2015 IBSF World Snooker Championship – Men's

IBSF World Snooker Championship
Tournament information
Dates 9–21 November 2015
City Hurghada
Country Egypt
Organisation(s) IBSF
Total prize fund $16,000
Highest break India Pankaj Advani (141)
Final
Champion India Pankaj Advani
Runner-up China Zhao Xintong
Score 8–6
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Players by nation
 Afghanistan 2
 Australia 4
 Austria 3
 Bahrain 3
 Belgium 2
 Brazil 2
 Canada 1
 China 2
 Cyprus 3
 Czech Republic 2
 Egypt 23
 England 3
 Finland 2
 Germany 1
 Hong Kong 4
 India 4
 Iran 4
 Iraq 3
 Ireland 3
 Isle of Man 1
 Japan 2
 Malaysia 3
 Malta 3
 Mauritius 1
 Morocco 2
 Netherlands 1
 Pakistan 4
 Palestine 2
 Qatar 4
 Saudi Arabia 4
 Scotland 2
 Singapore 3
 South Africa 3
 Syria 3
 Thailand 2
 Tunisia 4
 United Arab Emirates 3
 United States 1
 Wales 4
 Yemen 3

The 2015 IBSF World Snooker Championship is an amateur snooker tournament that took place from 9 November to 21 November 2015 in Hurghada, Egypt. It was the 41st edition of the IBSF World Snooker Championship and also doubled as a qualification event for the World Snooker Tour.

The event was originally due to take place in Sharm el-Sheikh, however due to the Metrojet Flight 9268 crash the tournament was relocated to Hurghada. Because of this many competitors withdrew from the competition amid safety fears, Including the entire Libyan, Russian, South Korean and Sri Lankan teams. This ended up leaving some of the groups featuring as little as four players who would subsequently all qualify for the knockout stage of the tournament regardless of their results in the group stage.

The final would go on to feature a contest between 2003 IBSF World Snooker Champion Pankaj Advani and Chinese player Zhao Xintong who had previously reached the 2013 IBSF World Snooker Championship final before losing 8–4 to fellow country man Zhou Yuelong.[1]

Number 6 seed Advani would eventually go on to win the championship defeating Xintong 8–6 in the final. Following the tournaments result Advani was offered a two-year card on the professional World Snooker Tour for the 2016/2017 and 2017/2018 seasons.[2][3] Advani had previously played on World Snooker Tour up until September 2014, when he announced that he was relinquishing his snooker tour card in order to concentrate on his billiards career and spend more time with his family.[4]

Results

Group Round

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Group A

Place Seed Team Matches Matches won Frames won Frames lost Difference
1 21 Belgium Tomasz Skalski 5 4 18 11 7
2 35 England Michael Rhodes 5 4 17 10 7
3 47 Bahrain Habib Sabah 5 3 18 11 7
4 68 Egypt Mohamed Khairy 5 3 15 12 3
5 United Arab Emirates Mohammed Alshamsi 5 1 11 18 –7
6 Egypt Mohamed Abdelmoniem 5 0 3 20 –17

Group B

Place Seed Team Matches Matches won Frames won Frames lost Difference
1 13 Republic of Ireland Rodney Goggins 5 5 20 7 13
2 30 Afghanistan Nadir Khan Sultani 5 4 19 10 9
3 50 Australia Ryan Thomerson 5 3 18 12 6
4 76 Qatar Bashar Abdulmajeed 5 2 11 16 –5
5 Egypt Mohamed Abdel Hakim 5 1 11 16 –5
6 Egypt Khaled Farouk 5 0 2 20 –18

Group C

Place Seed Team Matches Matches won Frames won Frames lost Difference
1 12 Netherlands Raymon Fabrie 5 5 20 16 14
2 31 Australia Shannon Dixon 5 4 19 11 8
3 51 Singapore Ang Boon Chin 5 3 15 10 5
4 77 Egypt Mohamed Ibrahim 5 2 13 12 1
5 Austria Thomas Janzso 5 1 5 18 –13
6 State of Palestine Mutaz Alsalaymeh 5 0 5 20 –15

Group D

Place Seed Team Matches Matches won Frames won Frames lost Difference
1 22 India Dharminder Lilly 5 4 18 11 7
2 32 England Saqib Nasir 5 4 19 12 7
3 45 Hong Kong Lin Tang Ho 5 3 17 11 6
4 78 Egypt Yaser Elsherbiny 5 3 16 17 –1
5 Czech Republic Lukas Krenek 5 1 10 16 –6
6 Saudi Arabia Abdullah Alshammari 5 0 7 20 –13

