2016 IBSF World Snooker Championship – Men's

The 2016 IBSF World Snooker Championship was an amateur snooker tournament that took place from 19 November to 29 November 2016 in Doha, Qatar. It was the 42nd edition of the IBSF World Snooker Championship and also doubled as a qualification event for the World Snooker Tour.

IBSF World Snooker Championship

Tournament information
Dates	19–29 November 2016
Venue	Al-Sadd Sports Club
City	Doha
Country	Qatar
Organisation(s)	IBSF
Total prize fund	$16,000
Highest break	Issara Kachaiwong (147)[1]
Final
Champion	Soheil Vahedi
Runner-up	Andrew Pagett
Score	8–1
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Players by nation
Afghanistan	1
Albania	2
Australia	4
Austria	3
Bahrain	3
Belgium	3
Brazil	2
China	2
Cyprus	3
Egypt	4
England	3
Finland	1
France	1
Germany	2
Hong Kong	3
Iceland	2
India	4
Iran	4
Iraq	2
Ireland	3
Japan	2
Jordan	2
Kazakhstan	1
Kuwait	3
Kyrgyzstan	1
Latvia	1
Lithuania	1
Malaysia	2
Malta	1
Mannin	1
Mongolia	2
Morocco	1
Mozambique	1
New Zealand	3
Northern Ireland	2
Pakistan	3
Palestine	1
Philippines	1
Poland	3
Qatar	7
Russia	2
Scotland	2
Singapore	3
South Africa	2
South Korea	1
Sweden	2
Switzerland	1
Thailand	2
Turkey	1
United Arab Emirates	3
United States	3
Wales	4

119 players representing 52 nations and sovereign states competed in the tournament including 2015 champion, Pankaj Advani who declined his invitation to join the professional World Snooker Tour and as such was able to compete in this year's tournament. Advani however he was defeated in the semi-finals by Welshmen Andrew Pagett. In doing so Pagett became the first player from outside the Asian confederation to reach the final since 2012. The tournament was eventually won by Iran's Soheil Vahedi, who defeated Pagett of Wales 8–1 in the final.[2] Vahedi became only the second Iranian player after Hossein Vafaei to win the championship and as a result, Vahedi was offered that chance to turn professional with a two-year card to play World Snooker Tour for the 2017/2018 and 2018/2019 seasons.

Results

Group Round

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Group A

Place Seed Team Matches Matches won Frames won Frames lost Difference 1 3 Pankaj Advani 4 4 16 0 16 2 45 Marcin Nitschke 4 3 12 9 3 3 72 Hamed Zarehdoost 4 2 11 13 –2 4 Victor Sarkis 4 1 7 14 –7 5 Maris Volajs 4 0 6 16 –10

Group B

Place Seed Team Matches Matches won Frames won Frames lost Difference 1 4 Lukas Kleckers 2 2 8 1 7 2 50 Jason Todd 2 1 4 5 –1 3 75 Simon Lindblom 2 0 2 8 –6

Group C

Place Seed Team Matches Matches won Frames won Frames lost Difference 1 6 Mohammad Rais Senzahi 4 4 16 3 13 2 32 Brian Cini 4 3 15 6 9 3 60 Antonis Poullos 4 2 9 8 1 4 Mekdad Taqi 4 1 5 15 –10 5 Akdi Soulaimane 4 0 3 13 –16

Group D

Place Seed Team Matches Matches won Frames won Frames lost Difference 1 23 Lucky Vatnani 4 3 15 8 7 2 41 Amir Sarkhosh 4 3 13 7 6 3 61 Enkhjargal Enkhbaatar 4 2 12 13 1 4 Andreas Ploner 4 2 11 11 0 5 Marios Kleitou 4 0 2 16 –14

Group E

Place Seed Team Matches Matches won Frames won Frames lost Difference 1 1 Jamie Rhys Clarke 3 3 12 0 12 2 51 Shu Seng Chua 3 2 8 10 –2 3 77 Oskar Charlesworth 3 1 7 10 –3 4 Richard Halliday 3 0 5 12 –7

Group F

Place Seed Team Matches Matches won Frames won Frames lost Difference 1 10 Jeff Jacobs 3 3 12 3 9 2 49 Peter McCullagh 3 2 9 8 1 3 68 Lee Chun Wai 3 1 8 8 0 4 Mohamed Mubeen 3 0 3 16 –13

