2023–24 Q Tour

UK/Europe events are 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 2023 Q School Orders of Merit to make a first round field of 64 players. There are 3 rounds on the second day and a further three on the final day, to determine the winner of the event. The 48 who qualified directly included the top 32 eligible players from the 2023 UK Q School Order of Merit, the top eight from the 2023 Asia-Oceania Q School Order of Merit, and the eight highest ranked junior players on the 2023 UK Q School Order of Merit, not already qualified.[2]

Each UK/Europe event featured a prize fund of £14,300 with the winner receiving £3,000.

The schedule for the seven Q Tour UK/Europe events is given below.[1]

Date		Country	Tournament	Venue	City	Field	Winner	Runner-up	Score	Ref.
25 Aug	27 Aug	ENG	Event 1	North East Snooker Centre	North Shields	115	Liam Davies	Craig Steadman	5–2	[3]
15 Sep	17 Sep	SWE	Event 2	Snookerhallen	Stockholm	105	Michael Holt	Liam Davies	5–2	[4]
20 Oct	22 Oct	GER	Event 3	TSG Heilbronn	Heilbronn	106	Umut Dikme	Hamim Hussain	5–1	[5]
10 Nov	12 Nov	ENG	Event 4	Landywood Snooker Club	Walsall
15 Dec	17 Dec	ENG	Event 5	Castle Snooker Club	Brighton
5 Jan	7 Jan	BUL	Event 6	National Snooker Academy	Sofia
16 Feb	18 Feb	ENG	Event 7	Northern Snooker Centre	Leeds

Below are listed the leading players in the prize money rankings. The top-ranked player gets a place on the main tour for the 2023–24 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 were ranked by "countback", with the player having won the most prize money in the latest event played being ranked higher.[6]

Rank	Player	Event 1	Event 2	Event 3	Event 4	Event 5	Event 6	Event 7	Total (£)
1	Liam Davies +	3,000	1,500	0					4,500
2	Michael Holt +	–	3,000	600					3,600
3	Umut Dikme +	0	300	3,000					3,300
4	Craig Steadman	1,500	300	200					2,000
5	Hamim Hussain	0	200	1,500					1,700
6	Peter Lines	200	600	900					1,700
7	Ryan Davies	900	300	200					1,400
8	Harvey Chandler	200	200	900					1,300
9	Alfie Davies	300	900	0					1,200
10	Florian Nuessle	200	600	300					1,100
11	Antoni Kowalski	–	900	200					1,100
12	Tyler Rees	900	0	200					1,100
13	Duane Jones	600	200	200					1,000
14	Peter Devlin	0	300	600					900
15	Barry Pinches	300	0	600					900
16	Sean McAllister	0	600	300					900

The first UK/Europe event took place at North East Snooker Centre, North Shields, from 25 to 27 August 2023. Liam Davies beat Craig Steadman 5–2 in the final. After a walkover at the last 64 stage, Davies won his next four matches in the deciding frame to reach his first Q Tour final. Davies took a 2–0 lead in the final and although Steadman reduced the deficit to 3–2, Davies took the next two frames to win the match.[3] The final-day results are given below.[7]

	Quarter-finals Best of 7 frames				Semi-finals Best of 7 frames				Final Best of 9 frames
	Craig Steadman	4
	Iulian Boiko	2
					Craig Steadman	4
					Tyler Rees	3
	Asutosh Padhy	3
	Tyler Rees	4
									Craig Steadman	2
									Liam Davies	5
	Duane Jones	3
	Liam Davies	4
					Liam Davies	4
					Ryan Davies	3
	Kreishh Gurbaxani	2
	Ryan Davies	4

The second UK/Europe event took place at Snookerhallen, Stockholm, Sweden from 15 to 17 September 2023. Michael Holt lost only two frames in reaching the final and then beat Liam Davies, the winner of event 1, 5–2 in the final.[4] The final-day results are given below.[8]

	Quarter-finals Best of 7 frames				Semi-finals Best of 7 frames				Final Best of 9 frames
	Florian Nuessle	3
	Liam Davies	4
					Liam Davies	4
					Antoni Kowalski	0
	Sean McAllister	1
	Antoni Kowalski	4
									Liam Davies	2
									Michael Holt	5
	Alfie Davies	4
	Peter Lines	1
					Alfie Davies	1
					Michael Holt	4
	Michael Holt	4
	Daniel Womersley	0

The third UK/Europe event took place at TSG Heilbronn, Heilbronn, Germany from 20 to 22 October 2023. Umut Dikme beat Hamim Hussain 5–1 in the final, finishing with a break of 106.[5] The final-day results will be given below.[9]

	Quarter-finals Best of 7 frames				Semi-finals Best of 7 frames				Final Best of 9 frames
	Barry Pinches	1
	Harvey Chandler	4
					Harvey Chandler	0
					Hamim Hussain	4
	Hamim Hussain	4
	Michael Holt	3
									Hamim Hussain	1
									Umut Dikme	5
	Umut Dikme	4
	Yu Kiu Chang	2
					Umut Dikme	4
					Peter Lines	2
	Peter Devlin	1
	Peter Lines	4

One player will qualify from a series of three events organised by the Asia-Pacific Snooker and Billiards Federation, one in New Zealand and two in Australia.[10][11][12]