World Snooker Release provisional 17/18 calendar

http://www.worldsnooker.com/2017-18-pro ... -calendar/

Something called the World Games in Poland and a potential new event in far east.

mick745 wrote:http://www.worldsnooker.com/2017-18-provisional-calendar/

Something called the World Games in Poland and a potential new event in far east.

Good to see they've narrowed it down to a mere sub-continent.

The World Games is a four-yearly 'alternative Olympics'!
It's for sports that are excluded from the proper summer Olympics - snooker's been included since 2001, but it's very low profile.

Some interesting names have entered before - and I see that Ding and Liang Wenbo are previous silver medallists!

2001 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snooker_a ... 7s_singles
2005 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snooker_a ... 7s_singles
2009 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snooker_a ... 7s_singles
2013 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snooker_a ... 7s_singles
2017 ???

The Welsh Open has to be moved because of the Winter Olympics. The International Championship is now going to be in the middle of the summer.

KrazeeEyezKilla wrote:The Welsh Open has to be moved because of the Winter Olympics. The International Championship is now going to be in the middle of the summer.

Don't get it. What does the Winter Olympics have to do with snooker?

BBC won't cover it in mid-February.

It won't let me check on my phone.

Can anybody tell me, is the English Open still in Manchester? And what dates is that tournament?

SnookerFan wrote:It won't let me check on my phone.

Can anybody tell me, is the English Open still in Manchester? And what dates is that tournament?

16th - 22nd October 2017 - yeah, Manchester again!

Thanks man.

Champion Of Champions final on a Sunday again.

World Cup is back.

Hearn will probably make it a ranking event.

SnookerFan wrote:Champion Of Champions final on a Sunday again.

World Cup is back.

Hearn will probably make it a ranking event.

Interestingly, Judd Trump was talking about 'qualifying' for England's World Cup team as a significant motivator for him. I think each nation's team is their current top-2 World Ranked players at the time.

PoolBoy wrote:

SnookerFan wrote:Champion Of Champions final on a Sunday again.

World Cup is back.

Hearn will probably make it a ranking event.

Interestingly, Judd Trump was talking about 'qualifying' for England's World Cup team as a significant motivator for him. I think each nation's team is their current top-2 World Ranked players at the time.

Weren't it like that last time?

Yeah, the format for playing for your country is the same - but Trump's not represented England before - and it must be something he really wants to do.

The most recent World Cups (when Trump could have 'qualified') saw England represented by Selby-Carter and Selby-Bingham.

It's a rubbish event anyway.

German Masters and World Grand Prix switch around in order

I'm hoping there is a tournament in Preston next year. Visting the Guild Hall is one last thing on my bucket list.

PoolBoy wrote:

SnookerFan wrote:Champion Of Champions final on a Sunday again.

World Cup is back.

Hearn will probably make it a ranking event.

Interestingly, Judd Trump was talking about 'qualifying' for England's World Cup team as a significant motivator for him. I think each nation's team is their current top-2 World Ranked players at the time.

I'd like to see him get to 2nd for this very reason. I reckon him and Selby would be absolutely formidable together