IBSF World Billiards Championship

Last updated December 20, 2023

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

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Men

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

Women

2015 Australia:

Arantxa Sanchis India - R. Umadevi India 414-255

Juniors Men

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

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References

↑ Northern Ireland Billiards Association Minutes, p. 133, 5 July 1951
↑ Northern Ireland Billiards Association Minutes, 1926-50
↑ NIBA Minutes, p. 198, 1959 (Billiards Association of India and BACC discussions on formation of a world body)

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[name_change-1] Northern Ireland Billiards Association Minutes, p. 133, 5 July 1951

[early_days-2] Northern Ireland Billiards Association Minutes, 1926-50

[India-3] NIBA Minutes, p. 198, 1959 (Billiards Association of India and BACC discussions on formation of a world body)

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IBSF World Billiards Championship

Contents

History

Champions

Men

Women

Juniors Men

Juniors Women

Summary

Men

Women

See also

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References