IBSF World Under-21 Snooker Championship

The IBSF World Under-21 Snooker Championship (also known as the World Amateur Under-21 Snooker Championship) is the premier non-professional junior snooker tournament in the world. The event series is sanctioned by the International Billiards and Snooker Federation and started from 1987.

Four winners of this championship subsequently became world professional champion (Ken Doherty, Peter Ebdon, Ronnie O'Sullivan, Neil Robertson)

Results

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Year Venue Winner Runner-up Score
1987   Hastings, England   Jonathan Birch   Stefan Mazrocis 4–1
1988   Bangkok, Thailand   Brian Morgan   Jason Peplow 6–1
1989   Reykjavík, Iceland   Ken Doherty   Jason Ferguson 11–5
1990   Brisbane, Australia   Peter Ebdon   Oliver King 11–9
1991   Bangalore, India   Ronnie O'Sullivan   Patrick Delsemme 11–4
1992   Brunei   Robin Hull   Patrick Delsemme 11–7
1993   Reykjavík, Iceland   Kristján Helgason   Indika Dodangoda 11–7
1994   Helsinki, Finland   Quinten Hann   David Gray 11–10
1995[4]   Singapore   Alan Burnett   Kwan Poomjang 11–6
1996[5]   Johannesburg, South Africa   Chan Kwok Ming   Risto Vayrynen 11–6
1997[6]   Carlow, Ireland   Marco Fu   Bjorn Haneveer 11–7
1998[7]   Rabat, Malta   Luke Simmonds   Robert Murphy 11–2
1999   Cairo, Egypt   Rodney Goggins   Rolf de Jong 11–4
2000   Bangalore, India   Luke Fisher   Steven Bennie 11–5
2001   Stirling, Scotland   Ricky Walden   Sean O'Neill 11–5
2002   Riga, Latvia   Ding Junhui   David John 11–9
2003[8]   Taupō, New Zealand   Neil Robertson   Liu Song 11–5
2004[9]   Carlow, Ireland   Gary Wilson   Kobkit Palajin 11–5
2005[10]   Manama, Bahrain   Liang Wenbo   Tian Pengfei 11–9
2007[11]   Goa, India   Michael Georgiou   Zhang Anda 11–6
2009[12]   Kish, Iran   Noppon Saengkham   Soheil Vahedi 9–8
2010[13]   Letterkenny, Ireland   Sam Craigie   Li Hang 9–8
2011[14]   Montreal, Canada   Thanawat Thirapongpaiboon   Noppon Saengkham 9–3
2012[15]   Wuxi, China   Lyu Haotian   Zhu Yinghui 9–6
2013[16]   Beijing, China   Lu Ning   Zhou Yuelong 9–4
2014[17]   Al Fujairah, United Arab Emirates   Hossein Vafaei   Josh Boileau 8–3
2015   Bucharest, Romania   Boonyarit Keattikun   Jamie Clarke 8–7
2016[18]   Mol, Belgium   Xu Si   Alexander Ursenbacher 6–5
2017   Beijing, China   Fan Zhengyi   Luo Honghao 7–6
2018[19]   Jinan, China   Wu Yize   Pongsakorn Chongjairak 6–4
2019[20]   Qingdao, China   Zhao Jianbo   Pang Junxu 6–1
2021[21]   Doha, Qatar   Florian Nüßle   Taweesap Kongkitchertchoo 6–5
2022   Bucharest, Romania   Liam Davies   Antoni Kowalski 5–1
2023[22]   Riyadh, Saudi Arabia   Liam Davies   Alexander Widau 5–2
2024[23]   Bangalore, India   Michał Szubarczyk   Alexander Widau 5–1

Women

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Year Venue Winner Runner-up Score
2007   India   Bi Zhu Qing   Ng On-yee 4–2
2014   Al Fujairah, United Arab Emirates   Jessica Woods   Amornrat Uamduang 4–3
2015   Bucharest, Romania   Baipat Siripaporn   Mink Nutcharut 5–2
2016   Mol, Belgium   Mink Nutcharut   Baipat Siripaporn 5–4
2017   Beijing, China   Mink Nutcharut   Xia Yuying 5–3
2018   Jinan, China   Mink Nutcharut   Bai Yulu 4–2
2019   Qingdao, China   Bai Yulu   Mink Nutcharut 4–0
2022   Bucharest, Romania   Panchaya Channoi   Anupama Ramachandran 4–1
2023[24]   Riyadh, Saudi Arabia   Keerthana Pandian   Anupama Ramachandran 3–2
2024[25]   Bangalore, India   Natasha Chethan   Narucha Phoemphul 3–2

Medals

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Men (1987-2022)

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RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  England (ENG)1041226
2  China (CHN)881531
3  Thailand (THA)35210
4  Ireland (IRL)2259
5  Australia (AUS)2046
6  Hong Kong (HKG)2013
7  Wales (WAL)1236
8  Scotland (SCO)1146
9  Finland (FIN)1102
  Iran (IRI)1102
11  Iceland (ISL)1023
12  Austria (AUT)1012
13  Belgium (BEL)0314
14  Northern Ireland (NIR)0134
15  Sri Lanka (SRI)0123
16  Netherlands (NED)0112
  Poland (POL)0112
18  Malta (MLT)0101
  Switzerland (SUI)0101
20  India (IND)0044
21  Germany (GER)0022
22  Hungary (HUN)0011
  New Zealand (NZL)0011
  Philippines (PHI)0011
Totals (24 entries)333366132

Women (2007-2024)

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RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  Thailand (THA)55616
2  India (IND)22610
3  China (CHN)2226
4  Australia (AUS)1001
5  Hong Kong (HKG)0123
6  Belgium (BEL)0011
  Bulgaria (BUL)0011
  New Zealand (NZL)0011
  Russia (RUS)0011
Totals (9 entries)10102040

See also

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References

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