The 2025/26 snooker season is gathering momentum and there is another bumper month of action on the baize to come in September.
There have been three ranking events so far this term, with Stephen Maguire emerging from the campaign-opening Championship League Snooker and Neil Robertson prevailing at the megarich Saudi Arabia Snooker Masters.
On Saturday, Xiao Guodong joined the winners’ enclosure through his successful defence of the Wuhan Open in China.
There are some big snooker events to come later in September, so let’s do a quick rundown of what there is to look forward to.
World Snooker Tour
English Open
The next ranking tournament on the 2025/26 snooker calendar is the English Open, which returns to Brentwood in the middle of the month.
Neil Robertson is the reigning champion after snapping a two-year drought with his 9-7 success over Wu Yize in the 2024 final.
The English Open represents the first of four events on the Home Nations Series with the players competing for a £100,000 top prize in addition to the coveted Steve Davis Trophy.
When is it? September 11th to September 21st
British Open
Immediately following the English Open is the British Open, which will be back at the Centaur in Cheltenham for the third successive season.
Mark Selby won the title and the Clive Everton Trophy a year ago courtesy of a 10-5 victory over John Higgins in the final.
A preliminary phase of this event was already staged in June, but the top 16 seeds all had their initial matches held over to the venue.
The British Open is one of only a couple of ranking events on the annual schedule that incorporates a completely random draw for each round.
When is it? September 22nd to September 28th
Qualifiers
Before the English Open and the British Open, there will be a batch of qualifiers this week held at the Mattioli Arena in Leicester.
John Higgins, Mark Selby, and Shaun Murphy are among some of the bigger names who will be forced into the cubicles to negotiate their opening fixtures at the Xi’an Grand Prix from September 1st to September 3rd.
Beyond that is the preliminary phase for the Northern Ireland Open, with those seeded from 33 to 128 jostling for a ticket to compete in Belfast.
The Northern Ireland Open qualifiers run from September 4th to September 7th.
The International Championship qualifiers also get under way on the last day of the month at Ponds Forge in Sheffield.
Snooker in September: important dates
1-3) Xi’an Grand Prix qualifiers
3-7) Pan American Snooker Championship
4-7) Northern Ireland Open qualifiers
11-21) English Open
21-24) Q Tour Middle East Event 1
22-28) British Open
25-28) Q Tour Middle East Event 2
25-28) Q Tour Europe Event 2
30-Oct 2) International Championship qualifiers
Q Tour and Amateur Events
The 2025/26 Q Tour campaign in Europe got under way with its first event staged during the last weekend of August and Hammad Miah emerging with the title.
Event two will take place at the Heeres Snooker and English Billiards Club in Vienna from September 25th to September 28th.
As has been the case in recent seasons, the top-ranked player on the Q Tour will receive a two-year card to compete on the professional main tour.
Three other spots will be up for grabs through a play-off tournament held at the end of the Q Tour series.
The first event on the Middle Eastern swing of Q Tour, meanwhile, will also take place in September from the 21st to the 24th.
Elsewhere, the first new tour card for the 2026/27 snooker season will be determined with the Pan American Snooker Championship taking place in Sacramento from September 3rd to September 7th.
What other snooker tournaments are taking place?
If you know of any other interesting snooker tournaments happening anywhere in the world during the month of September, let us know in the comments section below.
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Since you’re asking, the Haining Open is running form September 9th to 14th. This is a former PTC, a Pro-Am that has twice been won by Mark Selby, and more recently He Guoqiang, Yuan Sijun and Yao Pengcheng. It’s unlikely any current professionals will be permitted to attend, as it clashes with the English Open. It’s importance is that it’s a key event in the CBSA Rankings, which will earn 2 Tour cards for next season, i.e. it’s on a par with the Q Tour. Currently leading are Wang Xinbo – an exceptionally promising 17-year old, and the flamboyant Luo Zetao.
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