ABSF African Snooker Championships


The ABSF African Snooker Championship is an annual snooker competition and is the highest ranking and most prestigious amateur event in Africa. The event series is sanctioned by the African Billiards & Snooker Federation having been established back in 1993 the winner of the event often becomes the African nomination for the World Snooker Tour. Throughout the tournaments early history the championship was dominated by South African players however at the turn of the millennium Egyptian players became the dominant force in the championship, winning 9 of 12 championships since the year 2000.
The championship is currently held by Mohamed Ibrahim who defeated Mostafa Dorgham 6–1 in the final of the 2018 championship.

Criticism

The ABSF African Snooker Championship has been criticised for being perceived as one of the weakest amateur events in world snooker with the tour card winner from the championship often struggling on the World Snooker Tour. Both 2013 runner-up Khaled Belaid Abumdas and 2015 champion Hatem Yassen failed to win a single match in the two years each of them spent on the world tour. 2012 runner-up Mohamed Khairy also struggled only managing to win two matches during his time on the world tour. The strongest criticism has suggested that in its current guise as a developing region that the tournament doesn't warrant a spot on the professional world tour and denies players of a much higher standard in Europe and Asia joining the world tour.
ABSF president Mohammed Kammah has defended the standard African players stating that finance has always been the biggest obstacle for players, as well as immigration issues that most African players face when competing in UK tournaments during the professional season.

Winners

YearVenueWinnerRunner-upScore
1993Unknown Ismael TeeluckUnknownUnknown
1994 Port Louis, Mauritius Bernie Jones Schalk Mouton11–10
1995Unknown Warren Horsley Bernie Jones11–8
1996Unknown Hitesh NaranUnknownUnknown
1997–1998UnknownUnknownUnknownUnknown
1999 Cairo, Egypt Warren Horsley Munier Cassim6–5
2000 Casablanca, Morocco Mohamed El Hamy Sherif Senna5–4
2001UnknownUnknownUnknownUnknown
2002 Cairo, Egypt Hesham Abbas Wael Talaat5–2
2003–2006UnknownUnknownUnknownUnknown
2007 Casablanca, Morocco Wael Talaat Mohamed Samy Elkhayat5–4
2008 Tripoli, Libya Mohamed El Hamy Mohamed Samy Elkhayat6–2
2009 Johannesburg, South Africa Wael Talaat Mohamed Samy Elkhayat6–0
2010 Cairo, Egypt Mohamed Samy Elkhayat Wael Talaat6–1
2011 Cairo, Egypt Wael Talaat Mohamed El Hamy6–4
2012 Johannesburg, South Africa Peter Francisco Mohamed Khairy6–2
2013 Marrakech, Morocco Peter Francisco Khaled Belaid Abumdas6–2
2014UnknownUnknownUnknownUnknown
2015 Tunis, Tunisia Hatem Yassen Mohamed Khairy6–5
2016 Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt Peter Francisco Wael Talaat6–1
2017 Hammamet, Tunisia Basem Eltahhan Wael Talaat6–5
2018 Cairo, Egypt Mohamed Ibrahim Mostafa Dorgham6–1
2019 Tunisia

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Champions by country