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.^[1]

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.^[1]

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.^[2] In 2014, fourteen-year-old Yan Bingtao beat Pakistan's Muhammad Sajjad 8–7 to become the youngest ever world champion in snooker.^[3]

Men's finals

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Year	Venue	Winner	Runner-up	Score
1963	Kolkata, India	Gary Owen	Frank Harris	–[n 1]
1966	Karachi, Pakistan	Gary Owen	John Spencer	–[n 1]
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	11–2
1990	Colombo, Sri Lanka	Stephen O'Connor	Steve Lemmens	11–8
1991	Bangkok, Thailand	Noppadon Noppachorn	Dominic Dale	11–8
1992	Malta	Neil Mosley	Leonardo Andam	11–2
1993	Karachi, Pakistan	Chuchart Triritanapradit	Praput Chaithanasakun	11–6
1994[6]	Johannesburg, South Africa	Mohammed Yousuf	Johannes R. Johannesson	11–9
1995[7]	Bristol, England	Sakchai Sim-Ngam	David Lilley	11–7
1996[8]	New Plymouth, New Zealand	Stuart Bingham	Stan Gorski	11–5
1997	Bulawayo, Zimbabwe	Marco Fu	Stuart Bingham	11–10
1998[9]	Guangzhou, China	Luke Simmonds	Ryan Day	11–10
1999	Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea	Ian Preece	David Lilley	11–8
2000[10]	Changchun, China	Stephen Maguire	Luke Fisher	11–5
2002[11]	Cairo, Egypt	Steve Mifsud	Tim English	11–6
2003[12]	Jiangmen, China	Pankaj Advani	Saleh Mohammad	11–5
2004[13]	Veldhoven, Netherlands	Mark Allen	Steve Mifsud	11–6
2006[14]	Prestatyn, Wales	Michael White	Mark Boyle	11–5
2006[15]	Amman, Jordan	Kurt Maflin	Daniel Ward	11–8
2007[16]	Korat, Thailand	Atthasit Mahitthi	Passakorn Suwannawat	11–7
2008[17]	Wels, Austria	Thepchaiya Un-Nooh	Colm Gilcreest	11–7
2009[18]	Hyderabad, India	Alfie Burden	Igor Figueiredo	10–8
2010[19]	Damascus, Syria	Dechawat Poomjaeng	Pankaj Advani	10–7
2011[20]	Bangalore, India	Hossein Vafaei	Lee Walker	10–9
2012[21]	Sofia, Bulgaria	Muhammad Asif	Gary Wilson	10–8
2013[22]	Daugavpils, Latvia	Zhou Yuelong	Zhao Xintong	8–4
2014[23]	Bangalore, India	Yan Bingtao	Muhammad Sajjad	8–7
2015[24]	Hurghada, Egypt	Pankaj Advani	Zhao Xintong	8–6
2016[25]	Doha, Qatar	Soheil Vahedi	Andrew Pagett	8–1
2017[26]	Doha, Qatar	Pankaj Advani	Amir Sarkhosh	8–2
2018[27]	Yangon, Myanmar	Chang Bingyu	He Guoqiang	8–3
2019[28]	Antalya, Turkey	Muhammad Asif	Jefrey Roda	8–5
2021[29]	Doha, Qatar	Ahsan Ramzan	Amir Sarkhosh	6–5
2022[30]	Antalya, Turkey	Lim Kok Leong	Amir Sarkhosh	5–0
2023[31]	Doha, Qatar	Ali Alobaidli	Cheung Ka Wai	6–1

Champions by country

Country	Players	Total	First title	Last title
England	8	9	1968	2009
Wales	7	8	1963	2006
Thailand	7	7	1988	2010
Pakistan	3	4	1994	2021
China	3	3	2013	2018
India	2	4	1984	2017
Republic of Ireland	2	2	1989	1990
Iran	2	2	2011	2016
Malta	1	2	1985	1986
Hong Kong	1	1	1997	1997
Scotland	1	1	2000	2000
Australia	1	1	2002	2002
Northern Ireland	1	1	2004	2004
Norway	1	1	2006	2006
Malaysia	1	1	2022	2022
Qatar	1	1	2023	2023

Women's finals

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Year	Venue	Winner	Runner-up	Score	Ref.
2003	Jiangmen, China	Kelly Fisher	Wendy Jans	5–2
2004	Veldhoven, Netherlands	Reanne Evans	Wendy Jans	5–1
2006	Amman, Jordan	Wendy Jans	Jaique Ip	5–0
2007	Korat, Thailand	Reanne Evans	Wendy Jans	5–0
2008	Wels, Austria	Reanne Evans	Wendy Jans	5–3
2009	Hyderabad, India	Ng On-yee	Kathy Parashis	5–1	[33]
2010	Damascus, Syria	Ng On-yee	Jaique Ip	5–0
2012	Sofia, Bulgaria	Wendy Jans	Ng On-yee	5–1
2013	Daugavpils, Latvia	Wendy Jans	Shi Chunxia	5–3
2014	Bangalore, India	Wendy Jans	Anastasia Nechaeva	5–2
2015	Hurghada, Egypt	Wendy Jans	Anastasia Nechaeva	5–1	[34]
2016	Doha, Qatar	Wendy Jans	Amee Kamani	5–0	[35]
2017	Doha, Qatar	Wendy Jans	Waratthanun Sukritthanes	5–2	[26]
2018	Yangon, Myanmar	Waratthanun Sukritthanes	Wendy Jans	5–2	[27]
2019	Antalya, Turkey	Ng On-yee	Nutcharut Wongharuthai	5–2	[28]
2021	Doha, Qatar	Wendy Jans	Nutcharut Wongharuthai	4–1	[36]
2022	Antalya, Turkey	Wendy Jans	Vidya Pillai	4–3	[30]
2023	Doha, Qatar	Bai Yulu	Ng On-yee	4–0	[37]

See also

• World Snooker Tour
• IBSF World Under-21 Snooker Championship
• IBSF World Under-18 Snooker Championship

Notes

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