2025–26 snooker season
| Details | |
|---|---|
| Duration | 22 June 2025 – 4 May 2026 |
| Tournaments | World Snooker Tour: 22 (18 ranking events) World Women's: 3 World Seniors: 1 |
| Triple Crown winners | |
| UK Championship | |
| Masters | |
| World Championship | |
← 2024–25 | |
The 2025–26 snooker season is an ongoing professional snooker season with tournaments played between June 2025 and May 2026, including the professional World Snooker Tour, the second-tier Q Tour and featured events from World Women's Snooker and World Seniors Tour.
Players
The World Snooker Tour includes the top 64 players from the prize money rankings after the 2025 World Championship, plus the additional 31 players[a] who earned a two-year card the previous year. Those 95 players will be joined by the 34 players who acquired a two-year tour card this year to form a 129–player tour for the 2025–26 season.[1]
New professional players
Zhao Xintong (CHN) won the 2025 World Snooker Championship as an amateur and re-joined the top 64 in the official world rankings to secure professional status for the season.[b]
The players listed below have received a two-year tour card for the 2025–26 and 2026–27 seasons.[1]
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Player of the Month
The Player of the Month award was launched this season by WPBSA Players, the representative for snooker players within the WPBSA. The award recognises outstanding performance and is voted by fellow players.
| Month | Winner | Wins (No. of matches) | Centuries | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 2025 | Marco Fu (HKG) | 2 (2) | 5 | [20] |
Calendar
The following tables outline the dates and results for all the World Snooker Tour, World Women's Snooker Tour, World Seniors Tour, Q Tour, and other events in the season.[21][22]
World Snooker Tour
| Start | Finish | Tournament | Venue | Winner | Score | Runner-up | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 Jun | 23 Jul | Championship League | Mattioli Arena in Leicester, England | ||||
| 28 Jul | 3 Aug | Shanghai Masters† | Luwan Gymnasium in Shanghai, China | ||||
| 8 Aug | 16 Aug | Saudi Arabia Masters | Green Halls in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia | ||||
| 24 Aug | 30 Aug | Wuhan Open | Wuhan, China | ||||
| 15 Sep | 21 Sep | English Open | Brentwood Centre in Brentwood, England | ||||
| 22 Sep | 28 Sep | British Open | The Centaur in Cheltenham, England | ||||
| 7 Oct | 13 Oct | Xi'an Grand Prix | Xi'an, China | ||||
| 19 Oct | 26 Oct | Northern Ireland Open | Waterfront Hall in Belfast, Northern Ireland | ||||
| 2 Nov | 9 Nov | International Championship | China | ||||
| 10 Nov | 16 Nov | Champion of Champions† | Mattioli Arena in Leicester, England | ||||
| 29 Nov | 7 Dec | UK Championship | Barbican Centre in York, England | ||||
| 10 Dec | 13 Dec | Shoot Out | Tower Circus in Blackpool, England | ||||
| 15 Dec | 21 Dec | Scottish Open | Meadowbank Sports Centre in Edinburgh, Scotland | ||||
| 11 Jan | 18 Jan | Masters† | Alexandra Palace in London, England | ||||
| 26 Jan | 1 Feb | German Masters | Tempodrom in Berlin, Germany | ||||
| 3 Feb | 8 Feb | World Grand Prix | Kai Tak Arena in Kowloon City, Hong Kong | ||||
| 2 Jan | 11 Feb | Championship League† | Mattioli Arena in Leicester, England | ||||
| 16 Feb | 22 Feb | Players Championship | Telford International Centre in Telford, England | ||||
| 23 Feb | 1 Mar | Welsh Open | Venue Cymru in Llandudno, Wales | ||||
| 16 Mar | 22 Mar | World Open | China | ||||
| 30 Mar | 5 Apr | Tour Championship | Manchester Central in Manchester, England | ||||
| 18 Apr | 4 May | World Championship | Crucible Theatre in Sheffield, England |
| Ranking event |
| † Non-ranking event |
Note: This calendar only includes events that have been confirmed by the World Snooker Tour, and is subject to change at any time during the season.
