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2015 IBSF World Snooker Championship – Men's

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IBSF World Snooker Championship
Tournament information
Dates9–21 November 2015 (2015-11-09 – 2015-11-21)
CityHurghada
CountryEgypt
OrganisationIBSF
Total prize fund$16,000
Highest breakIndia Pankaj Advani (141)
Final
ChampionIndia Pankaj Advani
Runner-upChina Zhao Xintong
Score8–6
2014
2016

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

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Group Round

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Group A

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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 Subah 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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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 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

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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

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Best of 7 frames

Round 2

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Best of 7 frames

Finals

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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 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

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References

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  1. ^ "Zhao reaches the final". IBSF. 20 November 2015. Retrieved 20 November 2015.
  2. ^ "Pankaj crowned with World Snooker title". IBSF. 21 November 2015. Retrieved 21 November 2015.
  3. ^ "Pankaj Advani pockets 15th world title". The Times of India. 21 November 2015. 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.