IBSF World Billiards Championship

This article is about the amateur competition and is not to be confused with the professional competition, WPBSA World Billiards Championship.

The IBSF World Billiards Championship (previously known as the World Amateur Billiards Championship) is the premier, international, non-professional tournament for the game of English billiards. Dating to some form to 1951, the event has been sanctioned by the International Billiards and Snooker Federation since 1973.

History

Prior to 1951, when the first "world amateur" championship was held under the auspices of the Billiards Association and Control Council (based in London),[1] this event was called the [British] Empire Billiards Championship.[2]

In 1971, after many years' discussion,[3] the World Billiards & Snooker Council was formed, changing its name in 1973 to the International Billiards & Snooker Federation. The name change came about because of the disquiet of many overseas national associations that the same body should oversee both the English domestic game and the game at international level. Consequently, the IBSF took control of the organisation of the non-professional championships of both snooker and billiards. The first winner from outside the British Commonwealth did not occur until 1999.

From 2012 to 2015, the IBSF World Billiards Championship was merged with the World Professional Billiards Championship. Under the name World Billiards Championship, tournaments were held in both points and timed format.

Champions

Finals are listed below.[4]

Men

# Year Venue Winner Runner-up Score
Billiards Association and Control Council
1 1926 London Joe Earlam George Shailer Round Robin
2 1927 London Allan Prior Horace Coles Round Robin
3 1929 Johannesburg Les Hayes Allan Prior Round Robin
4 1931 Sydney Laurie Steeples Sydney Lee Round Robin
5 1933 London Sydney Lee Tom Jones Round Robin
6 1935 London Horace Coles J McGhie Round Robin
7 1936 Johannesburg Bob Marshall Allan Prior Round Robin
8 1938 Melbourne Bob Marshall Kingsley Kennerley Round Robin
Billiards and Snooker Control Council
9 1951 London Bob Marshall Frank Edwards Round Robin
10 1952 Calcutta Leslie Driffield Bob Marshall Round Robin
11 1954 Sydney Tom Cleary Bob Marshall Round Robin
12 1958 Calcutta Wilson Jones Leslie Driffield Round Robin
13 1960 Edinburgh Herbert Beetham Jim Long Round Robin
14 1962 Perth Bob Marshall Wilson Jones 3623–2891
15 1964 Pukekohe Wilson Jones Jack Karnehm Round Robin
16 1967 Colombo Leslie Driffield Muhammad Lafir Round Robin
17 1969 London Jack Karnehm Michael Ferreira Round Robin
18 1971 Malta Norman Dagley Mannie Francisco Round Robin
International Billiards and Snooker Federation
19 1973 Bombay Muhammad Lafir Satish Mohan Round Robin
20 1975 Auckland Norman Dagley Michael Ferreira 3385–2268
21 1977 Melbourne Michael Ferreira Bob Close 2683–2564
22 1979 Sri Lanka Paul Mifsud Norman Dagley 2943–2152
23 1981 Delhi Michael Ferreira Norman Dagley 2725–2631
24 1983 Malta Michael Ferreira Subhash Agarwal 3933–2744
25 1985 Dublin Geet Sethi Bob Marshall 3809–2453
26 1987 Belfast Geet Sethi Joe Grech 4846–3256
27 1990 Bangalore Manoj Kothari Ashok Shandilya 2890–2422
28 1997 Malta Joe Grech Ashok Shandilya 2895–2836
29 1998 Australia Robby Foldvari Praput Chaithanasakun 1869–1439
30 1999 Ireland Praput Chaithanasakun Paul Bennett 3201–1657
31 2000 England Chris Shutt Roxton Chapman 11–9 (50up)
32 2001 New Zealand Geet Sethi Ashok Shandilya 3484–1289
New Era (Timed + Points)
33 2002 Australia (timed) Mike Russell Geet Sethi 2438–1499
33 2002 Australia (points) Ashok Shandilya Praput Chaithanasakun 11–9 (50up)
34 2003 India Lee Lagan Geet Sethi 6–5 (150up)
35 2005 Malta (timed) Pankaj Advani Geet Sethi 2242–1717
35 2005 Malta (points) Pankaj Advani Devendra Joshi 6–2 (150up)
36 2007 Singapore (timed) Pankaj Advani Dhruv Sitwala 1946–1488
36 2007 Singapore (points) Rupesh Shah Ashok Shandilya 6–4 (150up)
37 2008 Bangalore (timed) Pankaj Advani Devendra Joshi 2368–2020
37 2008 Bangalore (points) Pankaj Advani Geet Sethi 6–1 (150up)
38 2010 Maharashtra (timed) Mike Russell Peter Gilchrist 4120–784
38 2010 Maharashtra (points) Mike Russell Pankaj Advani 6–0 (150up)
39 2011 Carlow (timed) Mike Russell Matthew Bolton 3001–519
39 2011 Carlow (points) Mike Russell Pankaj Advani 6–3 (150up)
2012-2015 with World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association (WPBSA)
40 2012 England (timed) Pankaj Advani Mike Russell 1895–1216
40 2012 England (points) Rupesh Shah Matthew Bolton 6–2
41 2013 England (Long-Up) Peter Gilchrist David Causier 1500–1085
41 2013 England (150-Up) David Causier Alok Kumar 6–1
42 2014 England (timed) Pankaj Advani Rob Hall 1928–893
42 2014 England (150-up) Pankaj Advani Peter Gilchrist 6–2
43 2015 Adelaide (timed) Pankaj Advani Peter Gilchrist 2408–1240
43 2015 Adelaide (150-Up) Peter Gilchrist Pankaj Advani 6–4
2012-2015 with World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association (WPBSA)
44 2016 India (150-Up) Pankaj Advani Peter Gilchrist 6–3
44 2016 India (Long-Up) Peter Gilchrist Sourav Kothari 1500–617
45 2017 Doha (150-Up) Pankaj Advani Mike Russell 6–2
45 2017 Doha (Long-Up) Mike Russell Robert Hall 1500–1284
46 2018 Yangon (150-Up) Pankaj Advani Nay Thway Oo 6–2
46 2018 Yangon (Long-Up) Pankaj Advani Bhaskar Balachandra 1500–299
47 2019 Mandalay (150-Up) Pankaj Advani Nay Thway Oo 6–2
47 2019 Mandalay (Long-Up) Peter Gilchrist Praprut Chaithanasakun 1000–732
48 2022 Kuala Lumpur (150-Up) Pankaj Advani Sourav Kothari 4–0
49 2023 Doha (150-Up) Pankaj Advani Sourav Kothari 5–0
49 2023 Doha (Long-Up) Pankaj Advani Sourav Kothari 1000–416
50 2025 Carlow (Long-Up) Sourav Kothari Pankaj Advani 725–480

