2015 IBSF World Snooker Championship – Men's

IBSF World Snooker Championship
Tournament information
Dates	9–21 November 2015
City	Hurghada
Country	Egypt
Organisation	IBSF
Total prize fund	$16,000
Highest break	Pankaj Advani (141)
Final
Champion	Pankaj Advani
Runner-up	Zhao Xintong
Score	8–6
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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 Pankaj Advani and Chinese player Zhao Xintong who had previously reached the 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		5	4	18	11	7
2	35		5	4	17	10	7
3	47	Habib Subah	5	3	18	11	7
4	68	Mohamed Khairy	5	3	15	12	3
5		Mohammed Alshamsi	5	1	11	18	–7
6			5	0	3	20	–17

Group B[]

Place	Seed	Team	Matches	Matches won	Frames won	Frames lost	Difference
1	13	Rodney Goggins	5	5	20	7	13
2	30		5	4	19	10	9
3	50		5	3	18	12	6
4	76		5	2	11	16	–5
5			5	1	11	16	–5
6			5	0	2	20	–18

Group C[]

Place	Seed	Team	Matches	Matches won	Frames won	Frames lost	Difference
1	12		5	5	20	16	14
2	31		5	4	19	11	8
3	51		5	3	15	10	5
4	77	Mohamed Ibrahim	5	2	13	12	1
5			5	1	5	18	–13
6			5	0	5	20	–15

Group D[]

Place	Seed	Matches	Matches won	Frames won	Frames lost	Difference
1	22	5	4	18	11	7
2	32	5	4	19	12	7
3	45	5	3	17	11	6
4	78	5	3	16	17	–1
5		5	1	10	16	–6
6		5	0	7	20	–13

Group E[]

Place	Seed	Team	Matches	Matches won	Frames won	Frames lost	Difference
1	14	Basem Eltahhan	5	5	20	7	13
2	28		5	4	18	8	10
3	57		5	3	13	12	1
4	75	Gary Thomson	5	2	14	16	–2
5			5	1	13	18	–5
6			5	0	3	20	–17

Group F[]

Place	Seed	Matches	Matches won	Frames won	Frames lost	Difference
1	17	4	4	16	7	9
2	43	4	2	13	10	3
3	58	4	2	12	10	2
4	72	4	2	9	10	–1
5		4	0	3	16	–13

Group G[]

Place	Seed	Matches	Matches won	Frames won	Frames lost	Difference
1	18	5	5	20	9	11
2	41	5	3	17	12	5
3	61	5	3	15	16	–1
4	71	5	2	15	15	0
5		5	1	10	17	–7
6		5	1	10	18	–8

Group H[]

Place	Seed	Matches	Matches won	Frames won	Frames lost	Difference
1	11	5	5	20	6	14
2	44	5	3	17	13	4
3	65	5	3	15	12	3
4	83	5	2	14	12	2
5		5	2	9	13	–4
6		5	0	1	10	–19

Group J[]

Place	Seed	Matches	Matches won	Frames won	Frames lost	Difference
1	2	3	3	12	1	11
2	36	3	2	9	7	2
3	64	3	1	6	9	–3
4	81	3	0	2	12	–10

Group K[]

Place	Seed	Team	Matches	Matches won	Frames won	Frames lost	Difference
1	4	Zhao Xintong	4	4	16	2	14
2	38		4	3	13	8	5
3	63	Lukas Kleckers	4	2	9	9	0
4	85		4	1	6	13	–7
5			4	0	4	16	–12

Group L[]

Place	Seed	Team	Matches	Matches won	Frames won	Frames lost	Difference
1	6	Pankaj Advani	5	5	20	4	16
2	24		5	4	17	7	10
3	60		5	3	13	12	1
4	73		5	2	15	16	–1
5			5	1	8	16	–8
6			5	0	2	20	–18

Group M[]

