无锡精英赛正式升级为排名赛 6月25日至7月1日举办_新闻台

　　无锡精英赛成为世界积分排名赛事

　　2012年5月2日

　　根据一个新的五年合同，无锡精英赛会在下个赛季成为一站世界积分排名赛事。

　　该项赛事将在6月25日至7月1日作为2012/13赛季的首项积分排名赛举办。该项赛事自2008年以来作为邀请赛成为赛历上的常规组成部分，现在成为一项完整的积分排名赛。它将成为下赛季在中国举办的五项世界积分排名赛事之一。

　　今年该项赛事的奖金为40万英镑，明年将提高到42万5千英镑，随后的三年将是45万英镑。

　　无锡位于江苏省，是中国著名旅游城市之一，并且是中国的顶尖球员丁俊晖的家乡。这座城市拥有转为斯诺克赛事而建设的场馆。

　　世界斯诺克主席巴里赫恩表示：“我们非常高兴地欢迎无锡精英赛成为世界积分排名赛大家庭中的一员。这是顶尖球员参加的邀请赛事的好范例，为一项新的排名赛开启了大门。我们与中国台球协会建立了良好的合作关系作为成功办赛的基础。中国的市场在快速的发展，我们会到需要的地方去，斯诺克运动属于全世界。今年的世锦赛有五名中国球员参赛，而更多的球员在成长。”

　　本项赛事的资格赛将于6月5日至8日在谢菲尔德的世界斯诺克学院举行。

　　Wuxi Classic Becomes World Ranking Event

　　02nd May 2012

　　The Wuxi Classic will become a world ranking event for the first time next season, thanks to a new five-year agreement.

　　The tournament will run from June 25 to July 1 and will be the first ranking event of the 2012/13 season. It has been a regular fixture on the calendar since 2008, initially as an invitation tournament, and has now been given full ranking status. It will be one of five ranking events in China next season.

　　Total prize money for the event this year will be ￡400,000, rising to ￡425,000 next year then ￡450,000 for the following three years.

　　Wuxi, located in the Jiangsu Province, is known as one of the most beautiful cities in China and is the home town of the country"s top player Ding Junhui. The city has a purpose-built stadium for snooker tournaments.

　　World Snooker Chairman Barry Hearn said: "We are delighted to welcome the Wuxi Classic to our family of world ranking events in China. This is a wonderful example of an invitation event attended by the top players, opening the door for a full ranking event.

　　"We have built an excellent relationship with the CBSA and that has been fundamental to our success. China is a rapidly expanding market and we are going where the demand is because this game belongs to the world. There were five Chinese in the World Championship this year and there are many more waiting in the wings."

　　The qualifying rounds of the tournament will run from June 5 to 8 at the World Snooker Academy in Sheffield.