2023 Q School
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| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Dates | 26 May – 12 June 2023 |
| Venue | Morningside Arena and BSAT Academy |
| City | Leicester and Bangkok |
| Country | England and Thailand |
| Format | Qualifying School |
| Qualifiers | 12 via the 4 events |
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The 2023 Q School was a series of four snooker tournaments held at the start of the 2023–24 snooker season. An event for amateur players, it served as a qualification event for a place on the professional World Snooker Tour for the following two seasons. The events took place in May and June 2023 at the Morningside Arena in Leicester, England and also at the BSAT Academy in Bangkok, Thailand with a total 12 players qualifying via the four tournaments. The two events held in England were organised by the World Snooker Tour, whilst those in Thailand were organised by the Billiard Sports Association of Thailand.[1]
The 2023 Q School consisted of four events, two held in the UK and two "Asia-Oceania" events held in Thailand.[2] The two UK events had 208 entries competing for eight places on the main tour, while the two Asia-Oceania events had 99 players competing for a further four places.[2] The Asia-Oceania events were only open to citizens of those continents. Any player was allowed to enter the UK events, but players could not enter both the Asia-Oceania and UK events.[3] All matches were the best of seven frames.[2]
Event 1
The first 2023 Q School event was held from 26 to 31 May 2023 at the Morningside Arena in Leicester, England. Alexander Ursenbacher, Andrew Higginson, Andrew Pagett and Liam Pullen qualified.[4] The results of the four final matches are given below.[5]
Alexander Ursenbacher (SUI) 4–3 
Barry Pinches (ENG)- Andrew Higginson (ENG) 4–0 Haydon Pinhey (ENG)
- Liam Pullen (ENG) 4–0
Alex Taubman (WAL) - Andrew Pagett (WAL) 4–2
Iulian Boiko (UKR)
Event 2
The second 2023 Q School event was held from 1 to 6 June 2023 at the Morningside Arena in Leicester, England. Dean Young, Louis Heathcote, Stuart Carrington and Alfie Burden qualified.[6] The results of the four final matches are given below.[7]
Dean Young (SCO) 4–3 
Florian Nüßle (AUT)- Louis Heathcote (ENG) 4–3 Ryan Davies (ENG)
- Stuart Carrington (ENG) 4–0
Rory McLeod (JAM) - Alfie Burden (ENG) 4–3 Iulian Boiko (UKR)
Asia-Oceania event 1
The first 2023 Asia-Oceania Q School event was held from 1 to 6 June 2023 at the BSAT Academy in Bangkok, Thailand. Thor Chuan Leong and Manasawin Phetmalaikul qualified.[8] The results of the two final matches are given below.[9]
Thor Chuan Leong (MAS) 4–1 
Lei Peifan (CHN)
Manasawin Phetmalaikul (THA) 4–1 
Cheung Ka Wai (HKG)