Place	Seed	Matches	Matches won	Frames won	Frames lost	Difference
1	15	4	4	16	6	10
2	25	4	3	14	6	8
3	65	4	2	9	11	–2
4	87	4	1	7	15	–8
5		4	0	8	16	–8

Group N[]

Place	Seed	Team	Matches	Matches won	Frames won	Frames lost	Difference
1	8	Muhammad Sajjad	5	5	20	4	16
2	23	Issara Kachaiwong	5	4	18	5	13
3	59		5	3	14	12	2
4	82		5	1	8	17	–9
5			5	1	9	19	–10
6			5	1	7	19	–12

Group P[]

Place	Seed	Team	Matches	Matches won	Frames won	Frames lost	Difference
1	1	Kritsanut Lertsattayathorn	4	4	16	1	15
2	39		4	3	12	9	3
3	67		4	1	10	13	–3
4	74		4	1	10	15	–5
5			4	1	10	15	–10

Group Q[]

Place	Seed	Team	Matches	Matches won	Frames won	Frames lost	Difference
1	5	Yuan Sijun	5	5	20	3	17
2	27	Amir Sarkhosh	5	4	19	9	10
3	55		5	3	14	9	5
4	84		5	2	11	13	–2
5			5	1	6	16	–10
6			5	0	0	20	–20

Group R[]

Place	Seed	Team	Matches	Matches won	Frames won	Frames lost	Difference
1	19	Alex Borg	5	4	18	11	7
2	29		5	4	19	10	9
3	48		5	3	16	11	5
4	70		5	3	13	12	1
5			5	1	9	17	–8
6			5	0	2	20	–18

Group S[]

Place	Seed	Team	Matches	Matches won	Frames won	Frames lost	Difference
1	10		5	5	20	5	15
2	40	Ben Jones	5	3	17	11	6
3	52		5	3	14	11	3
4	79		5	2	11	15	–4
5			5	2	10	17	–7
6			5	0	7	20	–13

Group T[]

Place	Seed	Team	Matches	Matches won	Frames won	Frames lost	Difference
1	9	Lee Chun Wai	5	5	20	4	16
2	42		5	3	16	10	6
3	62		5	3	13	13	0
4	80		5	2	11	12	–1
5			5	2	11	14	–3
6			5	0	2	20	–18

Group U[]

Place	Seed	Team	Matches	Matches won	Frames won	Frames lost	Difference
1	3	Soheil Vahedi	5	5	20	2	18
2	37		5	4	15	16	1
3	49		5	3	16	12	4
4	86		5	1	12	18	–6
5			5	1	9	16	–7
6			5	1	9	19	–10

Group V[]

Place	Seed	Team	Matches	Matches won	Frames won	Frames lost	Difference
1	16	Muhammad Asif	5	5	20	8	12
2	26		5	4	19	9	10
3	46		5	3	17	11	6
4	88		5	2	11	13	–2
5			5	1	7	17	–10
6			5	0	4	20	–16

Group W[]

Place	Seed	Team	Matches	Matches won	Frames won	Frames lost	Difference
1	7	Mohamed Shehab	5	5	20	4	16
2	33	Jamie Clarke	5	4	17	11	6
3	53		5	3	13	11	2
4	66		5	2	12	12	0
5			5	1	10	16	–6
6			5	0	2	20	–18

Group X[]

Place	Seed	Team	Matches	Matches won	Frames won	Frames lost	Difference
1	20	Ahmed Saif	5	4	18	8	10
2	34		5	4	18	11	7
3	54		5	3	16	11	5
4	69		5	3	15	13	2
5			5	1	11	19	–8
6			5	0	4	20	–16

Knockout Rounds[]

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Round 1[]

Best of 7 frames


65		4–1	64
81		2–4	48
49		4–2	80
73		2–4	56
41		4–2	88
57		4–1	72
69		3–4	60
85		4–1	44
53		1–4	76
77	Mohamed Ibrahim	1–4	52
45		4–1	84
61		1–4	68	Mohamed Khairy


