The WPBSA and World Snooker Tour (WST) have today announced the official qualifying criteria for the 2025 UK Championship which will once again see 16 elite amateur players earn their places through recognised WPBSA pathways.
One of snooker’s longest running events, the UK Championship is part of the Triple Crown Series alongside the World Championship and Masters tournaments. The event will see the world’s top 16 seeded through to the final stages, to be held at the York Barbican from 29 November – 7 December 2025.
The remaining players will compete in the qualifying rounds in Wigan from 22-27 November, with 16 players to emerge and complete the last 32 line-up.
The field for this year’s event will again include up to 16 players to have earned their places through new pathway opportunities for elite performers through activities staged and coordinated by the WPBSA Group.
The qualifying criteria is set out below:
The winner from each of this season’s first four WPBSA Q Tour Europe events will automatically qualify, with Hammad Miah having already secured the first place following his recent victory at the season-opening event in Sweden:
Eligible players from the world’s largest international amateur tournaments:
Any players who do not accept their place will be replaced by reserve players from the WPBSA Q Tour Europe Ranking List after Event 4.
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One of snooker’s longest running events, the UK Championship is part of the Triple Crown Series alongside the World Championship and Masters tournaments. The event will see the world’s top 16 seeded through to the final stages, to be held at the York Barbican from 29 November – 7 December 2025.
The remaining players will compete in the qualifying rounds in Wigan from 22-27 November, with 16 players to emerge and complete the last 32 line-up.
WPBSA Qualifiers
The field for this year’s event will again include up to 16 players to have earned their places through new pathway opportunities for elite performers through activities staged and coordinated by the WPBSA Group.
The qualifying criteria is set out below:
WPBSA Q Tour Europe
The winner from each of this season’s first four WPBSA Q Tour Europe events will automatically qualify, with Hammad Miah having already secured the first place following his recent victory at the season-opening event in Sweden:
- Hammad Miah – WPBSA Q Tour Europe 2025/26 – Event 1 winner
- TBC – WPBSA Q Tour Europe 2025/26 – Event 2 winner
- TBC – WPBSA Q Tour Europe 2025/26 – Event 3 winner
- TBC – WPBSA Q Tour Europe 2025/26 – Event 4 winner
WSF Championships
Eligible players from the world’s largest international amateur tournaments:
- Brian Cini – 2025 WSF Championship finalist
- Amaan Iqbal – 2025 WSF Junior Championship semi-finalist
- Zhou Jiahao – 2025 WSF Junior Championship semi-finalist
WPBSA Q Tour Global
- Vinnie Calabrese – WPBSA Q Tour Asia-Pacific 2025/26 – Event winner
- Steve Mifsud – WPBSA Q Tour Asia-Pacific 2025/26 – Event winner
- Cody Turner – WPBSA Q Tour Asia-Pacific 2025/26 – Event winner
- Igor Figueiredo – WPBSA Q Tour Americas 2025/26 – Event winner
- TBC – WPBSA Q Tour Middle East 2025/26 – Event winner
- TBC – WPBSA Q Tour Middle East 2025/26 – Event winner
EBSA European Championships
- Ethan Llwellyn – EBSA Under-18 Championship 2025 – Finalist
- Krzysztof Czapink – EBSA Under-16 Championship 2025 – Finalist
- Oliver Sykes – EBSA Under-21 Championship 2025 – Finalist
Any players who do not accept their place will be replaced by reserve players from the WPBSA Q Tour Europe Ranking List after Event 4.
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