Challenge Tour 2019/2020

The Challenge Tour 2019/2020 is a series of snooker tournaments that take place during the 2019–20 snooker season. It is a second-tier tour for players not on the main World Snooker Tour.[1] The top player in the final rankings will earn a two-year card to the World Snooker Tour for 2020–21 snooker season. The next eight players in the rankings will then go into a play-off event, with the winner of that event to receive the second Tour Card.[2]

Challenge Tour 2019/2020
Details
Duration31 August 2019 – 20 July 2020
Tournaments11
← 2018/19
2020/21 →

Ashley Hugill guaranteed his place in the World Snooker Tour after his victory in the 2020 WSF Open.[3] Lukas Kleckers guaranteed his place in the top and earned his two-year card to the World Snooker Tour after the last challenge event.[4] Andrew Pagett guaranteed his place in the World Snooker Tour after his victory in the 2020 EBSA European Snooker Championship.[5]

Format

Each event had a maximum field of 64. The leading 56 players in the 2019 Q School Order of Merit, excluding the 16 who qualified for the main tour, as well as eight wildcards are eligible to play. If there are less than 64 entries, players outside the top-56 in the Q School Order of Merit could enter.[1]

All matches are over five frames. The winner of each event receives prize money of £2,000 out of a total of £10,000. The runner-up receives £1,000, semi-finalists £700, quarter-finalists £500, last-16 losers £200 and last-32 losers £125.[6]

Schedule
Date Country Tournament Venue City Field Winner Runner-up Score Ref.
31 Aug 1 Sep  GER Event 1 Ballroom Nürnberg Nuremberg 67 Ka Wai Cheung Oliver Brown 3–1 [7]
21 Sep 22 Sep  ENG Event 2 The Crucible Sports & Social Club Newbury 64 Jake Nicholson Andrew Pagett 3–1 [8]
5 Oct 6 Oct  ENG Event 3 Northern Snooker Centre Leeds 64 Andrew Pagett Robbie McGuigan 3–0 [9]
19 Oct 20 Oct  BEL Event 4 The Trickshot Bruges 58 Ashley Hugill Aaron Hill 3–1 [10]
28 Feb 29 Feb[lower-alpha 1]  ENG Event 5 The Winchester Leicester 64 Allan Taylor Michael Collumb 3–1 [12]
16 Nov 17 Nov  HUN Event 6 Hungary Snooker Academy Budapest 62 Oliver Brown Ashley Hugill 3–1 [13]
14 Dec 15 Dec  BEL Event 7 De Maxx Pelt 42 Dean Young Andrew Pagett 3–1 [14]
18 Jan 19 Jan  ENG Event 8 Tamworth Sports Bar Tamworth 60 Lukas Kleckers Tyler Rees 3–1 [15]
15 Feb 16 Feb  WAL Event 9 Terry Griffiths Matchroom Llanelli 52 Ashley Hugill Sydney Wilson 3–1
1 Mar 2 Mar  ENG Event 10 The Winchester Leicester 61 Adam Duffy Kuldesh Johal 3–1 [16]
20 Jul 20 Jul[lower-alpha 2]  ENG Tour Playoffs English Institute of Sport Sheffield 8 Allan Taylor Adam Duffy 4–0 [18]

Source:[19]

Eligible players

The leading 56 players in the 2019 Q School Order of Merit, excluding the 16 who qualified for the main tour, are automatically eligible to play:[1][20]

Rankings

The leaders in the rankings were:

Rank Player Event 1Event 2Event 3Event 4Event 5Event 6Event 7Event 8Event 9Event 10Total (£)
1 Ashley Hugill 1251255002,0001251,00070002,0001256,700
2 Lukas Kleckers 2001255007007007005002,00005005,925
3 Andrew Pagett 5001,0002,0001252002001,0001251251255,400
4 Dean Young 200007001251252,0002002007004,250
5 Adam Duffy -500125200050012550002,0003,950
6 Oliver Brown 1,000--002,000001251253,250
7 Allan Taylor -700125-2,000--200-2003,225
8 Patrick Whelan 70001255001252002007001255003,175
9 Rory McLeod 1255000500700500125500200-3,150
10 Ka Wai Cheung 2,000-2000-200500020003,100
11 Jake Nicholson -2,00000050012512512502,875
12 Tyler Rees 2000--125--1,0007005002,525
13 Michael Collumb 020012501,000700-20020002,425
14 Robbie McGuigan 1255001,00012500125050002,375
15 Zak Surety 500125700125500--125002,075
16 George Pragnell 00700012520012570002002,050
17 Sanderson Lam 0200500200200500020001251,925
18 Aaron Hill 5001251251,00000125---1,875
19 Paul Davison 0012550001252002005002001,850
20 Daniel Womersley 12512550020012501251252001251,650

Source:[21]

Notes
  1. Postponed due to the bad weather conditions causing a health and safety issue at the Castle Snooker and Sports Bar in Brighton.[11]
  2. Postponed due to the coronavirus pandemic[17]

References
  1. "Challenge Tour 2019/20". World Snooker. 25 March 2019. Retrieved 28 August 2019.
  2. "Challenge Tour Revision". worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. 27 March 2019. Retrieved 28 August 2019.
  3. "Hugill Wins WSF Open To Secure Main Tour Return". World Snooker. 18 January 2020.
  4. "Klekers Regains Tour Place". World Snooker. 3 March 2020.
  5. "Pagett Wins European Amateur Championship". World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. 20 March 2020.
  6. "Challenge Tour Prize Money". World Snooker. 31 May 2018. Retrieved 28 August 2019.
  7. "Cheung the Champ at Challenge Tour One". worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. 1 September 2019.
  8. "Nicholson wins the shining Challenge Two trophy". worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. 22 September 2019.
  9. "Pagett Shows Northern Soul To Win Challenge Three". worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. 6 October 2019.
  10. "Hugill Best In Bruges". worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. 20 October 2019.
  11. "Challenge Tour Five Postponed". worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. 2 November 2019.
  12. "Taylor Made For The Challenge". World Snooker. 1 March 2020.
  13. "Brown Strikes Gold In Budapest". World Snooker. 17 November 2019.
  14. "Young Blood: Dean Wins Challenge Seven". World Snooker. 15 December 2019.
  15. "Klekers King At Challenge Tour Eight". World Snooker. 19 January 2020.
  16. "Duffy Wins Challenge Tour Ten". World Snooker. 3 March 2020.
  17. "Challenge Tour Play-Off To Take Place July 20th". 1 July 2020.
  18. "Taylor Made Up At Tour Return". World Snooker. 20 July 2020.
  19. "Challenge Tour Calendar". worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. 10 July 2019. Retrieved 28 August 2019.
  20. "Q School Order of Merit". World Snooker. Retrieved 28 August 2019.
  21. "Challenge Tour Rankings".
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