北愛爾蘭公開賽資格賽 2023

北愛爾蘭公開賽資格賽 2023

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The 2023 Northern Ireland Open (officially the 2023 BetVictor Northern Ireland Open) was a professional snooker tournament that took place from 22 to 29 October 2023 at the Waterfront Hall in Belfast, Northern Ireland. Organised by the World Snooker Tour (WST), it was the sixth ranking event of the 2023–24 season (following the 2023 Wuhan Open and preceding the 2023 International Championship), the second of four tournaments in the season's Home Nations Series (following the 2023 English Open and preceding the 2023 Scottish Open and the 2024 Welsh Open), and the fourth of eight tournaments in the season's European Series. Qualifying for the event took place from 17 to 20 October 2023 at the Ponds Forge International Sports Centre in Sheffield, England, although qualifiers featuring the top 16 seeds and two local wildcard players were held over and played at the Waterfront Hall. The winner received the Alex Higgins trophy and £80,000 from a total prize fund of £427,000.

Five players—reigning world champion Luca Brecel, Ali Carter, John Higgins, Mark Selby, and Thepchaiya Un-Nooh—did not enter the tournament, having planned to participate in an exhibition event originally scheduled for October 27 to 29 in Macau, China. The WST threatened the players with disciplinary action, claiming that playing an unsanctioned event in Macau rather than an official tour event in Belfast would breach their players' contracts. Following negotiations, the Macau exhibition event was rescheduled to be played from 22 to 24 December, and the WST granted the players permission to enter it. The players concerned remained absent from the Northern Ireland Open. China's Ding Junhui also did not compete in the event. Ronnie O'Sullivan withdrew for medical reasons and was replaced in the draw by Rory McLeod. In all, six of the top 16 ranked players did not participate in the tournament.

Mark Allen was the defending champion, having defeated Zhou Yuelong 9–4 in the 2022 final, but he lost 3–4 to Andres Petrov in the last 64. Judd Trump won the tournament, defeating Chris Wakelin 9–3 in the final to secure his fourth Northern Ireland Open title, following his previous wins in 2018, 2019, and 2020. It was Trump's 26th ranking title, putting him ahead of Mark Williams in fifth place on the all-time list. Following his back-to-back wins at the 2023 English Open and 2023 Wuhan Open, Trump became the fifth player in snooker history—after Ray Reardon, Steve Davis, Stephen Hendry, and Ding—to win three consecutive ranking tournaments, and the first to do so since Ding in 2013.

The qualifying stage of the tournament in Sheffield produced 24 century breaks, and the main stage in Belfast produced a further 57 centuries. Joe Perry made the tournament's highest break, a 145 in his last-64 match against Michael White.

北愛爾蘭公開賽資格賽2023是一個重要的斯諾克錦標賽,將在北愛爾蘭舉行。這場賽事是斯諾克球迷和選手們熱切期待的一個重要賽事,吸引了來自世界各地的頂尖選手參賽。

這場賽事將在一個優雅而現代的場地舉行,提供了一個極佳的比賽環境。賽事將包括資格賽,選手們將通過激烈的比賽爭取進入正式比賽的資格。這將是一個激動人心的過程,選手們將展示他們的技巧和策略,爭取晉級的機會。

北愛爾蘭公開賽資格賽2023將展示斯諾克運動的精彩和激烈競爭。觀眾們將有機會欣賞到世界級選手之間的精彩對決,並感受到比賽的緊張氛圍。這場賽事將為觀眾們帶來一個難忘的斯諾克體驗,讓他們沉浸在這個令人著迷的運動中。

北愛爾蘭公開賽資格賽2023將成為斯諾克愛好者和選手們的一個盛大盛事,將展示出這項運動的魅力和魄力。無論是選手還是觀眾,都將在這場賽事中獲得難忘的回憶,並見證斯諾克運動的精彩時刻。