2016 IBSF World Snooker Championship – Men's

IBSF World Snooker Championship
Tournament information
Dates	19–29 November 2016
Venue	Al-Sadd Sports Club
City	Doha
Country	Qatar
Organisation	IBSF
Total prize fund	$16,000
Highest break	Issara Kachaiwong (147)
Final
Champion	Soheil Vahedi
Runner-up	Andrew Pagett
Score	8–1
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The 2016 IBSF World Snooker Championship was an amateur snooker tournament that took place from 19 November to 29 November 2016 in Doha, Qatar. It was the 42nd edition of the IBSF World Snooker Championship and also doubled as a qualification event for the World Snooker Tour.

119 players representing 52 nations and sovereign states competed in the tournament including 2015 champion, Pankaj Advani who declined his invitation to join the professional World Snooker Tour and as such was able to compete in this year's tournament. Advani however he was defeated in the semi-finals by Welshmen Andrew Pagett. In doing so Pagett became the first player from outside the Asian confederation to reach the final since 2012. The tournament was eventually won by Iran's Soheil Vahedi, who defeated Pagett of Wales 8–1 in the final.^[2] Vahedi became only the second Iranian player after Hossein Vafaei to win the championship and as a result, Vahedi was offered that chance to turn professional with a two-year card to play World Snooker Tour for the 2017/2018 and 2018/2019 seasons.

Results

Group Round

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Group A

Place	Seed	Team	Matches	Matches won	Frames won	Frames lost	Difference
1	3	Pankaj Advani	4	4	16	0	16
2	45	Marcin Nitschke	4	3	12	9	3
3	72	Hamed Zarehdoost	4	2	11	13	–2
4		Victor Sarkis	4	1	7	14	–7
5		Maris Volajs	4	0	6	16	–10

Group B

Place	Seed	Team	Matches	Matches won	Frames won	Frames lost	Difference
1	4	Lukas Kleckers	2	2	8	1	7
2	50	Jason Todd	2	1	4	5	–1
3	75	Simon Lindblom	2	0	2	8	–6

Group C

Place	Seed	Team	Matches	Matches won	Frames won	Frames lost	Difference
1	6	Mohammad Rais Senzahi	4	4	16	3	13
2	32	Brian Cini	4	3	15	6	9
3	60	Antonis Poullos	4	2	9	8	1
4		Mekdad Taqi	4	1	5	15	–10
5		Akdi Soulaimane	4	0	3	13	–16

Group D

Place	Seed	Team	Matches	Matches won	Frames won	Frames lost	Difference
1	23	Lucky Vatnani	4	3	15	8	7
2	41	Amir Sarkhosh	4	3	13	7	6
3	61	Enkhjargal Enkhbaatar	4	2	12	13	1
4		Andreas Ploner	4	2	11	11	0
5		Marios Kleitou	4	0	2	16	–14

Group E

Place	Seed	Team	Matches	Matches won	Frames won	Frames lost	Difference
1	1	Jamie Clarke	3	3	12	0	12
2	51	Shu Seng Chua	3	2	8	10	–2
3	77	Oskar Charlesworth	3	1	7	10	–3
4		Richard Halliday	3	0	5	12	–7

Group F

Place	Seed	Team	Matches	Matches won	Frames won	Frames lost	Difference
1	10	Jeff Jacobs	3	3	12	3	9
2	49	Peter McCullagh	3	2	9	8	1
3	68	Lee Chun Wai	3	1	8	8	0
4		Mohamed Mubeen	3	0	3	16	–13

Group G

Place	Seed	Team	Matches	Matches won	Frames won	Frames lost	Difference
1	19	Brandon Sargeant	4	4	16	6	10
2	28	Ryan Thomerson	4	3	15	5	10
3	73	Mhanaa Alobaidli	4	2	9	12	–3
4		Paul Schopf	4	1	8	13	–5
5		Soud Alabdul Razaq	4	0	4	16	–16

Group H

Place	Seed	Team	Matches	Matches won	Frames won	Frames lost	Difference
1	7	Ka Wai Cheung	4	4	16	3	13
2	29	Rhydian Richards	4	3	14	4	10
3	78	Jyri Virtanen	4	2	8	12	–4
4		Abdullah Alkandari	4	1	5	15	–10
5		Mahmoud Elshourbagy	4	0	7	16	–9

