2015 IBSF World Snooker Championship – Men's

IBSF World Snooker Championship
Tournament information
Dates	9–21 November 2015
City	Hurghada
Country	Egypt
Organisation	IBSF
Total prize fund	$16,000
Highest break	Pankaj Advani (141)
Final
Champion	Pankaj Advani
Runner-up	Zhao Xintong
Score	8–6
	← 2014 2016 →

Last updated August 16, 2024

The 2015 IBSF World Snooker Championship is an amateur snooker tournament that took place from 9 November to 21 November 2015 in Hurghada, Egypt. It was the 41st edition of the IBSF World Snooker Championship and also doubled as a qualification event for the World Snooker Tour.

The event was originally due to take place in Sharm el-Sheikh, however due to the Metrojet Flight 9268 crash the tournament was relocated to Hurghada. Because of this many competitors withdrew from the competition amid safety fears, Including the entire Libyan, Russian, South Korean and Sri Lankan teams. This ended up leaving some of the groups featuring as little as four players who would subsequently all qualify for the knockout stage of the tournament regardless of their results in the group stage.

The final would go on to feature a contest between 2003 IBSF World Snooker Champion Pankaj Advani and Chinese player Zhao Xintong who had previously reached the 2013 IBSF World Snooker Championship final before losing 8–4 to fellow country man Zhou Yuelong.^[1]

Number 6 seed Advani would eventually go on to win the championship defeating Xintong 8–6 in the final. Following the tournaments result Advani was offered a two-year card on the professional World Snooker Tour for the 2016/2017 and 2017/2018 seasons.^[2]^[3] Advani had previously played on World Snooker Tour up until September 2014, when he announced that he was relinquishing his snooker tour card in order to concentrate on his billiards career and spend more time with his family.^[4]

Results

Group Round

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Group A

Place	Seed	Team	Matches	Matches won	Frames won	Frames lost	Difference
1	21	Tomasz Skalski	5	4	18	11	7
2	35	Michael Rhodes	5	4	17	10	7
3	47	Habib Subah	5	3	18	11	7
4	68	Mohamed Khairy	5	3	15	12	3
5		Mohammed Alshamsi	5	1	11	18	–7
6		Mohamed Abdelmoniem	5	0	3	20	–17

Group B

Place	Seed	Team	Matches	Matches won	Frames won	Frames lost	Difference
1	13	Rodney Goggins	5	5	20	7	13
2	30	Nadir Khan Sultani	5	4	19	10	9
3	50	Ryan Thomerson	5	3	18	12	6
4	76	Bashar Abdulmajeed	5	2	11	16	–5
5		Mohamed Abdel Hakim	5	1	11	16	–5
6		Khaled Farouk	5	0	2	20	–18

Group C

Place	Seed	Team	Matches	Matches won	Frames won	Frames lost	Difference
1	12	Raymon Fabrie	5	5	20	16	14
2	31	Shannon Dixon	5	4	19	11	8
3	51	Ang Boon Chin	5	3	15	10	5
4	77	Mohamed Ibrahim	5	2	13	12	1
5		Thomas Janzso	5	1	5	18	–13
6		Mutaz Alsalaymeh	5	0	5	20	–15

Group D

Place	Seed	Team	Matches	Matches won	Frames won	Frames lost	Difference
1	22	Dharminder Lilly	5	4	18	11	7
2	32	Saqib Nasir	5	4	19	12	7
3	45	Lin Tang Ho	5	3	17	11	6
4	78	Yaser Elsherbiny	5	3	16	17	–1
5		Lukas Krenek	5	1	10	16	–6
6		Abdullah Alshammari	5	0	7	20	–13

Group E

Place	Seed	Team	Matches	Matches won	Frames won	Frames lost	Difference
1	14	Basem Eltahhan	5	5	20	7	13
2	28	Brian Cini	5	4	18	8	10
3	57	Alijalil Ali	5	3	13	12	1
4	75	Gary Thomson	5	2	14	16	–2
5		Abdulraouf Saigh	5	1	13	18	–5
6		Zargouni Zine El Abidine	5	0	3	20	–17

Group F

Place	Seed	Team	Matches	Matches won	Frames won	Frames lost	Difference
1	17	Michael Collumb	4	4	16	7	9
2	43	David Cassidy	4	2	13	10	3
3	58	Karim Elabd	4	2	12	10	2
4	72	Keishin Kamihashi	4	2	9	10	–1
5		Haitham Al Hammadi	4	0	3	16	–13

