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

A series of seven Q Tour Europe events will be played, with the leading money-winner gaining a place on the main tour for the 2025–26 snooker season. Sixteen players – the tournament winners and the highest-ranked players who had not already secured a place on the main tour for the 2024–25 season – will gain entry to a further event, the WPBSA Q Tour Global Playoff. They will be joined by players from the Q Tour Global; qualifying from regional Q Tour series. These players will compete for a further three places on the World Snooker Tour.^[1]

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.^[1]

Prize fund

Each Q Tour Europe event featured a prize fund of £14,300 with the winner receiving £3,000.^[2]

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.^[1]

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	^[3]
20 Sep	22 Sep	BUL	Event 2	Bulgarian Snooker Academy	Sofia	108	Dylan Emery	Harvey Chandler	4–3	^[4]
4 Oct	6 Oct	SWE	Event 3	Snookerhallen	Stockholm	116	Zhao Xintong	Craig Steadman	4–3	^[5]
7 Nov	10 Nov	ENG	Event 4	Club 200	Manchester	156	Zhao Xintong	Ryan Davies	4–2	^[6]
13 Dec	15 Dec	AUT	Event 5	Austrian Snooker Academy	Vienna	103	Zhao Xintong	Ryan Thomerson	4–2	^[7]
10 Jan	12 Jan	BEL	Event 6	Delta Moon Snooker Club	Mons					^[8]
7 Feb	9 Feb	ENG	Event 7	Landywood Snooker Club	Great Wyrley

Rankings

Below are listed the leading players in the prize money rankings.^[9] 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.^[1] 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.^[10]

Rank	Player	Event 1	Event 2	Event 3	Event 4	Event 5	Total (£)
1	Zhao Xintong +	–	0	3,000	3,000	3,000	9,000
2	Dylan Emery +	–	3,000	–	900	200	4,100
3	Ryan Thomerson	1,500	600	300	0	1500	3,900
4	Andres Petrov +	3,000	300	0	0	300	3,600
5	Craig Steadman	200	300	1,500	900	200	3,100
6	Ryan Davies	900	0	200	1,500	200	2,800
7	Sean O'Sullivan	0	300	300	600	900	2,100
8	Steven Hallworth	600	0	900	200	300	2,000
9	Harvey Chandler	0	1,500	200	300	0	2,000
10	Liam Highfield	300	900	0	0	600	1,800
11	Iulian Boiko	600	600	–	300	300	1,800
12	Oliver Sykes	200	300	300	600	300	1,700
13	Mark Joyce	600	900	–	200	0	1,700
14	Hayden Staniland	200	0	200	200	900	1,500
15	Mateusz Baranowski	0	300	900	0	300	1,500
16	Connor Benzey	300	200	0	600	200	1,300
17	Joshua Thomond	200	200	200	300	300	1,200
18	Florian Nüßle	300	200	300	200	200	1,200
19	Alex Clenshaw	300	0	600	0	200	1,100
20	Simon Blackwell	900	–	–	200	–	1,100

+ 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.^[3] The final-day results are given below.^[11]

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	1

Andres Petrov	4
		Andres Petrov	4

		Simon Bedford	3
Simon Bedford	4

Alex Clenshaw	1
				Andres Petrov	4

				Simon Blackwell	3
Mark Joyce	4

Peter Lines	0
		Mark Joyce	3

		Simon Blackwell	4
Alex Millington	0

Simon Blackwell	4
						Andres Petrov	4

						Ryan Thomerson	3
Liam Highfield	2

Iulian Boiko	4
		Iulian Boiko	2

		Ryan Davies	4
Florian Nuessle	2

Ryan Davies	4
				Ryan Davies	1

				Ryan Thomerson	4
Ryan Thomerson	4

Umut Dikme	2
		Ryan Thomerson	4

		Steven Hallworth	3
Connor Benzey	2

Steven Hallworth	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.^[4] The final-day results are given below.^[12]

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	1

Kuldesh Johal	4
		Kuldesh Johal	0

		Dylan Emery	4
Dylan Emery	4

Mateusz Baranowski	0
				Dylan Emery	4

				Mark Joyce	2
Mark Vincent	1

Ryan Thomerson	4
		Ryan Thomerson	3

		Mark Joyce	4
Sean O'Sullivan	1

Mark Joyce	4
						Dylan Emery	4

						Harvey Chandler	3
Brandon Hall	4

Craig Steadman	1
		Brandon Hall	1

		Harvey Chandler	4
Harvey Chandler	4

Anton Kazakov	1
				Harvey Chandler	4

				Liam Highfield	2
Iulian Boiko	4

Andres Petrov	3
		Iulian Boiko	1

		Liam Highfield	4
Liam Highfield	4

Joshua Cooper	1

Event 3

The third Q Tour Europe event took place at the Snookerhallen in Stockholm from 4 to 6 October 2024.^[5] Zhao Xintong made a maximum break in his last-64 match against Shaun Liu, the first in a Q Tour event.^[13] Zhao beat Craig Steadman 4–3 in the final. In the event Zhao won 8 matches and made 8 century breaks.^[5] The final-day results are given below.^[14]

