ABSF African Snooker Championships

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ABSC African Snooker Championship
Tournament information
Established1993;31 years ago (1993)
Organisation(s)African Billiards & Snooker Confederation
FormatAmateur event
Recent edition2024
Current championFlag of Egypt.svg  Hatem Yassen  (EGY)

The ABSC 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 Confederation. established back in 1993, 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 Hatem Yassen who defeated Abdel Shaheen 6–5 in the final of the 2024 All-Africa Snooker Championship to win the trophy for a 2nd time. [1]

Men's finals

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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 [3] 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 [4] Flag of Egypt.svg Cairo, Egypt Flag of South Africa.svg Warren Horsley Flag of South Africa.svg Munier Cassim 6–5
2000 [5] 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 [6] Flag of Morocco.svg Casablanca, Morocco Flag of Egypt.svg Wael Talaat Flag of Egypt.svg Mohamed Samy Elkhayat 5–4
2008 [7] 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 [8] 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 [9] Flag of Egypt.svg Cairo, Egypt Flag of Egypt.svg Wael Talaat Flag of Egypt.svg Mohamed El Hamy 6–4
2012 [10] Flag of South Africa.svg Johannesburg, South Africa Flag of South Africa.svg Peter Francisco Flag of Egypt.svg Mohamed Khairy 6–2
2013 [11] Flag of Morocco.svg Marrakech, Morocco Flag of South Africa.svg Peter Francisco Flag of Libya.svg Khaled Belaid Abumdas 6–2
2014Unknown
2015 [12] 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 [13] Flag of Egypt.svg Cairo, Egypt Flag of Egypt.svg Mohamed Ibrahim Flag of Egypt.svg Mostafa Dorgham 6–1
2019 [14] 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 [15] Flag of Morocco.svg Casablanca, Morocco Flag of Egypt.svg Mostafa Dorgham Flag of Egypt.svg Mohamed Khairy 5–2
2024 Johannesburg, South AfricaFlag of Egypt.svg  Hatem Yassen  (EGY)Flag of Egypt.svg  Abdel Shaheen  (EGY)6–5

Champions by country

Champions by country
CountryPlayersTotalFirst titleLast title
Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt 81320002024
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 [16]
2022 Casablanca, MoroccoFlag of Morocco.svg  Yousra Matine  (MAR)Zineb Likaimi3–0 [17]
2023 Casablanca, MoroccoFlag of Morocco.svg Bennani Hind (MAR)Flag of Morocco.svg Yasmine Yathrib (MAR)3–0 [15]
2024 Johannesburg, South AfricaFlag of South Africa.svg Chantelle Perry (ZA)Flag of South Africa.svg Amy-Claire King (ZA)3–1

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