Babar Masih Explained

Babar Masih
Birth Date:6 November 1986

Babar Masih is a Rawalpindi-based Pakistani amateur snooker player who represents Pakistan in different international tournaments.[1]

Masih is one of Pakistan's top-ranked amateur cueists.[2] [3] He belongs to a Christian family.[3]

In August 2017, Masih and Muhammad Asif representing Pakistan-2 defeated Muhammad Sajjad and Asjad representing Pakistan-1 to win the IBSF World 6-Red Team Championship.[4]

In August 2018, Masih was the runner-up in the 10th National Bank of Pakistan (NBP) ranking snooker championship losing 8–6 to Mohammad Ijaz in the final.[5]

In September 2018, Masih won the Jubilee Insurance Ranking Snooker Championship 2018 by defeating Asif Toba 8–5 in the best of 15-frame final.[6] Later in September, Masih along with Muhammad Asif won the Asian Team Snooker Championship held in Doha, Qatar, by defeating India's Pankaj Advani and Malkeet Singh 3–2 in the final.[7]

Performance and rankings timeline

Tournament2016/
17
Ranking[8] [9] [10]
Non-ranking tournaments
Six-red World ChampionshipRR
Performance Table Legend
LQlost in the qualifying draw
  1. R
lost in the early rounds of the tournament
(WR = Wildcard round, RR = Round robin)
QFlost in the quarter-finals
SFlost in the semi-finalsFlost in the finalWwon the tournament
DNQdid not qualify for the tournamentAdid not participate in the tournamentWDwithdrew from the tournament
NH / Not Held event was not held
NR / Non-Ranking Event event is/was no longer a ranking event
R / Ranking Event event is/was a ranking event
MR / Minor-Ranking Event event is/was a minor-ranking event

Career finals

Team finals: 2 (2 titles)

OutcomeNo.YearChampionshipTeam/PartnerScore
Winner1.2017[11] 2
Muhammad Asif
1
Muhammad Sajjad
Asjad Iqbal
5–4
Winner2.2018[12] 1
Muhammad Asif
1
Pankaj Advani
Malkeet Singh
3–2

Amateur finals: 1

Notes and References

  1. News: Raheel . Natasha . Babar Masih: Self-made snooker champion . The Express Tribune . September 18, 2018.
  2. News: Snooker: Masih, Shahzad win openers. The Express Tribune. 20 November 2016. 30 September 2018.
  3. Web site: National Ranking Snooker Championship Final: Babar Masih earns his spurs as he captures maiden title. Madeeha. Bakhsh. Christians in Pakistan. 6 June 2016. 30 September 2018. 30 September 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180930154514/https://www.christiansinpakistan.com/national-ranking-snooker-championship-final-babar-masih-earns-his-spurs-as-he-captures-maiden-title/. dead.
  4. News: World 6-Red Team Championship: All-Pakistan final won by Asif, Babar . The Express Tribune.
  5. News: Zuberi . Anwar . Talented Ijaz stuns Babar to clinch ranking snooker title . Dawn . August 14, 2018.
  6. News: Mahmood . Syed Khalid . Babar Masih retains National Ranking Snooker title . The News International . September 18, 2018.
  7. News: Raheel . Natasha . Pakistan defeat India to win Asian Team Snooker Championship . The Express Tribune . September 22, 2018.
  8. Web site: Ranking History. Snooker.org. 6 February 2011.
  9. It shows the ranking at the beginning of the season
  10. He was an amateur
  11. Web site: IBSF Team Snooker Championships Men - Hurghada / Egypt 2017 . esnooker.pl . 11 November 2019.
  12. Web site: ACBS Team Snooker Championships Men - Doha / Qatar 2018 . esnooker.pl . 11 November 2019.