2016 ACBS Asian Under-21 Snooker Championship

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ACBS Asian Under-21 Snooker Championship
Tournament information
Dates1–8 March 2016 (2016-03-01 2016-03-08)
City Colombo
Country Sri Lanka
Organisation ACBS
Highest break Flag of India.svg Ishpreet Singh Chadha (130)
Final
Champion Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Wang Yuchen
Runner-up Flag of Thailand.svg Ratchayothin Yotharuck
Score6–5
2015
2017

The 2016 ACBS Asian Under-21 Snooker Championship was an amateur snooker tournament that is taking place from 1 March to 8 March 2016 in Colombo, Sri Lanka. It is the 17th edition of the ACBS Asian Under-21 Snooker Championship and also doubles as a qualification event for the World Snooker Tour.

The tournament was won by the number 3 seed Wang Yuchen of China who defeated Thailand's Ratchayothin Yotharuck 6–5 in the final to win the championship, as a result Yuchen was given a two-year card on the professional World Snooker Tour for the 2016/2017 and 2017/2018 seasons.

Results

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Last 24
Best of 7 frames
Last 16
Best of 7 frames
Quarter-finals
Best of 9 frames
Semi-finals
Best of 9 frames
Final
Best of 11 frames
1 Flag of Thailand.svg Phuttakarn Kimsuk 1
17 Flag of Thailand.svg Pongsak Chongjairak 417 Flag of Thailand.svg Pongsak Chongjairak 4
16 Flag of Iran.svg Siyavosh Mozayani 1 17 Flag of Thailand.svg Pongsak Chongjairak 5
9 Flag of Hong Kong.svg Yun Fung Tam 0
9 Flag of Hong Kong.svg Yun Fung Tam 4
9 Flag of Hong Kong.svg Yun Fung Tam 48 Flag of Sri Lanka.svg Mohamed Fazil 0
24 Flag of Sri Lanka.svg Mohamed Shamil 2 17 Flag of Thailand.svg Pongsak Chongjairak 2
4 Flag of Thailand.svg Ratchayothin Yotharuck 5
5 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Yuan Sijun 4
21 Flag of South Korea.svg Seeon Kim 1 12 Flag of India.svg Asutosh Padhy 1
12 Flag of India.svg Asutosh Padhy 45 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Yuan Sijun 4
4 Flag of Thailand.svg Ratchayothin Yotharuck 5
20 Flag of Syria.svg Yazan Alhadad 0
13 Flag of Syria.svg Abdulkarim Maksoud 1 4 Flag of Thailand.svg Ratchayothin Yotharuck 4
20 Flag of Syria.svg Yazan Alhadad 44 Flag of Thailand.svg Ratchayothin Yotharuck 5
3 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Wang Yuchen 6
3 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Wang Yuchen 4
19 Flag of Pakistan.svg Abdul Raheem 419 Flag of Pakistan.svg Abdul Raheem 2
14 Flag of South Korea.svg Daegyu Lee 0 3 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Wang Yuchen 5
11 Flag of Pakistan.svg Haris Tahir 0
11 Flag of Pakistan.svg Haris Tahir 4
11 Flag of Pakistan.svg Haris Tahir 46 Flag of Hong Kong.svg Man Hoi Leong 2
22 Flag of India.svg Nikhil Rakesh Saigal 2 3 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Wang Yuchen 5
15 Flag of India.svg Ishpreet Singh Chadha 1
7 Flag of Hong Kong.svg Ka Wai Cheung 4
23 Flag of Sri Lanka.svg Mohomed Rikaz 3 10 Flag of Hong Kong.svg Ming Wa Man 2
10 Flag of Hong Kong.svg Ming Wa Man 47 Flag of Hong Kong.svg Ka Wai Cheung 4
15 Flag of India.svg Ishpreet Singh Chadha 5
15 Flag of India.svg Ishpreet Singh Chadha 4
15 Flag of India.svg Ishpreet Singh Chadha 42 Flag of Malaysia.svg Kok Leong Lim 0
18 Flag of Iran.svg Seyed Abouzarian 0

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References

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