2016 IBSF World Snooker Championship – Men's explained

Tournament Name:	IBSF World Snooker Championship
Venue:	Al-Sadd Sports Club
Location:	Doha
Country:	Qatar
Organisation:	IBSF
Total Prize Fund:	$16,000
Highest Break:	Issara Kachaiwong (147)^[1]
Winner:	Soheil Vahedi
Runner Up:	Andrew Pagett
Score:	8–1
Previous:	2015
Next:	2017

The 2016 IBSF World Snooker Championship was an amateur snooker tournament that took place from 19 November to 29 November 2016 in Doha, Qatar. It was the 42nd edition of the IBSF World Snooker Championship and also doubled as a qualification event for the World Snooker Tour.

119 players representing 52 nations and sovereign states competed in the tournament including 2015 champion, Pankaj Advani who declined his invitation to join the professional World Snooker Tour and as such was able to compete in this year's tournament. Advani however he was defeated in the semi-finals by Welshmen Andrew Pagett. In doing so Pagett became the first player from outside the Asian confederation to reach the final since 2012. The tournament was eventually won by Iran's Soheil Vahedi, who defeated Pagett of Wales 8–1 in the final.^[2] Vahedi became only the second Iranian player after Hossein Vafaei to win the championship and as a result, Vahedi was offered that chance to turn professional with a two-year card to play World Snooker Tour for the 2017/2018 and 2018/2019 seasons.

Results

Group Round

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Group A

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1	3		4	4	16	0	16
2	45		4	3	12	9	3
3	72		4	2	11	13	–2
4			4	1	7	14	–7
5			4	0	6	16	–10

Group B

width=20	Place	width=20	Seed	width=200	Team	width=20	Matches	width=20	Matches won	width=20	Frames won	width=20	Frames lost	width=20	Difference
1	4		2	2	8	1	7
2	50		2	1	4	5	–1
3	75		2	0	2	8	–6

Group C

width=20	Place	width=20	Seed	width=200	Team	width=20	Matches	width=20	Matches won	width=20	Frames won	width=20	Frames lost	width=20	Difference
1	6		4	4	16	3	13
2	32		4	3	15	6	9
3	60		4	2	9	8	1
4			4	1	5	15	–10
5			4	0	3	13	–16

Group D

width=20	Place	width=20	Seed	width=200	Team	width=20	Matches	width=20	Matches won	width=20	Frames won	width=20	Frames lost	width=20	Difference
1	23		4	3	15	8	7
2	41		4	3	13	7	6
3	61		4	2	12	13	1
4			4	2	11	11	0
5			4	0	2	16	–14

Group E

width=20	Place	width=20	Seed	width=200	Team	width=20	Matches	width=20	Matches won	width=20	Frames won	width=20	Frames lost	width=20	Difference
1	1		3	3	12	0	12
2	51		3	2	8	10	–2
3	77		3	1	7	10	–3
4			3	0	5	12	–7

Group F

width=20	Place	width=20	Seed	width=200	Team	width=20	Matches	width=20	Matches won	width=20	Frames won	width=20	Frames lost	width=20	Difference
1	10		3	3	12	3	9
2	49		3	2	9	8	1
3	68		3	1	8	8	0
4			3	0	3	16	–13

Group G

width=20	Place	width=20	Seed	width=200	Team	width=20	Matches	width=20	Matches won	width=20	Frames won	width=20	Frames lost	width=20	Difference
1	19		4	4	16	6	10
2	28		4	3	15	5	10
3	73		4	2	9	12	–3
4			4	1	8	13	–5
5			4	0	4	16	–16

Group H

width=20	Place	width=20	Seed	width=200	Team	width=20	Matches	width=20	Matches won	width=20	Frames won	width=20	Frames lost	width=20	Difference
1	7		4	4	16	3	13
2	29		4	3	14	4	10
3	78		4	2	8	12	–4
4			4	1	5	15	–10
5			4	0	7	16	–9

Group I

width=20	Place	width=20	Seed	width=200	Team	width=20	Matches	width=20	Matches won	width=20	Frames won	width=20	Frames lost	width=20	Difference
1	17		3	3	12	4	8
2	34		3	2	10	5	5
3	70		3	1	4	8	–4
4			3	0	3	12	–9

Group J

width=20	Place	width=20	Seed	width=200	Team	width=20	Matches	width=20	Matches won	width=20	Frames won	width=20	Frames lost	width=20	Difference
1	26		3	2	11	8	3
2	52		3	2	8	9	–1
3	64		3	1	9	10	–1
4			3	1	7	8	–1