Group G

Place Seed Team Matches Matches won Frames won Frames lost Difference 1 19 Brandon Sargeant 4 4 16 6 10 2 28 Ryan Thomerson 4 3 15 5 10 3 73 Mhanaa Alobaidli 4 2 9 12 –3 4 Paul Schopf 4 1 8 13 –5 5 Soud Alabdul Razaq 4 0 4 16 –16

Group H

Place Seed Team Matches Matches won Frames won Frames lost Difference 1 7 Ka Wai Cheung 4 4 16 3 13 2 29 Rhydian Richards 4 3 14 4 10 3 78 Jyri Virtanen 4 2 8 12 –4 4 Abdullah Alkandari 4 1 5 15 –10 5 Mahmoud Elshourbagy 4 0 7 16 –9

Group I

Place Seed Team Matches Matches won Frames won Frames lost Difference 1 17 Declan Brennan 3 3 12 4 8 2 34 Alexander Ursenbacher 3 2 10 5 5 3 70 Ahmed Aly Elsayed 3 1 4 8 –4 4 Khalil Busaif 3 0 3 12 –9

Group J

Place Seed Team Matches Matches won Frames won Frames lost Difference 1 26 Andrew Pagett 3 2 11 8 3 2 52 Mateusz Baranowski 3 2 8 9 –1 3 64 Ang Boon Chin 3 1 9 10 –1 4 Sundeep Gulati 3 1 7 8 –1

Group K

Place Seed Team Matches Matches won Frames won Frames lost Difference 1 16 Issara Kachaiwong 3 3 12 4 8 2 47 Ajeya Prabhakar 3 2 9 10 –1 3 62 Sean Corkish 3 1 9 10 –1 4 Mohammad Alqraini 3 0 6 12 –6

Group L

Place Seed Team Matches Matches won Frames won Frames lost Difference 1 15 Mohammad Bilal 4 4 16 5 11 2 44 Felix Frede 4 3 13 9 4 3 65 Mohsen Bukshaisha 4 2 10 12 –2 4 Belan Sharif 4 1 11 13 –2 5 Sam Bond 4 0 5 16 –11

Group M

Place Seed Team Matches Matches won Frames won Frames lost Difference 1 13 Soheil Vahedi 4 4 16 4 12 2 30 Babar Masih 4 3 15 7 8 3 71 Tetsuya Kuwata 4 2 9 9 0 4 Thorri Jensson 4 1 7 13 –6 5 Arenc Norja 4 0 2 16 –14

Group N

Place Seed Team Matches Matches won Frames won Frames lost Difference 1 24 Oliver Brown 4 3 14 7 7 2 43 Bashar Abdulmajeed 4 3 13 12 1 3 66 Tomasz Skalski 4 2 13 12 1 4 Keishin Kamihashi 4 2 12 12 0 5 Thadeu Nobres 4 0 7 16 –9

Group O

Place Seed Team Matches Matches won Frames won Frames lost Difference 1 2 Mohamed Shehab 3 3 12 0 12 2 48 Krzysztof Wróbel 3 2 8 6 2 3 76 Khamis Alobaidli 3 1 5 10 –5 4 Ibrahim Ahamed 3 0 3 12 –9

Group P

Place Seed Team Matches Matches won Frames won Frames lost Difference 1 18 TJ Dowling 4 4 16 6 10 2 37 Muhammad Asif 4 3 14 7 7 3 56 Ali Alobaidli 4 2 13 8 5 4 Hesham Alsaqer 4 1 6 12 –6 5 Hisham Nadi 4 0 0 16 –16

Group Q

Place Seed Team Matches Matches won Frames won Frames lost Difference 1 12 Yuan Sijun 4 4 16 4 12 2 42 Mohd Reza Hassan 4 3 14 9 5 3 54 Jason Devaney 4 2 11 10 1 4 Omar Ali 4 1 9 14 –5 5 Matthew Scarborough 4 0 3 16 –13

Group R

Place Seed Team Matches Matches won Frames won Frames lost Difference 1 20 Chris Totten 3 3 12 6 6 2 39 Ahmed Saif 3 2 10 6 4 3 67 Alexis Callewaert 3 1 6 9 –3 4 Saif Al Shamsi 3 0 5 12 –7

Group S

Place Seed Team Matches Matches won Frames won Frames lost Difference 1 14 Keen Hoo Moh 4 4 16 4 12 2 36 Ivan Kakovsky 4 3 13 6 7 3 57 Daegyu Lee 4 2 11 11 0 4 Laszlo Kovacs 4 1 4 12 –8 5 Wayne Townsend 4 0 5 16 –11