Group E

Place Seed Team Matches Matches won Frames won Frames lost Difference
1 14 Egypt Basem Eltahhan 5 5 20 7 13
2 28 Malta Brian Cini 5 4 18 8 10
3 57 Iran Alijalil Ali 5 3 13 12 1
4 75 Scotland Gary Thomson 5 2 14 16 –2
5 Saudi Arabia Abdulraouf Saigh 5 1 13 18 –5
6 Tunisia Zargouni Zine El Abidine 5 0 3 20 –17

Group F

Place Seed Team Matches Matches won Frames won Frames lost Difference
1 17 Scotland Michael Collumb 4 4 16 7 9
2 43 Republic of Ireland David Cassidy 4 2 13 10 3
3 58 Egypt Karim Elabd 4 2 12 10 2
4 72 Japan Keishin Kamihashi 4 2 9 10 –1
5 Yemen Haitham Al Hammadi 4 0 3 16 –13

Group G

Place Seed Team Matches Matches won Frames won Frames lost Difference
1 18 Syria Karam Fatima 5 5 20 9 11
2 41 South Africa Richard Halliday 5 3 17 12 5
3 61 Egypt Mohamed Youssef 5 3 15 16 –1
4 71 United States Ahmed Aly Elsayed 5 2 15 15 0
5 Syria Haitham Shikh Khalil 5 1 10 17 –7
6 Czech Republic Daniel Mily 5 1 10 18 –8

Group H

Place Seed Team Matches Matches won Frames won Frames lost Difference
1 11 Saudi Arabia Ahmed Aseeri 5 5 20 6 14
2 44 Australia James Mifsud 5 3 17 13 4
3 65 Finland Antti Mannila 5 3 15 12 3
4 83 Egypt Abdelrahman Abdelhamid 5 2 14 12 2
5 Syria Yazan Alhadad 5 2 9 13 –4
6 Tunisia Harzallah Oussema 5 0 1 10 –19

Group J

Place Seed Team Matches Matches won Frames won Frames lost Difference
1 2 Pakistan Abdul Sattar 3 3 12 1 11
2 36 Bahrain Ahmed Janahi 3 2 9 7 2
3 64 Egypt Mostafa Dorgham 3 1 6 9 –3
4 81 Austria Jérôme Liedtke 3 0 2 12 –10

Group K

Place Seed Team Matches Matches won Frames won Frames lost Difference
1 4 China Zhao Xintong 4 4 16 2 14
2 38 Afghanistan Mohammad Rais Senzahi 4 3 13 8 5
3 63 Germany Lukas Kleckers 4 2 9 9 0
4 85 Singapore Lim Chun Kiat 4 1 6 13 –7
5 Egypt Abdelrahman Shahin 4 0 4 16 –12

Group L

Place Seed Team Matches Matches won Frames won Frames lost Difference
1 6 India Pankaj Advani 5 5 20 4 16
2 24 Qatar Mohsen Bukshaisha 5 4 17 7 10
3 60 Isle of Man John Kennish 5 3 13 12 1
4 73 Egypt Hesham Shawky 5 2 15 16 –1
5 Singapore Chee Keong Chan 5 1 8 16 –8
6 Cyprus Stayros Xatzihtooulou 5 0 2 20 –18

Group M

Place Seed Team Matches Matches won Frames won Frames lost Difference
1 15 Malaysia Keen Hoo Moh 4 4 16 6 10
2 25 Wales Rhydian Richards 4 3 14 6 8
3 65 Egypt Khaled Farag 4 2 9 11 –2
4 87 Saudi Arabia Omar Alajlani 4 1 7 15 –8
5 Brazil Victor Sarkis 4 0 8 16 –8

Group N

Place Seed Team Matches Matches won Frames won Frames lost Difference
1 8 Pakistan Muhammad Sajjad 5 5 20 4 16
2 23 Thailand Issara Kachaiwong 5 4 18 5 13
3 59 Egypt Tymour Hussien 5 3 14 12 2
4 82 Egypt Alaa Elsaed 5 1 8 17 –9
5 Canada Derek Martin 5 1 9 19 –10
6 Yemen Ahmed Haitham 5 1 7 19 –12

