Snooker

Results: Q Tour Europe Playoff Finals

Steven Hallworth 10-5 Mark Joyce
Florian Nuessle 10-3 Andres Petrov
Liam Highfield 10-3 Iulian Boiko

Hallworth, Nuessle & Highfield get 2 year WST tour cards from the 25/26 season.

Mark Joyce made a 147 in his 6-2 semi final victory over Dylan Emery.

The players that didn't make it this time can have another go at Q School. Joyce, Boiko and Emery will probably continue to get a wildcard invitation anyway to most WST professional tournaments based on merit in the amateur circuit.

You'd struggle to know Joyce and Boiko weren't on the tour, such is that hinterland of players at the lower end.

Ukrainian Julian Boiko regained his professional status after winning the European Snooker and Billiards Association (EBSA) Under 21 tournament. He gets a 2 year tour card from the 2025/26 season.

The main EBSA tournament was won by Liam Highfield who already won a 2 year tour card at the Q Tour. Liam's opponent in the final was 14 year old Polish player Michal Szubarczyk. As Michal is under age he can't be awarded a tour card without consent from his parents, so Michal has been nominated by the WPBSA for a tour card, and if he and his parents accept then he will have the record for the youngest player ever on the tour.

Mink Nutcharut beat Bai Yulu 4-3 in the final of the Womens WSF Championship. This year the WPBSA hoped to have 5 women involved in the World Championship, and created a wildcard invitation for the winner of the Womens WSF Championship, or the runner up if the winner has a tour card. Both have tour cards and it is unknown if an invitation will be extended to one of the losing semi finalists Ng On-Yee or Rebecca Kenna. I think Ng should be invited, after all she will have a tour card from next season.