ABSF African Snooker Championships explained

Tournament Name:ABSC African Snooker Championship
Organisation:African Billiards & Snooker Confederation
Format:Amateur event
Recent Edition:2024

The ABSC African Snooker Championship is an annual snooker competition and is the highest ranking and most prestigious amateur event in Africa. The event series is sanctioned by the African Billiards & Snooker Confederation. established back in 1993, the winner of the event often becomes the African nomination for the World Snooker Tour. Throughout the tournament’s early history the championship was dominated by South African players, however at the turn of the millennium Egyptian players became the dominant force in the championship, winning 11 of 15 championships since the year 2000.

The championship is currently held by Hatem Yassen who defeated Abdel Shaheen 6–5 in the final of the 2024 All-Africa Snooker Championship to win the trophy for a 2nd time.[1]

Men's finals

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width=40 Yearwidth=250 Venuewidth=200 Winnerwidth=200 Runner-upwidth=50 Score
1993Unknown Ismael TeeluckUnknown
1994 Port Louis, Mauritius Bernie Jones Schalk Mouton11–10
1995 Durban, South Africa Warren Horsley Bernie Jones11–8
1996[3] South Africa Hitesh Naran Warren Horsley11–8
1997–1998Unknown
1999[4] Cairo, Egypt Warren Horsley Munier Cassim6–5
2000[5] Casablanca, Morocco Mohamed El Hamy Sherif Senna5–4
2001Unknown
2002 Cairo, Egypt Hesham Abbas Wael Talaat5–2
2003–2006Unknown
2007[6] Casablanca, Morocco Wael Talaat Mohamed Samy Elkhayat5–4
2008[7] Tripoli, Libya Mohamed El Hamy Mohamed Samy Elkhayat6–2
2009[8] Johannesburg, South Africa Wael Talaat Mohamed Samy Elkhayat6–0
2010 Cairo, Egypt Mohamed Samy Elkhayat Wael Talaat6–1
2011[9] Cairo, Egypt Wael Talaat Mohamed El Hamy6–4
2012[10] Johannesburg, South Africa Peter Francisco Mohamed Khairy6–2
2013[11] Marrakech, Morocco Peter Francisco Khaled Belaid Abumdas6–2
2014Unknown
2015[12] Tunis, Tunisia Hatem Yassen Mohamed Khairy6–5
2016 Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt Peter Francisco Wael Talaat6–1
2017 Hammamet, Tunisia Basem Eltahhan Wael Talaat6–5
2018[13] Cairo, Egypt Mohamed Ibrahim Mostafa Dorgham6–1
2019[14] Rabat, Morocco Amine Amiri Abdelhamid Abdelrahman5–4
2022 Casablanca, Morocco Mohamed Ibrahim Hesham Shawky5–4
2023 Casablanca, Morocco Mostafa Dorgham Mohamed Khairy5–2
2024Johannesburg, South Africa6–5

Champions by country

Champions by country
CountryPlayersTotalFirst titleLast title
Egypt81320002024
South Africa4719942016
Mauritius1119931993
Morocco1120192019

Women's finals

YearVenueWinnerRunner-upScoreRef.
2015Tunis, TunisiaRound-robin[15]
2022Casablanca, MoroccoZineb Likaimi3–0[16]
2023Casablanca, Morocco3–0[17]
2024Johannesburg, South Africa3–1

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. https://wpbsa.com/hatem-yassen-is-the-all-african-snooker-champion/
  2. Web site: African Billiards & Snooker Confederation. African Billiards & Snooker Confederation. 26 July 2015. 11 August 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200811123134/https://www.africabsc.com/archive. live.
  3. Web site: Africa Billiards & Snooker Confederation. African Billiards & Snooker Federation. 18 July 2024.
  4. Web site: 1999 ALL AFRICA SNOOKER CHAMPIONSHIP. African Billiards & Snooker Federation. 26 June 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20160304103323/http://www.africabsf.com/archive_files/Egypt%201999.pdf. 4 March 2016. dead.
  5. Web site: 2000 African Snooker Championship. African Billiards & Snooker Federation. 26 June 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20160304101524/http://www.africabsf.com/archive_files/Morocco%202000.pdf. 4 March 2016. dead.
  6. Web site: The African Snooker Championship - Morocco 2007. African Billiards & Snooker Federation. 26 July 2015.
  7. Web site: The African Snooker Championship - Libya 2008. African Billiards & Snooker Federation. 26 July 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20170124121949/http://www.africabsf.com/Libya_2008_files/Africa%202008.xls. 24 January 2017. dead.
  8. Web site: The 2009 All Africa Snooker Championship. African Billiards & Snooker Federation. 26 July 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20151217220354/http://www.africabsf.com/S.A._2009_files/Africa%202009.xls. 17 December 2015. dead.
  9. Web site: The African Snooker Championship 2011. African Billiards & Snooker Federation. 26 July 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20160304104720/http://www.africabsf.com/Egypt_2011_files/Africa%202011.xls. 4 March 2016. dead.
  10. Web site: 2012 ALL AFRICA SNOOKER CHAMPIONSHIP JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA. African Billiards & Snooker Federation. 26 July 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150504152849/http://www.africabsf.com/S.A._2012_files/Africa%202012.xlsx. 4 May 2015. dead.
  11. Web site: The African Snooker Championship - Marrakech 2013. African Billiards & Snooker Federation. 26 July 2015. 4 March 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160304042943/http://www.africabsf.com/Morocco2013_files/Morocco%202013.xlsx. live.
  12. Web site: AMATEUR SNOOKER - 2015 African Snooker Championships. thecueview.com. 26 July 2015. 4 March 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160304103355/http://www.thecueview.com/2015-african-snooker-championship.html. live.
  13. Snooker Scene, June 2018, page 39
  14. [African Games]
  15. Around the world . Stead . Marcus . Snooker Scene . July 2015 . Tournament winners . 41.
  16. Web site: Snooker african championship (women) - The Final Yousra Matine vs Zineb Likaimi . L’Association Nationale des Sports de Billard et de Snooker (Maroc) . 24 June 2022 . 17 July 2023.
  17. Web site: Dorgham beats Khairy to Aftican Title . https://web.archive.org/web/20230627034829/https://wst.tv/dorgham-beats-khairy-to-african-title/ . dead . June 27, 2023 . World Snooker Tour . 22 June 2023 . 17 July 2023.

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