Group G

Place	Seed	Team	Matches	Matches won	Frames won	Frames lost	Difference
1	18	Karam Fatima	5	5	20	9	11
2	41	Richard Halliday	5	3	17	12	5
3	61	Mohamed Youssef	5	3	15	16	–1
4	71	Ahmed Aly Elsayed	5	2	15	15	0
5		Haitham Shikh Khalil	5	1	10	17	–7
6		Daniel Mily	5	1	10	18	–8

Group H

Place	Seed	Team	Matches	Matches won	Frames won	Frames lost	Difference
1	11	Ahmed Aseeri	5	5	20	6	14
2	44	James Mifsud	5	3	17	13	4
3	65	Antti Mannila	5	3	15	12	3
4	83	Abdelrahman Abdelhamid	5	2	14	12	2
5		Yazan Alhadad	5	2	9	13	–4
6		Harzallah Oussema	5	0	1	10	–19

Group J

Place	Seed	Team	Matches	Matches won	Frames won	Frames lost	Difference
1	2	Abdul Sattar	3	3	12	1	11
2	36	Ahmed Janahi	3	2	9	7	2
3	64	Mostafa Dorgham	3	1	6	9	–3
4	81	Jérôme Liedtke	3	0	2	12	–10

Group K

Place	Seed	Team	Matches	Matches won	Frames won	Frames lost	Difference
1	4	Zhao Xintong	4	4	16	2	14
2	38	Mohammad Rais Senzahi	4	3	13	8	5
3	63	Lukas Kleckers	4	2	9	9	0
4	85	Lim Chun Kiat	4	1	6	13	–7
5		Abdelrahman Shahin	4	0	4	16	–12

Group L

Place	Seed	Team	Matches	Matches won	Frames won	Frames lost	Difference
1	6	Pankaj Advani	5	5	20	4	16
2	24	Mohsen Bukshaisha	5	4	17	7	10
3	60	John Kennish	5	3	13	12	1
4	73	Hesham Shawky	5	2	15	16	–1
5		Chee Keong Chan	5	1	8	16	–8
6		Stayros Xatzihtooulou	5	0	2	20	–18

Group M

Place	Seed	Team	Matches	Matches won	Frames won	Frames lost	Difference
1	15	Keen Hoo Moh	4	4	16	6	10
2	25	Rhydian Richards	4	3	14	6	8
3	65	Khaled Farag	4	2	9	11	–2
4	87	Omar Alajlani	4	1	7	15	–8
5		Victor Sarkis	4	0	8	16	–8

Group N

Place	Seed	Team	Matches	Matches won	Frames won	Frames lost	Difference
1	8	Muhammad Sajjad	5	5	20	4	16
2	23	Issara Kachaiwong	5	4	18	5	13
3	59	Tymour Hussien	5	3	14	12	2
4	82	Alaa Elsaed	5	1	8	17	–9
5		Derek Martin	5	1	9	19	–10
6		Ahmed Haitham	5	1	7	19	–12

Group P

Place	Seed	Team	Matches	Matches won	Frames won	Frames lost	Difference
1	1	Kritsanut Lertsattayathorn	4	4	16	1	15
2	39	Kok Leong Lim	4	3	12	9	3
3	67	Tamer Waheed	4	1	10	13	–3
4	74	Mostafa Gebely	4	1	10	15	–5
5		Talal Ali	4	1	10	15	–10

Group Q

Place	Seed	Team	Matches	Matches won	Frames won	Frames lost	Difference
1	5	Yuan Sijun	5	5	20	3	17
2	27	Amir Sarkhosh	5	4	19	9	10
3	55	Greg Casey	5	3	14	9	5
4	84	Khaled Alastal	5	2	11	13	–2
5		Ibrahem Mahmoud	5	1	6	16	–10
6		Epaminondas Pouris	5	0	0	20	–20

Group R

Place	Seed	Team	Matches	Matches won	Frames won	Frames lost	Difference
1	19	Alex Borg	5	4	18	11	7
2	29	Ali Alobaidli	5	4	19	10	9
3	48	Khalid Kamali	5	3	16	11	5
4	70	Peter Bullen	5	3	13	12	1
5		Mohamed Hammouda	5	1	9	17	–8
6		Akdi Soulaimane	5	0	2	20	–18

Group S

Place	Seed	Team	Matches	Matches won	Frames won	Frames lost	Difference
1	10	Tetsuya Kuwata	5	5	20	5	15
2	40	Ben Jones	5	3	17	11	6
3	52	Adrian Ridley	5	3	14	11	3
4	79	Ahmed Samir	5	2	11	15	–4
5		Ahmed Galal	5	2	10	17	–7
6		Reza Rezvani	5	0	7	20	–13

