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Austria to host European Masters

Postby SnookerFan

Austria will stage a world ranking event for the first time in January when the BetVictor European Masters take place in Dornbirn.

The event will take place at the Messe Dornbirn venue from January 22nd to 26th and it’s the first event in the new BetVictor European Series.

Dornbirn is a city in the Austrian state of Vorarlberg, in the west of the country close to the borders with Germany and Switzerland.

The qualifying rounds will take place in December, with 128 players each needing to win two matches to make it to Austria, and 32 going through to the final stages. All matches up to and including the quarter-finals will be best of nine frames with no intervals.

Total prize money will be £407,000 with a top prize of £80,000. The tournament will be televised by Eurosport.

The new BetVictor European Series also comprises the BetVictor German Masters, (January 29 to February 2), the BetVictor Shoot Out (February 20-23) and the BetVictor Gibraltar Open (March 13-15).

A unique ranking list will run throughout these events, with the player earning the most money across the BetVictor European Series receiving a bonus of £150,000.

World Snooker Chairman Barry Hearn said: “We are delighted to be staging a world ranking event in Austria for the first time in our history. It’s another major step forward in our quest to make snooker a global sport. We have seen fantastic figures for television and digital audiences in Austria in recent years and now the fans there have the chance to see the world’s best players competing live for a prestigious trophy.

“The venue in Dornbirn is superb and it is a beautiful part of Austria so we will to see fans coming from far afield to experience the event.

“It’s the first tournament in the BetVictor European Series so the top players will aim to get off to a strong start, with their eyes on the £150,000 bonus. We look forward to a great event.”

http://www.worldsnooker.com/dornbirn-in ... n-masters/

Re: Austria to host European Masters

Postby GeF

Other tournaments have 1 qualification round and 6/8 matchs held over the final venue (with big names).

With 2 qualification rounds, how they will ensure to have some big names in Austria ?
Players having R1 & R2 held over... ?

Re: Austria to host European Masters

Postby carayip

GeF wrote:Other tournaments have 1 qualification round and 6/8 matchs held over the final venue (with big names).

With 2 qualification rounds, how they will ensure to have some big names in Austria ?
Players having R1 & R2 held over... ?


I think there will be no held over matches, just similar to the German Masters

Re: Austria to host European Masters

Postby SnookerFan

carayip wrote:
GeF wrote:Other tournaments have 1 qualification round and 6/8 matchs held over the final venue (with big names).

With 2 qualification rounds, how they will ensure to have some big names in Austria ?
Players having R1 & R2 held over... ?


I think there will be no held over matches, just similar to the German Masters


Ich bin eine Berliner.

Re: Austria to host European Masters

Postby Pink Ball

Shannon airport, just down the road from me, announced its first direct flights to Vienna today. But, of course, World Snooker couldn't have scheduled this tournament to take place in the most obvious bucking city. No, let's play the European Masters in bucking Durtbin, on the opposite bucking side of Austria.

Re: Austria to host European Masters

Postby Badsnookerplayer

Pink Ball wrote:Shannon airport, just down the road from me, announced its first direct flights to Vienna today. But, of course, World Snooker couldn't have scheduled this tournament to take place in the most obvious bucking city. No, let's play the European Masters in bucking Durtbin, on the opposite bucking side of Austria.

Re: Austria to host European Masters

Postby Cloud Strife

Pink Ball wrote:Shannon airport, just down the road from me, announced its first direct flights to Vienna today. But, of course, World Snooker couldn't have scheduled this tournament to take place in the most obvious bucking city. No, let's play the European Masters in bucking Durtbin, on the opposite bucking side of Austria.


Probably much cheaper to stage the event in a backwater village somewhere as opposed to the capital city.

Re: Austria to host European Masters

Postby SnookerFan

Cloud Strife wrote:
Pink Ball wrote:Shannon airport, just down the road from me, announced its first direct flights to Vienna today. But, of course, World Snooker couldn't have scheduled this tournament to take place in the most obvious bucking city. No, let's play the European Masters in bucking Durtbin, on the opposite bucking side of Austria.


Probably much cheaper to stage the event in a backwater village somewhere as opposed to the capital city.


That's what they used to do in the UK pre-Hearn.

Welsh Open in Newport. (Everything cheaper there, but near Cardiff.)

Telford. (Near Birmingham, not too far from Wales.)