Group K

width=20	Place	width=20	Seed	width=200	Team	width=20	Matches	width=20	Matches won	width=20	Frames won	width=20	Frames lost	width=20	Difference
1	16		3	3	12	4	8
2	47		3	2	9	10	–1
3	62		3	1	9	10	–1
4			3	0	6	12	–6

Group L

width=20	Place	width=20	Seed	width=200	Team	width=20	Matches	width=20	Matches won	width=20	Frames won	width=20	Frames lost	width=20	Difference
1	15		4	4	16	5	11
2	44		4	3	13	9	4
3	65		4	2	10	12	–2
4			4	1	11	13	–2
5			4	0	5	16	–11

Group M

width=20	Place	width=20	Seed	width=200	Team	width=20	Matches	width=20	Matches won	width=20	Frames won	width=20	Frames lost	width=20	Difference
1	13		4	4	16	4	12
2	30		4	3	15	7	8
3	71		4	2	9	9	0
4			4	1	7	13	–6
5			4	0	2	16	–14

Group N

width=20	Place	width=20	Seed	width=200	Team	width=20	Matches	width=20	Matches won	width=20	Frames won	width=20	Frames lost	width=20	Difference
1	24		4	3	14	7	7
2	43		4	3	13	12	1
3	66		4	2	13	12	1
4			4	2	12	12	0
5			4	0	7	16	–9

Group O

width=20	Place	width=20	Seed	width=200	Team	width=20	Matches	width=20	Matches won	width=20	Frames won	width=20	Frames lost	width=20	Difference
1	2		3	3	12	0	12
2	48		3	2	8	6	2
3	76		3	1	5	10	–5
4			3	0	3	12	–9

Group P

width=20	Place	width=20	Seed	width=200	Team	width=20	Matches	width=20	Matches won	width=20	Frames won	width=20	Frames lost	width=20	Difference
1	18		4	4	16	6	10
2	37		4	3	14	7	7
3	56		4	2	13	8	5
4			4	1	6	12	–6
5			4	0	0	16	–16

Group Q

width=20	Place	width=20	Seed	width=200	Team	width=20	Matches	width=20	Matches won	width=20	Frames won	width=20	Frames lost	width=20	Difference
1	12		4	4	16	4	12
2	42		4	3	14	9	5
3	54		4	2	11	10	1
4			4	1	9	14	–5
5			4	0	3	16	–13

Group R

width=20	Place	width=20	Seed	width=200	Team	width=20	Matches	width=20	Matches won	width=20	Frames won	width=20	Frames lost	width=20	Difference
1	20		3	3	12	6	6
2	39		3	2	10	6	4
3	67		3	1	6	9	–3
4			3	0	5	12	–7

Group S

width=20	Place	width=20	Seed	width=200	Team	width=20	Matches	width=20	Matches won	width=20	Frames won	width=20	Frames lost	width=20	Difference
1	14		4	4	16	4	12
2	36		4	3	13	6	7
3	57		4	2	11	11	0
4			4	1	4	12	–8
5			4	0	5	16	–11

Group T

width=20	Place	width=20	Seed	width=200	Team	width=20	Matches	width=20	Matches won	width=20	Frames won	width=20	Frames lost	width=20	Difference
1	9		4	4	16	3	13
2	31		4	3	13	5	8
3	59		4	2	10	11	–1
4			4	1	8	12	–4
5			4	0	0	16	–16

Group U

width=20	Place	width=20	Seed	width=200	Team	width=20	Matches	width=20	Matches won	width=20	Frames won	width=20	Frames lost	width=20	Difference
1	11		4	4	16	4	12
2	33	Habib Subah	4	3	15	7	8
3	69		4	2	10	11	–1
4			4	1	7	15	–8
5			4	3	16	12	–11

Group V

width=20	Place	width=20	Seed	width=200	Team	width=20	Matches	width=20	Matches won	width=20	Frames won	width=20	Frames lost	width=20	Difference
1	8		4	4	16	3	13
2	35		4	3	14	8	6
3	74		4	2	9	12	–3
4			4	1	8	13	–5
5			4	0	5	16	–11

Group W

width=20	Place	width=20	Seed	width=200	Team	width=20	Matches	width=20	Matches won	width=20	Frames won	width=20	Frames lost	width=20	Difference
1	5		3	3	12	2	10
2	46		3	2	8	8	0
3	63		3	1	9	8	1
4			3	0	1	12	–11

