Lumea buna a snookerului se strange, incepand de azi, la Aberdeen, unde, in perioada 13 - 21 octombrie are loc Royal London Watches Grand Prix. Pe tabloul principal sunt inscrisi 48 de jucatori, primii 32 in ordinea clasamentului mondial si alti 16 veniti din calificari, repartizati in opt grupe. In turul urmator se califica primii 2 clasati din fiecare grupa. Iata configuratia acestora:

Grupa A: Neil Robertson, Stephen Lee, Joe Perry, Joe Swail, Mark Davis, Jimmy Michie
Grupa B: Ronnie O'Sullivan, Steven Davis, Dominic Dale, Gerard Greene, Tom Ford, Mark Joyce
Grupa C: Peter Ebdon, Mark Selby, Matthew Stevens, Dave Harold, Joe Delaney, Liu Song
Grupa D: Shaun Murphy, Ding Junhui, Stuart Bingham, Marco Fu, Stuart Pettman, Ben Woollaston
Grupa E: Graeme Dott, Ali Carter, Anthony Hamilton, Michael Holt, Fergal O'Brien, Marcus Campbell
Grupa F: Ken Doherty, Mark Williams, Ian McCulloch, Mark Allen, Ricky Walden, Michael Judge
Grupa G: Stephen Hendry, Stephen Maguire, Barry Hawkins, Jamie Cope, Paul Davies, Rorry McLeod
Grupa H: John Higgins, Ryan Day, Mark King, Nigel Bond, Andrew Norman, Tian Pengfei