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Players Tour Championship 2015/2016#European Tour

The Players Tour Championship 2015/2016 was a series of snooker tournaments which started on 29 July 2015 and ended on 27 March 2016, with events held across Europe and Asia. In this season the European events form the European Tour and events held in Asia the Asian Tour. This season there were seven regular minor-ranking events down from nine the previous season concluding with the finals which held full Ranking event status.

Schedule

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colspan="2" width=40| DateDates use the month day format

!

! width=235| Tournament Name

! width=180| Venue

! width=90| City

! width=160| Winner

! width=160| Runner–up

! width=30| {{nowrap|Score{{cite web|title=2015/16 Calendar|url=http://www.worldsnooker.com/full-calendar|publisher=World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association|work=worldsnooker.com|access-date=25 July 2015}}{{cite web|title=Calendar 2015/2016|url=http://www.snooker.org/res/index.asp?season=2015&template=2|access-date=25 July 2015}}{{cite web|title=Finals 2015/2016|url=http://www.snooker.org/res/index.asp?season=2015&template=7|publisher=Snooker.org|access-date=25 July 2015}}}}

! width=20| References

07–29

| 08–02

| {{nowrap|{{flag|LAT}}}}

| European Tour – Event 1Event also known as the 2015 Riga Open.

| Arena Riga

| Riga

| {{nowrap|{{flagicon|ENG}} Barry Hawkins}}

| {{nowrap|{{flagicon|ENG}} Tom Ford}}

| 4–1

| {{cite web|title=European Tour Event One|url=http://snooker.org/res/index.asp?event=397|publisher=Snooker.org|access-date=3 August 2015}}

08–26

| 08–30

| {{nowrap|{{flag|GER}}}}

| European Tour – Event 2Event also known as the 2015 Paul Hunter Classic.

| Stadthalle

| Fürth

| {{flagicon|ENG}} Ali Carter

| {{nowrap|{{flagicon|ENG}} Shaun Murphy}}

| 4–3

| {{cite web|title=European Tour Event Two|url=http://snooker.org/res/index.asp?event=399|publisher=Snooker.org|access-date=7 September 2015}}

10–07

| 10–11

| {{flag|GER}}

| European Tour – Event 3Event also known as the 2015 Ruhr Open.

| {{nowrap|RWE-Sporthalle}}

| Mülheim

| {{flagicon|ENG}} Rory McLeod

| {{flagicon|CHN}} Tian Pengfei

| 4–2

| {{cite web|title=European Tour Event Three|url=http://snooker.org/res/index.asp?event=405|publisher=Snooker.org|access-date=1 November 2015}}

10–19

| 10–23

| {{nowrap|{{flag|CHN}}}}

| Asian Tour – Event 1Event also known as the 2015 Haining Open.

| {{nowrap|Haining Sports Center}}

| Haining

| {{flagicon|CHN}} Ding Junhui

| {{flagicon|ENG}} Ricky Walden

| 4–3

| {{cite web|title=Asian Tour|url=http://snooker.org/res/index.asp?event=406|publisher=Snooker.org|access-date=1 November 2015}}

11–04

| 11–08

| {{flag|BUL}}

| European Tour – Event 4Event also known as the 2015 Bulgarian Open.

| Universiada Hall

| Sofia

| {{flagicon|NIR}} Mark Allen

| {{flagicon|WAL}} Ryan Day

| 4–0

| {{cite web|title=European Tour Event Four|url=http://snooker.org/res/index.asp?event=409|publisher=Snooker.org|access-date=1 November 2015}}

12–09

| 12–13

| {{flag|GIB}}

| European Tour – Event 5Event also known as the 2015 Gibraltar Open.

| {{nowrap|Tercentenary Sports Hall}}

| Gibraltar

| {{flagicon|HKG}} Marco Fu

| {{flagicon|WAL}} Michael White

| 4–1

| {{cite web|title=European Tour Event Five|url=http://snooker.org/res/index.asp?event=411|publisher=Snooker.org|access-date=1 November 2015}}

02–23

| 02–28

| {{flag|POL}}

| European Tour – Event 6Event also known as the 2015 Gdynia Open.

| Gdynia Sports Arena

| Gdynia

| {{flagicon|ENG}} Mark Selby

| {{flagicon|ENG}} Martin Gould

| 4–1

| {{cite web|title=European Tour Event Six|url=http://snooker.org/res/index.asp?event=425|publisher=Snooker.org|access-date=1 November 2015}}

{{nowrap|03–22}}

| {{nowrap|03–27}}

| {{flag|ENG}}

| {{nowrap|Players Championship Finals}}

| EventCity

| Manchester

| {{flagicon|NIR}} Mark Allen

| {{flagicon|ENG}} Ricky Walden

| 10–6

| {{cite web|title=Players Championship Grand Final|url=http://snooker.org/res/index.asp?event=423|publisher=Snooker.org|access-date=1 November 2015}}

