Following on from my previous posts and my updated provisional rankings page, World Snooker have now released the ranking points schedule for the 2010/11 season and following on from the controversy over on Snooker Scene Blog in relation to the new system, the schedule has added to that further…
EDIT: Note that my provisional rankings have now been updated with minimum points for the Shanghai Masters and World Open added. Feel free to leave a comment if you spot any errors…
To view the schedule, please click here.
As you can see, much remains unchanged with the points for the World Championship, UK Championship, Shanghai Masters, Welsh Open and China Open remaining unchanged.
What has proved to be the major talking point however is the fact that the winner of the World Open will receive 7,000 points, the same amount as the winner of both the events over in China.
On the fact of it this might seem logical, but when you consider that due to the much shorter format of the World Open with its best of five matches up until the semi-finals, the winner will presumably have to win significantly fewer frames than the winner of the more traditional tournaments.
Presumably this is an attempt by the governing body to enhance the prestige of their new tournament in an effort to persuade both the players and the BBC that it can be a success, but it would have surely made more sense to award the winner 5,000 points as they have with the new European Masters event. Personally I’m not sure that I would even set it that high to be honest…
Anyway I will at least now be able to fill in a few more blanks by updating my provisional rankings with the minimum points that will be earned by the players during the coming months. Hopefully that will not confuse people even more!
As many will have noticed my list does differ to that published on both the World Snooker and Global Snooker websites at present. This is because I have removed the points that the players earned during the first three events of 2008/9 as when the rankings are revised come October 2010, these events will be removed. I therefore think that I may as well remove those now and hopefully present a more accurate picture as to how the rankings will look on their first revision.
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4 comments
Prestatynfan says:
July 3, 2010 at 6:23 pm (UTC 0 )
I see that only 5040 starter points have been awarded to new entrants this season, to cover last seasons one-year list. But some allowance needs to be made also for season 2008/09, presumably the same starter points that new entrants received that season. This also needs to be split across each separate tournament so that players know how many points will be dropped off at each cut-off point during this season. Come on World Snooker, get your act together so players know up front where they stand – and us supporters as well.
matt2745 says:
July 3, 2010 at 6:33 pm (UTC 0 )
I believe that what is going to happen is that no allowance will be made for 2008/9, so initially at least the new players will be disadvantaged and be pretty much marooned at the bottom of the rankings.
They will however not lose any of their starter points as the season progresses, so will by the end of the season close up on the top 64. That’s how I understand it.
Glamour says:
July 4, 2010 at 4:52 pm (UTC 0 )
Still, it doesn’t make any sense to me that Welsh Open is treated as a minor tournament. Even World Open awards more ranking points now..
Anyway, thanks for the update.
kildare cueman says:
July 14, 2010 at 9:19 am (UTC 0 )
The Chinese, Welsh and German tournaments should carry equal points. They are same format, same frames, etc.
Well done on getting the ranking list right. WS and GS will have 3 Shanghai masters on their list come september.
It would be nice if you put the official rankings in brackets beside each name. That way, we can track the players progress at a glance. Keep up the good work.