EBSA European Under-21 Snooker Championship

The EBSA European Under-21 Snooker Championships is the premier amateur junior snooker tournament in Europe. The event series is sanctioned by the European Billiards and Snooker Association. It took place first in 1997 and is held annually since then. The event was known as the EBSA European Under-19 Snooker Championships until 2010.[1][2][3] In most years the winner of the tournament qualifies for the next two seasons of the World Snooker Tour as well as being awarded the Ebdon Trophy which is named in honour of former World Champion Peter Ebdon.[4]

Winners

Sources: [1][2][3]

Year Venue Winner Runner-up Score Ref
EBSA European Under-19 Snooker Championships
1997 Saint Helier, Jersey Thomas Dowling Michael Holt 6–3
1998 Rabat, Malta Ian Preece Sean O'Neill 7–3 [5]
1999 Kalisz, Poland Gerrit bij de Leij Ian Preece 6–3
2000 Budapest, Hungary Roger Baksa Rolf de Jong 6–3
2001 Bad Wildungen, Germany Mark Joyce David Donovan 6–3 [6]
2002 Carlow, Ireland Robert Shanks Mark Joyce 6–3
2003 Riga, Latvia Jamie O’Neill Robert Shanks 6–3 [7]
2004 Wellingborough, England Jamie Jones Mark Allen 6–3 [8]
2005 Yekaterinburg, Russia Mark Allen Chris Norbury 6–5 [9]
2006 Riga, Latvia Ben Woollaston Vincent Muldoon 6–4 [10]
2007 Prestatyn, Wales Michael White Vincent Muldoon 6–2 [11]
2008 Glasgow, Scotland Stephen Craigie Anthony McGill 6–2 [12]
2009 Saint Petersburg, Russia Luca Brecel Michael Wasley 6–5 [13]
2010 Qawra, Malta Jak Jones Anthony McGill 6–4 [14]
EBSA European Under-21 Snooker Championships
2011 Qawra, Malta Kacper Filipiak Michael Leslie 6–3 [15]
2012 Sofia, Bulgaria Michael Leslie Shane Castle 6–2 [16]
2013 Bor, Serbia James Cahill Ashley Carty 6–0 [17]
2014 Bucharest, Romania Oliver Lines Josh Boileau 6–1 [18]
2015 Qawra, Malta Darryl Hill Louis Heathcote 6–3 [19]
2016 Wrocław, Poland Josh Boileau Brandon Sargeant 6–1 [20]
2017 Nicosia, Cyprus Alexander Ursenbacher Jackson Page 6–4 [21]
2018 Sofia, Bulgaria Simon Lichtenberg Tyler Rees 6–3 [22]
2019 Eilat, Israel Jackson Page Ross Bulman 5–1 [23]
2020 Albufeira, Portugal Aaron Hill Hayden Staniland 5–2 [24]
2021 Albufeira, Portugal Dylan Emery Julien Leclercq 5–2 [25]
2022 Shengjin, Albania Ben Mertens Florian Nüßle 5–1 [26]
2023 St. Paul's Bay, Malta Liam Graham Iulian Boiko 5–2 [27]
2024 Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina Liam Davies Antoni Kowalski 5–3 [28]
2025 Antalya, Turkey Iulian Boiko Oliver Sykes 5–4 [29]

Statistics

Champions by country

Country Players First title Last title
England 7 2000 2014
Wales 7 1998 2024
 Ireland 3 1997 2020
Scotland 3 2002 2023
Belgium 2 2009 2022
Netherlands 1 1999 1999
Northern Ireland 1 2005 2005
Poland 1 2011 2011
Isle of Man 1 2015 2015
 Switzerland 1 2017 2017
Germany 1 2018 2018
Ukraine 1 2025 2025

See also

References

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  26. ^ "European Snooker Championships U21 - Shengjin / Albania 2022". EBSA.
  27. ^ "European Snooker Championships U21 - St. Paul's Bay / Malta 2023". EBSA.
  28. ^ "European Snooker Championships U21 - Sarajevo / Bosnia Herzegovina 2024". EBSA. Retrieved 24 March 2024.
  29. ^ http://esnooker.pl/turnieje/2025/me21/en/index.php
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