World Women's Snooker Tour
| Start | Finish | Tournament | Venue | Winner | Score | Runner-up | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 Aug | 31 Aug | UK Women's Championship | Northern Snooker Centre in Leeds, England | ||||
| 4 Oct | 7 Oct | Australian Women's Open | Mounties in Sydney, Australia | ||||
| 28 Nov | 30 Nov | Irish Women's Snooker Open | Snooker & Billiards Ireland HQ in Carlow, Ireland |
World Seniors Tour
| Start | Finish | Tournament | Venue | Winner | Score | Runner-up | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 May | 10 May | World Seniors Championship | Crucible Theatre in Sheffield, England |
Other events
| Start | Finish | Tournament | Venue | Winner | Score | Runner-up | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 Aug | 13 Aug | World Games – Women's six-red singles | Gymnasium, Civil Aviation Flight University of China, Chengdu, China | [23] | |||
| 10 Aug | 14 Aug | World Games – Men's singles | |||||
| 9 Dec | 20 Dec | SEA Games – Men's singles | Ambassador City Jomtien Hotel, Sattahip, Chonburi, Thailand | [24][25] | |||
| SEA Games – Men's six-red singles | |||||||
| SEA Games – Women's singles | |||||||
| SEA Games – Women's six-red singles | |||||||
| SEA Games – Men's team | |||||||
| SEA Games – Men's six-red team | |||||||
| SEA Games – Women's team | |||||||
| SEA Games – Women's six-red team |
Notes
- ^ Lei Peifan was in the top 64 on the season-end ranking list, reducing this number from 32 to 31.
- ^ Zhao Xintong was previously the highest ranked player on the Q Tour rankings, but his performances in the 2025 World Snooker Championship removed him from the list as he re-joined the Top 64 of the official rankings in 11th place.
- ^ The champion of the event, Liam Highfield, had already earned a professional tour card via the Q Tour Playoffs.[5]
- ^ The Women's World Champion, Bai Yulu, already gained a tour card for the 2024–25 and 2025–26 seasons last year.
References
- ^ a b c "2025/26 World Snooker Tour Players". World Snooker Tour. 9 June 2025. Retrieved 10 June 2025.
- ^ "Season Points 2024/2025". snooker.org.
- ^ "Glory For Gao at WSF Championship". WPBSA. Retrieved 10 May 2025.
- ^ "Leone Crowley Wins WSF Junior Championship". WPBSA. Retrieved 10 May 2025.
- ^ "Liam Highfield Wins European Title". WPBSA. 22 March 2025. Archived from the original on 22 March 2025.
- ^ "Michał Szubarczyk Nominated for World Snooker Tour Card". WPBSA. Retrieved 10 May 2025.
- ^ "Iulian Boiko Regains Professional Status with European Glory". WPBSA. Retrieved 10 May 2025.
- ^ "Chang Bingyu Wins Asia-Pacific Snooker Championship Crown". WPBSA. Retrieved 10 May 2025.
- ^ "Sahil Nayyar Wins Pan American Open Snooker Championship". WPBSA. Retrieved 10 May 2025.
- ^ "The All Africa Snooker & 6 red" (PDF). Africa Billiards & Snooker Confederation. 20 April 2025. Archived (PDF) from the original on 26 April 2025. Retrieved 2 June 2025.
- ^ "Mahmoud El Hareedy earns professional status with All-Africa title". World Snooker Tour. 1 July 2025. Retrieved 2 July 2025.
- ^ "Emery Regains WST Place". World Snooker Tour. 9 May 2025. Retrieved 10 May 2025.
- ^ "Nuessle, Hallworth and Highfield Secure World Snooker Tour Cards". WPBSA. Retrieved 10 May 2025.
- ^ "Pullen, Ursenbacher, Brown And Baranowski Secure Tour Cards". World Snooker Tour. 26 May 2025. Retrieved 2 June 2025.
- ^ "Grace, Burns, Benzey and Quinn Secure Tour Cards At Q School". World Snooker Tour. 1 June 2025. Retrieved 2 June 2025.
- ^ "Nasa and Liu Earn Tour Cards in Thailand". WPBSA. Retrieved 24 May 2025.
- ^ "China's Xu and Zhao Earn Tour Cards". WPBSA. Retrieved 26 May 2025.
- ^ "Jimmy White and Marco Fu Awarded Invitational Tour Cards". WPBSA. Retrieved 10 May 2025.
- ^ "Sam Craigie Tour Card". World Snooker Tour. Retrieved 10 June 2025.
- ^ World Snooker Tour (4 July 2025). "Fu Wins Inaugural Player of the Month Award". World Snooker Tour. Retrieved 4 July 2025.
- ^ "Calendar 2025/2026". snooker.org. Retrieved 6 May 2025.
- ^ "Tournaments". World Snooker Tour. Retrieved 9 May 2025.
- ^ The World Games. "Billiards Sports". The World Games 2025. Retrieved 9 May 2025.
- ^ "OCA » SEA Games Federation confirms 574 medal events for Thailand 2025". oca.asia. Retrieved 9 May 2025.
- ^ ส่องสนามแข่งซีเกมส์2025 กทม.-ชลบุรี-สงขลาจัดกีฬาไหนบ้าง? [Exploring the 2025 SEA Games Venues: Which Sports Will Be Hosted in Bangkok, Chonburi, and Songkhla?]. Matichon (in Thai). 22 February 2025. Archived from the original on 22 February 2025. Retrieved 22 February 2025.