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Post by bugsbunysylvester on May 8, 2007 1:00:10 GMT 1
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Post by Laurence on May 8, 2007 11:29:44 GMT 1
Was a bit disappointed that Mark Selby didn't close out after a legendary comeback but he was probably a bit tired. Still what an excellent player and one who I hope wins in the future - when he's on form he's out of this world. Well done to John Higgins too I guess!  |
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Post by dandyhighwayman on May 8, 2007 12:29:25 GMT 1
I wanted Mark Selby to win, I only watched the second day but he was amazing in places.
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Post by Laurence on May 8, 2007 12:39:26 GMT 1
He's almost local to you - he has amazing eyes too!
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Post by Panda on May 8, 2007 14:15:28 GMT 1
but when next world championship The next world championship will be in April and May next year. It turned out to be a great final in the end. A great comeback from Selby but let's not forget Higgins outplayed him on the first day and over the course of the whole match probably just deserved to win. I'll have the final end-of-season world rankings up shortly. |
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Post by Panda on May 8, 2007 14:37:48 GMT 1
These are the final rankings for this season. These rankings will be used to determine which players qualify automatically for certain tournaments next season. The top 16 qualify automatically for all ranking tournaments, including the World Championship, as well as the Masters. Players ranked 17-32 qualify automatically for some tournaments but not the World Championship.
Players in yellow have qualified for next season's Main Tour.
Last season's rankings are in brackets.
1(4) John Higgins
2(6) Graeme Dott
3(5) Shaun Murphy
4(2) Ken Doherty
5(3) Ronnie O'Sullivan
6(7) Peter Ebdon
7(13) Neil Robertson
8(1) Stephen Hendry
9(27) Ding Junhui
10(9) Stephen Maguire
11(28) Mark Selby
12(8) Mark Williams
13(10) Stephen Lee
14(15) Ali Carter
15(11) Steve Davis
16(17) Ryan Day
17(30) Joe Swail
18(18) Joe Perry
19(12) Barry Hawkins
20(14) Matthew Stevens
21(29) Mark King
22(48) Jamie Cope
23(24) Stuart Bingham
24(21) Michael Holt
25(20) Nigel Bond
26(16) Anthony Hamilton
27(22) Marco Fu
28(26) Ian McCulloch
29(62) Mark Allen
30(36) Dave Harold
31(40) Dominic Dale
32(39) Gerard Greene
33(25) James Wattana
34(44) Michael Judge
35(23) David Gray
36(37) Ricky Walden
37(46) Fergal O'Brien
38(19) Alan McManus
39(43) John Parrott
40(41) Adrian Gunnell
41(31) Andy Hicks
42(59) Andrew Norman
43(38) Mark Davis
44(-) Andrew Higginson
45(68) David Gilbert
46(55) Jamie Burnett
47(32) Robert Milkins
48(50) Rory McLeod
49(47) Rod Lawler
50(45) Tom Ford
51(75) Judd Trump
52(49) Marcus Campbell
53(53) Stuart Pettman
54(57) David Roe
54(51) Robin Hull
56(33) Barry Pinches
57(42) Drew Henry
58(64) Joe Delaney
59(54) Mike Dunn
60(35) Jimmy White
61(61) Jimmy Michie
62(58) Paul Davies
63(60) Scott Mackenzie
64(-) Ian Preece
64(73) Lee Spick
66(78) Liang Wenbo
67(63) Joe Jogia
68(52) Tony Drago
69(-) Tian Pengfei
70(71) Matthew Couch
71(-) David Morris
72(-) Liu Song
73(-) Mark Joyce
73(67) Alfie Burden
75(-) Ben Woollaston
76(76) Chris Norbury
77(65) Sean Storey
78(-) Peter Lines
79(-) Issara Kachaiwong
80(-) Jamie Jones
81(56) Shokat Ali
82(-) Chris Melling
83(-) Dermot McGlinchey
84(-) James Leadbetter
85(-) Paul Davison
86(-) Passakorn Suwannawat
87(-) Jeff Cundy
88(79) Alex Borg
89(-) Dene O'Kane
90(-) Mohammed Shehab
90(-) Robert Stephen
92(70) Paul Wykes
93(-) Lee Page
93(-) Patrick Einsle
93(-) Mark Boyle
96(-) Roy Stolk
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Post by Panda on May 8, 2007 14:43:29 GMT 1
Over the next few months, there will be a number of competitions to decide which players are promoted to the Main Tour for next season. So far, these players have booked their places:
Lee Walker (Wales)
Kurt Maflin (Norway)
Jamie O'Neill (England)
Munraj Pal (England)
Leo Fernandez (England)
Michael White (Wales)
There are still 18 spots available.
