CALENDAR 2016/2017 ALL DATES AND VENUES ARE PROVISIONAL AND SUBJECT TO CHANGE DATE TOURNAMENT VENUE 2016 WORLD RANKING - SEEDING CUT OFF FOR INDIAN OPEN AND WORLD OPEN MAY 11-22 Q School 2016 Meadowside Centre, Burton On Trent 28-30 Indian Open Quals Preston Guildhall 31-2 Jun World Open Quals Preston Guildhall JUNE 3-4 Riga Masters Quals Preston Guildhall 22-24 Riga Masters Riga, Latvia JULY 5-9 Indian Open HICC Novotel Hotel, Hyderabad, India 25-31 World Open Yushan, China WORLD RANKING - SEEDING CUT OFF FOR SHANGHAI MASTERS AUGUST 24-25 Paul Hunter Classic (pre qualifiers) Stadthalle, Furth, Germany 26-28 Paul Hunter Classic (L128) Stadthalle, Furth, Germany WORLD RANKING - SEEDING CUT OFF FOR EUROPEAN MASTERS AND INTERNATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP 30-2 Sept Shanghai Masters Quals Barnsley Metrodome SEPTEMBER 5-10 6 Reds World Championship Bangkok Convention Centre, Thailand 19-25 Shanghai Masters Shanghai Grand Stage, Shanghai, China WORLD RANKING - SEEDING CUT OFF FOR ENGLISH OPEN AND CHINA CHAMPIONSHIP 26-28 European Masters Quals Preston Guildhall 29-1 Oct International Championship Quals Preston Guildhall OCTOBER 3-9 European Masters Bucharest, Romania 10-16 English Open Event City, Manchester 23-30 International Championship Daqing, China WORLD RANKING - SEEDING CUT OFF FOR UK CHAMPIONSHIP AND NORTHERN IRELAND OPEN NOVEMBER 1-5 China Championship Guangzhou, China 7-12 Champion of Champions Ricoh Arena, Coventry 14-20 Northern Ireland Open Titanic Exhibition Centre, Belfast 22-4 Dec UK Championship Barbican, York WORLD RANKING - SEEDING CUT OFF FOR GERMAN MASTERS, SCOTTISH OPEN AND MASTERS DECEMBER 6-9 German Masters Quals Barnsley Metrodome 12-18 Scottish Open Emirates Arena, Glasgow WORLD RANKING - SEEDING CUT OFF FOR CHINA OPEN 2017 JANUARY 2-5 Championship League tbc 9-12 Championship League tbc 15-22 The Masters Alexandra Palace, London 24-27 China Open Quals Preston Guild Hall FEBRUARY 1-5 German Masters Berlin, Germany WORLD RANKING - SEEDING CUT OFF FOR WELSH OPEN 1 YEAR RANKING – SEEDING CUT OFF FOR WORLD GRAND PRIX 6-12 World Grand Prix Preston Guildhall 13-19 Welsh Open Motorpoint Arena, Cardiff 20-23 Championship League tbc 23-26 Shoot Out tbc 27-2 March Championship League tbc MARCH 1-2 Gibraltar Open (pre qualifiers) Gibraltar 3-5 Gibraltar Open (L128) Gibraltar 1 YEAR RANKING - SEEDING CUT OFF FOR PLAYERS CHAMPIONSHIP 6-12 Players Championship Venue Cymru, Llandudno 27-2 Apr China Open Beijing, China WORLD RANKING - SEEDING CUT OFF FOR WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP APRIL 5-12 World Championship Quals Ponds Forge, Sheffield 15 April-1 May World Championship The Crucible Theatre, Sheffield CALENDAR 2016/2017 ALL DATES AND VENUES ARE PROVISIONAL AND SUBJECT TO CHANGE Calendar 2016-2017 word version v17 .