Q Tour
| Current season, competition or edition: 2025–26 Q Tour | |
| Sport | Snooker |
|---|---|
| First season | 1994 (as the Minor Tour) 2018 (current format) |
| Organising body | WPBSA |
| Subdivision | Q Tour Europe Q Tour Global (Americas, Asia-Pacific and Middle East) |
| Country | Worldwide |
| Most recent champions | By Order of Merit: Zhao Xintong (CHN) |
| Qualification | Q School Open entry (Preliminary rounds and non-Europe events) |
| Level on pyramid | 2 |
| Promotion to | World Snooker Tour (Main Tour) |
| Tournament format | Knockout events with play-off finals |
| Official website | https://wpbsa.com/events-list/wpbsa-q-tour/ |
The Q Tour, officially the WPBSA Q Tour, is a second-tier series of snooker tournaments immediately below the level of the World Snooker Tour, consisting of amateur and ex-professional players to compete for qualifying places to the main tour. It is administered by the World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association (WPBSA).
Originally known as the Minor Tour, UK Tour and then the Challenge Tour, the WPBSA then operated a three-level circuit with the professional main tour and the pro-am Open Tour until the end of the 2002–03 season; it was partially replaced by the International Open Series (PIOS) and subsequently the Players Tour Championship from the 2004–05 season.
The Challenge Tour was revived from the 2018–19 season after a 14-year hiatus, with only amateurs being allowed to participate. The series expanded to other European countries outside of England and rebranded to its current name from the 2021–22 season, and since the 2023–24 season regional Q Tour franchises, established under the Q Tour Global banner, are also introduced to form a full-fledged multi-continental snooker development tour. There are now over 20 Q Tour events to be held during a regular snooker season.