Group P

Place Seed Team Matches Matches won Frames won Frames lost Difference
1 1 Thailand Kritsanut Lertsattayathorn 4 4 16 1 15
2 39 Malaysia Kok Leong Lim 4 3 12 9 3
3 67 Egypt Tamer Waheed 4 1 10 13 –3
4 74 Egypt Mostafa Gebely 4 1 10 15 –5
5 Bahrain Talal Ali 4 1 10 15 –10

Group Q

Place Seed Team Matches Matches won Frames won Frames lost Difference
1 5 China Yuan Sijun 5 5 20 3 17
2 27 Iran Amir Sarkhosh 5 4 19 9 10
3 55 Republic of Ireland Greg Casey 5 3 14 9 5
4 84 State of Palestine Khaled Alastal 5 2 11 13 –2
5 Egypt Ibrahem Mahmoud 5 1 6 16 –10
6 Cyprus Epaminondas Pouris 5 0 0 20 –20

Group R

Place Seed Team Matches Matches won Frames won Frames lost Difference
1 19 Malta Alex Borg 5 4 18 11 7
2 29 Qatar Ali Alobaidli 5 4 19 10 9
3 48 United Arab Emirates Khalid Kamali 5 3 16 11 5
4 70 Belgium Peter Bullen 5 3 13 12 1
5 Egypt Mohamed Hammouda 5 1 9 17 –8
6 Morocco Akdi Soulaimane 5 0 2 20 –18

Group S

Place Seed Team Matches Matches won Frames won Frames lost Difference
1 10 Japan Tetsuya Kuwata 5 5 20 5 15
2 40 Wales Ben Jones 5 3 17 11 6
3 52 Australia Adrian Ridley 5 3 14 11 3
4 79 Egypt Ahmed Samir 5 2 11 15 –4
5 Egypt Ahmed Galal 5 2 10 17 –7
6 Iran Reza Rezvani 5 0 7 20 –13

Group T

Place Seed Team Matches Matches won Frames won Frames lost Difference
1 9 Hong Kong Lee Chun Wai 5 5 20 4 16
2 42 Pakistan Shahram Changezi 5 3 16 10 6
3 62 England Ryan Causton 5 3 13 13 0
4 80 Egypt Mohamed Hemdan 5 2 11 12 –1
5 Brazil Thadeu Giannattasio Nobres 5 2 11 14 –3
6 Yemen Ahmed Saloomi 5 0 2 20 –18

Group U

Place Seed Team Matches Matches won Frames won Frames lost Difference
1 3 Iran Soheil Vahedi 5 5 20 2 18
2 37 India Varun Madan 5 4 15 16 1
3 49 Wales Alex Taubman 5 3 16 12 4
4 86 Finland Antti Tolvanen 5 1 12 18 –6
5 Mauritius Cader Mohamed 5 1 9 16 –7
6 Hong Kong Nansen Sin Man Wan 5 1 9 19 –10

Group V

Place Seed Team Matches Matches won Frames won Frames lost Difference
1 16 Pakistan Muhammad Asif 5 5 20 8 12
2 26 India Faisal Khan 5 4 19 9 10
3 46 Malta Aaron Busuttil 5 3 17 11 6
4 88 South Africa Abdul Mutalieb Allie 5 2 11 13 –2
5 Iraq Omar Ali 5 1 7 17 –10
6 Tunisia Moneam Neffati 5 0 4 20 –16

Group W

Place Seed Team Matches Matches won Frames won Frames lost Difference
1 7 United Arab Emirates Mohamed Shehab 5 5 20 4 16
2 33 Wales Jamie Rhys Clarke 5 4 17 11 6
3 53 Iran Saeed Abooyesani 5 3 13 11 2
4 66 Hong Kong Chau Hon Man 5 2 12 12 0
5 South Africa Muhammad Faaris Kahn 5 1 10 16 –6
6 Morocco Elaziz Oussama 5 0 2 20 –18

Group X

Place Seed Team Matches Matches won Frames won Frames lost Difference
1 20 Qatar Ahmed Saif 5 4 18 8 10
2 34 Malaysia Mohd Reza Hassan 5 4 18 11 7
3 54 Austria Dominik Scherübl 5 3 16 11 5
4 69 Iraq Ali Hussein 5 3 15 13 2
5 Tunisia Moez Chaouachi 5 1 11 19 –8
6 Cyprus Marios Kleitou 5 0 4 20 –16

