2025-26 WST Calendar

WST have removed the link to the PDF from their website.

However they have updated the tournaments page. As per comments below I assume still provisional with gaps to be filled. We will see in time.

For now in comparison with 2024-25:

NUMBER OF EVENTS
No new events listed.
No qualifiers shown for British Open (space available 8-10 September).
No qualifiers shown for UK Championship (space available preceding week).
No Players Championship listed (space available between Welsh Open and World Open).
No event in Saudi Arabia listed (space available for Saudi Arabia Masters 1st 3 weeks August. Riyadh Season post-Christmas).
SCHEDULE
Xi'an Grand Prix and Wuhan Open swapped.
German Masters and World Open qualifiers pushed back into the new year.
World Grand Prix advanced a month.
VENUES
Several qualifying venues exchanged.
Several Chinese venues TBC.

Is the Shootout still a ranking event? Should it be?

And still no ranking tournament in Belgium.

Yeah, I noticed no Players Championship.

I wonder if that's because they don't know where it is yet.

Mzybe a move away from Telford.

I believe ITV won't be showing the Players or the Tour Championship next season.

SnookerFan wrote:Yeah, I noticed no Players Championship.

I wonder if that's because they don't know where it is yet.

Mzybe a move away from Telford.

Mzybe, mzybe not.

Or have the Players at the Hexagon or the Guild Hall.

mack501 wrote:I believe ITV won't be showing the Players or the Tour Championship next season.

That will be very concerning if they aren't.

mack501 wrote:I believe ITV won't be showing the Players or the Tour Championship next season.

not much snooker for me next season then. Ill have to take up knitting.

It would be seems as if although nothing confirmed yet that ITV will be showing the British Open and the Champion of Champions. Apparently something to do with Matchroom taking over the production.

Saudi Arabia Masters from 8-16 August

https://www.wst.tv/news/2025/may/11/jed ... r-masters/

I was planning on booking a week off in August. Should I book it off for the Saudi Arabia Masters or the Wuhan Open?

Juddernaut88 wrote:I was planning on booking a week off in August. Should I book it off for the Saudi Arabia Masters or the Wuhan Open?

Depends if you want to be watching first thing in the morning. Saudi might be a better time zone.

Saudi isn't proper snooker

The_Abbott wrote:Saudi isn't proper snooker

Is this the tournament with the golden ball?

Yeah, if it's that, then I wouldn't bother.

SnookerFan wrote:

The_Abbott wrote:Saudi isn't proper snooker

Is this the tournament with the golden ball?

Yeah, if it's that, then I wouldn't bother.

no this is the normal ranking event that trump won last year. as it says in the article.

There’s an article?!?