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The
Challenge Tour is the secondary snooker tour, established
for all those players who are not competing on the Main Tour.
The Challenge Tour is open to both members and non-members
of the WPBSA.
There
are over four hundred participants currently playing on the
Challenge Tour. This number will be reduced to 128 for the
2001 / 2002 tour.
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Qualifiers for the Challenge Tour
take place at two main venues.
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Northern
Venue
Manhattan Club and Snooker Centre, Harrogate
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Southern
Venue
Jesters
Snooker Club, Swindon
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Draws
All
matches played in the qualifying rounds are played over the
best of 7 frames.
All matches at the final venue up to and including the semi-finals
will be the best of 9 frames and the final will be played
over the best of 11 frames.
The last 16 players from each of the two qualifying venues
will make up the last 32 stage, at the final venue.
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Seedings
Seedings
are based on:
2000 UK Tour, Order of Merit List produced at the end of
the 1999 / 2000 season.
2000 / 2001 Official World Rankings.
WPBSA members with no official ranking.
Remaining non-members
at random.
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