Belgian Amateur Championship (snooker)

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

Belgian Amateur Championship
Tournament information
CountryBelgium
Established1984
Organisation(s)Belgium Billiards and Snooker Association
FormatAmateur event
Recent edition2019
Current champion(s) Kevin Hanssens

The competition was established in 1984, and was won by Mario Lannoye who would go on to win six of the first eight championships. Lannoye's six championships still stands as a record which he shares with Bjorn Haneveer who won his sixth championship in 2007. Luca Brecel became the youngest winner in the history of championship in 2010 at the age of 14 years.

The championship is currently held by Kevin Hanssens who defeated Kristof Vermeiren 7–2 in the final of the 2019 championship.

Winners

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Year Winner Runner-up Final score City
Amateur event
1984 Mario Lannoye George Dennef 5–0 Ostend
1985 Mario Lannoye Peter De Waele 7–1 Middelkerke
1986 Yvan Van Velthoven Mario Lannoye 7–6 Leuven
1987 Mario Lannoye Steve Lemmens 7–0 Zele
1988 Mario Lannoye Yvan Van Velthoven 7–6 Antwerp
1989 Mario Lannoye Yvan Van Velthoven 7–2 Antwerp
1990 Steve Lemmens Mario Lannoye 7–2 Antwerp
1991 Mario Lannoye Peter Blomme 6–1 Antwerp
1992 Yvan Van Velthoven Mario Geudens 7–5 Antwerp
1993 Danny Lathouwers Stefan Van Der Borght 7–2 Antwerp
1994 Yvan Van Velthoven Danny Lathouwers 7–3 Antwerp
1995 Patrick Delsemme Steve Lemmens 7–3 Antwerp
1996 Bjorn Haneveer Steve Lemmens 7–6 Antwerp
1997 Patrick Delsemme Steve Lemmens 7–5 Antwerp
1998 Bjorn Haneveer Mario Geudens 7–3 Antwerp
1999 Mario Geudens Bjorn Haneveer 7–5 Antwerp
2000 Bjorn Haneveer Alain De Cock 7–1 Antwerp
2001 Bjorn Haneveer Mario Geudens 7–3 Geraardsbergen
2002 Jim Spapen Mario Geudens 7–4 Geraardsbergen
2003 Nico Devlies Peter Bullen 7–1 Duffel
2004 Kevin Van Hove Jim Spapen 7–1 Duffel
2005 Bjorn Haneveer Nico Devlies 7–4 Duffel
2006 Jim Spapen Yvan Van Velthoven 7–6 Alken
2007 Bjorn Haneveer Patrick Delsemme 7–6 Alken
2008 Danny Lathouwers Kevin Van Hove 7–2 Alken
2009 Mario Geudens Kevin Van Hove 7–3 Duffel
2010 Luca Brecel Bjorn Haneveer 7–4 Mol
2011 Peter Bullen Bjorn Haneveer 7–3 Duffel
2012 Yvan Van Velthoven Kevin Van Hove 7–6 Gander
2013 Luca Brecel Yvan Van Velthoven 7–1 Lanklaar
2014 Luca Brecel Yvan Van Velthoven 7–5 Dilsen-Stokkem
2015[2] Peter Bullen Tomasz Skalski 7–5 Sint-Truiden
2016 Kevin Hanssens Peter Bullen 7–3 Sint-Truiden
2017 Jeff Jacobs Kevin Van Hove 7–4 Sint-Truiden
2018 Kevin Van Hove Julien Leclercq 7–5 Sint-Truiden
2019 Kevin Hanssens Kristof Vermeiren 7–2 Hasselt

Stats

Finalists
Rank Name Winner Runner-up Finals
1 Bjorn Haneveer 6 3 9
2 Mario Lannoye 6 2 8
3 Yvan Van Velthoven 4 5 9
4 Luca Brecel 3 0 3
5 Mario Geudens 2 4 6
5 Kevin Van Hove 2 4 6
7 Peter Bullen 2 1 3
7 Patrick Delsemme 2 1 3
7 Danny Lathouwers 2 1 3
7 Jim Spapen 2 1 3
8 Kevin Hanssens 2 0 2
12 Steve Lemmens 1 4 5
13 Nico Devlies 1 1 2
14 Jeff Jacobs 1 0 1
15 Tomasz Skalski 0 1 1
15 Alain De Cock 0 1 1
15 Stefan Van Der Borght 0 1 1
15 Peter Blomme 0 1 1
15 Peter De Waele 0 1 1
15 George Dennef 0 1 1

References
  1. "Championships – Hall Of Fame" (PDF). bbsa-snooker.be. Belgium Billiards and Snooker Association. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 5 December 2014.
  2. "dvdvdvdvewqf". Retrieved 24 May 2015.
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