IBSF World Snooker Championship
Introduction The '''IBSF World Snooker Championship''' (also known as the '''World Amateur Snooker Championship''') is the premier non-professional snooker tournament in the world. The event series is sanctioned by the International Billiards and Snooker Federation. A number of IBSF champions have gone on to successful careers in the professional ranks, notably Jimmy White (1980), James Wattana (1988), Ken Doherty (1989), Stuart Bingham (1996), Marco Fu (1997), Stephen Maguire (2000) and Mark Allen (2004). Both Doherty (in 1997) and Bingham (in 2015) have gone on to win the professional World Snooker Championship.
History 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 a knock-out stage. The tournament has been held annually since 1984.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 name '''IBSF World Grand Prix''' was held in Prestatyn, Wales as the qualification for a place on 2006/2007 World Snooker Main Tour, although the winner wasn't called World Champion.In 2007 an all-Thailand final saw Atthasit Mahitthi defeat Passakorn Suwannawat 11–7.At the 2008 championship in Wels, Austria, Thepchaiya Un-Nooh of Thailand defeated Ireland's Colm Gilcreest 11–7.The 2009 event was held in Hyderabad, India, and won by Alfie Burden of England, 10–8 against Igor Figueiredo of Brazil. The 2010 event was held in Damascus, Syria, and won by Dechawat Poomjaeng of Thailand, defeating India's Pankaj Advani. The 2011 Championship was held from November 28 to December 3 in Bangalore, India. The final was won by 17-year-old Iranian Hossein Vafaei, defeating Lee Walker of Wales 10–9.In 2014, fourteen-year-old Yan Bingtao beat Pakistan's Muhammad Sajjad 8–7 to become the youngest ever world champion in snooker.
Men's finals YearVenueWinnerRunner-upScore 1963 Kolkata, India  Gary Owen  Frank Harris – 1966 Karachi, Pakistan  Gary Owen  John Spencer – 1968 Sydney, Australia  David Taylor  Max Williams 8–7 1970 Edinburgh, Scotland  Jonathan Barron  Sid Hood 11–7 1972 Cardiff, Wales  Ray Edmonds  Manuel Francisco 11–10 1974 Dublin, Ireland  Ray Edmonds  Geoff Thomas 11–9 1976 Johannesburg, South Africa  Doug Mountjoy  Paul Mifsud 11–1 1978 Rabat, Malta  Cliff Wilson  Joe Johnson 11–5 1980 Launceston, Australia  Jimmy White  Ron Atkins 11–2 1982 Calgary, Canada  Terry Parsons  Jim Bear 11–8 1984 Dublin, Ireland  Omprakesh Agrawal  Terry Parsons 11–7 1985 Blackpool, England  Paul Mifsud  Dilwyn John 11–6 1986 Invercargill, New Zealand  Paul Mifsud  Kerry Jones 11–9 1987 Bangalore, India  Darren Morgan  Joe Grech 11–4 1988 Sydney, Australia  James Wattana  Barry Pinches 11–8 1989 Singapore  Ken Doherty  Jon Birch 11–21990 Colombo, Sri Lanka  Stephen O'Connor  Steve Lemmens11–81991 Bangkok, Thailand  Noppadon Noppachorn  Dominic Dale11–81992 Malta  Neil Mosley  Leonardo Andam11–21993 Karachi, Pakistan  Chuchart Triritanapradit  Praput Chaithanasakun11–61994 Johannesburg, South Africa  Mohammed Yousuf  Johannes R. Johannesson11–91995 Bristol, England  Sakchai Sim-Ngam  David Lilley11–71996 New Plymouth, New Zealand  Stuart Bingham  Stan Gorski11–51997 Bulawayo, Zimbabwe  Marco Fu  Stuart Bingham11–101998 Guangzhou, China  Luke Simmonds  Ryan Day11–101999 Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea  Ian Preece  David Lilley11–82000 Changchun, China  Stephen Maguire  Luke Fisher11–52002 Cairo, Egypt  Steve Mifsud  Tim English11–62003 Jiangmen, China  Pankaj Advani  Saleh Mohammad11–52004 Veldhoven, Netherlands  Mark Allen  Steve Mifsud11–62006 Prestatyn, Wales  Michael White  Mark Boyle11–52006 Amman, Jordan  Kurt Maflin  Daniel Ward11–82007 Korat, Thailand  Atthasit Mahitthi  Passakorn Suwannawat11–72008 Wels, Austria  Thepchaiya Un-Nooh  Colm Gilcreest11–72009 Hyderabad, India  Alfie Burden  Igor Figueiredo10–82010 Damascus, Syria  Dechawat Poomjaeng  Pankaj Advani10–72011  Bangalore, India  Hossein Vafaei  Lee Walker10–92012 Sofia, Bulgaria  Muhammad Asif  Gary Wilson10–82013 Daugavpils, Latvia  Zhou Yuelong  Zhao Xintong8–42014 Bangalore, India  Yan Bingtao  Muhammad Sajjad8–72015 Hurghada, Egypt  Pankaj Advani   Zhao Xintong8–6 2016 Doha, Qatar  Soheil Vahedi  Andrew Pagett8–1 2017 Doha, Qatar  Pankaj Advani   Amir Sarkhosh8–2 2018 Yangon, Myanmar  Chang Bingyu  He Guoqiang8–3 2019 Antalya, Turkey  Muhammad Asif   Jefrey Roda8–5 2021 Doha, Qatar  Ahsan Ramzan  Amir Sarkhosh6–5 2022 Antalya, Turkey  Lim Kok Leong  Amir Sarkhosh5–0 2023 Doha, Qatar  Ali Alobaidli  Cheung Ka Wai6–1===Champions by country===CountryPlayersTotalFirst titleLast title8919682009781963200677198820103419942021332013201824198420172219891990222011201612198519861119971997112000200011200220021120042004112006200611202220221120232023
Women's finals YearVenueWinnerRunner-upScore 2003 Jiangmen, China  Kelly Fisher  Wendy Jans 5–22004 Veldhoven, Netherlands  Reanne Evans  Wendy Jans 5–12006 Amman, Jordan  Wendy Jans  Jaique Ip 5–02007 Korat, Thailand  Reanne Evans  Wendy Jans 5–02008 Wels, Austria  Reanne Evans  Wendy Jans 5–32009 Hyderabad, India  Ng On-yee  Kathy Parashis 5–1 2010 Damascus, Syria  Ng On-yee  Jaique Ip 5–02012 Sofia, Bulgaria  Wendy Jans  Ng On-yee 5–12013 Daugavpils, Latvia  Wendy Jans  Shi Chunxia 5–32014 Bangalore, India  Wendy Jans  Anastasia Nechaeva 5–22015 Hurghada, Egypt  Wendy Jans  Anastasia Nechaeva 5–12016 Doha, Qatar  Wendy Jans  Amee Kamani 5–02017 Doha, Qatar  Wendy Jans  Waratthanun Sukritthanes 5–22018 Yangon, Myanmar  Waratthanun Sukritthanes  Wendy Jans 5–22019 Antalya, Turkey  Ng On-yee  Nutcharut Wongharuthai 5–22021 Doha, Qatar  Wendy Jans  Nutcharut Wongharuthai 4–1 2022 Antalya, Turkey  Wendy Jans  Vidya Pillai 4–3 2023 Doha, Qatar  Bai Yulu  Ng On-yee 4–0
See also * World Snooker Tour* IBSF World Under-21 Snooker Championship* IBSF World Under-18 Snooker Championship
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