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Post by Laurence on May 8, 2007 16:53:29 GMT 1
Thanks misterhamster - never even heard of Graham Dott as haven't been following for a while until these championship.
Good to see Mark Selby close to the top 10!
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Post by Chris on May 8, 2007 18:09:32 GMT 1
Stayed up til 1am watching it. Did I hear right, that next year's final won't be in Sheffield? Sure someone said The Crucible was being refurbished and "see you in 2009"
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Post by bugsbunysylvester on May 8, 2007 21:21:29 GMT 1
These are the final rankings for this season. These rankings will be used to determine which players qualify automatically for certain tournaments next season. The top 16 qualify automatically for all ranking tournaments, including the World Championship, as well as the Masters. Players ranked 17-32 qualify automatically for some tournaments but not the World Championship. Players in yellow have qualified for next season's Main Tour. Last season's rankings are in brackets. 1(4) John Higgins
2(6) Graeme Dott
3(5) Shaun Murphy
4(2) Ken Doherty
5(3) Ronnie O'Sullivan
6(7) Peter Ebdon
7(13) Neil Robertson
8(1) Stephen Hendry
9(27) Ding Junhui
10(9) Stephen Maguire
11(28) Mark Selby
12(8) Mark Williams
13(10) Stephen Lee
14(15) Ali Carter
15(11) Steve Davis
16(17) Ryan Day
17(30) Joe Swail
18(18) Joe Perry
19(12) Barry Hawkins
20(14) Matthew Stevens
21(29) Mark King
22(48) Jamie Cope
23(24) Stuart Bingham
24(21) Michael Holt
25(20) Nigel Bond
26(16) Anthony Hamilton
27(22) Marco Fu
28(26) Ian McCulloch
29(62) Mark Allen
30(36) Dave Harold
31(40) Dominic Dale
32(39) Gerard Greene
33(25) James Wattana
34(44) Michael Judge
35(23) David Gray
36(37) Ricky Walden
37(46) Fergal O'Brien
38(19) Alan McManus
39(43) John Parrott
40(41) Adrian Gunnell
41(31) Andy Hicks
42(59) Andrew Norman
43(38) Mark Davis
44(-) Andrew Higginson
45(68) David Gilbert
46(55) Jamie Burnett
47(32) Robert Milkins
48(50) Rory McLeod
49(47) Rod Lawler
50(45) Tom Ford
51(75) Judd Trump
52(49) Marcus Campbell
53(53) Stuart Pettman
54(57) David Roe
54(51) Robin Hull
56(33) Barry Pinches
57(42) Drew Henry
58(64) Joe Delaney
59(54) Mike Dunn
60(35) Jimmy White
61(61) Jimmy Michie
62(58) Paul Davies
63(60) Scott Mackenzie
64(-) Ian Preece
64(73) Lee Spick
66(78) Liang Wenbo
67(63) Joe Jogia
68(52) Tony Drago
69(-) Tian Pengfei70(71) Matthew Couch 71(-) David Morris
72(-) Liu Song
73(-) Mark Joyce73(67) Alfie Burden 75(-) Ben Woollaston 76(76) Chris Norbury 77(65) Sean Storey 78(-) Peter Lines 79(-) Issara Kachaiwong 80(-) Jamie Jones 81(56) Shokat Ali 82(-) Chris Melling 83(-) Dermot McGlinchey 84(-) James Leadbetter 85(-) Paul Davison 86(-) Passakorn Suwannawat 87(-) Jeff Cundy 88(79) Alex Borg 89(-) Dene O'Kane 90(-) Mohammed Shehab 90(-) Robert Stephen 92(70) Paul Wykes 93(-) Lee Page 93(-) Patrick Einsle 93(-) Mark Boyle 96(-) Roy Stolk thanks dude kool 5 not bad  on 2days though keyhole had willy thorn on ever calld david frost assked him who best player world is out think sayd ronnie o sullivion only he in right frame mind hes mind in right mentall state my point yooooooooooooo noooo diigtyyyy upppppppppppppppppppppppp  moooo yooooooooooooooo noooo diigtyyyy upppppppppppppppppppppppppppp ;D ;D |
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Post by Panda on May 9, 2007 16:55:06 GMT 1
Thanks misterhamster - never even heard of Graham Dott as haven't been following for a while until these championship. Good to see Mark Selby close to the top 10! Dott was last year's world champion! He was a shock winner last year but had really kicked on from that this season and after winning the China Open, was provisional #1 going to the Crucible. His first round exit ended his hopes of finishing the season as world #1. |