Order of Merit

The prize money collected at each PTC tournament is summed up to obtain the European and Asian Tour Order of Merit. The top 24 from the European Tour Order of Merit, the top 2 from the Asian Tour Order of Merit plus six more from a combination of both lists will qualify for the PTC finals in Manchester.{{Cite web

| url = http://www.worldsnooker.com/bingham-targets-gdynia-success/

| title = Bingham Targets Gdynia Success

| website = World Snooker

| language = en-US

| access-date = 2016-02-27

}}

= European Tour =

After 6 out of 6 events:

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width=40 align="center"| Rank

! width=150| Player

! width=90| Total Points

! width=100| Events Played

{{0}}1

|{{flagicon|ENG}} Mark Selby

|align="center"|26,625

|align="center"|6

{{0}}2

|{{flagicon|ENG}} Barry Hawkins

|align="center"|25,275

|align="center"|4

{{0}}3

|{{flagicon|HKG}} Marco Fu

|align="center"|23,175

|align="center"|4

{{0}}4

|{{flagicon|NIR}} Mark Allen

|align="center"|22,200

|align="center"|4

{{0}}5

|{{flagicon|ENG}} Rory McLeod

|align="center"|22,200

|align="center"|6

{{0}}6

|{{flagicon|ENG}} Ali Carter

|align="center"|20,550

|align="center"|3

{{0}}7

|{{flagicon|ENG}} Shaun Murphy

|align="center"|15,975

|align="center"|6

{{0}}8

|{{flagicon|WAL}} Ryan Day

|align="center"|14,475

|align="center"|6

{{0}}9

|{{flagicon|ENG}} Mark King

|align="center"|13,200

|align="center"|6

10

|{{flagicon|WAL}} Michael White

|align="center"|13,200

|align="center"|6

11

|{{flagicon|ENG}} Tom Ford

|align="center"|13,050

|align="center"|6

12

|{{flagicon|WAL}} Mark Williams

|align="center"|12,225

|align="center"|6

13

|{{flagicon|CHN}} Tian Pengfei

|align="center"|11,700

|align="center"|5

14

|{{flagicon|ENG}} Martin Gould

|align="center"|10,425

|align="center"|4

15

|{{flagicon|ENG}} Andrew Higginson

|align="center"|10,275

|align="center"|6

16

|{{flagicon|ENG}} Mike Dunn

|align="center"|9,975

|align="center"|6

17

|{{flagicon|ENG}} Kyren Wilson

|align="center"|9,900

|align="center"|6

18

|{{flagicon|ENG}} Ben Woollaston

|align="center"|9,750

|align="center"|6

19

|{{flagicon|ENG}} Michael Holt

|align="center"|8,700

|align="center"|6

20

|{{flagicon|CHN}} Liang Wenbo

|align="center"|8,550

|align="center"|6

21

|{{flagicon|ENG}} Judd Trump

|align="center"|8,250

|align="center"|6

22

|{{flagicon|WAL}} Dominic Dale

|align="center"|8,025

|align="center"|6

23

|{{flagicon|SCO}} Alan McManus

|align="center"|7,950

|align="center"|6

24

|{{flagicon|ENG}} David Gilbert

|align="center"|7,350

|align="center"|6

= Asian Tour =

After 1 out of 1 events:

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width=40 align="center"| Rank

! width=150| Player

! width=90| Total Points

! width=100| Events Played

1

|{{flagicon|CHN}} Ding Junhui

|align="center"|13,500

|align="center"|1

2

|{{flagicon|ENG}} Ricky Walden

|align="center"|6,500

|align="center"|1

= Both =

After 7 out of 7 events:

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width=40 align="center"| Rank

! width=150| Player

! width=90| Total Points

! width=100| Events Played

1

|{{flagicon|ENG}} Jimmy Robertson

|align="center"|8,000

|align="center"|7

2

|{{flagicon|ENG}} Sam Baird

|align="center"|7,275

|align="center"|6

3

|{{flagicon|BEL}} Luca Brecel

|align="center"|6,675

|align="center"|6

4

|{{flagicon|SCO}} Graeme Dott

|align="center"|6,450

|align="center"|5

5

|{{flagicon|ENG}} Robert Milkins

|align="center"|6,200

|align="center"|7

6

|{{flagicon|ENG}} Mark Davis

|align="center"|6,150

|align="center"|5

(Top 6 players of all 7 PTC events who haven't already qualified)

Notes

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References

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{{Players Tour Championship}}

{{Snooker season 2015/2016}}

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