IBSF World Under-17 Snooker Championship explained

The IBSF World Under-17 Snooker Championship (also known as the World Amateur Under-17 Snooker Championship), in under-18 format until 2022, is a high-ranking non-professional junior snooker tournament.

History

The event series is sanctioned by the International Billiards and Snooker Federation and started from 2015.[1]

The inaugural tournament was won by Ka Wai Cheung who defeated fellow countryman Ming Tung Chan 5–2 in the final.[2] Yana Shut won the inaugural women's championship.[3]

Winners

Men's

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2015[4] St. Petersburg, Russia Cheung Ka Wai Ming Tung Chan5–2
2016[5] Mol, Belgium Jackson Page Yun Fung Tam5–4
2017[6] Beijing, China Muhammad Naseem Akhtar Lei Peifan5–3
2018[7] Jinan, China He Guoqiang Lei Peifan5–4
2019[8] Qingdao, China Jiang Jun Gao Yang5–2
2022[9] Bucharest, Romania Liam Davies Antoni Kowalski4–3
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2023[10] Riyadh, Saudi Arabia Liam Davies Riley Powell4–0

Women's

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2015[11] St. Petersburg, Russia Yana Shut Anastasija Singurindi3–0
2016[12] Mol, Belgium Baipat Siripaporn Mink Nutcharut3–1
2017[13] Beijing, China Mink Nutcharut Baipat Siripaporn3–2

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Inaugural IBSF Under-18 Snooker championships starts at Saint Petersburg. 3 October 2015 . International Billiards & Snooker Federation. 3 October 2015.
  2. Web site: Ka Wai Cheung becomes World Under-18 Champion. 10 October 2015 . International Billiards & Snooker Federation. 11 October 2015.
  3. Web site: Yana Shut wins the World Under-18 Championship. 10 October 2015 . International Billiards & Snooker Federation. 16 October 2015.
  4. Web site: IBSF U18 Snooker Championship → Saint Petersburg - Russia 2015. International Billiards & Snooker Federation. 11 October 2015.
  5. Web site: Jackson wins maiden world title. IBSF. 20 August 2016.
  6. Web site: Naseem Akhtar wins his maiden World Championship title. IBSF. 11 July 2017 . 13 July 2017.
  7. Web site: Guo Qiang He becomes 2018 World Under-18 Snooker Champion. IBSF. 6 July 2018 . 6 July 2018.
  8. Web site: IBSF Snooker Championships U18 - Qingdao / China 2019. IBSF. 13 July 2019.
  9. Web site: IBSF Snooker Championships U18 - Bucharest / Romania 2022. IBSF. 22 August 2022.
  10. Web site: IBSF Snooker Championships U17 - Riyadh / Saudi Arabia 2023. IBSF. 11 July 2023.
  11. Web site: IBSF U18 Snooker Championship → Saint Petersburg - Russia 2015. International Billiards & Snooker Federation. 16 October 2015.
  12. Web site: Siripaporn pockets second world title of the year. IBSF. 20 August 2016 . 20 August 2016.
  13. Web site: Nutcharat becomes 2017 IBSF Open Under-18 Women Snooker Champion. IBSF. 11 July 2017 . 13 July 2017.

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