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Post by Panda on May 9, 2007 16:59:32 GMT 1
Stayed up til 1am watching it. Did I hear right, that next year's final won't be in Sheffield? Sure someone said The Crucible was being refurbished and "see you in 2009" The Crucible is going to be refurbished but it won't affect the World Snooker Championship. It will be back at the Crucible next year. |
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Post by rubcale on May 9, 2007 18:03:09 GMT 1
I'm glad Stephen Hendry held on to #8 place.
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Post by Panda on May 20, 2007 14:59:42 GMT 1
The various national governing bodies have started announcing their wild card choices to join the Main Tour for next season.
England's Jimmy Robertson has been chosen. England has one more nomination to come. Wales have selected Gareth Coppack. The Republic of Ireland have chosen Rodney Goggins, who spent a season on the Main Tour a few years ago. Northern Ireland will choose either Jordan Brown or former World Championship quarter-finalist Patrick Wallace. Scotland also has a wild card selection and World Snooker themselves have 2 choices (that's how Judd Trump got onto the tour a couple of years ago).
Matt Selt, James McBain and Alex Davies completed the list of those qualifying through this year's PIOS.
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Post by Panda on May 24, 2007 12:35:01 GMT 1
A new tournament has been announced for next season.
The Shanghai Masters will take place in August and will be the first event of the new season. It means there will be 2 tournaments in China next season.
The top 16 in the world will qualify automatically for the Shanghai Masters, along with 16 qualifiers and 8 Chinese wild cards.
The full calendar for next season is still to be announced so there might be an outside chance of further tournaments being added to the schedule.
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Post by Panda on May 29, 2007 16:06:52 GMT 1
World Snooker has announced one of its wild card choices for next season's Main Tour.
Alfie Burden will retain his place on the Main Tour. He is #74 in the world but was the highest ranked player on the one year list who hadn't already qualified for next season.
Ashley Wright has also been given a place on the Tour. He finished 9th in the PIOS rankings but has been given a place because Kurt Maflin has already qualified by winning the world amateur title.
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Post by Panda on May 30, 2007 10:53:41 GMT 1
The calendar for next season has been announced this morning.
The number of tournaments is the same as last season, with the Shanghai Masters replacing the Malta Cup.
Shanghai Masters (Shanghai)
August 6-12
Pot Black Inivitational
October 6
Grand Prix (Aberdeen)
October 13-21
Northern Ireland Trophy (Belfast)
November 4-11
UK Championship
December 3-16
The Masters (Wembley)
January 13-20
Welsh Open
February 11-17
Beijing China Open (Beijing)
March 23-30
World Championship (Sheffield)
April 19-5 May
Whilst it's disappointing that the number of tournaments hasn't increased, I think the calendar looks better than before with fairly even gaps between the tournaments. From October onwards, there's a tournament every month until the end of the season. The only other negative is the Shanghai Masters being so early. Because of the long distance involved, qualifying has to take place well in advance so the players can make their arrangements. Qualifying for the Shanghai Masters will take place next month, before some of the planned events, which decide players for the Main Tour, have taken place. That means the winners of some of those events won't be able to take up their place on the Tour until the 2008-9 season.
