ABSC All Africa Snooker Championships

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ABSC All Africa Snooker Championship
Tournament information
Established1993;32 years ago (1993)
Organisation(s)African Billiards & Snooker Confederation
FormatAmateur event
Recent edition2025
Current championFlag of Egypt.svg  Mahmoud El Hareedy  (EGY)

The ABSC All Africa Snooker Championship is an annual snooker competition and is the highest ranking amateur event in Africa. The event series is sanctioned by the African Billiards & Snooker Confederation. Established back in 1993 as the ABSF African Snooker Championship, the winner of the event often becomes the African nomination for the World Snooker Tour. Throughout the tournament’s 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 11 of 15 championships since the year 2000.

Contents

The championship is currently held by Mahmoud El Hareedy who defeated Yassine Bellamine 6–1 in the 2025 final.

Men's finals

[1]

YearVenueWinnerRunner-upScore
1993Unknown Flag of Mauritius.svg Ismael Teeluck Unknown
1994Flag of Mauritius.svg Port Louis, Mauritius Flag of South Africa (1982-1994).svg Bernie Jones Flag of South Africa (1982-1994).svg Schalk Mouton 11–10
1995 Flag of South Africa.svg Durban, South Africa Flag of South Africa.svg Warren Horsley Flag of South Africa.svg Bernie Jones 11–8
1996 [2] Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa Flag of South Africa.svg Hitesh Naran Flag of South Africa.svg Warren Horsley 11–8
1997–1998Unknown
1999 [3] Flag of Egypt.svg Cairo, Egypt Flag of South Africa.svg Warren Horsley Flag of South Africa.svg Munier Cassim 6–5
2000 [4] Flag of Morocco.svg Casablanca, Morocco Flag of Egypt.svg Mohamed El Hamy Flag of Egypt.svg Sherif Senna 5–4
2001Unknown
2002Flag of Egypt.svg Cairo, Egypt Flag of Egypt.svg Hesham Abbas Flag of Egypt.svg Wael Talaat 5–2
2003–2006Unknown
2007 [5] Flag of Morocco.svg Casablanca, Morocco Flag of Egypt.svg Wael Talaat Flag of Egypt.svg Mohamed Samy Elkhayat 5–4
2008 [6] Flag of Libya (1977-2011).svg Tripoli, Libya Flag of Egypt.svg Mohamed El Hamy Flag of Egypt.svg Mohamed Samy Elkhayat 6–2
2009 [7] Flag of South Africa.svg Johannesburg, South Africa Flag of Egypt.svg Wael Talaat Flag of Egypt.svg Mohamed Samy Elkhayat 6–0
2010Flag of Egypt.svg Cairo, Egypt Flag of Egypt.svg Mohamed Samy Elkhayat Flag of Egypt.svg Wael Talaat 6–1
2011 [8] Flag of Egypt.svg Cairo, Egypt Flag of Egypt.svg Wael Talaat Flag of Egypt.svg Mohamed El Hamy 6–4
2012 [9] Flag of South Africa.svg Johannesburg, South Africa Flag of South Africa.svg Peter Francisco Flag of Egypt.svg Mohamed Khairy 6–2
2013 [10] Flag of Morocco.svg Marrakech, Morocco Flag of South Africa.svg Peter Francisco Flag of Libya.svg Khaled Belaid Abumdas 6–2
2014Unknown
2015 [11] Flag of Tunisia.svg Tunis, Tunisia Flag of Egypt.svg Hatem Yassen Flag of Egypt.svg Mohamed Khairy 6–5
2016Flag of Egypt.svg Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt Flag of South Africa.svg Peter Francisco Flag of Egypt.svg Wael Talaat 6–1
2017Flag of Tunisia.svg Hammamet, Tunisia Flag of Egypt.svg Basem Eltahhan Flag of Egypt.svg Wael Talaat 6–5
2018 [12] Flag of Egypt.svg Cairo, Egypt Flag of Egypt.svg Mohamed Ibrahim Flag of Egypt.svg Mostafa Dorgham 6–1
2019 [13] Flag of Morocco.svg Rabat, Morocco Flag of Morocco.svg Amine Amiri Flag of Egypt.svg Abdelhamid Abdelrahman 5–4
2022Flag of Morocco.svg Casablanca, Morocco Flag of Egypt.svg Mohamed Ibrahim Flag of Egypt.svg Hesham Shawky 5–4
2023 [14] Flag of Morocco.svg Casablanca, Morocco Flag of Egypt.svg Mostafa Dorgham Flag of Egypt.svg Mohamed Khairy 5–2
2024 [15] Flag of South Africa.svg Johannesburg, South Africa Flag of Egypt.svg Hatem Yassen Flag of Egypt.svg Abdel Shaheen 6–5
2025 [16] Flag of Morocco.svg Saïdia, Morocco Flag of Egypt.svg Mahmoud El Hareedy Flag of Morocco.svg Yassine Bellamine 6–1

