| Snooker men's singles at the 2022 World Games | |||||||
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| Venue | Birmingham Jefferson Convention Complex, Birmingham, United States | ||||||
| Dates | 13–17 July 2022 | ||||||
| Competitors | 16 from 13 nations | ||||||
| Medalists | |||||||
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The men's singles snooker competition at the 2022 World Games took place from 13 to 17 July 2022 at the Birmingham Jefferson Convention Complex in Birmingham, United States. [1] [2]
A total of 16 players entered the competition. They competed in knock-out system.[ citation needed ]
| Round of 16 | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | |||||||||||
 Ahsan Ramzan | 3 | |||||||||||||
 Ahmed Aly Elsayed | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Ahsan Ramzan | 1 | |||||||||||||
 Cheung Ka Wai | 3 | |||||||||||||
| Cheung Ka Wai | 3 | |||||||||||||
 Wayne Brown | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Cheung Ka Wai | 3 | |||||||||||||
 Ali Al-Obaidli | 0 | |||||||||||||
 Umut Dikme | 3 | |||||||||||||
 Habib Subah | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Umut Dikme | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Ali Al-Obaidli | 3 | |||||||||||||
| Ali Al-Obaidli | 3 | |||||||||||||
 Taweesap Kongkitchertchoo | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Cheung Ka Wai | 3 | |||||||||||||
 Abdelrahman Shahin | 1 | |||||||||||||
 Florian Nüßle | 3 | |||||||||||||
| Renat Denkha | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Florian Nüßle | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Abdelrahman Shahin | 3 | |||||||||||||
| Abdelrahman Shahin | 3 | |||||||||||||
 Victor Sarkis | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Abdelrahman Shahin | 3 | |||||||||||||
| Darren Morgan | 2 | Third place | ||||||||||||
 Pankaj Advani | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Darren Morgan | 3 | |||||||||||||
| Darren Morgan | 3 | Ali Al-Obaidli | 2 | |||||||||||
 Antoni Kowalski | 1 | Darren Morgan | 3 | |||||||||||
| Antoni Kowalski | 3 | |||||||||||||
| Ahmed Saif | 0 | |||||||||||||
Final: Best of 5 frames. Referee:  Birmingham Jefferson Convention Complex, Birmingham, United States, 17 July 2022 | ||
| Cheung Ka Wai Hong Kong | 3–1 | Abdelrahman Shahin Egypt |
| 74–15 (68); 13–59; 69–18; 65–29 | ||
| 68 | Highest break | <50 |
| 0 | Century breaks | 0 |
| 1 | 50+ breaks | 0 |
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