2 more names have been announced for next season's Main Tour. Fraser Patrick is Scotland's nomination and Australia's Steve Mifsud has been awarded a place due to Oceania champion Dene O'Kane being ineligible after he competed on the Main Tour last season.
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Post by Panda on Jun 1, 2007 13:03:27 GMT 1
Ronnie O'Sullivan has been fined almost £21,000 and docked 900 ranking points for his walkout at last year's UK Championship. The 900 point deduction doesn't affect his official world ranking position (#5) but he'll drop from #2 to #3 in the provisional rankings at the start of next season.
World Snooker has announced Ben Woollaston as its second wild card choice for next season. The world #75 was the highest ranked player on the one year ranking list who hadn't already qualified.
Patrick Wallace has been given the nod as Northern Ireland's wild card choice for next season. There are now just 6 places left to be filled for next season's Main Tour.
These are the ins and outs so far:
OUT
Sean Storey, James Leadbetter, Paul Davison, Peter Lines, Issara Kachaiwong, Matthew Couch, Passakorn Suwannawat, Jamie Jones, Chris Norbury, Alex Borg, Chris Melling, Dermot McGlinchey, Shokat Ali, Lee Page, Dene O'Kane, Mohammed Shehab, Robert Stephen, Jeff Cundy, Patrick Einsle, Mark Boyle, Paul Wykes, Roy Stolk
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Kurt Maflin, Leo Fernandez, Lee Walker, James McBain, Munraj Pal, Jamie O'Neill, Matt Selt, Alex Davies, Michael White, Jimmy Robertson, Gareth Coppack, Rodney Goggins, Ashley Wright, Fraser Patrick, Steve Mifsud, Patrick Wallace
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Post by bugsbunysylvester on Jun 1, 2007 19:59:05 GMT 1
Ronnie O'Sullivan has been fined almost £21,000 and docked 900 ranking points for his walkout at last year's UK Championship. The 900 point deduction doesn't affect his official world ranking position (#5) but he'll drop from #2 to #3 in the provisional rankings at the start of next season. World Snooker has announced Ben Woollaston as its second wild card choice for next season. The world #75 was the highest ranked player on the one year ranking list who hadn't already qualified. Patrick Wallace has been given the nod as Northern Ireland's wild card choice for next season. There are now just 6 places left to be filled for next season's Main Tour. These are the ins and outs so far: OUTSean Storey, James Leadbetter, Paul Davison, Peter Lines, Issara Kachaiwong, Matthew Couch, Passakorn Suwannawat, Jamie Jones, Chris Norbury, Alex Borg, Chris Melling, Dermot McGlinchey, Shokat Ali, Lee Page, Dene O'Kane, Mohammed Shehab, Robert Stephen, Jeff Cundy, Patrick Einsle, Mark Boyle, Paul Wykes, Roy Stolk IN Kurt Maflin, Leo Fernandez, Lee Walker, James McBain, Munraj Pal, Jamie O'Neill, Matt Selt, Alex Davies, Michael White, Jimmy Robertson, Gareth Coppack, Rodney Goggins, Ashley Wright, Fraser Patrick, Steve Mifsud, Patrick Wallace grrrrrrrrr suxs thanks dates dude he find dem being twatters yooooooo noooo 'diigtyyyy mooooooooooooooooo upoppppppppppp |
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Post by Panda on Jun 5, 2007 17:30:09 GMT 1
Belgium's Kevin van Hove is set to earn a place on the Main Tour after winning the Euro Playoff tournament in Ireland. He beat Israel's Roey Fernandez in the final.
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