Champions by country

Champions by country
CountryPlayersTotalFirst titleLast title
Flag of Egypt.svg Egypt 91420002025
Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa 4719942016
Flag of Mauritius.svg Mauritius 1119931993
Flag of Morocco.svg Morocco 1120192019

Women's finals

YearVenueWinnerRunner-upScoreRef.
2015 Tunis, TunisiaFlag of South Africa.svg Jeanne Young (ZAF) Round-robin [17]
2022 Casablanca, MoroccoFlag of Morocco.svg  Yousra Matine  (MAR)Flag of Morocco.svg  Zineb Likaimi  (MAR)3–0 [18]
2023 Casablanca, MoroccoFlag of Morocco.svg Bennani Hind (MAR)Flag of Morocco.svg Yasmine Yathrib (MAR)3–0 [14]
2024 Johannesburg, South AfricaFlag of South Africa.svg Chantelle Perry (ZA)Flag of South Africa.svg Amy-Claire King (ZA)3–1 [15]
2025 Saïdia, MoroccoFlag of Morocco.svg  Yousra Matine  (MAR)Flag of Morocco.svg  Lazim Loubna  (MAR)4–3 [16]

Champions by country

Champions by country
CountryPlayersTotalFirst titleLast title
Flag of Morocco.svg Morocco 2320222025
Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa 2220152024

References

  1. ↑ "African Billiards & Snooker Confederation". African Billiards & Snooker Confederation. Archived from the original on 11 August 2020. Retrieved 26 July 2015.
  2. ↑ "Africa Billiards & Snooker Confederation". African Billiards & Snooker Federation. Retrieved 18 July 2024.
  3. ↑ "1999 ALL AFRICA SNOOKER CHAMPIONSHIP" (PDF). African Billiards & Snooker Federation. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 26 June 2015.
  4. ↑ "2000 African Snooker Championship" (PDF). African Billiards & Snooker Federation. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 26 June 2015.
  5. ↑ "The African Snooker Championship - Morocco 2007". African Billiards & Snooker Federation. Retrieved 26 July 2015.[ permanent dead link ]
  6. ↑ "The African Snooker Championship - Libya 2008". African Billiards & Snooker Federation. Archived from the original on 24 January 2017. Retrieved 26 July 2015.
  7. ↑ "The 2009 All Africa Snooker Championship". African Billiards & Snooker Federation. Archived from the original on 17 December 2015. Retrieved 26 July 2015.
  8. ↑ "The African Snooker Championship 2011". African Billiards & Snooker Federation. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 26 July 2015.
  9. ↑ "2012 ALL AFRICA SNOOKER CHAMPIONSHIP JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA". African Billiards & Snooker Federation. Archived from the original on 4 May 2015. Retrieved 26 July 2015.
  10. ↑ "The African Snooker Championship - Marrakech 2013". African Billiards & Snooker Federation. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 26 July 2015.
  11. ↑ "AMATEUR SNOOKER - 2015 African Snooker Championships". thecueview.com. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 26 July 2015.
  12. ↑ Snooker Scene, June 2018, page 39
  13. ↑ African Games
  14. 1 2 "Dorgham beats Khairy to Aftican Title". World Snooker Tour. 22 June 2023. Archived from the original on June 27, 2023. Retrieved 17 July 2023.
  15. 1 2 Watterson, Ryan (2024-08-21). "Hatem Yassen is the All-African Snooker Champion". WPBSA. Retrieved 2025-07-10.
  16. 1 2 Watterson, Ryan (2025-07-01). "Mahmoud El Hareedy Earns Professional Status with All-Africa Crown". WSF. Retrieved 2025-07-10.
  17. ↑ Stead, Marcus (July 2015). "Tournament winners". Around the world. Snooker Scene. p. 41.
  18. ↑ "Snooker african championship (women) - The Final Yousra Matine vs Zineb Likaimi". L’Association Nationale des Sports de Billard et de Snooker (Maroc). 24 June 2022. Retrieved 17 July 2023.
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