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IBSF World Snooker Championship

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This article is about the amateur event. For the professional event, seeWorld Snooker Championship.For the junior event, seeIBSF World Under-21 Snooker Championship.

IBSF World Snooker Championship
StatusActive
GenreSports Event
Date(s)Midyear
FrequencyAnnual
Inaugurated1963(M) /2003(W)
Most recent2023
Organised byIBSF

TheIBSF World Snooker Championship(also known as theWorld Amateur Snooker Championship) is the premier non-professionalsnookertournament in the world. The event series is sanctioned by theInternational Billiards and Snooker Federation.A number of IBSF champions have gone on to successful careers in the professional ranks, notablyJimmy White(1980),James Wattana(1988),Ken Doherty(1989),Stuart Bingham(1996),Marco Fu(1997),Stephen Maguire(2000) andMark Allen(2004). Both Doherty (in1997) and Bingham (in2015) have gone on to win the professionalWorld Snooker Championship.

History[edit]

The IBSF World Snooker Championship tournament was first held in 1963. In the first two tournaments, the title was decided alone on group stages. From 1968 until now, the group stage was followed by aknock-out stage.The tournament has been held annually since 1984.[1]

However, 2005 IBSF World Snooker Championship was cancelled, due to an earthquake in Pakistan where the event was due to be held. Instead in February/March 2006, a new tournament with the nameIBSF World Grand Prixwas held inPrestatyn,Wales as the qualification for a place on2006/2007 World Snooker Main Tour,although the winner wasn't called World Champion.[1]

In 2007 an all-Thailand final sawAtthasit MahitthidefeatPassakorn Suwannawat11–7. At the 2008 championship inWels,Austria,Thepchaiya Un-Noohof Thailand defeated Ireland'sColm Gilcreest11–7. The 2009 event was held inHyderabad,India, and won byAlfie Burdenof England, 10–8 againstIgor Figueiredoof Brazil. The 2010 event was held inDamascus,Syria, and won byDechawat Poomjaengof Thailand, defeating India'sPankaj Advani.The 2011 Championship was held from November 28 to December 3 inBangalore,India. The final was won by 17-year-old IranianHossein Vafaei,defeatingLee Walkerof Wales 10–9.[2]In 2014, fourteen-year-oldYan Bingtaobeat Pakistan's Muhammad Sajjad 8–7 to become the youngest ever world champion in snooker.[3]

Results[edit]

Men[edit]

Source:[1][2][4][5]

# Year Venue Winner Runner-up Score Ref.
1 1963 Kolkata,India WalesGary Owen AustraliaFrank Harris –[n 1]
2 1966 Karachi,Pakistan WalesGary Owen EnglandJohn Spencer –[n 1]
3 1968 Sydney,Australia EnglandDavid Taylor AustraliaMax Williams 8–7
4 1970 Edinburgh,Scotland EnglandJonathan Barron EnglandSid Hood 11–7
5 1972 Cardiff,Wales EnglandRay Edmonds South AfricaManuel Francisco 11–10
6 1974 Dublin,Ireland EnglandRay Edmonds WalesGeoff Thomas 11–9
7 1976 Johannesburg,South Africa WalesDoug Mountjoy MaltaPaul Mifsud 11–1
8 1978 Rabat,Malta WalesCliff Wilson EnglandJoe Johnson 11–5
9 1980 Launceston,Australia EnglandJimmy White AustraliaRon Atkins 11–2
10 1982 Calgary,Canada WalesTerry Parsons CanadaJim Bear 11–8
11 1984 Dublin,Ireland IndiaOmprakesh Agrawal WalesTerry Parsons 11–7
12 1985 Blackpool,England MaltaPaul Mifsud WalesDilwyn John 11–6
13 1986 Invercargill,New Zealand MaltaPaul Mifsud WalesKerry Jones 11–9
14 1987 Bangalore,India WalesDarren Morgan MaltaJoe Grech 11–4
15 1988 Sydney,Australia ThailandJames Wattana EnglandBarry Pinches 11–8
16 1989 Singapore Republic of IrelandKen Doherty EnglandJon Birch 11–2
17 1990 Colombo,Sri Lanka Republic of IrelandStephen O'Connor BelgiumSteve Lemmens 11–8
18 1991 Bangkok,Thailand ThailandNoppadon Noppachorn WalesDominic Dale 11–8
19 1992 Malta EnglandNeil Mosley PhilippinesLeonardo Andam 11–2
20 1993 Karachi,Pakistan ThailandChuchart Triritanapradit ThailandPraput Chaithanasakun 11–6
21 1994[6] Johannesburg,South Africa PakistanMohammed Yousuf IcelandJohannes R. Johannesson 11–9
22 1995[7] Bristol,England ThailandSakchai Sim-Ngam EnglandDavid Lilley 11–7
23 1996[8] New Plymouth,New Zealand EnglandStuart Bingham AustraliaStan Gorski 11–5
24 1997 Bulawayo,Zimbabwe Hong KongMarco Fu EnglandStuart Bingham 11–10
25 1998[9] Guangzhou,China EnglandLuke Simmonds WalesRyan Day 11–10
26 1999 Port Moresby,Papua New Guinea WalesIan Preece EnglandDavid Lilley 11–8
27 2000[10] Changchun,China ScotlandStephen Maguire EnglandLuke Fisher 11–5
28 2002[11] Cairo,Egypt AustraliaSteve Mifsud WalesTim English 11–6
29 2003[12] Jiangmen,China IndiaPankaj Advani PakistanSaleh Mohammad 11–5
30 2004[13] Veldhoven,Netherlands Northern IrelandMark Allen AustraliaSteve Mifsud 11–6
- 2006[14] Prestatyn,Wales WalesMichael White ScotlandMark Boyle 11–5
31 2006[15] Amman,Jordan NorwayKurt Maflin EnglandDaniel Ward 11–8
32 2007[16] Korat,Thailand ThailandAtthasit Mahitthi ThailandPassakorn Suwannawat 11–7
33 2008[17] Wels,Austria ThailandThepchaiya Un-Nooh Republic of IrelandColm Gilcreest 11–7
34 2009[18] Hyderabad,India EnglandAlfie Burden BrazilIgor Figueiredo 10–8
35 2010[19] Damascus,Syria ThailandDechawat Poomjaeng IndiaPankaj Advani 10–7
36 2011[20] Bangalore,India IranHossein Vafaei WalesLee Walker 10–9
37 2012[21] Sofia,Bulgaria PakistanMuhammad Asif EnglandGary Wilson 10–8
38 2013[22] Daugavpils,Latvia ChinaZhou Yuelong ChinaZhao Xintong 8–4
39 2014[23] Bangalore,India ChinaYan Bingtao PakistanMuhammad Sajjad 8–7
40 2015[24] Hurghada,Egypt IndiaPankaj Advani ChinaZhao Xintong 8–6
41 2016[25] Doha,Qatar IranSoheil Vahedi WalesAndrew Pagett 8–1
42 2017[26] Doha,Qatar IndiaPankaj Advani IranAmir Sarkhosh 8–2
43 2018[27] Yangon,Myanmar ChinaChang Bingyu ChinaHe Guoqiang 8–3
44 2019[28] Antalya,Turkey PakistanMuhammad Asif PhilippinesJefrey Roda 8–5
45 2021[29] Doha,Qatar PakistanAhsan Ramzan IranAmir Sarkhosh 6–5
46 2022[30] Antalya,Turkey MalaysiaLim Kok Leong IranAmir Sarkhosh 5–0
47 2023[31] Doha,Qatar QatarAli Alobaidli Hong KongCheung Ka Wai 6–1

