Snooker season 2008/2009

The snooker season 2008/ 09 was a series of snooker tournaments that belong to the Main Tour. In addition to the title and prize money were at eight tournaments to win world ranking points. There were two invitational tournaments, where no points are awarded.

In comparison to the previous season, the number of ranking tournaments has increased by one. To address the increasing importance of snooker sport in Asia to meet, a tournament in the Middle East was taken with the Bahrain Championship for the first time. At the invitation of the Malta Cup tournaments and the Pot Black Cup fell away, instead, the Jiangsu Classic for the first time took place.

The season began on June 4, 2008 with the Jiangsu Classic and ended on 4 May 2009 with the World Cup finals.

Season Results

The following table shows the results of the season.

World Ranking

The Snooker world rankings will be updated only after a perfect season and takes into account the achievements of the past two seasons. The following table shows the 32 highest ranked player of the season 2008/ 09, ie it is based on the results of the 2006/ 07 and 2007 /08. In brackets the year placement is indicated in each case.

Qualification for the Main Tour 2008/ 09

In addition to the 64 top-ranked players in the world rankings at the end of the season 2007/ 08 the other 32 starting places were awarded as follows: