WPBSA has published the draw and format for the 2024/25 Q-Tour Europe Event 1

Q TOUR EUROPE 2024/25 | EVENT 1 DRAW & FORMAT

Tournament information including the draw and format for the first event of 2024/25 WPBSA Q Tour Europe is now available to view via WPBSA SnookerScores.

• View the knockout draw
• View the match schedule
• View player list

The event will take place at the Northern Snooker Centre, England with a record 154 players in the draw. This means that 34 matches must be played on Thursday 15 August, with the remaining rounds to be played from 16-18 August.

Q Tour Europe will be made up of seven tournaments and is part of the expanded WPBSA Q Tour Global, which will for the first time incorporate regional events held around the world, each offering access to an extended Q Tour Global Playoff at the end of the season.

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154 entries is impressive, of course it is, but for this event held at the excellent Northern Snooker Center in Leeds, England, nearly two third of the field in English (98 out of 154 if I counted correctly). I wish it was different but I’m not surprised. Where I am surprised is that there is only ONE player from Ireland, and only three from Northern Ireland. How come??? Nepal has two !!! Germany has 5 players in the draw.

I counted two female players in the draw: Rebecca Kenna who certainly can play and Corina Maracine form Romania, who played in numerous PTCs in the past but who, as far as I remember, never won a match in them.

There are players in the draw, amongst the top seeds, who have already withdrawn, notably Paul Deaville, Dylan Emery and Kayden Brierley. Deaville and Emery are due to play in the Xi’an Grand Prix of course and that’s surely the reason for their withdrawal. It’s a shame through as it puts them at a disadvantage in the Q-Tour right from the off.