Group X

width=20	Place	width=20	Seed	width=200	Team	width=20	Matches	width=20	Matches won	width=20	Frames won	width=20	Frames lost	width=20	Difference
1	21		4	3	15	7	8
2	27		4	3	14	6	8
3	58		4	3	12	13	–1
4			4	1	10	12	–2
5			4	0	3	16	–13

Group Y

width=20	Place	width=20	Seed	width=200	Team	width=20	Matches	width=20	Matches won	width=20	Frames won	width=20	Frames lost	width=20	Difference
1	22		4	3	15	7	8
2	40		4	3	13	7	6
3	53		4	3	14	8	6
4			4	1	8	15	–7
5			4	0	3	16	–13

Group Z

width=20	Place	width=20	Seed	width=200	Team	width=20	Matches	width=20	Matches won	width=20	Frames won	width=20	Frames lost	width=20	Difference
1	25		3	2	10	6	4
2	38		3	2	10	6	4
3	55		3	2	10	6	4
4			3	0	0	12	–12

Knockout rounds

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Round 1

Best of 7 frames

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65		1–4	64	Ang Boon Chin
73	Mhanaa Alobaidli	4–1	56	Ali Alobaidli
57		3–4	72	Hamed Zarehdoost
69		3–4	60	Antonis Poullos
53	Basem Eltahhan	4–1	76	Khamis Alobaidli
77		1–4	52	Mateusz Baranowski
61	Enkhjargal Enkhbaatar	4–2	68	Lee Chun Wai

width=5%		width=40%		width=10%		width=5%		width=40%
67		1–4	62	Sean Corkish
51		2–4	76	Jyri Virtanen
75		2–4	54	Jason Devaney
59	Khaled Alastal	4–2	70	Ahmed Aly Elsayed
71	Tetsuya Kuwata	4–1	58	Chee Keong Chan
55	Ming Wa Man	4–0	74	Mohamed Fazil
63		2–4	66	Tomasz Skalski

Round 2

Best of 7 frames

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1	Jamie Clarke	4–1	64	Ang Boon Chin
33	Habib Subah	3–4	32	Brian Cini
17	Declan Brennan	4–3	48	Krzysztof Wróbel
49		0–4	16	Issara Kachaiwong
9	Michael Collumb	4–0	73	Mhanaa Alobaidli
41	Amir Sarkhosh	4–3	24	Oliver Brown
25	Mohamed Ibrahim	4–3	40	Ismail Türker
72	Hamed Zarehdoost	4–3	8	Matthew Bolton
5	Michael Judge	4–1	60	Antonis Poullos
37	Muhammad Asif	4–2	28	Ryan Thomerson
21	Manan Chandra	4–2	44	Felix Frede
53		1–4	12	Yuan Sijun
13	Soheil Vahedi	4–3	52	Mateusz Baranowski
45		3–4	20	Chris Totten
29	Rhydian Richards	4–3	36	Ivan Kakovsky
61		0–4	4	Lukas Kleckers

width=5%		width=40%		width=10%		width=5%		width=40%
3	Pankaj Advani	4–0	62	Sean Corkish
35		2–4	30	Babar Masih
19	Brandon Sargeant	4–0	46	James Mifsud
78		1–4	14	Keen Hoo Moh
11	Thanawat Tirapongpaiboon	4–0	54	Jason Devaney
43		1–4	22	Chen Zifan
27	Arman Dinarvand	4–3	38	Kevin Van Hove
59		1–4	6	Mohammad Rais Senzahi
7	Ka Wai Cheung	4–3	71	Tetsuya Kuwata
39		3–4	26	Andrew Pagett
23	Lucky Vatnani	4–3	42	Mohd Reza Hassan
55		2–4	10	Jeff Jacobs
15	Mohammad Bilal	4–0	50	Jason Todd
47		0–4	18	TJ Dowling
31		2–4	34	Alexander Ursenbacher
66		1–4	2	Mohamed Shehab

Finals

Notes and References

1. Web site: Issara Kachaiwong hits the maximum at IBSF World Snooker 2016. IBSF. 25 November 2016 . 28 November 2016.
2. Web site: Soheil Vahedi wins the 2016 IBSF World Snooker. IBSF. 29 November 2016 . 29 November 2016.
3. Web site: IBSF Snooker Championships Men - Doha / Qatar 2016 - Groups. International Billiards and Snooker Federation. 24 November 2016.
4. Web site: IBSF Snooker Championships Men - Doha / Qatar 2016 - Knockouts. International Billiards and Snooker Federation. 24 November 2016.