2015 IBSF World Snooker Championship
Date9 – 21 November
Edition41st
CategoryAmateur Event
Prize money$40,000
LocationHurghada, Egypt
VenueGrand Crystal Bay
Champions
Men's singles
India Pankaj Advani
Women's singles
Belgium Wendy Jans

The 2015 IBSF World Snooker Championship was an amateur snooker tournament which took place from 9 November to 21 November 2015 in Hurghada, Egypt.

It will be the 41st edition of the IBSF World Snooker Championship and also doubles as a qualification event for the World Snooker Tour.

The men's tournament was won by Pankaj Advani of India who won his second IBSF World Snooker Championship, defeating 2013 runner-up Zhao Xintong 8–6 in the final.[1]

Wendy Jans won the women's tournament by defeating Anastasia Nechaeva 5–1 in the final. This victory was Jans fourth consecutive tournament win and her fifth overall.[2]

Tournament

The tournament was an event run by the International Billiards and Snooker Federation (IBSF). 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 and 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 men's event also doubled as a qualification event for the World Snooker Tour.

Singles players

2015 IBSF World Snooker Championship – Men's
2015 IBSF World Snooker Championship – Women's

Seedings

Men's event

Seed Player Frames Won Frames Lost Frames Difference Frame Average Status
1 Thailand Kritsanut Lertsattayathorn 15 1 15 3.75 Quarterfinals lost to Wales Ben Jones [40]
2 Pakistan Abdul Sattar 12 1 11 3.67 Second round lost to Germany Lukas Kleckers [63]
3 Iran Soheil Vahedi 20 2 18 3.60 Fourth round lost to Malta Alex Borg [19]
4 China Zhao Xintong 16 2 14 3.50 Runner-up, lost to India Pankaj Advani [6]
5 China Yuan Sijun 20 3 17 3.40 Third round loss to Malta Brian Cini
6 India Pankaj Advani 20 4 16 3.20 Champion, won against China Zhao Xintong [4]
7 United Arab Emirates Mohamed Shehab 20 4 16 3.20 Fourth round lost to Republic of Ireland Greg Casey [55]
8 Pakistan Muhammad Sajjad 20 4 16 3.20 Fourth round lost to Iraq Alijalil Ali [57]
9 Hong Kong Lee Chun Wai 20 4 16 3.20 Quarterfinals lost to Qatar Mohsen Bukshaisha [24]
10 Japan Tetsuya Kuwata 20 5 15 3.00 Second round lost to Republic of Ireland Greg Casey [55]
11 Saudi Arabia Ahmed Aseeri 20 6 14 2.80 Second round lost to Scotland Gary Thomson [75]
12 Netherlands Raymon Fabrie 20 6 14 2.80 Second round lost to Qatar Bashar Abdulmajeed [76]
13 Republic of Ireland Rodney Goggins 20 7 13 2.60 Third round lost to Hong Kong Lin Tang Ho [45]
14 Egypt Basem Eltahhan 20 7 13 2.60 Second round lost to Egypt Yaser Elsherbiny [78]
15 Malaysia Keen Hoo Moh 16 6 10 2.50 Third round lost to Syria Karam Fatima [18]
16 Pakistan Muhammad Asif 20 8 12 2.40 Fourth round lost to Thailand Kritsanut Lertsattayathorn [1]
17 Scotland Michael Collumb 16 7 9 2.25 Third round lost to Pakistan Muhammad Asif [16]
18 Syria Karam Fatima 20 9 11 2.20 Fourth round lost to France Lukas Kleckers [63]
19 Malta Alex Borg 18 11 7 2.20 Quarterfinals lost to India Pankaj Advani [6]
20 Qatar Ahmed Saif 18 8 10 2.00 Second round lost to Hong Kong Lin Tang Ho [45]
21 Belgium Tomasz Skalski 18 11 7 1.40 Fourth round lost to Malta Brian Cini [28]
22 India Dharminder Lilly 18 11 7 1.40 Third round lost to Scotland Gary Thomson [75]
23 Thailand Issara Kachaiwong 18 5 13 2.60 Third round lost to Republic of Ireland Greg Casey [55]
24 Qatar Mohsen Bukshaisha 17 7 10 2.00 Fourth round lost to Wales Ben Jones [40]
25 Wales Rhydian Richards 14 6 8 2.00 Second round lost to Wales Ben Jones [40]
26 India Faisal Khan 19 9 10 2.00 Third round lost to United Arab Emirates Mohamed Shehab [7]
27 Iran Amir Sarkhosh 19 9 10 2.00 Third round lost to India Pankaj Advani [6]
28 Malta Brian Cini 18 8 10 2.00 Quarterfinals lost to China Zhao Xintong [4]
29 Qatar Ali Alobaidli 19 10 9 1.80 Second round lost to Bahrain Ahmed Janahi [36]
30 Afghanistan Nadir Khan Sultani 19 10 9 1.80 Second round lost to England Michael Rhodes [35]
31 Australia Shannon Dixon 19 11 8 1.60 Second round lost to Malaysia Mohd Reza Hassan [34]
32 England Saqib Nasir 19 12 7 1.40 Second round lost to Wales Jamie Clarke [33]
33 Wales Jamie Clarke 17 11 6 1.20 Third round lost to Thailand Kritsanut Lertsattayathorn [1]

Women's event

Seed Player Frames Won Frames Lost Frames Difference Frame Average Status
1 India Amee Kamani 12 0 12 3.00 Semifinals lost to Russia Anastasia Nechaeva [5]
2 India Vidya Pillai 12 1 11 2.75 Quarterfinals lost to Belgium Wendy Jans [10]
3 Thailand Waratthanun Sukritthanes 12 1 11 2.75 Semifinals lost to Belgium Wendy Jans [10]
4 Thailand Siripaporn Nuanthakhamjan 12 2 10 2.50 Quarterfinals lost to Russia Anastasia Nechaeva [5]
5 Russia Anastasia Nechaeva 15 4 11 2.20 Runner-up, lost to Belgium Wendy Jans [10]
6 Hong Kong Ng On Yee 14 5 9 1.80 Quarterfinals lost to Thailand Waratthanun Sukritthanes [3]
7 Germany Diana Stateczny 13 5 8 1.60 Second round lost to Belgium Wendy Jans [10]
8 Latvia Tatjana Vasiljeva 13 6 7 1.40 Second round lost to India Chitra Magimairaj [9]
9 India Chitra Magimairaj 10 5 5 1.25 Quarterfinals lost to India Amee Kamani [1]
10 Belgium Wendy Jans 9 3 6 1.50 Champion, won against Russia Anastasia Nechaeva [5]
11 Germany Daria Sirotina 9 4 5 1.25 Second round lost to Belgium Wendy Jans [10]
12 Australia Jessica Woods 9 6 3 0.75 Second round lost to Russia Anastasia Nechaeva [5]
13 India Varsha Sanjeev 12 7 5 1.00 First round lost to Australia Theresa Whitten [20]
14 India Arantxa Sanchis 12 8 4 0.80 Second round lost to Thailand Waratthanun Sukritthanes [3]
15 South Africa Nicola Illse Rossouw 9 6 3 0.75 First round lost to Germany Jennifer Zehentner [18]
16 South Africa Amy-Claire King 8 9 –1 –0.25 Second round lost to India Amee Kamani [1]

References

  1. "Pankaj crowned with World Snooker title". IBSF. Retrieved 21 November 2015.
  2. "Wendy successfully defends her World Women Snooker title". IBSF. Retrieved 21 November 2015.
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