Knockout Rounds

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Round 1

Best of 7 frames

65 Egypt Khaled Farag 4–1 64 Egypt Mostafa Dorgham
81 Austria Jérôme Liedtke 2–4 48 United Arab Emirates Khalid Kamali
49 Wales Alex Taubman 4–2 80 Egypt Mohamed Hemdan
73 Egypt Hesham Shawky 2–4 56 Finland Antti Mannila
41 South Africa Richard Halliday 4–2 88 South Africa Abdul Mutalieb Allie
57 Egypt Alijalil Ali 4–1 72 Japan Keishin Kamihashi
69 Iraq Ali Hussein 3–4 60 Isle of Man John Kennish
85 Singapore Lim Chun Kiat 4–1 44 Australia James Mifsud
53 Iran Saeed Abooyesani 1–4 76 Qatar Bashar Abdulmajeed
77 Egypt Mohamed Ibrahim 1–4 52 Australia Adrian Ridley
45 Hong Kong Lin Tang Ho 4–1 84 State of Palestine Khaled Alastal
61 Egypt Mohamed Youssef 1–4 68 Egypt Mohamed Khairy
67 Egypt Tamer Waheed 0–4 62 England Ryan Causton
83 Egypt Abdelrahman Abdelhamid 1–4 46 Malta Aaron Busuttil
51 Singapore Ang Boon Chin 2–4 76 Egypt Yaser Elsherbiny
75 Scotland Gary Thomson 4–3 54 Austria Dominik Scherübl
43 Republic of Ireland David Cassidy 3–4 86 Finland Antti Tolvanen
59 Egypt Tymour Hussien 1–4 70 Belgium Peter Bullen
71 United States Ahmed Aly Elsayed 3–4 58 Egypt Karim Elabd
87 Saudi Arabia Omar Alajlani 4–2 42 Pakistan Shahram Changezi
55 Republic of Ireland Greg Casey 4–2 74 Egypt Mostafa Gebely
79 Egypt Ahmed Samir 0–4 50 Austria Ryan Thomerson
47 Bahrain Habib Sabah 4–1 82 Egypt Alaa Elsaed
63 Germany Lukas Kleckers 4–1 66 Hong Kong Chau Hon Man

Round 2

Best of 7 frames

1 Thailand Kritsanut Lertsattayathorn 4–0 65 Egypt Khaled Farag
33 Wales Jamie Rhys Clarke 4–1 32 England Saqib Nasir
17 Scotland Michael Collumb 4–1 48 United Arab Emirates Khalid Kamali
49 Wales Alex Taubman 1–4 16 Pakistan Muhammad Asif
9 Hong Kong Lee Chun Wai 4–1 56 Finland Antti Mannila
41 South Africa Richard Halliday 0–4 24 Qatar Mohsen Bukshaisha
25 Wales Rhydian Richards 1–4 40 Wales Ben Jones
57 Iraq Alijalil Ali 4–0 8 Pakistan Muhammad Sajjad
5 China Yuan Sijun 4–0 60 Isle of Man John Kennish
37 India Varun Madan 3–4 28 Malta Brian Cini
21 Belgium Tomasz Skalski 4–3 44 Singapore Lim Chun Kiat
76 Qatar Bashar Abdulmajeed 4–1 12 Netherlands Raymon Fabrie
13 Republic of Ireland Rodney Goggins 4–2 52 Australia Adrian Ridley
45 Hong Kong Lin Tang Ho 4–3 20 Qatar Ahmed Saif
29 Qatar Ali Alobaidli 3–4 36 Bahrain Belan Sharif
68 Egypt Mohamed Khairy 0–4 4 China Zhao Xintong
3 Iran Soheil Vahedi 4–1 62 England Ryan Causton
35 England Michael Rhodes 4–2 30 Afghanistan Nadir Khan Sultani
19 Malta Alex Borg 4–2 46 Malta Aaron Busuttil
78 Egypt Yaser Elsherbiny 4–2 14 Egypt Basem Eltahhan
11 Saudi Arabia Ahmed Aseeri 3–4 75 Scotland Gary Thomson
86 Finland Antti Tolvanen 1–4 22 India Dharminder Lilly
27 Iran Amir Sarkhosh 4–2 38 Afghanistan Mohammad Rais Senzahi
70 Belgium Peter Bullen 0–4 6 India Pankaj Advani
7 United Arab Emirates Mohamed Shehab 4–1 58 Egypt Karim Elabd
39 Malaysia Kok Leong Lim 3–4 26 India Faisal Khan
23 Thailand Issara Kachaiwong 4–0 87 Saudi Arabia Omar Alajlani
55 Republic of Ireland Greg Casey 4–1 10 Japan Tetsuya Kuwata
15 Malaysia Keen Hoo Moh 4–2 50 Australia Ryan Thomerson
47 Bahrain Habib Sabah 1–4 18 Egypt Karam Fatima
31 Australia Shannon Dixon 3–4 34 Malaysia Mohd Reza Hassan
63 Germany Lukas Kleckers 4–0 2 Pakistan Abdul Sattar

