ABSF African Snooker Championships

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ABSC African Snooker Championship
Tournament information
Established1993; 28 years ago (1993)
Organisation(s)African Billiards & Snooker Confederation
FormatAmateur event
Recent edition2019
Current champion Amine Amiri (MAR)

The ABSC African Snooker Championship is an annual snooker competition and is the highest ranking and most prestigious amateur event in Africa. The event series is sanctioned by the having been established back in 1993 the winner of the event often becomes the African nomination for the World Snooker Tour. Throughout the tournaments early history the championship was dominated by South African players however at the turn of the millennium Egyptian players became the dominant force in the championship, winning 9 of 12 championships since the year 2000.

The championship is currently held by Amine Amiri who defeated 5–4 in the final of the 2019 African Games.

Criticism[]

The ABSC African Snooker Championship has been criticised for being perceived as one of the weakest amateur events in world snooker with the tour card winner from the championship often struggling on the World Snooker Tour. Both 2013 runner-up Khaled Belaid Abumdas and 2015 champion Hatem Yassen failed to win a single match in the two years each of them spent on the world tour. 2012 runner-up Mohamed Khairy also struggled only managing to win two matches during his time on the world tour. The strongest criticism has suggested that in its current guise as a developing region that the tournament doesn't warrant a spot on the professional world tour and denies players of a much higher standard in Europe and Asia joining the world tour.

ABSC president Mohamed Elkammah has defended the standard African players stating that finance has always been the biggest obstacle for players, as well as immigration issues that most African players face when competing in UK tournaments during the professional season.

Winners[]

[1]

Year Venue Winner Runner-up Score
1993 Unknown Mauritius Unknown
1994 Port Louis, Mauritius South Africa South Africa 11–10
1995 South Africa Durban, South Africa South Africa South Africa 11–8
1996 Unknown South Africa Unknown
1997–1998 Unknown
1999[2] Cairo, Egypt South Africa South Africa 6–5
2000[3] Casablanca, Morocco Egypt Egypt 5–4
2001 Unknown
2002 Cairo, Egypt Egypt Egypt 5–2
2003–2006 Unknown
2007[4] Casablanca, Morocco Egypt Egypt 5–4
2008[5] Tripoli, Libya Egypt Egypt 6–2
2009[6] Johannesburg, South Africa Egypt Egypt 6–0
2010 Cairo, Egypt Egypt Egypt 6–1
2011[7] Cairo, Egypt Egypt Egypt 6–4
2012[8] Johannesburg, South Africa South Africa Peter Francisco Egypt Mohamed Khairy 6–2
2013[9] Marrakech, Morocco South Africa Peter Francisco Libya Khaled Belaid Abumdas 6–2
2014 Unknown
2015[10] Tunis, Tunisia Egypt Hatem Yassen Egypt Mohamed Khairy 6–5
2016 Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt South Africa Peter Francisco Egypt 6–1
2017 Hammamet, Tunisia Egypt Basem Eltahhan Egypt 6–5
2018[11] Cairo, Egypt Egypt Mohamed Ibrahim Egypt 6–1
2019[12] Rabat, Morocco Morocco Amine Amiri Egypt 5–4

Stats[]

Champions by country[]

Country Players Total First title Last title
 Egypt 7 10 2000 2018
 South Africa 4 7 1994 2016
 Mauritius 1 1 1993 1993

See also[]

References[]

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  3. ^ "2000 African Snooker Championship" (PDF). African Billiards & Snooker Federation. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 26 June 2015.
  4. ^ "The African Snooker Championship - Morocco 2007". African Billiards & Snooker Federation. Retrieved 26 July 2015.[permanent dead link]
  5. ^ "The African Snooker Championship - Libya 2008". African Billiards & Snooker Federation. Archived from the original on 24 January 2017. Retrieved 26 July 2015.
  6. ^ "The 2009 All Africa Snooker Championship". African Billiards & Snooker Federation. Archived from the original on 17 December 2015. Retrieved 26 July 2015.
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  8. ^ "2012 ALL AFRICA SNOOKER CHAMPIONSHIP JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA". African Billiards & Snooker Federation. Archived from the original on 4 May 2015. Retrieved 26 July 2015.
  9. ^ "The African Snooker Championship - Marrakech 2013". African Billiards & Snooker Federation. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 26 July 2015.
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  11. ^ Snooker Scene, June 2018, page 39
  12. ^ African Games


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