Group I

Place	Seed	Team	Matches	Matches won	Frames won	Frames lost	Difference
1	17	Declan Brennan	3	3	12	4	8
2	34	Alexander Ursenbacher	3	2	10	5	5
3	70	Ahmed Aly Elsayed	3	1	4	8	–4
4		Khalil Busaif	3	0	3	12	–9

Group J

Place	Seed	Team	Matches	Matches won	Frames won	Frames lost	Difference
1	26	Andrew Pagett	3	2	11	8	3
2	52	Mateusz Baranowski	3	2	8	9	–1
3	64	Ang Boon Chin	3	1	9	10	–1
4		Sundeep Gulati	3	1	7	8	–1

Group K

Place	Seed	Team	Matches	Matches won	Frames won	Frames lost	Difference
1	16	Issara Kachaiwong	3	3	12	4	8
2	47	Ajeya Prabhakar	3	2	9	10	–1
3	62	Sean Corkish	3	1	9	10	–1
4		Mohammad Alqraini	3	0	6	12	–6

Group L

Place	Seed	Team	Matches	Matches won	Frames won	Frames lost	Difference
1	15	Mohammad Bilal	4	4	16	5	11
2	44	Felix Frede	4	3	13	9	4
3	65	Mohsen Bukshaisha	4	2	10	12	–2
4		Belan Sharif	4	1	11	13	–2
5		Sam Bond	4	0	5	16	–11

Group M

Place	Seed	Team	Matches	Matches won	Frames won	Frames lost	Difference
1	13	Soheil Vahedi	4	4	16	4	12
2	30	Babar Masih	4	3	15	7	8
3	71	Tetsuya Kuwata	4	2	9	9	0
4		Thorri Jensson	4	1	7	13	–6
5		Arenc Norja	4	0	2	16	–14

Group N

Place	Seed	Team	Matches	Matches won	Frames won	Frames lost	Difference
1	24	Oliver Brown	4	3	14	7	7
2	43	Bashar Abdulmajeed	4	3	13	12	1
3	66	Tomasz Skalski	4	2	13	12	1
4		Keishin Kamihashi	4	2	12	12	0
5		Thadeu Nobres	4	0	7	16	–9

Group O

Place	Seed	Team	Matches	Matches won	Frames won	Frames lost	Difference
1	2	Mohamed Shehab	3	3	12	0	12
2	48	Krzysztof Wróbel	3	2	8	6	2
3	76	Khamis Alobaidli	3	1	5	10	–5
4		Ibrahim Ahamed	3	0	3	12	–9

Group P

Place	Seed	Team	Matches	Matches won	Frames won	Frames lost	Difference
1	18	TJ Dowling	4	4	16	6	10
2	37	Muhammad Asif	4	3	14	7	7
3	56	Ali Alobaidli	4	2	13	8	5
4		Hesham Alsaqer	4	1	6	12	–6
5		Hisham Nadi	4	0	0	16	–16

Group Q

Place	Seed	Team	Matches	Matches won	Frames won	Frames lost	Difference
1	12	Yuan Sijun	4	4	16	4	12
2	42	Mohd Reza Hassan	4	3	14	9	5
3	54	Jason Devaney	4	2	11	10	1
4		Omar Ali	4	1	9	14	–5
5		Matthew Scarborough	4	0	3	16	–13

Group R

Place	Seed	Team	Matches	Matches won	Frames won	Frames lost	Difference
1	20	Chris Totten	3	3	12	6	6
2	39	Ahmed Saif	3	2	10	6	4
3	67	Alexis Callewaert	3	1	6	9	–3
4		Saif Al Shamsi	3	0	5	12	–7

Group S

Place	Seed	Team	Matches	Matches won	Frames won	Frames lost	Difference
1	14	Keen Hoo Moh	4	4	16	4	12
2	36	Ivan Kakovsky	4	3	13	6	7
3	57	Daegyu Lee	4	2	11	11	0
4		Laszlo Kovacs	4	1	4	12	–8
5		Wayne Townsend	4	0	5	16	–11

Group T

Place	Seed	Team	Matches	Matches won	Frames won	Frames lost	Difference
1	9	Michael Collumb	4	4	16	3	13
2	31	Mukhamed Karimberdi Uulu	4	3	13	5	8
3	59	Khaled Alastal	4	2	10	11	–1
4		Ulziitogtokh Davaasuren	4	1	8	12	–4
5		Epaminondas Pouris	4	0	0	16	–16