Finals

Round 3
Best of 9 frames 		Round 4
Best of 9 frames 		Quarter-Finals
Best of 11 frames 		Semi-Finals
Best of 13 frames 		Final
Best of 15 frames
               
1 Thailand Kritsanut Lertsattayathorn 5
33 Wales Jamie Rhys Clarke 1
1 Thailand Kritsanut Lertsattayathorn 5
16 Pakistan Muhammad Asif 4
17 Scotland Michael Collumb 3
16 Pakistan Muhammad Asif 5
1 Thailand Kritsanut Lertsattayathorn 4
40 Wales Ben Jones 6
9 Hong Kong Lee Chun Wai 0
24 Qatar Mohsen Bukshaisha 5
24 Qatar Mohsen Bukshaisha 1
40 Wales Ben Jones 5
40 Wales Ben Jones 5
57 Iraq Alijalil Ali 1
40 Wales Ben Jones 1
4 China Zhao Xintong 7
5 China Yuan Sijun 3
28 Malta Brian Cini 5
28 Malta Brian Cini 5
21 Belgium Tomasz Skalski 2
21 Belgium Tomasz Skalski 5
76 Qatar Bashar Abdulmajeed 2
28 Malta Brian Cini 2
4 China Zhao Xintong 6
13 Republic of Ireland Rodney Goggins 4
45 Hong Kong Lin Tang Ho 5
45 Hong Kong Lin Tang Ho 0
4 China Zhao Xintong 5
36 Bahrain Belan Sharif 2
4 China Zhao Xintong 5
4 China Zhao Xintong 6
6 India Pankaj Advani 8
3 Iran Soheil Vahedi 5
35 England Michael Rhodes 4
3 Iran Soheil Vahedi 4
19 Malta Alex Borg 5
19 Malta Alex Borg 5
78 Egypt Yaser Elsherbiny 2
19 Malta Alex Borg 0
6 India Pankaj Advani 6
75 Scotland Gary Thomson 5
22 India Dharminder Lilly 4
75 Scotland Gary Thomson 1
6 India Pankaj Advani 5
27 Iran Amir Sarkhosh 2
6 India Pankaj Advani 5
6 India Pankaj Advani 7
63 Germany Lukas Kleckers 5
7 United Arab Emirates Mohamed Shehab 5
26 India Faisal Khan 3
7 United Arab Emirates Mohamed Shehab 2
55 Republic of Ireland Greg Casey 5
23 Thailand Issara Kachaiwong 3
55 Republic of Ireland Greg Casey 5
55 Republic of Ireland Greg Casey 4
63 Germany Lukas Kleckers 6
15 Malaysia Keen Hoo Moh 4
18 Egypt Karam Fatima 5
18 Egypt Karam Fatima 1
63 Germany Lukas Kleckers 5
34 Malaysia Mohd Reza Hassan 2
63 Germany Lukas Kleckers 5

Century breaks
  • 119 Muhammad Sajjad
  • 115 Ryan Thomerson
  • 110 Amir Sarkhosh
  • 109, 108 Soheil Vahedi
  • 109 Faisal Khan
  • 107 Ben Jones
  • 103, 102 Lee Chun Wai
  • 102 Aaron Busuttil
  • 102 Michael Collumb
  • 101 Karam Fatima

References

  1. ↑ "Zhao reaches the final". IBSF. Retrieved 20 November 2015.
  2. ↑ "Pankaj crowned with World Snooker title". IBSF. Retrieved 21 November 2015.
  3. ↑ "Pankaj Advani pockets 15th world title". The Times of India. Retrieved 21 November 2015.
  4. ↑ "Advani Gives Up Tour Card". World Snooker. Retrieved 5 September 2014.
  5. ↑ "IBSF Snooker Championships Men - Hurghada / Egypt 2015 - Groups". International Billiards and Snooker Federation. Retrieved 22 November 2015.
  6. ↑ "IBSF Snooker Championships Men - Hurghada / Egypt 2015 - Knockouts". International Billiards and Snooker Federation. Retrieved 22 November 2015.
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