Australian Billiards & Snooker Council

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2003-04 WSA Qualifying Criteria
24 Mar 2003

The World Snooker Association has released new qualifying criteria for the Main Tour and Challenge Tour in 2003/04. Qualification routes have been simplified and there will be more promotion places available from the Challenge to the Main Tour.

The Main Tour and Challenge Tour will each consist of 128 players allocated as follows:

Main Tour

Top 80 from the official 2002/2003 world ranking list	80
Next 16 from 2002/2003 one year list	16
Top 25 from the Challenge Tour order of merit 2002/2003	25
International Players	4
Concessions	2
IBSF World Championship	1
	128 total

Challenge Tour

32 relegated from 2002/2003 Main Tour	32
Next 64 (26-89) from the Challenge Tour order of merit 2002/2003	64
32 from National Governing Bodies	32
	128 total

The number of places that have been allocated to each country are as follows:

England	8
Scotland	4
Wales	4
Northern Ireland	2
Republic of Ireland	2
Europe	4
Asia	4
Oceania	2
Americas	1
Concessions (selected by the board)	1
	32 total

The selection criteria for a regional body are to be based on either:

National champion and/or runner up
Top players from national rankings
Junior champions (over 15 years of age)