Group U

Place	Seed	Team	Matches	Matches won	Frames won	Frames lost	Difference
1	11	Thanawat Tirapongpaiboon	4	4	16	4	12
2	33	Habib Subah	4	3	15	7	8
3	69	Ali Hussein	4	2	10	11	–1
4		Mikhail Terekhov	4	1	7	15	–8
5		Muhammad Faaris Kahn	4	3	16	12	–11

Group V

Place	Seed	Team	Matches	Matches won	Frames won	Frames lost	Difference
1	8	Matthew Bolton	4	4	16	3	13
2	35	Alex Taubman	4	3	14	8	6
3	74	Mohamed Fazil	4	2	9	12	–3
4		Alvin Barbero	4	1	8	13	–5
5		Conor McCormack	4	0	5	16	–11

Group W

Place	Seed	Team	Matches	Matches won	Frames won	Frames lost	Difference
1	5	Michael Judge	3	3	12	2	10
2	46	James Mifsud	3	2	8	8	0
3	63	Mohammed Alshamsi	3	1	9	8	1
4		Abdullah Alsuwaidi	3	0	1	12	–11

Group X

Place	Seed	Team	Matches	Matches won	Frames won	Frames lost	Difference
1	21	Manan Chandra	4	3	15	7	8
2	27	Arman Dinarvand	4	3	14	6	8
3	58	Chee Keong Chan	4	3	12	13	–1
4		Sigurdur Kristjansson	4	1	10	12	–2
5		Dorjan Maknori	4	0	3	16	–13

Group Y

Place	Seed	Team	Matches	Matches won	Frames won	Frames lost	Difference
1	22	Chen Zifan	4	3	15	7	8
2	40	Ismail Türker	4	3	13	7	6
3	53	Basem Eltahhan	4	3	14	8	6
4		Konstantin Afanasjev	4	1	8	15	–7
5		Audi Alnouti	4	0	3	16	–13

Group Z

Place	Seed	Team	Matches	Matches won	Frames won	Frames lost	Difference
1	25	Mohamed Ibrahim	3	2	10	6	4
2	38	Kevin Van Hove	3	2	10	6	4
3	55	Ming Wa Man	3	2	10	6	4
4		Mikhail Li	3	0	0	12	–12

Knockout rounds

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Round 1

Best of 7 frames


65	Mohsen Bukshaisha	1–4	64	Ang Boon Chin
73	Mhanaa Alobaidli	4–1	56	Ali Alobaidli
57	Daegyu Lee	3–4	72	Hamed Zarehdoost
69	Ali Hussein	3–4	60	Antonis Poullos
53	Basem Eltahhan	4–1	76	Khamis Alobaidli
77	Oskar Charlesworth	1–4	52	Mateusz Baranowski
61	Enkhjargal Enkhbaatar	4–2	68	Lee Chun Wai


67	Alexis Callewaert	1–4	62	Sean Corkish
51	Shu Seng Chua	2–4	76	Jyri Virtanen
75	Simon Lindblom	2–4	54	Jason Devaney
59	Khaled Alastal	4–2	70	Ahmed Aly Elsayed
71	Tetsuya Kuwata	4–1	58	Chee Keong Chan
55	Ming Wa Man	4–0	74	Mohamed Fazil
63	Mohammed Alshamsi	2–4	66	Tomasz Skalski

Round 2

Best of 7 frames


1	Jamie Clarke	4–1	64	Ang Boon Chin
33	Habib Subah	3–4	32	Brian Cini
17	Declan Brennan	4–3	48	Krzysztof Wróbel
49	Peter McCullagh	0–4	16	Issara Kachaiwong
9	Michael Collumb	4–0	73	Mhanaa Alobaidli
41	Amir Sarkhosh	4–3	24	Oliver Brown
25	Mohamed Ibrahim	4–3	40	Ismail Türker
72	Hamed Zarehdoost	4–3	8	Matthew Bolton
5	Michael Judge	4–1	60	Antonis Poullos
37	Muhammad Asif	4–2	28	Ryan Thomerson
21	Manan Chandra	4–2	44	Felix Frede
53	Basem Eltahhan	1–4	12	Yuan Sijun
13	Soheil Vahedi	4–3	52	Mateusz Baranowski
45	Marcin Nitschke	3–4	20	Chris Totten
29	Rhydian Richards	4–3	36	Ivan Kakovsky
61	Enkhjargal Enkhbaatar	0–4	4	Lukas Kleckers


