IBSF World Under-17 Snooker Championship

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

Year	Venue	Winner	Runner-up	Score
IBSF World Under-18 Snooker Championship
2015[4]	St. Petersburg, Russia	Cheung Ka Wai	Ming Tung Chan	5–2
2016[5]	Mol, Belgium	Jackson Page	Yun Fung Tam	5–4
2017[6]	Beijing, China	Naseem Akhtar	Lei Peifan	5–3
2018[7]	Jinan, China	He Guoqiang	Lei Peifan	5–4
2019[8]	Qingdao, China	Jiang Jun	Gao Yang	5–2
2022[9]	Bucharest, Romania	Liam Davies	Antoni Kowalski	4–3
IBSF World Under-17 Snooker Championship
2023[10]	Riyadh, Saudi Arabia	Liam Davies	Riley Powell	4–0
2024[11]	Bengaluru, India	Christian Richter	Lomnaw Issarangkun	4–1

Women's

Year	Venue	Winner	Runner-up	Score
2015[12]	St. Petersburg, Russia	Yana Shut	Anastasija Singurindi	3–0
2016[13]	Mol, Belgium	Baipat Siripaporn	Mink Nutcharut	3–1
2017[14]	Beijing, China	Mink Nutcharut	Baipat Siripaporn	3–2

See also

• World Snooker Tour
• IBSF World Snooker Championship
• IBSF World Under-21 Snooker Championship
• World Open Under-16 Snooker Championships

References

1. "Inaugural IBSF Under-18 Snooker championships starts at Saint Petersburg". International Billiards & Snooker Federation. 3 October 2015. Retrieved 3 October 2015.
2. "Ka Wai Cheung becomes World Under-18 Champion". International Billiards & Snooker Federation. 10 October 2015. Retrieved 11 October 2015.
3. "Yana Shut wins the World Under-18 Championship". International Billiards & Snooker Federation. 10 October 2015. Retrieved 16 October 2015.
4. "IBSF U18 Snooker Championship → Saint Petersburg - Russia 2015". International Billiards & Snooker Federation. Retrieved 11 October 2015.
5. "Jackson wins maiden world title". IBSF. Retrieved 20 August 2016.^{[permanent dead link]}
6. "Naseem Akhtar wins his maiden World Championship title". IBSF. 11 July 2017. Retrieved 13 July 2017.
7. "Guo Qiang He becomes 2018 World Under-18 Snooker Champion". IBSF. 6 July 2018. Retrieved 6 July 2018.
8. "IBSF Snooker Championships U18 - Qingdao / China 2019". IBSF. Retrieved 13 July 2019.
9. "IBSF Snooker Championships U18 - Bucharest / Romania 2022". IBSF. Retrieved 22 August 2022.
10. "IBSF Snooker Championships U17 - Riyadh / Saudi Arabia 2023". IBSF. Retrieved 11 July 2023.
11. "IBSF Snooker Championships U17 - Bengaluru / India 2024". IBSF. Retrieved 28 August 2024.
12. "IBSF U18 Snooker Championship → Saint Petersburg - Russia 2015". International Billiards & Snooker Federation. Retrieved 16 October 2015.
13. "Siripaporn pockets second world title of the year". IBSF. 20 August 2016. Retrieved 20 August 2016.
14. "Nutcharat becomes 2017 IBSF Open Under-18 Women Snooker Champion". IBSF. 11 July 2017. Retrieved 13 July 2017.