67		0–4	62
83		1–4	46
51		2–4	76
75	Gary Thomson	4–3	54
43		3–4	86
59		1–4	70
71		3–4	58
87		4–2	42
55		4–2	74
79		0–4	50
47	Habib Subah	4–1	82
63	Lukas Kleckers	4–1	66

Round 2[]

Best of 7 frames


1	Kritsanut Lertsattayathorn	4–0	65
33	Jamie Clarke	4–1	32
17		4–1	48
49		1–4	16	Muhammad Asif
9	Lee Chun Wai	4–1	56
41		0–4	24
25		1–4	40	Ben Jones
57		4–0	8	Muhammad Sajjad
5	Yuan Sijun	4–0	60
37		3–4	28
21		4–3	44
76		4–1	12
13	Rodney Goggins	4–2	52
45		4–3	20	Ahmed Saif
29		3–4	36
68	Mohamed Khairy	0–4	4	Zhao Xintong


3	Soheil Vahedi	4–1	62
35		4–2	30
19	Alex Borg	4–2	46
78		4–2	14	Basem Eltahhan
11		3–4	75	Gary Thomson
86		1–4	22
27	Amir Sarkhosh	4–2	38
70		0–4	6	Pankaj Advani
7	Mohamed Shehab	4–1	58
39		3–4	26
23	Issara Kachaiwong	4–0	87
55		4–1	10
15		4–2	50
47	Habib Subah	1–4	18
31		3–4	34
63	Lukas Kleckers	4–0	2

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	Kritsanut Lertsattayathorn	5

33	Jamie Clarke	1
			1	Kritsanut Lertsattayathorn	5

			16	Muhammad Asif	4
17		3

16	Muhammad Asif	5
						1	Kritsanut Lertsattayathorn	4

						40	Ben Jones	6
9	Lee Chun Wai	0

24		5
			24		1

			40	Ben Jones	5
40	Ben Jones	5

57		1
									40	Ben Jones	1

									4	Zhao Xintong	7
5	Yuan Sijun	3

28		5
			28		5

			21		2
21		5

76		2
						28		2

						4	Zhao Xintong	6
13	Rodney Goggins	4

45		5
			45		0

			4	Zhao Xintong	5
36		2

4	Zhao Xintong	5
												4	Zhao Xintong	6

												6	Pankaj Advani	8
3	Soheil Vahedi	5

35		4
			3	Soheil Vahedi	4

			19	Alex Borg	5
19	Alex Borg	5

78		2
						19	Alex Borg	0

						6	Pankaj Advani	6
75	Gary Thomson	5

22		4
			75	Gary Thomson	1

			6	Pankaj Advani	5
27	Amir Sarkhosh	2

6	Pankaj Advani	5
									6	Pankaj Advani	7

									63	Lukas Kleckers	5
7	Mohamed Shehab	5

26		3
			7	Mohamed Shehab	2

			55		5
23	Issara Kachaiwong	3

55		5
						55		4

						63	Lukas Kleckers	6
15		4

18		5
			18		1

			63	Lukas Kleckers	5
34		2

63	Lukas Kleckers	5

Century breaks[]

141, 109, 108, 106, 105 – Pankaj Advani
136, 108 –
130, 102 – Issara Kachaiwong
127 – Basem Eltahhan
126, 119, 116, 108, 105 – Zhao Xintong
126 –
122 –
122 –
122 – Alex Borg
120 –

119 – Muhammad Sajjad
115 –
110 – Amir Sarkhosh
109, 108 – Soheil Vahedi
109 –
107 –
103, 102 – Lee Chun Wai
102 –
102 –
101 –

References[]

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

[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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Tournament information
Dates	9–21 November 2015 (2015-11-09 – 2015-11-21)
City	Hurghada
Country	Egypt
Organisation	IBSF
Total prize fund	$16,000
Highest break	Pankaj Advani (141)
Final
Champion	Pankaj Advani
Runner-up	Zhao Xintong
Score	8–6
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