Women[edit]

Source:[32]

# Year Venue Winner Runner-up Score Ref.
1 2003 Jiangmen,China EnglandKelly Fisher BelgiumWendy Jans 5–2
2 2004 Veldhoven,Netherlands EnglandReanne Evans BelgiumWendy Jans 5–1
3 2006 Amman,Jordan BelgiumWendy Jans Hong KongJaique Ip 5–0
4 2007 Korat,Thailand EnglandReanne Evans BelgiumWendy Jans 5–0
5 2008 Wels,Austria EnglandReanne Evans BelgiumWendy Jans 5–3
6 2009 Hyderabad,India Hong KongNg On-yee AustraliaKathy Parashis 5–1 [33]
7 2010 Damascus,Syria Hong KongNg On-yee Hong KongJaique Ip 5–0
8 2012 Sofia,Bulgaria BelgiumWendy Jans Hong KongNg On-yee 5–1
9 2013 Daugavpils,Latvia BelgiumWendy Jans ChinaShi Chunxia 5–3
10 2014 Bangalore,India BelgiumWendy Jans RussiaAnastasia Nechaeva 5–2
11 2015 Hurghada,Egypt BelgiumWendy Jans RussiaAnastasia Nechaeva 5–1 [34]
12 2016 Doha,Qatar BelgiumWendy Jans IndiaAmee Kamani 5–0 [35]
13 2017 Doha,Qatar BelgiumWendy Jans ThailandWaratthanun Sukritthanes 5–2 [26]
14 2018 Yangon,Myanmar ThailandWaratthanun Sukritthanes BelgiumWendy Jans 5–2 [27]
15 2019 Antalya,Turkey Hong KongNg On-yee ThailandNutcharut Wongharuthai 5–2 [28]
16 2021 Doha,Qatar BelgiumWendy Jans ThailandNutcharut Wongharuthai 4–1 [36]
17 2022 Antalya,Turkey BelgiumWendy Jans IndiaVidya Pillai 4–3 [30]
18 2023 Doha,Qatar ChinaBai Yulu Hong KongNg On-yee 4–0 [37]

Medals[edit]

Men (1963-2023)[edit]

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1England(ENG)9111030
2Wales(WAL)79521
3Thailand(THA)72817
4Pakistan(PAK)72514
5India(IND)71816
6China(CHN)33713
7Iran(IRI)2327
8Malta(MLT)22711
9Ireland(IRL)2169
10Australia(AUS)15410
11Hong Kong(HKG)1124
12Northern Ireland(NIR)1056
Scotland(SCO)1056
14Norway(NOR)1012
15Malaysia(MAS)1001
Qatar(QAT)1001
17Philippines(PHI)0202
18Belgium(BEL)0145
19Canada(CAN)0134
South Africa(RSA)0134
21Brazil(BRA)0101
Iceland(ISL)0101
23Finland(FIN)0022
Sri Lanka(SRI)0022
25Austria(AUT)0011
Bahrain(BHR)0011
Cyprus(CYP)0011
Germany(GER)0011
United Arab Emirates(UAE)0011
Totals (29 entries)534794194

Women (2003-2023)[edit]

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1Belgium(BEL)95115
2England(ENG)4026
3Hong Kong(HKG)34512
4Thailand(THA)131014
5China(CHN)1124
6India(IND)021113
7Russia(RUS)0213
8Australia(AUS)0101
9New Zealand(NZL)0022
10Ireland(IRL)0011
Scotland(SCO)0011
Totals (11 entries)18183672

See also[edit]

Notes[edit]

  1. ^abTitle decided alone on group stage

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