ABSF African Snooker Championships

The ABSF 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 African Billiards & Snooker Federation 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.

ABSF African Snooker Championship
Tournament information
Country Tunisia
Established1993 (1993)
Organisation(s)African Billiards & Snooker Federation
FormatAmateur event
Recent edition2018
Current champion(s) Mohamed Ibrahim

The championship is currently held by Mohamed Ibrahim who defeated Mostafa Dorgham 6–1 in the final of the 2018 championship.

Criticism

The ABSF 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.

ABSF president Mohammed Kammah 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

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Year Venue Winner Runner-up Score
1993 Unknown Ismael Teeluck Unknown
1994 Port Louis, Mauritius Bernie Jones Schalk Mouton 11–10
1995 Unknown Warren Horsley Bernie Jones 11–8
1996 Unknown Hitesh Naran Unknown
1997–1998 Unknown
1999[2] Cairo, Egypt Warren Horsley Munier Cassim 6–5
2000[3] Casablanca, Morocco Mohamed El Hamy Sherif Senna 5–4
2001 Unknown
2002 Cairo, Egypt Hesham Abbas Wael Talaat 5–2
2003–2006 Unknown
2007[4] Casablanca, Morocco Wael Talaat Mohamed Samy Elkhayat 5–4
2008[5] Tripoli, Libya Mohamed El Hamy Mohamed Samy Elkhayat 6–2
2009[6] Johannesburg, South Africa Wael Talaat Mohamed Samy Elkhayat 6–0
2010 Cairo, Egypt Mohamed Samy Elkhayat Wael Talaat 6–1
2011[7] Cairo, Egypt Wael Talaat Mohamed El Hamy 6–4
2012[8] Johannesburg, South Africa Peter Francisco Mohamed Khairy 6–2
2013[9] Marrakech, Morocco Peter Francisco Khaled Belaid Abumdas 6–2
2014 Unknown
2015[10] Tunis, Tunisia Hatem Yassen Mohamed Khairy 6–5
2016 Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt Peter Francisco Wael Talaat 6–1
2017 Hammamet, Tunisia Basem Eltahhan Wael Talaat 6–5
2018[11] Cairo, Egypt Mohamed Ibrahim Mostafa Dorgham 6–1
2019 Tunisia

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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