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	1

Craig Steadman	4
		Craig Steadman	4

		Peter Devlin	1
Umut Dikme	2

Peter Devlin	4
				Craig Steadman	4

				Steven Hallworth	2
Alex Clenshaw	4

Rory McLeod	0
		Alex Clenshaw	1

		Steven Hallworth	4
Florian Nuessle	3

Steven Hallworth	4
						Craig Steadman	3

						Zhao Xintong	4
Zhao Xintong	4

Peter Lines	1
		Zhao Xintong	4

		Nicolas Mortreux	0
Oliver Sykes	3

Nicolas Mortreux	4
				Zhao Xintong	4

				Mateusz Baranowski	0
Barry Pinches	4

Sean O'Sullivan	0
		Barry Pinches	3

		Mateusz Baranowski	4
Ryan Thomerson	3

Mateusz Baranowski	4

Event 4

The fourth Q Tour Europe event took place at the Club 200 in Manchester from 7 to 10 November 2024.^[6] 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.^[6] The final-day results are given below.^[15]

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	4

Josh Thomond	2
		Connor Benzey	1

		Craig Steadman	4
Craig Steadman	4

Iulian Boiko	2
				Craig Steadman	1

				Zhao Xintong	4
Oliver Sykes	4

Aidan Gallagher	1
		Oliver Sykes	1

		Zhao Xintong	4
Zhao Xintong	4

Hamim Hussain	1
						Zhao Xintong	4

						Ryan Davies	2
James Cahill	3

Ryan Davies	4
		Ryan Davies	4

		Sean O'Sullivan	2
Harvey Chandler	2

Sean O'Sullivan	4
				Ryan Davies	4

				Dylan Emery	0
Kayden Brierley	2

Dylan Emery	4
		Dylan Emery	4

		Gerard Greene	2
Gerard Greene	4

Sean Maddocks	2

Event 5

The fifth Q Tour Europe event took place at the Austrian Snooker Academy in Vienna from 13 to 15 December 2024.^[7] 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.^[7] The final-day results are given below.^[16]

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	4

Steven Hallworth	2
		Zhao Xintong	4

		Matthew Glasby	3
Joshua Thomond	3

Matthew Glasby	4
				Zhao Xintong	4

				Sean O'Sullivan	0
Iulian Boiko	3

Sean O'Sullivan	4
		Sean O'Sullivan	4

		Patrick Whelan	1
Patrick Whelan	4

Andres Petrov	2
						Zhao Xintong	4

						Ryan Thomerson	2
Ryan Thomerson	4

Mateusz Baranowski	3
		Ryan Thomerson	4

		Liam Highfield	1
Oliver Sykes	1

Liam Highfield	4
				Ryan Thomerson	4

				Hayden Staniland	2
Asutosh Padhy	4

Umut Dikme	3
		Asutosh Padhy	0

		Hayden Staniland	4
Hayden Staniland	4

Aaron Busuttil	1

Q Tour Global

The Q Tour Global will consist of regional Q Tour series held outside Europe.^[1]

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	^[17]
13 Dec	15 Dec	USA	Event 2	Arizona Snooker Academy	Chandler	32			–

Asia-Pacific series

Two players 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	^[18]
2 Aug	4 Aug	AUS	Fred Osbourne Classic	Commercial Club	Albury	81	Vinnie Calabrese	Hassan Kerde	4–2	^[19]
26 Sep	29 Sep	NZL	New Zealand Open	Papatoetoe Cosmopolitan Club	Auckland	30	Matthew Scarborough	Lawrence Millington	6–3	^[20]
10 Oct	13 Oct	AUS	Bob Hawke AC Memorial Australian Open Snooker Championship	Mounties Club	Sydney	92	Vinnie Calabrese	Hassan Kerde	6–5	^[21]

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	^[22]
19 Jul	21 Jul	UAE	Event 2	Emirates Snooker Academy	Abu Dhabi	56	Ali Gharahgozlou	Amin Sanjael	4–1	^[23]
16 Jan	18 Jan	SAU	Event 3	Saudi Federation Billiards and Snooker Academy	Riyadh				–