Group T

Place	Seed	Team	Matches	Matches won	Frames won	Frames lost	Difference
1	9	Lee Chun Wai	5	5	20	4	16
2	42	Shahram Changezi	5	3	16	10	6
3	62	Ryan Causton	5	3	13	13	0
4	80	Mohamed Hemdan	5	2	11	12	–1
5		Thadeu Giannattasio Nobres	5	2	11	14	–3
6		Ahmed Saloomi	5	0	2	20	–18

Group U

Place	Seed	Team	Matches	Matches won	Frames won	Frames lost	Difference
1	3	Soheil Vahedi	5	5	20	2	18
2	37	Varun Madan	5	4	15	16	1
3	49	Alex Taubman	5	3	16	12	4
4	86	Antti Tolvanen	5	1	12	18	–6
5		Cader Mohamed	5	1	9	16	–7
6		Nansen Sin Man Wan	5	1	9	19	–10

Group V

Place	Seed	Team	Matches	Matches won	Frames won	Frames lost	Difference
1	16	Muhammad Asif	5	5	20	8	12
2	26	Faisal Khan	5	4	19	9	10
3	46	Aaron Busuttil	5	3	17	11	6
4	88	Abdul Mutalieb Allie	5	2	11	13	–2
5		Omar Ali	5	1	7	17	–10
6		Moneam Neffati	5	0	4	20	–16

Group W

Place	Seed	Team	Matches	Matches won	Frames won	Frames lost	Difference
1	7	Mohamed Shehab	5	5	20	4	16
2	33	Jamie Clarke	5	4	17	11	6
3	53	Saeed Abooyesani	5	3	13	11	2
4	66	Chau Hon Man	5	2	12	12	0
5		Muhammad Faaris Kahn	5	1	10	16	–6
6		Elaziz Oussama	5	0	2	20	–18

Group X

Place	Seed	Team	Matches	Matches won	Frames won	Frames lost	Difference
1	20	Ahmed Saif	5	4	18	8	10
2	34	Mohd Reza Hassan	5	4	18	11	7
3	54	Dominik Scherübl	5	3	16	11	5
4	69	Ali Hussein	5	3	15	13	2
5		Moez Chaouachi	5	1	11	19	–8
6		Marios Kleitou	5	0	4	20	–16

Knockout rounds

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Round 1

Best of 7 frames


65	Khaled Farag	4–1	64	Mostafa Dorgham
81	Jérôme Liedtke	2–4	48	Khalid Kamali
49	Alex Taubman	4–2	80	Mohamed Hemdan
73	Hesham Shawky	2–4	56	Antti Mannila
41	Richard Halliday	4–2	88	Abdul Mutalieb Allie
57	Alijalil Ali	4–1	72	Keishin Kamihashi
69	Ali Hussein	3–4	60	John Kennish
85	Lim Chun Kiat	4–1	44	James Mifsud
53	Saeed Abooyesani	1–4	76	Bashar Abdulmajeed
77	Mohamed Ibrahim	1–4	52	Adrian Ridley
45	Lin Tang Ho	4–1	84	Khaled Alastal
61	Mohamed Youssef	1–4	68	Mohamed Khairy


67	Tamer Waheed	0–4	62	Ryan Causton
83	Abdelrahman Abdelhamid	1–4	46	Aaron Busuttil
51	Ang Boon Chin	2–4	76	Yaser Elsherbiny
75	Gary Thomson	4–3	54	Dominik Scherübl
43	David Cassidy	3–4	86	Antti Tolvanen
59	Tymour Hussien	1–4	70	Peter Bullen
71	Ahmed Aly Elsayed	3–4	58	Karim Elabd
87	Omar Alajlani	4–2	42	Shahram Changezi
55	Greg Casey	4–2	74	Mostafa Gebely
79	Ahmed Samir	0–4	50	Ryan Thomerson
47	Habib Subah	4–1	82	Alaa Elsaed
63	Lukas Kleckers	4–1	66	Chau Hon Man

Round 2

Best of 7 frames


1	Kritsanut Lertsattayathorn	4–0	65	Khaled Farag
33	Jamie Clarke	4–1	32	Saqib Nasir
17	Michael Collumb	4–1	48	Khalid Kamali
49	Alex Taubman	1–4	16	Muhammad Asif
9	Lee Chun Wai	4–1	56	Antti Mannila
41	Richard Halliday	0–4	24	Mohsen Bukshaisha
25	Rhydian Richards	1–4	40	Ben Jones
57	Alijalil Ali	4–0	8	Muhammad Sajjad
5	Yuan Sijun	4–0	60	John Kennish
37	Varun Madan	3–4	28	Brian Cini
21	Tomasz Skalski	4–3	44	Lim Chun Kiat
76	Bashar Abdulmajeed	4–1	12	Raymon Fabrie
13	Rodney Goggins	4–2	52	Adrian Ridley
45	Lin Tang Ho	4–3	20	Ahmed Saif
29	Ali Alobaidli	3–4	36	Belan Sharif
68	Mohamed Khairy	0–4	4	Zhao Xintong


