The times are counting right down to the beginning of one other snooker season with the 2025/26 calendar not far-off from getting beneath approach.
It has been simply over a month since Zhao Xintong introduced the curtain down on the 2024/25 time period along with his tremendous success on the World Championship in Sheffield.
Taking part in beneath beginner standing, the 28 year-old fought his approach by from the very first qualifying spherical to turn out to be a maiden Chinese language world champion on the principle tour – beating Mark Williams within the remaining on the Crucible Theatre.
Since then, there hasn’t been any motion on the World Snooker Tour, albeit there was some vital snooker performed elsewhere.
Alfie Burden emerged as the latest world seniors champion, whereas Bai Yulu efficiently defended her Girls’s World Championship crown.
There was a annoying low season Q College interval, with two tournaments in Thailand and two occasions in England producing 12 graduates to the principle tour.
On at the present time in June 12 months in the past, the 2024/25 snooker season commenced, however followers should wait one other couple of weeks for the opening photographs to be taken this yr.
The qualifying rounds for the Wuhan Open kick begin the brand new time period – working for 3 days from Sunday, June twenty second on the Mattioli Area in Leicester.
The identical venue will then host what has turn out to be a considerably conventional opening to a brand new marketing campaign lately.
The rating occasion model of Championship League Snooker will once more transpire over the quieter summer time spell, this time scheduled from June thirtieth to July twenty third.
It can present the World Snooker Tour gamers with their first alternative to win silverware in what guarantees to be one other fiercely aggressive season.
Past that, lots of the tournaments on the 2025/26 snooker calendar stay equally positioned.
Judd Trump will look to defend the celebrated Shanghai Masters invitational title in late-July and early-August.
The world primary can be the reigning champion of the profitable Saudi Arabia Snooker Masters, which is moreover in August.
Into the autumn and winter on the again finish of the yr, there are the standard occasions to sit up for.
The British Open and three out of the 4 Residence Nations occasions can be staged earlier than the festive season.
There can be three vital Chinese language rating occasions as nicely, notably the Wuhan Open, Xi’an Grand Prix, and the Worldwide Championship.
The Champion of Champions and the UK Championship proceed to occupy their acquainted slots in November and early-December respectively.
Into 2026, the Masters is pencilled in for a return to the Alexandra Palace from January eleventh to 18th.
The German Masters, Welsh Open, and World Open are all again on the calendar too.
Solely the World Grand Prix and the Tour Championship from the Gamers Collection have been confirmed for the 2025/26 snooker calendar thus far.
Nonetheless, there are a number of gaps on the schedule as issues stand with attainable alternatives for occasions – both outdated or new – to nonetheless be slotted in.
Notable omissions in the mean time from the brand new calendar that have been beforehand on final yr’s agenda are the Gamers Championship and the Riyadh Season Snooker Championship.
The 2026 World Snooker Championship, in the meantime, will happen from April 18th to Might 4th.
One other thrilling season on the principle tour to sit up for then, one that can symbolize a landmark fifteenth lined by SnookerHQ.com.
2025/26 Snooker Calendar (WST)
Dates and Occasions are right as of June ninth, 2025
June twenty second – June twenty fourth
Wuhan Open qualifiers
Leicester
June twenty fifth – June twenty eighth
British Open qualifiers
Leicester
June thirtieth – July twenty third
Championship League Snooker (Rating)
Leicester
July twenty eighth – August third
Shanghai Masters
Shanghai
August eighth – August sixteenth
Saudi Arabia Snooker Masters
Jeddah
August twenty fourth – August thirtieth
Wuhan Open
Wuhan
September 1st – September third
Xi’an Grand Prix qualifiers
Leicester
September 4th – September seventh
Northern Eire Open qualifiers
Leicester
September eleventh – September 14th
English Open qualifiers
Brentwood
September fifteenth – September twenty first
English Open
Brentwood
September twenty second – September twenty eighth
British Open
Cheltenham
September thirtieth – October 2nd
Worldwide Championship qualifiers
Sheffield
October seventh – October thirteenth
Xi’an Grand Prix
Xi’an
October 14th – October seventeenth
Scottish Open qualifiers
Wigan
October nineteenth – October twenty sixth
Northern Eire Open
Belfast
November 2nd – November ninth
Worldwide Championship
TBC
November tenth – November sixteenth
Champion of Champions
Leicester
November twenty ninth – December seventh
UK Championship
York
December tenth – December thirteenth
Snooker Shoot Out
Blackpool
December fifteenth – December twenty first
Scottish Open
Edinburgh
January 2nd – January ninth
Championship League Snooker Teams 1-4 (invitational)
Leicester
January fifth – January seventh
German Masters qualifiers
Sheffield
January eighth – January tenth
Welsh Open qualifiers
Sheffield
January eleventh – January 18th
The Masters
London
January nineteenth – January twenty fourth
Championship League Snooker Teams 5-7 (Invitational)
Leicester
January twenty sixth – February 1st
German Masters
Berlin
February third – February eighth
World Grand Prix
Hong Kong
February tenth – February twelfth
World Open qualifiers
Barnsley
February tenth – February eleventh
Championship League Snooker Winners’ Group (Invitational)
Leicester
February twenty third – March 1st
Welsh Open
Llandudno
March sixteenth – March twenty second
World Open
TBC
March thirtieth – April fifth
Tour Championship
Manchester
April sixth – April fifteenth
World Snooker Championship qualifiers
Sheffield
April 18th – Might 4th
World Snooker Championship
Sheffield
Featured photograph credit score: WST