Women

  1. 2015  Australia:

Arantxa Sanchis  India - R. Umadevi  India 414-255


In 2015, the International Billiards and Snooker Federation held its own version of a World Women's Billiards Championship.[5] Arantxa Sanchis defeated Revanna Umadevi to take the title.[5]

IBSF World Women's Billiards Championship final
Year Organiser Winner Runner-up Final score Venue Ref.
2015 IBSF  Arantxa Sanchis (IND)  Revanna Umadevi (IND) 414–255 Oceania Snooker Academy, Adelaide [5][6]

Juniors Men

  1. 2015  Australia:

S. Shrikrishna  India - Ishpreet Chadha  India 731-525

Juniors Women

Not held.

Summary

Men

Country Titles
India 27
England 18
Australia 7
Singapore 4
Malta 2
South Africa 1
Sri Lanka 1
Thailand 1
Wales 1

Women

Country Titles
India 1

See also

References

  1. ^ Northern Ireland Billiards Association Minutes, p. 133, 5 July 1951
  2. ^ Northern Ireland Billiards Association Minutes, 1926-50
  3. ^ NIBA Minutes, p. 198, 1959 (Billiards Association of India and BACC discussions on formation of a world body)
  4. ^ "Past champions". IBSF. Archived from the original on 28 March 2023. Retrieved 25 November 2024.
  5. ^ a b c "Past Champions". International Billiards and Snooker Federation. Archived from the original on 28 February 2025. Retrieved 23 January 2025.
  6. ^ Pathak, Vivek (18 September 2015). "World Billiards to Commence on Sunday". International Billiards and Snooker Federation. Archived from the original on 10 September 2016. Retrieved 23 January 2025.
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