling list so players only keep the points they earned for the previous two years worth of tournaments at any given time, i.e. after this year's World Open the points earned in the 2008 Northern Ireland Trophy, Shanghai Masters and Grand Prix are taken off.

    Here is the calendar for the coming season. The 20 counting tournaments are the World Championship, UK Championship, China Open, Shanghai Masters, World Open, Welsh Open, German Masters, the 12 Players Tour and European Players Tour events and the grand finals.

    The full ranking points tariff breakdown is still to be decided.

    2010
    MAY

    17 Apr – 3 May Betfred.com World Championship Crucible Theatre, Sheffield
    CUT OFF DATE FOR SEEDING FOR SHANGHAI MASTERS AND WORLD OPEN

    28-30 World Seniors Championship qualifiers Cue Club, Bradford

    JUNE
    2-6 Rundili 2010 World Snooker Wuxi Classic Wuxi, China
    25-27 Players Tour Championship 1 (PTC1) Academy

    JULY
    9-11 Players Tour Championship 2 (PTC2) Academy
    18-25 6 Red Championship Thailand

    AUGUST
    2-5 Shanghai Masters qualifiers Academy
    6-8 Players Tour Championship (PTC3) Academy
    14-16 Players Tour Championship (PTC4) Academy
    21-24 World Open qualifiers Academy
    27-29 Euro Players Tour Championship (EPTC 1) Germany

    SEPTEMBER
    2 Premier League
    6-12 Shanghai Masters Shanghai
    16 Premier League
    18-26 World Open (formerly Grand Prix) SECC, Glasgow
    30 Premier League

    OCTOBER
    1-3 Euro Players Tour Championship (EPTC 2) Europe
    CUT OFF DATE FOR SEEDING FOR UK CHAMPIONSHIP AND THE MASTERS

    7 Premier League
    8-10 Players Tour Championship (PTC5) Academy
    14 Premier League
    15-17 Players Tour Championship (PTC 6) Academy
    21 Premier League
    22-24 Euro Players Tour Championship (EPTC 3) Frankfurt, Germany
    28 Premier League
    29-31 Euro Players Tour Championship (EPTC 4) Europe

    NOVEMBER
    4 Premier League
    5-7 World Seniors Championship Cedar Court Hotel, Bradford
    11 Premier League
    12-14 Euro Players Tour Championship (EPTC 5) Hamm, Germany
    13-20 Asian Games Guangzhou
    18 Premier League
    19-21 Euro Players Tour Championship (EPTC6) Halle, Germany
    24 Nov – 1 Dec UK Championship qualifiers Academy
    27-28 Premier League Finals Potters

    DECEMBER
    4-12 UK Championship Telford Int Centre
    CUT OFF DATE FOR SEEDING FOR GERMAN MASTERS AND WELSH OPEN

    14-17 German Masters qualifiers Academy

    2011
    JANUARY
    3-6 Championship League
    9-16 The Masters Wembley Arena
    24-27 Championship League
    28-30 Sky Shoot Out tbc

    FEBRUARY
    2-6 German Masters Berlin, Germany
    8-11 Welsh Open qualifiers Academy
    14-20 Welsh Open Wales
    CUT OFF DATE FOR SEEDING FOR CHINA OPEN AND BETFRED.COM WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP

    24-27 China Open qualifiers Academy
    28 – 3 Mar Championship League

    MARCH
    4-15 Betfred.com World Championship qualifiers Academy
    17-20 Players Tour Championship Final tbc
    21-24 Championship League

    APRIL
    28 March – 3 April China Open Beijing

    APRIL/MAY
    16 April – 2 May Betfred.com World Snooker Championship Crucible Theatre, Sheffield
    11-31 May* Qualifying School Academy


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  • #2
    The way I am looking at this there is one question:

    Am I right in thinking that the rankings will be revised after the three points in the season but not also after the World Championship? Or is it the three revisions as well as the traditional end of season revision?

    It would seem strange to me to do away with end-of-season updates.

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    • #3
      Originally Posted by The Statman View Post
      The way I am looking at this there is one question:

      Am I right in thinking that the rankings will be revised after the three points in the season but not also after the World Championship? Or is it the three revisions as well as the traditional end of season revision?

      It would seem strange to me to do away with end-of-season updates.
      the rankings after the World Championship is given and the rankings as they are after the WC will make up the seedings for 2011 shanghai and World Open.

      in say tennis they make a bigger deal out of the end of season rankings and every player wants to be no 1 at the end of the season.

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      • #4
        And of course the end of season revision will decide who remains on the tour and who will have to enter the qualifying event.
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