3	Pankaj Advani	4–0	62	Sean Corkish
35	Alex Taubman	2–4	30	Babar Masih
19	Brandon Sargeant	4–0	46	James Mifsud
78	Jyri Virtanen	1–4	14	Keen Hoo Moh
11	Thanawat Tirapongpaiboon	4–0	54	Jason Devaney
43	Bashar Abdulmajeed	1–4	22	Chen Zifan
27	Arman Dinarvand	4–3	38	Kevin Van Hove
59	Khaled Alastal	1–4	6	Mohammad Rais Senzahi
7	Ka Wai Cheung	4–3	71	Tetsuya Kuwata
39	Ahmed Saif	3–4	26	Andrew Pagett
23	Lucky Vatnani	4–3	42	Mohd Reza Hassan
55	Ming Wa Man	2–4	10	Jeff Jacobs
15	Mohammad Bilal	4–0	50	Jason Todd
47	Ajeya Prabhakar	0–4	18	TJ Dowling
31	Mukhamed Karimberdi Uulu	2–4	34	Alexander Ursenbacher
66	Tomasz Skalski	1–4	2	Mohamed Shehab

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	J.R. Clarke	1

32	B. Cini	5
			32	B. Cini	1

			17	D. Brennan	5
17	D. Brennan	5

16	I. Kachaiwong	4
						17	D. Brennan	6

						72	H. Zarehdoost	1
9	M. Collumb	1

41	A. Sarkhosh	5
			41	A. Sarkhosh	4

			72	H. Zarehdoost	5
25	M. Ibrahim	2

72	H. Zarehdoost	5
									17	D. Brennan	6

									13	S. Vahedi	7
5	M. Judge	5

37	M. Asif	3
			5	M. Judge	5

			21	M. Chandra	0
21	M. Chandra	5

12	Yuan S.	3
						5	M. Judge	1

						13	S. Vahedi	6
13	S. Vahedi	5

20	C. Totten	2
			13	S. Vahedi	5

			4	L. Kleckers	4
29	R. Richards	4

4	L. Kleckers	5
												13	S. Vahedi	8

												26	A. Pagett	1
3	P. Advani	5

30	B. Masih	3
			3	P. Advani	5

			14	Keen H.M.	3
19	B. Sargeant	2

14	Keen H.M.	5
						3	P. Advani	6

						11	T. Tirapongpaiboon	5
11	T. Tirapongpaiboon	5

22	Chen Z.	4
			11	T. Tirapongpaiboon	5

			6	M.R. Senzahi	2
27	A. Dinarvand	0

6	M.R. Senzahi	5
									3	P. Advani	2

									26	A. Pagett	7
7	Ka W.C.	2

26	A. Pagett	5
			26	A. Pagett	5

			23	L. Vatnani	2
23	L. Vatnani	5

10	J. Jacobs	0
						26	A. Pagett	6

						15	M. Bilal	5
15	M. Bilal	5

18	T. Dowling	3
			15	M. Bilal	5

			34	A. Ursenbacher	3
34	A. Ursenbacher	5

2	M. Shehab	3

References

^ "Issara Kachaiwong hits the maximum at IBSF World Snooker 2016". IBSF. 25 November 2016. Retrieved 28 November 2016.
^ "Soheil Vahedi wins the 2016 IBSF World Snooker". IBSF. 29 November 2016. Retrieved 29 November 2016.
^ "IBSF Snooker Championships Men - Doha / Qatar 2016 - Groups". International Billiards and Snooker Federation. Retrieved 24 November 2016.
^ "IBSF Snooker Championships Men - Doha / Qatar 2016 - Knockouts". International Billiards and Snooker Federation. Retrieved 24 November 2016.

[1] "Issara Kachaiwong hits the maximum at IBSF World Snooker 2016". IBSF. 25 November 2016. Retrieved 28 November 2016.

[2] "Soheil Vahedi wins the 2016 IBSF World Snooker". IBSF. 29 November 2016. Retrieved 29 November 2016.

[3] "IBSF Snooker Championships Men - Doha / Qatar 2016 - Groups". International Billiards and Snooker Federation. Retrieved 24 November 2016.

[4] "IBSF Snooker Championships Men - Doha / Qatar 2016 - Knockouts". International Billiards and Snooker Federation. Retrieved 24 November 2016.

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Tournament information
Dates	19–29 November 2016 (2016-11-19 – 2016-11-29)
Venue	Al-Sadd Sports Club
City	Doha
Country	Qatar
Organisation	IBSF
Total prize fund	$16,000
Highest break	Issara Kachaiwong (147)^[1]
Final
Champion	Soheil Vahedi
Runner-up	Andrew Pagett
Score	8–1
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