3	Soheil Vahedi	4–1	62	Ryan Causton
35	Michael Rhodes	4–2	30	Nadir Khan Sultani
19	Alex Borg	4–2	46	Aaron Busuttil
78	Yaser Elsherbiny	4–2	14	Basem Eltahhan
11	Ahmed Aseeri	3–4	75	Gary Thomson
86	Antti Tolvanen	1–4	22	Dharminder Lilly
27	Amir Sarkhosh	4–2	38	Mohammad Rais Senzahi
70	Peter Bullen	0–4	6	Pankaj Advani
7	Mohamed Shehab	4–1	58	Karim Elabd
39	Kok Leong Lim	3–4	26	Faisal Khan
23	Issara Kachaiwong	4–0	87	Omar Alajlani
55	Greg Casey	4–1	10	Tetsuya Kuwata
15	Keen Hoo Moh	4–2	50	Ryan Thomerson
47	Habib Subah	1–4	18	Karam Fatima
31	Shannon Dixon	3–4	34	Mohd Reza Hassan
63	Lukas Kleckers	4–0	2	Abdul Sattar

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	Kritsanut Lertsattayathorn	5

33	Jamie Clarke	1
			1	Kritsanut Lertsattayathorn	5

			16	Muhammad Asif	4
17	Michael Collumb	3

16	Muhammad Asif	5
						1	Kritsanut Lertsattayathorn	4

						40	Ben Jones	6
9	Lee Chun Wai	0

24	Mohsen Bukshaisha	5
			24	Mohsen Bukshaisha	1

			40	Ben Jones	5
40	Ben Jones	5

57	Alijalil Ali	1
									40	Ben Jones	1

									4	Zhao Xintong	7
5	Yuan Sijun	3

28	Brian Cini	5
			28	Brian Cini	5

			21	Tomasz Skalski	2
21	Tomasz Skalski	5

76	Bashar Abdulmajeed	2
						28	Brian Cini	2

						4	Zhao Xintong	6
13	Rodney Goggins	4

45	Lin Tang Ho	5
			45	Lin Tang Ho	0

			4	Zhao Xintong	5
36	Belan Sharif	2

4	Zhao Xintong	5
												4	Zhao Xintong	6

												6	Pankaj Advani	8
3	Soheil Vahedi	5

35	Michael Rhodes	4
			3	Soheil Vahedi	4

			19	Alex Borg	5
19	Alex Borg	5

78	Yaser Elsherbiny	2
						19	Alex Borg	0

						6	Pankaj Advani	6
75	Gary Thomson	5

22	Dharminder Lilly	4
			75	Gary Thomson	1

			6	Pankaj Advani	5
27	Amir Sarkhosh	2

6	Pankaj Advani	5
									6	Pankaj Advani	7

									63	Lukas Kleckers	5
7	Mohamed Shehab	5

26	Faisal Khan	3
			7	Mohamed Shehab	2

			55	Greg Casey	5
23	Issara Kachaiwong	3

55	Greg Casey	5
						55	Greg Casey	4

						63	Lukas Kleckers	6
15	Keen Hoo Moh	4

18	Karam Fatima	5
			18	Karam Fatima	1

			63	Lukas Kleckers	5
34	Mohd Reza Hassan	2

63	Lukas Kleckers	5

Century breaks

141, 109, 108, 106, 105 – Pankaj Advani
136, 108 – Brian Cini
130, 102 – Issara Kachaiwong
127 – Basem Eltahhan
126, 119, 116, 108, 105 – Zhao Xintong
126 – Saqib Nasir
122 – Mohd Reza Hassan
122 – Shahram Changezi
122 – Alex Borg
120 – Alex Taubman

119 – Muhammad Sajjad
115 – Ryan Thomerson
110 – Amir Sarkhosh
109, 108 – Soheil Vahedi
109 – Faisal Khan
107 – Ben Jones
103, 102 – Lee Chun Wai
102 – Aaron Busuttil
102 – Michael Collumb
101 – Karam Fatima

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Tournament information
Dates	9–21 November 2015 (2015-11-09 – 2015-11-21)
City	Hurghada
Country	Egypt
Organisation	IBSF
Total prize fund	$16,000
Highest break	Pankaj Advani (141)
Final
Champion	Pankaj Advani
Runner-up	Zhao Xintong
Score	8–6
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