IBSF World Under-21 Snooker Championship

The IBSF World Under-21 Snooker Championship (also known as the World Amateur Under-21 Snooker Championship) is the premier non-professional junior snooker tournament in the world. The event series is sanctioned by the International Billiards and Snooker Federation and started from 1987.

Four winners of this championship subsequently became world professional champion (Ken Doherty, Peter Ebdon, Ronnie O'Sullivan, Neil Robertson)

Results

Men

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Year	Venue	Winner	Runner-up	Score
1987	Hastings, England	Jonathan Birch	Stefan Mazrocis	4–1
1988	Bangkok, Thailand	Brian Morgan	Jason Peplow	6–1
1989	Reykjavík, Iceland	Ken Doherty	Jason Ferguson	11–5
1990	Brisbane, Australia	Peter Ebdon	Oliver King	11–9
1991	Bangalore, India	Ronnie O'Sullivan	Patrick Delsemme	11–4
1992	Brunei	Robin Hull	Patrick Delsemme	11–7
1993	Reykjavík, Iceland	Kristján Helgason	Indika Dodangoda	11–7
1994	Helsinki, Finland	Quinten Hann	David Gray	11–10
1995 [4]	Singapore	Alan Burnett	Kwan Poomjang	11–6
1996 [5]	Johannesburg, South Africa	Chan Kwok Ming	Risto Vayrynen	11–6
1997 [6]	Carlow, Ireland	Marco Fu	Bjorn Haneveer	11–7
1998 [7]	Rabat, Malta	Luke Simmonds	Robert Murphy	11–2
1999	Cairo, Egypt	Rodney Goggins	Rolf de Jong	11–4
2000	Bangalore, India	Luke Fisher	Steven Bennie	11–5
2001	Stirling, Scotland	Ricky Walden	Sean O'Neill	11–5
2002	Riga, Latvia	Ding Junhui	David John	11–9
2003 [8]	Taupō, New Zealand	Neil Robertson	Liu Song	11–5
2004 [9]	Carlow, Ireland	Gary Wilson	Kobkit Palajin	11–5
2005 [10]	Manama, Bahrain	Liang Wenbo	Tian Pengfei	11–9
2007 [11]	Goa, India	Michael Georgiou	Zhang Anda	11–6
2009 [12]	Kish, Iran	Noppon Saengkham	Soheil Vahedi	9–8
2010 [13]	Letterkenny, Ireland	Sam Craigie	Li Hang	9–8
2011 [14]	Montreal, Canada	Thanawat Thirapongpaiboon	Noppon Saengkham	9–3
2012 [15]	Wuxi, China	Lyu Haotian	Zhu Yinghui	9–6
2013 [16]	Beijing, China	Lu Ning	Zhou Yuelong	9–4
2014 [17]	Al Fujairah, United Arab Emirates	Hossein Vafaei	Josh Boileau	8–3
2015	Bucharest, Romania	Boonyarit Keattikun	Jamie Clarke	8–7
2016 [18]	Mol, Belgium	Xu Si	Alexander Ursenbacher	6–5
2017	Beijing, China	Fan Zhengyi	Luo Honghao	7–6
2018 [19]	Jinan, China	Wu Yize	Pongsakorn Chongjairak	6–4
2019 [20]	Qingdao, China	Zhao Jianbo	Pang Junxu	6–1
2021 [21]	Doha, Qatar	Florian Nüßle	Taweesap Kongkitchertchoo	6–5
2022	Bucharest, Romania	Liam Davies	Antoni Kowalski	5–1
2023 [22]	Riyadh, Saudi Arabia	Liam Davies	Alexander Widau	5–2
2024 [23]	Bangalore, India	Michał Szubarczyk	Alexander Widau	5–1

Women

Year	Venue	Winner	Runner-up	Score
2007	India	Bi Zhu Qing	Ng On-yee	4–2
2014	Al Fujairah, United Arab Emirates	Jessica Woods	Amornrat Uamduang	4–3
2015	Bucharest, Romania	Baipat Siripaporn	Mink Nutcharut	5–2
2016	Mol, Belgium	Mink Nutcharut	Baipat Siripaporn	5–4
2017	Beijing, China	Mink Nutcharut	Xia Yuying	5–3
2018	Jinan, China	Mink Nutcharut	Bai Yulu	4–2
2019	Qingdao, China	Bai Yulu	Mink Nutcharut	4–0
2022	Bucharest, Romania	Panchaya Channoi	Anupama Ramachandran	4–1
2023 [24]	Riyadh, Saudi Arabia	Keerthana Pandian	Anupama Ramachandran	3–2
2024 [25]	Bangalore, India	Natasha Chethan	Narucha Phoemphul	3–2

Medals

Men (1987-2022)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	England  (ENG)	10	4	12	26
2	China  (CHN)	8	8	15	31
3	Thailand  (THA)	3	5	2	10
4	Ireland  (IRL)	2	2	5	9
5	Australia  (AUS)	2	0	4	6
6	Hong Kong  (HKG)	2	0	1	3
7	Wales  (WAL)	1	2	3	6
8	Scotland  (SCO)	1	1	4	6
9	Finland  (FIN)	1	1	0	2
	Iran  (IRI)	1	1	0	2
11	Iceland  (ISL)	1	0	2	3
12	Austria  (AUT)	1	0	1	2
13	Belgium  (BEL)	0	3	1	4
14	Northern Ireland  (NIR)	0	1	3	4
15	Sri Lanka  (SRI)	0	1	2	3
16	Netherlands  (NED)	0	1	1	2
	Poland  (POL)	0	1	1	2
18	Malta  (MLT)	0	1	0	1
	Switzerland  (SUI)	0	1	0	1
20	India  (IND)	0	0	4	4
21	Germany  (GER)	0	0	2	2
22	Hungary  (HUN)	0	0	1	1
	New Zealand  (NZL)	0	0	1	1
	Philippines  (PHI)	0	0	1	1
Totals (24 entries)		33	33	66	132

Women (2007-2024)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Thailand  (THA)	5	5	6	16
2	India  (IND)	2	2	6	10
3	China  (CHN)	2	2	2	6
4	Australia  (AUS)	1	0	0	1
5	Hong Kong  (HKG)	0	1	2	3
6	Belgium  (BEL)	0	0	1	1
	Bulgaria  (BUL)	0	0	1	1
	New Zealand  (NZL)	0	0	1	1
	Russia  (RUS)	0	0	1	1
Totals (9 entries)		10	10	20	40

See also

• World Snooker Tour
• IBSF World Snooker Championship
• IBSF World Under-18 Snooker Championship
• World Open Under-16 Snooker Championships

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