The World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association (WPBSA) and World Snooker have today published the breakdown of players to compete on the 2019/20 World Snooker Tour.
For the first time the qualifiers will include two players from the World Snooker Challenge Tour held during this season, as well as the 12 players who make it through Q School next spring.
Both finalists from the mixed gender WSF Championship event will secure their places on the main tour, joining the winners of a number of prestigious regional amateur competitions held across the globe.
The full qualification list is set out below:
Top 64 from the two-year Prize Money World Rankings after the 2019 World Championship | 64 |
Players awarded a two-year Tour card for the 2018/2019 season (not already qualified). |
30* |
Top 8 players from 2018/2019 one-year ranking list following the 2019 World Championship (not already qualified)** | 8 |
World Snooker Challenge Tour** | 2 |
CBSA China Tour** | 2 |
Q School 1** | 4 |
Q School 2** | 4 |
Q School 3** | 4 |
World Snooker Federation (2019 WSF Championship finalists)** | 2 |
EBSA (2019 European Champion and European U-21 champion)** | 2 |
Oceania (2019 Oceania champion)** | 1 |
Americas (2019 Americas champion)** | 1 |
Africas (2019 African champion)** | 1 |
125 |
*final total subject to change if any of these players finish inside of the top 64 of the two-year prize money rankings after the 2019 World Championship
**players will receive a two-year tour card