2011 Q School

The third 2011 Q School event was held from 23 to 28 May 2011 at the World Snooker Academy in Sheffield, England. Kurt Maflin, Stuart Carrington, Adam Duffy and David Gilbert qualified.^[9][10] The results of the four final matches are given below.^[11]

•  Kurt Maflin (NOR) 4–1  Martin O'Donnell (ENG)
•  Stuart Carrington (ENG) 4–2  Stephen Craigie (ENG)
•  Adam Duffy (ENG) 4–2  David Gray (ENG)
•  David Gilbert (ENG) 4–1  Allan Taylor (ENG)

The following table shows the rankings of the 12 qualifiers from the 2011 Q School, at the end of the 2011–12 snooker season, together with their tour status for the 2012–13 snooker season. Unlike subsequent Q Schools, qualifiers were only guaranteed a single season on the tour. Since the world rankings were determined over two seasons, new players were given "starter points" to compensate them (see Snooker world ranking points 2011/2012). Players in the top-64 of the rankings retained their place on the tour while those outside the top-64 lost their place unless they qualified under a different category.^[12][13]

Player	End of 2011–12 season		Status for 2012–13 season
	Points	Ranking
Andrew Norman (ENG)	18,000	78	Amateur
David Grace (ENG)	17,565	80	Qualified through the PTC Order of Merit[14]
Adam Wicheard (ENG)	15,715	85	Amateur
Robin Hull (FIN)	10,925	94	Amateur
Li Yan (CHN)	20,215	68	Qualified through the PTC Order of Merit[14]
David Morris (IRL)	18,835	73	Amateur
Simon Bedford (ENG)	12,970	89	Qualified through the PTC Order of Merit[14]
Tian Pengfei (CHN)	17,280	81	Qualified as Chinese nominee
Kurt Maflin (NOR)	18,450	74	Qualified through the PTC Order of Merit[14]
Stuart Carrington (ENG)	11,545	92	Amateur
Adam Duffy (ENG)	20,865	62	Retained place on tour
David Gilbert (ENG)	23,420	57	Retained place on tour