World Snooker Tour Calendar 2025/26
World Snooker Tour Calendar 2025/26
The 2025/26 WST season gets under way in June and, once again, snooker fans have lots to look forward to on a chock-a-block calendar.
A total of 129 players – comprised of 95 players from the previous season and 34 new professionals – will compete across 17 ranking tournaments and several invitational events (subject to change), with over £10m in prize money up for grabs.
It all starts with the Wuhan Open qualifiers on June 22 at the Mattioli Arena in Leicester, where the first silverware of the campaign will be won in the Championship League on July 23.
As always, all eyes will be on snooker’s Triple Crown events, with all venues and formats set to remain unchanged from last season.
First up is the UK Championship at the York Barbican between November 29 and December 7, while the Masters takes centre stage at London’s Alexandra Palace from January 11-18.
The season will then reach its dramatic climax courtesy of the World Championship at The Crucible in Sheffield from April 18 to May 4.
Snooker fans will also have an eye on the Players Series – comprising the World Grand Prix, Players Championship and Tour Championship.
The top 32 players on the one-year list will contest the World Grand Prix in Hong Kong from February 3-8, before the top 16 players on the one-year list will then compete in the Players Championship at a venue to be confirmed.
The top eight will then do battle at the Tour Championship, which returns to Manchester Central from March 30 to April 5.
The English Open will kick off this year’s Home Nations series at the Brentwood Centre from September 15-21, before Belfast’s Waterfront Hall hosts the Northern Ireland Open from October 19-26.
The Scottish Open takes place at Edinburgh’s Meadowbank Sports Centre from December 15-21, while the series concludes at Venue Cymru in Llandudno with the Welsh Open between February 23 and March 1.
Once more, the tour will return to the Middle East for the lucrative Saudi Arabia Snooker Masters from August 8-16, while the dates and venue for the invitational Riyadh Season Championship are still to be confirmed.
Other standout invitational tournaments will be the Shanghai Masters (July 28 to August 3) and the Champion of Champions (November 10-16), which will be played in Leicester this year.
In addition to the Shanghai Masters, there will be four ranking events in China courtesy of the Wuhan Open (August 24-30), Xi’an Grand Prix (October 7-13), International Championship (November 2-9) and the World Open (March 16-22).
Elsewhere, snooker also returns to the Blackpool Tower for the first time in over a decade, with the Shoot Out taking centre stage from December 10-13.