Group T

Place Seed Team Matches Matches won Frames won Frames lost Difference 1 9 Michael Collumb 4 4 16 3 13 2 31 Mukhamed Karimberdi Uulu 4 3 13 5 8 3 59 Khaled Alastal 4 2 10 11 –1 4 Ulziitogtokh Davaasuren 4 1 8 12 –4 5 Epaminondas Pouris 4 0 0 16 –16

Group U

Place Seed Team Matches Matches won Frames won Frames lost Difference 1 11 Thanawat Tirapongpaiboon 4 4 16 4 12 2 33 Habib Subah 4 3 15 7 8 3 69 Ali Hussein 4 2 10 11 –1 4 Mikhail Terekhov 4 1 7 15 –8 5 Muhammad Faaris Kahn 4 3 16 12 –11

Group V

Place Seed Team Matches Matches won Frames won Frames lost Difference 1 8 Matthew Bolton 4 4 16 3 13 2 35 Alex Taubman 4 3 14 8 6 3 74 Mohamed Fazil 4 2 9 12 –3 4 Alvin Barbero 4 1 8 13 –5 5 Conor McCormack 4 0 5 16 –11

Group W

Place Seed Team Matches Matches won Frames won Frames lost Difference 1 5 Michael Judge 3 3 12 2 10 2 46 James Mifsud 3 2 8 8 0 3 63 Mohammed Alshamsi 3 1 9 8 1 4 Abdullah Alsuwaidi 3 0 1 12 –11

Group X

Place Seed Team Matches Matches won Frames won Frames lost Difference 1 21 Manan Chandra 4 3 15 7 8 2 27 Arman Dinarvand 4 3 14 6 8 3 58 Chee Keong Chan 4 3 12 13 –1 4 Sigurdur Kristjansson 4 1 10 12 –2 5 Dorjan Maknori 4 0 3 16 –13

Group Y

Place Seed Team Matches Matches won Frames won Frames lost Difference 1 22 Chen Zifan 4 3 15 7 8 2 40 Ismail Türker 4 3 13 7 6 3 53 Basem Eltahhan 4 3 14 8 6 4 Konstantin Afanasjev 4 1 8 15 –7 5 Audi Alnouti 4 0 3 16 –13

Group Z

Place Seed Team Matches Matches won Frames won Frames lost Difference 1 25 Mohamed Ibrahim 3 2 10 6 4 2 38 Kevin Van Hove 3 2 10 6 4 3 55 Ming Wa Man 3 2 10 6 4 4 Mikhail Li 3 0 0 12 –12

Knockout Rounds

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Round 1

Best of 7 frames

65 Mohsen Bukshaisha 1–4 64 Ang Boon Chin 73 Mhanaa Alobaidli 4–1 56 Ali Alobaidli 57 Daegyu Lee 3–4 72 Hamed Zarehdoost 69 Ali Hussein 3–4 60 Antonis Poullos 53 Basem Eltahhan 4–1 76 Khamis Alobaidli 77 Oskar Charlesworth 1–4 52 Mateusz Baranowski 61 Enkhjargal Enkhbaatar 4–2 68 Lee Chun Wai

67 Alexis Callewaert 1–4 62 Sean Corkish 51 Shu Seng Chua 2–4 76 Jyri Virtanen 75 Simon Lindblom 2–4 54 Jason Devaney 59 Khaled Alastal 4–2 70 Ahmed Aly Elsayed 71 Tetsuya Kuwata 4–1 58 Chee Keong Chan 55 Ming Wa Man 4–0 74 Mohamed Fazil 63 Mohammed Alshamsi 2–4 66 Tomasz Skalski

Round 2

Best of 7 frames

1 Jamie Rhys Clarke 4–1 64 Ang Boon Chin 33 Habib Subah 3–4 32 Brian Cini 17 Declan Brennan 4–3 48 Krzysztof Wróbel 49 Peter McCullagh 0–4 16 Issara Kachaiwong 9 Michael Collumb 4–0 73 Mhanaa Alobaidli 41 Amir Sarkhosh 4–3 24 Oliver Brown 25 Mohamed Ibrahim 4–3 40 Ismail Türker 72 Hamed Zarehdoost 4–3 8 Matthew Bolton 5 Michael Judge 4–1 60 Antonis Poullos 37 Muhammad Asif 4–2 28 Ryan Thomerson 21 Manan Chandra 4–2 44 Felix Frede 53 Basem Eltahhan 1–4 12 Yuan Sijun 13 Soheil Vahedi 4–3 52 Mateusz Baranowski 45 Marcin Nitschke 3–4 20 Chris Totten 29 Rhydian Richards 4–3 36 Ivan Kakovsky 61 Enkhjargal Enkhbaatar 0–4 4 Lukas Kleckers

