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Re: World Snooker Release provisional 17/18 calendar

Postby PoolBoy

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 ???

Re: World Snooker Release provisional 17/18 calendar

Postby Cloud Strife

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?

Re: World Snooker Release provisional 17/18 calendar

Postby PoolBoy

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

World Cup is back. :zzz:

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.

Re: World Snooker Release provisional 17/18 calendar

Postby SnookerFan

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

World Cup is back. :zzz:

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?

Re: World Snooker Release provisional 17/18 calendar

Postby PoolBoy

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.

Re: World Snooker Release provisional 17/18 calendar

Postby Lou147

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

World Cup is back. :zzz:

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