Membership, Formats, Seeds and Ranking Points

Dear Member

Snooker & Billiards Ireland would like to inform our members of the Memberships, Tournament formats, Seeds and Ranking Points for the coming 2025-2026 season.

In general, all SBI events are: Played in Knock Out Format – Matches are played in a best of 5’s or 7’s

• ·        Less 8 Players – 2 Seeds
• ·        8 + Players – 4 Seeds
• ·        16 + Players – 4 Seeds
• ·        32 + Players – 8 Seeds
• ·        64 + Players – 16 Seeds
• ·        128 Players – 16 Seeds

The New Ranking Points is the following: Please note there are no merit points.
• ·        WINNER – 750pts
• ·        R-UP – 500pts
• ·        SEMI FINALIST – 330pts
• ·        Q-FINALS – 220pts
• ·        LAST 16 – 140pts
• ·        LAST 32 – 80pts
• ·        LAST 64 – 40pts
• ·        LAST 128 – 20pts

Memberships
Online Membership is now available on the snookerscores platform.

To Enter Events, You must be a paid member for the 2025-2026 Sesason. Only members will be able to access the Entry Portal to enter events

A Step by step guide to sign up is available on – https://sbireland.ie/new-membership-entry-system/

There are +21 Membership €40.00, Under 21 Membership €25.00, Referee €35.00, Coach €40.00 and Ladies Membership €10.00 available through the new system.
https://snookerscores.net/organisation/snooker-billiards-ireland/memberships

Exemption Membership
There is also an extra Junior Exemption Membership & Ladies Exemption Membership for €10.00.

This is for players who already have purchased Under 21 or Lady Memberships. This Exemption Membership allows the member to enter any Amateur, Challenge or Century event for free.

Calendar
The latest draft of the Calendar is on the web site with all the events news.

Calendar Of Events