2018 WSF Championship

WSF Championship

Tournament information
Dates	18–24 March 2018 (2018-03-18 – 2018-03-24)
Venue	Dolmen Hotel Malta
City	Qawra
Country	Malta
Organisation	WSF
Total prize fund	€28,300
Winner's share	€10,300
Highest break	Igor Figueiredo (131)
Final
Champion	Luo Honghao
Runner-up	Adam Stefanow
Score	6–0
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The 2018 WSF Championship was an amateur snooker tournament that took place from 18 March to 24 March 2018 in Qawra, Malta. It was the first edition of the and also doubled as a qualification event for the World Snooker Tour. The best four players (all semi-finalists) received an invitation to compete in the 2018 World Snooker Championship. Two best players (both finalists) received a Main Tour Card for the 2018/2019 season.

The tournament was televised in Malta by TVM2.^[1]

Prize fund[]

The breakdown of the tournament prizes is shown below:^[2]

• Winner: €10,000
• Runner-up: €4,000
• Semi-finalist: €1,800
• Quarter-finalist: €1,000
• Last 16: €400
• Last 32: €200
• Highest break: €300
• Total: €28,300

Results[]

Group A[]

The following is the results from the Groups.^[3]

Place	Player	Frames won	Frames lost	Difference
1		12	3	9
2		10	4	6
3		7	9	−2
4		4	9	−5
5	Waratthanun Sukritthanes	4	12	−8

Group B[]

Place	Player	Frames won	Frames lost	Difference
1	David Lilley	12	0	12
2		9	6	3
3		8	8	0
4		5	9	−4
5		1	12	−11

Group C[]

Place	Player	Frames won	Frames lost	Difference
1	Kristján Helgason	12	1	11
2		10	5	5
3		7	7	0
4		4	12	−8
5		3	11	−8

Group D[]

Place	Player	Frames won	Frames lost	Difference
1	Kacper Filipiak	12	1	11
2		8	7	1
3	Gao Yang	8	8	0
4		7	10	−3
5		3	12	−9

Group E[]

Place	Player	Frames won	Frames lost	Difference
1	Luo Honghao	12	3	9
2	Steve Mifsud	9	4	5
3		8	6	2
4		4	11	−7
5		3	12	−9

Group F[]

Place	Player	Frames won	Frames lost	Difference
1	Ross Vallance	12	0	12
2		9	4	5
3		6	7	−1
4	Nutcharut Wongharuthai	5	9	−4
5		0	12	−12

Group G[]

Place	Player	Frames won	Frames lost	Difference
1	Darren Morgan	12	4	8
2		11	3	8
3		6	8	−2
4		6	11	−5
5		3	12	−9

Group H[]

Place	Player	Frames won	Frames lost	Difference
1	Igor Figueiredo	9	1	8
2		7	6	1
3		5	8	−3
4		3	9	−6

Group I[]

Place	Player	Frames won	Frames lost	Difference
1	Ratchayothin Yotharuck	9	4	5
2		9	5	4
3		9	7	2
4	Andrew Pagett	8	8	0
5		1	12	−11

Group J[]

Place	Player	Frames won	Frames lost	Difference
1	Adam Stefanow	12	0	12
2		9	5	4
3		7	7	0
4	Iulian Boiko	4	10	−6
5		2	12	−10

Group K[]

Place	Player	Frames won	Frames lost	Difference
1		7	4	3
	Jamie Clarke	7	4	3
3		6	6	0
4		3	9	−6

Group L[]

Place	Player	Frames won	Frames lost	Difference
1		12	4	8
2	Fraser Patrick	10	8	2
3		9	8	1
4		6	9	−3
5		4	12	−8

Group M[]

Place	Player	Frames won	Frames lost	Difference
1	Kishan Hirani	12	4	8
2		10	6	4
3		7	9	−2
4	Rebecca Kenna	7	11	−4
5		6	12	−6

Group N[]

Place	Player	Frames won	Frames lost	Difference
1		12	1	11
2		9	7	2
3	Reanne Evans	7	8	−1
4		5	11	−6
5		4	10	−6

Group O[]

Place	Player	Frames won	Frames lost	Difference
1	Joe O'Connor	12	3	9
2		10	6	4
3		9	8	1
4		4	9	−5
5		3	12	−9

Group P[]

Place	Player	Frames won	Frames lost	Difference
1		12	0	12
2		9	5	4
3		7	7	0
4		5	10	−5
5		1	12	−11

Group Q[]

Place	Player	Frames won	Frames lost	Difference
1	Michael Judge	12	2	10
2	Kuldesh Johal	10	8	2
3		7	7	0
4		7	8	−1
5		1	12	−11

Group R[]

Place	Player	Frames won	Frames lost	Difference
1		9	4	5
2		9	6	3
3		8	6	2
4		8	7	1
5		1	12	−11

Knockout stage[]

The following is the results from the Knockout stage.^[4]

Round 1[]

Best of 7 frames

Other rounds[]

	Round 2 Best of 7 frames					Round 3 Best of 7 frames					Quarter-Finals Best of 7 frames					Semi-Finals Best of 7 frames					Final Best of 11 frames
	1	Adam Stefanow	4
	32	Fraser Patrick	1
						1	Adam Stefanow	4
						17		1
	17		4
	16	Ratchayothin Yotharuck	2
											1	Adam Stefanow	4
											8	Igor Figueiredo	2
	9	Michael Judge	4
	24	Steve Mifsud	2
						9	Michael Judge	2
						8	Igor Figueiredo	4
	25		0
	8	Igor Figueiredo	4
																1	Adam Stefanow	4
																5	Kristján Helgason	3
	5	Kristján Helgason	4
	37		0
						5	Kristján Helgason	4
						21		0
	21		4
	54		0
											5	Kristján Helgason	4
											13	Kishan Hirani	2
	13	Kishan Hirani	4
	20		2
						13	Kishan Hirani	4
						29		3
	29		4
	4	Ross Vallance	2
																					1	Adam Stefanow	0
																					10	Luo Honghao	6
	3	David Lilley	2
	35	Kuldesh Johal	4
						35	Kuldesh Johal	3
						19		4
	19		4
	14		1
											19		1
											6	Kacper Filipiak	4
	11		4
	22		1
						11		0
						6	Kacper Filipiak	4
	27		0
	6	Kacper Filipiak	4
																6	Kacper Filipiak	3
																10	Luo Honghao	4
	7		1
	39		4
						39		0
						10	Luo Honghao	4
	23		0
	10	Luo Honghao	4
											10	Luo Honghao	4
											18	Jamie Clarke	0
	15	Darren Morgan	2
	18	Jamie Clarke	4
						18	Jamie Clarke	4
						2		3
	31		1
	2		4

Century breaks[]

Total: 10^[5]

• 131, 125, 107 – Igor Figueiredo
• 130, 124, 119, 101, 100 – Kristján Helgason
• 127 – Luo Honghao
• 103 – Adam Stefanow

References[]