Q Tour Europe Dates Announced For 2026/27
The World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association (WPBSA) has today announced the 2026/27 WPBSA Q Tour Europe series featuring seven tournaments to be held across the continent.
The WPBSA Q Tour Global is an established series of events which provides an elite pathway for snooker players around the world to earn their place on the World Snooker Tour.
Last season saw former Shoot Out semi-finalist Jamie Clarke top the Q Tour Europe rankings, with England’s Craig Steadman, Ashley Hugill and Ashley Carty each qualifying from the overall Q Tour Global Playoffs in Spain.
WPBSA Q Tour Europe
This season’s Q Tour Europe will once again comprise seven events, with four to be held in mainland Europe.
Following last season’s revamped format, the series will once again feature a rolling points-based ranking system with best-of-seven frame matches.
At each event, 64 players will be seeded through to the last 128 stage based on the latest seedings cut-off point. Each tournament will be played under a flat draw, with the remaining players drawn at random.
A total prize fund of £30,000 will be on offer at each of the seven events throughout the campaign.
As in previous seasons, the top ranked player at the end of the campaign will earn a place on the World Snooker Tour. The next 16-ranked players (to include each event champion) will qualify for the season-end Q Tour Global Play-Offs.
The Dates
The provisional dates for this season’s Q Tour Europe are listed below. Click on the event to enter now via WPBSA SnookerScores.
- Q Tour 1 – 27-30 August 2026 (Northern Snooker Centre, Leeds, England)
- Q Tour 2 – 21-24 September 2026 (Princess Hotel, Sofia, Bulgaria)*
- Q Tour 3 – 22-25 October 2026 (Snooker Arena Germany, Oberhausen, Germany)
- Q Tour 4 – 12-15 November 2026 (Austrian Snooker Academy, Vienna, Austria)
- Q Tour 5 – 3-6 December 2026 (Landywood Snooker Club, Walsall, England)
- Q Tour 6 – 7-10 January 2027 (De Pomerans Snooker, Lochristi, Belgium)
- Q Tour 7 – 11-14 February 2027 (Ding Junhui Snooker Academy, Sheffield, England)
*Please note this will be staged alongside the 2026 EBSA European Championships
All dates are provisional and subject to change.
All Q Tour Europe events in England will be held at official 147 Clubs recognised by the English Partnership for Snooker and Billiards.
Event Entry
Entry for all seven Q Tour Europe events is now open via WPBSA SnookerScores. Please view each tournament for confirmation of each entry deadline.
We aim to accommodate all players who wish to enter; however, we do reserve the right to limit entries for each qualifier or to extend events subject to the number of tables available at the club and time available.
Q Tour Global
WPBSA Q Tour Global will continue to incorporate regional Q Tour series’ staged around the world as part of the continued international expansion of Q Tour.
The Q Tour Global will once again continue to include series in the Middle East, Americas and Asia-Pacific regions, alongside the CBSA China Tour.
As part of the WPBSA’s commitment to the international growth of our sport, the leading players from these regional Q Tour events will qualify to compete at the Q Tour Global Play-Offs, alongside players from Q Tour Europe.
Players competing in Q Tour events outside of Europe, must be resident for a minimum six months to be eligible to play in these events.
