The 2025–26 Q Tour was a multi-regional series of second-tier snooker tournaments, run by the World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association (WPBSA). It took place during the 2025–26 snooker season for players not on the main tour.
Jamie Clarke led the Q Tour Europe rankings to gain a place on the main tour, followed by Ashley Carty, Ashley Hugill and Craig Steadman who have won their respective play-offs. It is the first time only English and Welsh players are promoted to the main tour since the expansion of Q Tour in the 2023–24 season.
Overview A series of seven Q Tour Europe events were played, with the leading money-winner gaining a place on the main tour for the 2026–27 snooker season. Eighteen players – the highest-ranked players who have not already secured a place on the main tour for the 2026–27 season – gained entry to a further event, the WPBSA Q Tour Global Play-Off. They are joined by five players from the Regional Q Tour winners outside Europe and one player from the CBSA China Tour third-ranked. These players will compete for a further three places on the World Snooker Tour.
This season saw increase of prize money, more than doubled from £14,300 last season to £30,000 per event. An extended event duration from three to four days, along with a new seeding structure and points-based system, was also introduced.
Q Tour Europe Format Q Tour Europe events were generally played over four days. The main draw starts on the second day when the 16 successful qualifiers are joined by the 48 seeded players who qualified based on their rankings in the 2025 Q School Orders of Merit to make a first round field of 64 players. There are two rounds on the second day and a further four on the final day, to determine the winner of the event. The 48 who qualified directly included the top 32 eligible players from the 2024 UK Q School Order of Merit, the top eight from the 2025 Asia-Oceania Q School Order of Merit, and the eight highest ranked junior players on the 2024 UK Q School Order of Merit, not already qualified.
Prize fund Each Q Tour Europe event featured a prize fund of £30,000, with the winner receiving £6,000.
Winner: £6,000 Runner-up: £3,000 Semi-final: £2,000 Quarter-final: £1,250 Last 16: £750 Last 32: £350 Total: £30,000
Schedule
The schedule for the Q Tour Europe events is given below. Date Country Tournament Venue City Field Winner Runner-up Score Ref. 29 Aug 31 Aug Event 1 Snookerhallen Stockholm94 Hammad Miah Patrick Whelan 4–2 25 Sep 28 Sep Event 2 Austrian Snooker Academy Vienna117 Peter Lines Peter Devlin 4–3 9 Oct12 OctEvent 3Held as part of the 2025 Autumn EBSA European Snooker Championships. Grand Blue Fafa ResortKafaje104 Simon Blackwell Mark Joyce 4–3 29 Oct 1 Nov Event 4 Northern Snooker Centre Leeds139 Jamie Clarke Craig Steadman 4–2 5 Dec 7 Dec Event 5 Bulgarian Snooker Academy Sofia93 Jamie Clarke Stuart Carrington 4–2 13 Feb 15 Feb Event 6 Delta Moon Snooker Club Mons78 Ashley Carty Craig Steadman 4–1 26 Feb 1 Mar Event 7 Landywood Snooker Club Great Wyrley106 Ashley Hugill Alfie Davies 4–2
Rankings Below are listed the leading players in the rankings. A new points-based system was introduced to replace the previous system which was based on prize money. Rank Player Event 1 Event 2 Event 3 Event 4 Event 5 Event 6 Event 7 Total1 Jamie Clarke * 1,680 3,430 3,430 10,000 10,000 1,680 3,430 33,6502 Hammad Miah ^ 10,000 0 4,900 4,900 2,400 2,400 2,400 27,0003 Peter Lines + 4,900 10,000 2,400 3,430 3,430 1,680 0 25,8404 Oliver Sykes ^ 3,430 3,430 4,900 1,680 4,900 4,900 2,400 25,6405 Craig Steadman % 3,430 2,400 0 7,000 2,400 7,000 1,680 23,9106 Stuart Carrington + 1,680 1,680 3,430 4,900 7,000 2,400 2,400 23,4907 Ashley Hugill % 0 4,900 0 1,680 1,680 4,900 10,000 23,1608 Ashley Carty % 1,680 1,175 2,400 2,400 1,680 10,000 2,400 21,7359 Simon Blackwell + 2,400 0 10,000 2,400 3,430 1,680 1,680 21,59010 Alfie Davies + 2,400 3,430 2,400 1,175 3,430 0 7,000 19,83511 George Pragnell + 0 4,900 3,430 2,400 2,400 3,430 1,680 18,24012 Patrick Whelan + 7,000 1,680 1,680 1,680 1,680 2,400 1,680 17,80013 Mark Joyce + – 1,680 7,000 1,680 3,430 – 1,680 15,47014 Ryan Thomerson + 2,400 1,175 3,430 1,680 2,400 2,400 1,680 15,16515 Luke Pinches + 1,175 1,680 2,400 1,680 1,680 1,680 3,430 13,72516 Barry Pinches + 3,430 2,400 0 2,400 1,680 – 3,430 13,34017 Alex Millington + 1,175 2,400 1,680 1,175 1,680 3,430 1,680 13,22018 Alfie Burden ^ 3,430 0 1,680 2,400 4,900 0 0 12,41019 Andrew Higginson + 0 2,400 1,680 1,175 1,680 3,430 1,680 12,04520 Michael Larkov ^ 4,900 1,680 0 1,175 2,400 1,680 – 11,83521 Peter Devlin + 0 7,000 2,400 0 0 2,400 0 11,80022 Hayden Staniland + 1,175 1,680 1,175 1,175 1,680 2,400 2,400 11,68523 Sean O'Sullivan + ^ 1,680 2,400 1,680 2,400 1,680 1,680 0 11,52024 Oliver Briffett-Payne + – 2,400 1,175 3,430 1,680 1,680 0 10,36525 Callum Beresford + – 1,680 2,400 2,400 0 1,680 1,175 9,33526 Daniel Womersley + 1,680 1,175 0 1,175 1,680 2,400 1,175 9,285 * Qualified for the main tour by order of merit ^ Qualified for the main tour through other means % Qualified for the main tour as play-off winner + Qualified for the play-offs
Event 1 The first Q Tour Europe event took place at the Snookerhallen in Stockholm from 29 to 31 August 2025. Hammad Miah beat Patrick Whelan 4–2 in the final. The final-day results are given below.