3 Pankaj Advani 4–0 62 Sean Corkish 35 Alex Taubman 2–4 30 Babar Masih 19 Brandon Sargeant 4–0 46 James Mifsud 78 Jyri Virtanen 1–4 14 Keen Hoo Moh 11 Thanawat Tirapongpaiboon 4–0 54 Jason Devaney 43 Bashar Abdulmajeed 1–4 22 Chen Zifan 27 Arman Dinarvand 4–3 38 Kevin Van Hove 59 Khaled Alastal 1–4 6 Mohammad Rais Senzahi 7 Ka Wai Cheung 4–3 71 Tetsuya Kuwata 39 Ahmed Saif 3–4 26 Andrew Pagett 23 Lucky Vatnani 4–3 42 Mohd Reza Hassan 55 Ming Wa Man 2–4 10 Jeff Jacobs 15 Mohammad Bilal 4–0 50 Jason Todd 47 Ajeya Prabhakar 0–4 18 TJ Dowling 31 Mukhamed Karimberdi Uulu 2–4 34 Alexander Ursenbacher 66 Tomasz Skalski 1–4 2 Mohamed Shehab

Finals

	Round 3 Best of 9 frames					Round 4 Best of 9 frames					Quarter-Finals Best of 11 frames					Semi-Finals Best of 13 frames					Final Best of 15 frames
	1	J.R. Clarke	1
	32	B. Cini	5
						32	B. Cini	1
						17	D. Brennan	5
	17	D. Brennan	5
	16	I. Kachaiwong	4
											17	D. Brennan	6
											72	H. Zarehdoost	1
	9	M. Collumb	1
	41	A. Sarkhosh	5
						41	A. Sarkhosh	4
						72	H. Zarehdoost	5
	25	M. Ibrahim	2
	72	H. Zarehdoost	5
																17	D. Brennan	6
																13	S. Vahedi	7
	5	M. Judge	5
	37	M. Asif	3
						5	M. Judge	5
						21	M. Chandra	0
	21	M. Chandra	5
	12	Yuan S.	3
											5	M. Judge	1
											13	S. Vahedi	6
	13	S. Vahedi	5
	20	C. Totten	2
						13	S. Vahedi	5
						4	L. Kleckers	4
	29	R. Richards	4
	4	L. Kleckers	5
																					13	S. Vahedi	8
																					26	A. Pagett	1
	3	P. Advani	5
	30	B. Masih	3
						3	P. Advani	5
						14	Keen H.M.	3
	19	B. Sargeant	2
	14	Keen H.M.	5
											3	P. Advani	6
											11	T. Tirapongpaiboon	5
	11	T. Tirapongpaiboon	5
	22	Chen Z.	4
						11	T. Tirapongpaiboon	5
						6	M.R. Senzahi	2
	27	A. Dinarvand	0
	6	M.R. Senzahi	5
																3	P. Advani	2
																26	A. Pagett	7
	7	Ka W.C.	2
	26	A. Pagett	5
						26	A. Pagett	5
						23	L. Vatnani	2
	23	L. Vatnani	5
	10	J. Jacobs	0
											26	A. Pagett	6
											15	M. Bilal	5
	15	M. Bilal	5
	18	T. Dowling	3
						15	M. Bilal	5
						34	A. Ursenbacher	3
	34	A. Ursenbacher	5
	2	M. Shehab	3

References

1. "Issara Kachaiwong hits the maximum at IBSF World Snooker 2016". IBSF. Retrieved 28 November 2016.
2. "Soheil Vahedi wins the 2016 IBSF World Snooker". IBSF. Retrieved 29 November 2016.
3. "IBSF Snooker Championships Men - Doha / Qatar 2016 - Groups". International Billiards and Snooker Federation. Retrieved 24 November 2016.
4. "IBSF Snooker Championships Men - Doha / Qatar 2016 - Knockouts". International Billiards and Snooker Federation. Retrieved 24 November 2016.