{"id":770330,"date":"2026-02-17T11:51:13","date_gmt":"2026-02-17T11:51:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/770330\/"},"modified":"2026-02-17T11:51:13","modified_gmt":"2026-02-17T11:51:13","slug":"q-tour-europe-the-race-to-spain-event-6-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/770330\/","title":{"rendered":"Q Tour Europe – The Race to Spain | Event 6 Update"},"content":{"rendered":"

The race to top this season\u2019s WPBSA Q Tour Europe will run to the seventh and final tournament at the Landywood Snooker Club later this month, following victory for Ashley Carty in Mons<\/a> last weekend.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

As in previous seasons, the top ranked player following the conclusion of the seventh and final event will earn an automatic two-year WST place for the 2026\/27 and 2027\/28 campaigns, with a minimum of 16 further players to qualify for the season-end Global Playoffs to contest three further tour cards.<\/p>\n

Winners of each Q Tour Europe event are guaranteed a spot in the Global Play-Offs meaning that Hammad Miah, Peter Lines, Simon Blackwell, Jamie Clarke and now Carty have already secured their places.<\/p>\n

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Clarke in Pole Position<\/p>\n

Two-time Q Tour Europe event winner Jamie Clarke<\/strong> remains the favourite to secure top spot and with it a return to the World Snooker Tour despite an early exit in Belgium last weekend.<\/p>\n

Another deep run at the event could have seen him secure the coveted two-year tour card, but a last 32 defeat to Germany\u2019s Umut Dikme means that the race will continue to Landywood.<\/p>\n

With a lead of 4,380 points to second placed Peter Lines<\/strong>, a run to the final of Event 7 would be enough to guarantee Clarke the season-end number one ranking, while a semi-final run would be sufficient unless Lines were to win the title.<\/p>\n

Third placed Hammad Miah<\/strong> can already be discounted, with the former professional having already secured his WST return by virtue of his victory at last month\u2019s WSF Championship, meaning that fourth placed Oliver Sykes<\/strong> is the next placed challenger. The 20-year-old must reach at least the final with Clarke losing first match, while the title would be enough for Sykes if Clarke were to lose before the quarter-finals.<\/p>\n

The only other two players in with a mathematical chance of overhauling Clarke are Craig Steadman<\/strong> and Stuart Carrington<\/strong>, with both needing the title and hope that the Welshman were to lose before the last 16 and last 64 stages respectively.<\/p>\n

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The Playoff Race<\/p>\n

As in previous seasons, at least 16 places at this season\u2019s Q Tour Global Playoff are up for grabs from this season\u2019s WPBSA Q Tour Europe Rankings.<\/p>\n

With top spot and potentially third placed Hammad Miah set to be excluded from this list, qualification could therefore go down to the 18th placed player, currently Alex Millington<\/strong> with 11,540 points heading to the final counting event.<\/p>\n

With 10,000 points available to the winner in Landywood, everyone from 78th placed Gerard Greene<\/strong> could yet mathematically qualify by lifting the final title of the regular season.<\/p>\n

The WPBSA Q Tour Europe series concludes with Event Seven at the Landywood Snooker Club from 26 February \u2013 1 March 2026. Enter now via WPBSA SnookerScores<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The race to top this season\u2019s WPBSA Q Tour Europe will run to the seventh and final tournament…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":770331,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5174],"tags":[225441,225442,2000,299,5187,225443,225444,225445,225446,225447,225448,225449],"class_list":{"0":"post-770330","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-eu","8":"tag-alex-millington","9":"tag-craig-steadman","10":"tag-eu","11":"tag-europe","12":"tag-european","13":"tag-gerard-greene","14":"tag-hammad-miah","15":"tag-oliver-sykes","16":"tag-peter-lines","17":"tag-q-tour","18":"tag-q-tour-europe","19":"tag-stuart-carrington"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/116085829723254547","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/770330","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=770330"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/770330\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/770331"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=770330"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=770330"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=770330"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}