Players Tour Championship 2011/2012

The Players Tour Championship 2011/2012 was a series of snooker tournaments which started on 18 June 2011 and ended on 18 March 2012 with events held in England and Europe. European events were no longer called Euro Players Tour Championship (EPTC) and were included alongside other PTC events. The twelve regular events were minor-ranking events, which were concluded with the Finals.

Schedule edit

Date[n 1]Tournament NameVenueCityWinnerRunner–upScore[1][2]References
06–1806–22  ENGPlayers Tour Championship – Event 1World Snooker AcademySheffield Ronnie O'Sullivan Joe Perry4–0[3]
08–0608–10  ENGPlayers Tour Championship – Event 2South West Snooker AcademyGloucester Judd Trump Ding Junhui4–0[4]
08–1708–21  ENGPlayers Tour Championship – Event 3World Snooker AcademySheffield Ben Woollaston Graeme Dott4–2[5]
08–2508–28  GERPlayers Tour Championship – Event 4[n 2]StadthalleFürth Mark Selby Mark Davis4–0[6]
09–2109–25  ENGPlayers Tour Championship – Event 5World Snooker AcademySheffield Andrew Higginson John Higgins4–1[7]
09–2910–02  POLPlayers Tour Championship – Event 6[n 3]Arena UrsynówWarsaw Neil Robertson Ricky Walden4–1[8]
10–0510–09  ENGPlayers Tour Championship – Event 7[n 4]South West Snooker AcademyGloucester Ronnie O'Sullivan Matthew Stevens4–2[9]
10–2010–23  IRLPlayers Tour Championship – Event 8[n 5]Killarney Convention CentreKillarney Neil Robertson Judd Trump4–1[10]
11–1011–13  BELPlayers Tour Championship – Event 9[n 6]Lotto ArenaAntwerp Judd Trump Ronnie O'Sullivan4–3[11]
11–2711–30  ENGPlayers Tour Championship – Event 10World Snooker AcademySheffield Michael Holt Dominic Dale4–2[12]
12–1712–19  ENGPlayers Tour Championship – Event 11English Institute of SportSheffield Tom Ford Martin Gould4–3[13]
12–1512–16  ENGPlayers Tour Championship – Event 12[n 7]World Snooker AcademySheffield Stephen Maguire Joe Perry4–2[14]
01–0601–08  GEREvent ForumFürstenfeldbruck
03–1403–18  IRLPlayers Tour Championship – Finals[n 8]Bailey Allen HallGalway Stephen Lee Neil Robertson4–0[15]

Order of Merit edit

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RankPlayerTotal PointsEvents Played
UKEuropeTotal
1. Judd Trump30,4006511
2. Ronnie O'Sullivan29,600639
3. Neil Robertson28,1005510
4. Michael Holt17,5006612
5. Mark Selby17,1006410
6. Graeme Dott16,7006511
7. Andrew Higginson16,7006612
8. Stephen Maguire16,2006511
9. Ben Woollaston15,5006612
10. Martin Gould14,6006612
11. Joe Perry14,3006612
12. Tom Ford14,0006612
13. John Higgins13,1006511
14. Stephen Lee11,8006612
15. Ricky Walden11,6006612
16. Mark Davis10,5006612
17. Matthew Stevens9,6006612
18. Xiao Guodong9,1006612
19. Fergal O'Brien8,0006612
20. Dominic Dale7,6006612
21. Barry Hawkins7,6006612
22. Ding Junhui7,600437
23. Jamie Jones7,3006612
24. Jack Lisowski7,1006612

Finals edit

The Finals of the Players Tour Championship 2011/2012 took place between 14–18 March 2012 at the Bailey Allen Hall in Galway, Ireland. It was contested by the top 24 players of the Order of Merit, who had played in at least 6 events (3 in the UK and 3 in Europe).

Final: Best of 7 frames. Referee: Paul Collier.
Bailey Allen Hall, Galway, Ireland, 18 March 2012.
Stephen Lee (14)
 England
4–0Neil Robertson (3)
 Australia
65–48, 62–23 (52), 63–25, 73–66 (Lee 66)
66Highest break35
0Century breaks0
250+ breaks0

Notes edit

  1. ^ Dates use the month day format
  2. ^ Event also known as the 2011 Paul Hunter Classic.
  3. ^ Event also known as the 2011 Warsaw Classic.
  4. ^ Event also known as the 2011 Kay Suzanne Memorial Trophy.
  5. ^ Event also known as the 2011 Alex Higgins International Trophy.
  6. ^ Event also known as the 2011 Antwerp Open.
  7. ^ Event also known as the 2012 FFB Snooker Open and the 2012 Arcaden Shopping Open.
  8. ^ Event also known as the 2012 Players Tour Championship Grand Finals.

References edit

  1. ^ "Tournament Calendar 2011/2012". Snooker.org. Retrieved 24 November 2011.
  2. ^ "Finals (2011/2012)". Snooker.org. Retrieved 24 November 2011.
  3. ^ "Players Tour Championship Event One (2012)". Snooker.org. Retrieved 15 January 2012.
  4. ^ "Players Tour Championship Event Two (2011)". Snooker.org. Retrieved 14 July 2011.
  5. ^ "Players Tour Championship Event Three (2011)". Snooker.org. Retrieved 14 July 2011.
  6. ^ "Players Tour Championship Event Four (2011)". Snooker.org. Retrieved 28 June 2011.
  7. ^ "Players Tour Championship Event Five (2011)". Snooker.org. Retrieved 6 September 2011.
  8. ^ "Players Tour Championship Event Six (2011)". Snooker.org. Retrieved 2 September 2011.
  9. ^ "Players Tour Championship Event Seven (2011)". Snooker.org. Retrieved 13 September 2011.
  10. ^ "Players Tour Championship Event Eight (2011)". Snooker.org. Retrieved 20 September 2011.
  11. ^ "Players Tour Championship Event Nine (2011)". Snooker.org. Retrieved 24 October 2011.
  12. ^ "Players Tour Championship Event Ten (2011)". Snooker.org. Retrieved 16 November 2011.
  13. ^ "Players Tour Championship Event Eleven (2011)". Snooker.org. Retrieved 4 December 2011.
  14. ^ "Players Tour Championship Twelve (2012)". Snooker.org. Retrieved 8 December 2011.
  15. ^ "Players Tour Championship Final (2012)". Snooker.org. Retrieved 15 January 2012.
  16. ^ "PTC Order of Merit after PTC12" (PDF). worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 December 2013. Retrieved 29 December 2011.
  17. ^ "Order of Merit". Snooker.org. 8 January 2012. Retrieved 8 January 2012.