German Amateur Championship (snooker)

The German Amateur Championship is an annual snooker competition played in the Germany and is the highest ranking amateur event in Germany.

German Amateur Championship
Tournament information
CountryGermany
Established1997 (1997)
Organisation(s)German Billiard Union
FormatAmateur event
Recent edition2018
Current champion(s) Michael Schnabel

The competition was established in 1997. Lasse Münstermann and Patrick Einsle are the most successful champions in the tournaments history having both won the competition 3 times. Since 2005 the tournament has been held in Bad Wildungen. The championship is currently held by Richard Wienold.

Winners
Year Winner Runner-up Final score City
Amateur event
1995 Sascha Diemer Michael Heeger 4-0 Hanover
1996 Unknown
1997 Thomas Hein Marcus West 4-3 Unknown
1998 Marcus West Thomas Hein 4-0 Duisburg
1999 Mike Henson Sascha Diemer 5-0 Unknown
2000 Mike Henson Kurt Stock 4–1 Unknown
2001 Sascha Diemer Lasse Münstermann 4–2 Bad Wildungen
2002 Mike Henson Sascha Lippe 4–3 Unknown
2003 Lasse Münstermann Kurt Stock 4–2 Bad Wildungen
2004 Lasse Münstermann Sascha Lippe 4–0 Bad Wildungen
2005[1] Itaro Santos Lasse Münstermann 4–0 Bad Wildungen
2006 Lasse Münstermann Itaro Santos 4–3 Unknown
2007 Sascha Lippe Michael Heeger 4–2 Bad Wildungen
2008[2] Itaro Santos Christian Gabriel 4–0 Bad Wildungen
2009[3] Patrick Einsle Itaro Santos 4–2 Bad Wildungen
2010 Stefan Kasper Sascha Lippe 4–1 Bad Wildungen
2011[4] Patrick Einsle Stefan Kasper 4–3 Bad Wildungen
2012[5] Patrick Einsle Roman Dietzel 4–2 Bad Wildungen
2013[6] Lukas Kleckers Roman Dietzel 4–2 Bad Wildungen
2014[7] Roman Dietzel Sascha Breuer 4–2 Bad Wildungen
2015[8] Sascha Lippe Patrick Einsle 4–3 Bad Wildungen
2016 Simon Lichtenberg Roman Dietzel 4–2 Bad Wildungen
2017 Richard Wienold Roman Dietzel 4–2 Bad Wildungen
2018 Michael Schnabel Daniel Sciborski 4–1 Bad Wildungen

Stats

Finalists
Rank Name Nationality Winner Runner-up Finals
1 Lasse Münstermann  Germany 3 2 5
2 Patrick Einsle  Germany 3 1 4
3 Sascha Lippe  Germany 2 3 4
4 Itaro Santos  Germany /  Brazil 2 2 4
5 Marcus West  Germany 2 1 3
6 Mike Henson  Germany 2 0 2
7 Roman Dietzel  Germany 1 3 4
8 Thomas Hein  Germany 1 1 2
8 Stefan Kasper  Germany 1 1 2
10 Sascha Diemer  Germany 1 0 1
10 Lukas Kleckers  Germany 1 0 1
10 Simon Lichtenberg  Germany 1 0 1
12 Kurt Stock  Germany 0 3 3
13 Michael Heeger  Germany 0 1 1
13 Christian Gabriel  Germany 0 1 1
13 Sascha Breuer  Germany 0 1 1

References
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