IBSF World Snooker Championship 2012
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IBSF World Snooker Championship 2012 | 
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| Venue: | Princess Hotel, Sofia , Bulgaria | 
| Opening: | November 24, 2012 | 
| Endgame: | December 2, 2012
 
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| Highest Break: | 137 ( Gary Wilson )
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The 2012 IBSF World Snooker Championship was the 37th edition of the World Amateur Snooker Championship . It took place from November 24th to December 2nd, 2012 at the Princess Hotel in Sofia . Originally the Egyptian Sharm el -Sheikh was planned as the venue, but due to the instable political situation as a result of the revolution in Egypt in 2011 the tournament was moved to the Bulgarian capital, where the U21 European Championship had already taken place in March .
World champion was Mohammed Asif from Pakistan, who defeated Englishman Gary Wilson 10: 8 in the final.
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The 102 participating players were divided into 20 groups in which they competed against each other in round robin mode . The three best placed in each group and two group fourth qualified for the final round, which was played in the knockout system .
Final round
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Final: Best of 19 Frames  Princess Hotel, Sofia , Bulgaria , December 2, 2012  | 
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Gary Wilson  | 
8 10 | 
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| 36: 73 , 72 : 11 (53), 29: 67 , 2: 72 (51), 79 : 39 (59), 70 : 43, 27: 67 , 41: 88 , 29: 106 (106),  78 : 47 (63), 1: 85 , 111 : 1 (104), 64 : 4, 80 : 67, 32: 69 , 98 : 23 (56), 12: 69 , 5: 67  | 
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| 104 | Highest break | 106 | 
| 1 | Century breaks | 1 | 
| 5 | 50+ breaks | 2 | 
Century breaks
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- ↑ Thomas Hein : IBSF-WM: Sofia instead of Sharm El Sheik. In: snookermania.de. September 10, 2012, accessed November 5, 2015 .
 - ↑ World Snooker Championships Men 2012 - Play-off Results. In: ebsa.pl. European Billiards and Snooker Association , accessed November 5, 2015 .
 - ↑ 2012 World Amateur Championship - Men. Cuetracker.net, accessed November 5, 2015 .
 - ^ Muhammad Asif retained the IBSF World Snooker Trophy to Asia. Archived from the original on January 10, 2013 ; accessed on October 14, 2017 (English).