CALENDAR 2017/2018 DATES & VENUES ARE PROVISIONAL AND SUBJECT TO CHANGE DATE TOURNAMENT VENUE WORLD RANKING - SEEDING CUT OFF FOR RIGA MASTERS & CHINA CHAMPIONSHIP MAY 9-20 Q School Preston Guild Hall 31-6 June Quals: Riga Masters & China Championship Preston Guild Hall JUNE 23-25 Riga Masters Arena Riga, Latvia WORLD RANKING – SEEDING CUT OFF FOR INDIAN OPEN, WORLD OPEN & EUROPEAN MASTERS JULY 3-9 World Cup Wuxi City Sports Stadium, China 20-23 Hong Kong Masters Queen Elizabeth Stadium, HK 24-30 World Games Poland AUGUST 1-9 Quals Indian Open, European Masters & World Open Preston Guild Hall 16-22 China Championship Guangzhou Sports Institute, China 23-24 Paul Hunter Classic (amateur stages) Stadhalle, Furth, Germany 25-27 Paul Hunter Classic (L128) Stadhalle, Furth, Germany SEPTEMBER 4-9 6 Reds World Championship Bangkok Convention Centre, Thailand 12-16 Indian Open Vishakhapatnam, India WORLD RANKING - SEEDING CUT OFF FOR INTERNATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP 18-24 World Open Yushan, China 26-30 Quals: International Championship Preston Guild Hall OCTOBER 2-8 European Masters Lommel, Belgium WORLD RANKING – SEEDING CUT OFF FOR ENGLISH OPEN 16-22 English Open Barnsley Metrodome 29-5 Nov International Championship Daqing, China WORLD RANKING – SEEDING CUT OFF FOR NORTHERN IRELAND OPEN & UK CHAMPIONSHIP NOVEMBER 6-12 Champion of Champions Coventry 20-26 Northern Ireland Open Waterfront Belfast, Belfast WORLD RANKING – SEEDING CUT OFF FOR SCOTTISH OPEN 28-10 Dec Betway UK Championship York WORLD RANKING – SEEDING CUT OFF FOR GERMAN MASTERS & MASTERS DECEMBER 11-17 Scottish Open Emirates Arena, Glasgow WORLD RANKING – SEEDING CUT OFF FOR CHINA OPEN 19-22 Quals: German Masters Barnsley JANUARY 14-21 Dafabet Masters London 22-25 Championship League (1) tbc 26-29 Quals: China Open Barnsley 31-4 Feb German Masters Berlin, Germany FEBRUARY 5-8 Championship League (2) tbc 8-11 Shoot Out Watford 1 YEAR LIST – SEEDING CUT OFF FOR WORLD GRAND PRIX WORLD RANKING – SEEDING CUT OFF FOR WELSH OPEN 12-15 Championship League (3) tbc 19-25 World Grand Prix Preston Guild Hall 26- 4 March Welsh Open Motorpoint Arena, Cardiff MARCH 7-8 Gibraltar Open (amateur stages) Gibraltar 9-11 Gibraltar Open (L128) Gibraltar 1 YEAR LIST – SEEDING CUT OFF FOR PLAYERS CHAMPIONSHIP 19-25 Players Championship Llandudno 26-29 Championship League (4) tbc APRIL 2-8 China Open Beijing, China WORLD RANKING – SEEDING CUT OFF FOR WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP 11-18 Quals: Betfred World Championship Ponds Forge, Sheffield 21-7 May Betfred World Championship The Crucible Theatre, Sheffield Calendar 2017-18 v19 .