Event 2 The second Q Tour Europe event took place at the Austrian Snooker Academy in Vienna from 25 to 28 September 2025. Peter Lines beat Peter Devlin 4–3 in the final. The final-day results are given below.
Event 3 The third Q Tour Europe event took place at the Grand Blue Fafa Resort in Golem, Kavajë, Albania from 9 to 12 October 2025. Simon Blackwell beat Mark Joyce 4–3 in the final. The final-day results are given below.
Event 4 The fourth Q Tour Europe event took place at the Northern Snooker Centre in Leeds from 29 October to 1 November 2025. Jamie Clarke beat Craig Steadman 4–2 in the final. The final-day results are given below.
Event 5 The fifth Q Tour Europe event took place at the Bulgarian Snooker Academy in Sofia, Bulgaria from 5 to 7 December 2025. Jamie Clarke beat Stuart Carrington 4–2 in the final to win his second Q Tour event of the season. The final-day results are given below.
Event 6 The sixth Q Tour Europe event took place at the Delta Moon Snooker Club in Mons, Belgium from 13 to 15 February 2026. Ashley Carty defeated Craig Steadman 4–1 in the final. The final-day results are given below.
Event 7 The seventh Q Tour Europe event was held at the Landywood Snooker Club in Great Wyrley from 26 February to 1 March 2026. Jamie Clarke gained a place on the main tour after his last-16 win over Sybren Sokolowski, which guaranteed that he would finish top of the Q Tour Europe rankings. Ashley Hugill defeated Alfie Davies 4–2 in the final. The final-day results are given below.
Q Tour Global The Q Tour Global consisted of regional Q Tour series held outside Europe.
Americas series The schedule for the Q Tour Americas events is given below. Date Country Tournament Venue City Field Winner Runner-up Score Ref. 19 Jun 22 Jun Event 1 Iate Club Rio de Janeiro40 5–1 30 Oct 2 Nov Event 2 H Niterói Hotel Rio de Janeiro40 5–010 Jan12 JanEvent 3The Corner BankToronto124–1 13 Feb 16 Feb Event 4California Snooker AcademySan Jose245–4
Asia Pacific series The schedule for the Q Tour Asia Pacific events is given below. Date Country Tournament Venue City Field Winner Runner-up Score Ref. 27 Jun 29 Jun Event 1Event also known as the West Coast International. Pot Black Snooker Centre Perth41 5–0 11 Jul 13 Jul Event 2Event also known as the New Zealand Open. Cuthberts Green Christchurch56 5–11 Aug3 AugEvent 3Event also known as the Fred Osbourne Classic. Commercial Club AlburyAlbury82 4–0 9 Oct 12 Oct Event 4Event also known as the Bob Hawke AC Australian Open. Mounties Club Sydney96 6–4 23 Jan 26 Jan Event 5Redcliffe Snooker Club Brisbane 555–1
Middle East series The schedule for the Q Tour Middle East events is given below. Date Country Tournament Venue City Field Winner Runner-up Score Ref. 21 Sep 24 Sep Event 1 EBSF Cue Sports Academy Dubai60 4–2 25 Sep 28 Sep Event 259 4–2 20 Jan23 JanEvent 3 64 4–2 24 Jan27 JanEvent 4 554–1
Q Tour Playoff The final event, the WPBSA Q Tour Playoff, was held in Gandía, Spain, from 15 to 17 March, following the EBSA Spring Championships. There were just three entries from Q Tour Global: Alan Whitfield and Hasanain Khalid Alsultani from the American series and Ismail Türker from the Middle East series. That meant that the Q Tour Europe qualification was extended to the leading 21 eligible players in the rankings. Ashley Carty, Ashley Hugill and Craig Steadman won their respective play-offs and thereby secured a return to the World Snooker Tour starting with the 2026–27 season.
Playoff 1
Playoff 2
Playoff 3
See also
2025 Q School
Notes
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