The WPBSA and World Snooker Tour (WST) have in the present day revealed the elite beginner gamers who’ve certified to compete on the 2024 UK Championship by way of recognised WPBSA pathways.
The historic Triple Crown Sequence occasion will once more characteristic a tiered format, which can see the highest 16 seeded by way of to the ultimate levels, to be held on the York Barbican from 23 November – 1 December 2024.
The remaining gamers will compete within the qualifying rounds in Leicester from 16-21 November, with 16 gamers set to progress and full the final 32 line-up.
WPBSA Qualifiers
This season’s area will embrace as much as 16 gamers to have earned their locations by way of new pathway alternatives for elite performers by way of actions staged and coordinated by the WPBSA Group.
The 16 initially invited gamers are listed under:
WPBSA Q Tour UK/Europe
Winners from the world’s premier secondary tour to the World Snooker Tour up to now this season:
- Andres Petrov – WPBSA Q Tour Europe – Occasion 1 winner
- Dylan Emery – WPBSA Q Tour Europe – Occasion 2 winner
- Zhao Xintong – WPBSA Q Tour Europe – Occasion 3 winner
- TBC – WPBSA Q Tour Europe – Occasion 4 winner
- TBC – WPBSA Q Tour Europe – Highest Ranked Participant (not together with the above)
WSF Championships 2024
Eligible gamers from the world’s largest worldwide beginner tournaments:
- Yang Gao* – 2024 WSF Championship finalist
- Iulian Boiko – 2024 WSF Championship semi-finalist
- Daniel Womersley – 2024 WSF Championship semi-finalist
- Hamza Ilyas – 2024 WSF Junior Championship semi-finalist
- Oliver Sykes – 2024 WSF Junior Championship semi-finalist
WPBSA Q Tour World
- Vinnie Calabrese* – WPBSA Q Tour Asia-Pacific – Occasion winner
- Matthew Scarborough* – WPBSA Q Tour Asia-Pacific – Occasion winner
- Igor Figueiredo – WPBSA Q Tour Americas – Occasion winner
- Habib Sabah Hamood – WPBSA Q Tour Center East – Occasion winner
- Ali Gharahgozlou* – WPBSA Q Tour Center East – Occasion winner
- Vladislav Gradinari – EBSA Beneath-16 Champion / Beneath-18 Finalist
*these gamers have declined their invitation
Any gamers who don’t settle for their place will likely be changed by reserve gamers from the WPBSA Q Tour Europe Rating Checklist after Occasion 4.
