2011-12_snooker_season

2011–12 snooker season

2011–12 snooker season

Series of snooker tournaments

The 2011–12 snooker season was a series of snooker tournaments played between 1 June 2011 and 7 May 2012. The Brazil Masters became the first professional event held in South America,[citation needed] and the Australian Goldfields Open the first ranking event in Australia.[1] The World Cup was held again after 1996.[2] At the end of the season Ronnie O'Sullivan was named the World Snooker Player of the Year and the Snooker Writers Player of the Year, Judd Trump the Fans Player of the Year and Luca Brecel the Rookie of the Year. Stuart Bingham received the "Performance of the Year" for winning his first ranking event, the Australian Goldfields Open. Stephen Hendry's maximum break at the World Championship received "The Magic Moment" award. Walter Donaldson, Mark Williams, John Higgins and Ronnie O'Sullivan were inducted into the Hall of Fame.[3]

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New professional players

Countries

Note: new in this case means that these players were not on the 2010/2011 professional Main Tour.[4]

Calendar

The following table outlines the results and dates for all the ranking and major invitational events.[19][20]

World Snooker Tour

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World Ladies Billiards and Snooker Association

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Seniors events

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Other events

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Official rankings

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World ranking points

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Points distribution

2011/2012 Points distribution for world ranking and minor-ranking events[72]

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Notes

  1. [n 1]
    Sam Baird qualified by topping the Pro Ticket Tour rankings.
  2. [n 2]
    Daniel Wells qualified by topping the Welsh rankings.
  3. [n 3]
    Scott MacKenzie qualified by topping the Scottish rankings.
  4. [n 4]
    Joe Meara qualified by topping the Northern Irish rankings.
  5. [n 5]
    David Hogan qualified by topping the Irish rankings.
  6. [n 6]
    Event also known as the 2011 Paul Hunter Classic
  7. [n 7]
    Event also known as the 2011 Warsaw Classic
  8. [n 8]
    Event also known as the 2011 Kay Suzanne Memorial Trophy
  9. [n 9]
    Event also known as the 2011 Alex Higgins International Trophy
  10. [N 10]
    Event also known as the 2011 Antwerp Open
  11. [N 11]
    Event also known as the 2012 FFB Snooker Open and the 2012 Arcaden Shopping Open
  12. [N 12]
    This format was based on points. Martin Gould won 286–258.
  13. [N 13]
    The 2009/2010 points only included the points that counted towards the next seedings update. See [66] for the points accumulated during the 2009/2010 and 2010/2011 seasons.
  14. [N 14]
    See [67] for ranking points accumulated up to the Players Tour Championship Finals and [68] for points accumulated at the China Open and World Snooker Championship.
  15. [N 15]
    See [69] for the rankings at the first seedings cut-off point; see [70] for the second, see [71] for the third and see [68] at the end of the season.

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