IBSF World Snooker Championship 2018

IBSF World Snooker Championship 2018
Venue:	Grand Mercure Hotel, Rangoon , Myanmar
Opening:	19th November 2018
Endgame:	November 27, 2018
Winner:	Chang Bingyu
Finalist:	Hey Guoqiang
Highest Break:	143 ( He Guoqiang )
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The 2018 IBSF World Snooker Championship was the 43rd edition of the World Amateur Snooker Championship . It took place from November 19 to 27, 2018 at the Grand Mercure Hotel in the Myanmar city ​​of Yangon .

World champion was the Chinese Chang Bingyu , who defeated his compatriot He Guoqiang 8: 3 in the final . He also scored the highest break of the tournament with 143 points in his semi-final match against Belgian Kevin Hanssens .

Last year's winner was Indian Pankaj Advani , who now lost to Poland's Kacper Filipiak in the round of 16 .

The Austrians Florian Nüßle , Oskar Charlesworth and Philipp Koch from the German-speaking area took part. Nüßle was the only one to survive the group stage and finally lost in the round of 32 against the eventual finalist He Guoqiang.

mode

The 68 participants were divided into 16 groups in which they competed against each other in round robin mode . 48 players qualified for the final round, which was played in the knockout system from November 23 to 27 .

Final round

Round of the last 48

game	Player 1	Result	Player 2
1	(33)  Mohammad Bilal	34 : 34th	Fung Kwok Wai  (32)
2	(17)  Chang Bingyu	04 : 04th	Saeed Abooyesani  (48)
3	(41)  Ahmed Saif	4th3: 43	Passakorn Suwannawat  (24)
4th	(25)  Mohd Reza Hassan	14 : 14th	Shervin Omidvar  (40)
5	(37)  Andrew Pagett	04 : 04th	Keishin Kamihashi  (28)
6th	(21)  Daniel Kandi	4th0: 40	Ben Fortey  (44)
7th	(45)  Matthew Roberts	4th2: 42	Andrew Norman  (20)
8th	(29)  Greg Casey	14 : 14th	Lee Daegyu  (36)
9	(35)  Ross Bulman	24 : 24th	Manan Chandra  (30)
10	(19)  Peter Bullen	04 : 04th	Mhanaa Alobaidli  (46)
11	(43)  Deepak Bala	4th2: 42	Ali Roshanikiya  (22)
12	(27)  Florian Nuessle	24 : 24th	Ivan Kakovskii  (38)
13	(39)  Malkeet Singh	4th2: 42	Kok Leong Lim  (26)
14th	(23)  Phone Myint Kyaw	24 : 24th	Mohammed al-Joker  (42)
15th	(47)  Lee Tsz Ho	4th3: 43	Tomasz Skalski  (18)
16	(31)  Mohammad Rais Senzahi	04 : 04th	Nguyen Pham Hoai  (34)

Round of 32 to final

	Round of the last 32					Round of 16					Quarter finals					Semifinals					final
	1	Moh Keen Hoo	3
	33	Mohammad Bilal	5
						33	Mohammad Bilal	2
						17th	Chang Bingyu	5
	17th	Chang Bingyu	5
	16	Mateusz Baranowski	3
											17th	Chang Bingyu	6th
											9	Muhammad Asif	3
	9	Muhammad Asif	5
	24	Passakorn Suwannawat	4th
						9	Muhammad Asif	5
						8th	Ko Htet	4th
	25th	Mohd Reza Hassan	1
	8th	Ko Htet	5
																17th	Chang Bingyu	7th
																4th	Thanawat Tirapong Paiboon	6th
	5	Babar Masih	4th
	37	Andrew Pagett	5
						37	Andrew Pagett	5
						12	Steve Mifsud	2
	44	Ben Fortey	3
	12	Steve Mifsud	5
											37	Andrew Pagett	1
											4th	Thanawat Tirapong Paiboon	6th
	13	Ali Alobaidli	4th
	20th	Andrew Norman	5
						20th	Andrew Norman	0
						4th	Thanawat Tirapong Paiboon	5
	29	Greg Casey	0
	4th	Thanawat Tirapong Paiboon	5
																					17th	Chang Bingyu	8th
																					6th	Hey Guoqiang	3
	3	Pankaj Advani	5
	35	Ross Bulman	3
						3	Pankaj Advani	2
						14th	Kacper Filipiak	5
	19th	Peter Bullen	2
	14th	Kacper Filipiak	5
											14th	Kacper Filipiak	4th
											6th	Hey Guoqiang	6th
	11	Adrian Ridley	2
	22nd	Ali Roshanikiya	5
						22nd	Ali Roshanikiya	3
						6th	Hey Guoqiang	5
	27	Florian Nuessle	3
	6th	Hey Guoqiang	5
																6th	Hey Guoqiang	7th
																10	Kevin Hanssens	2
	7th	Ka Wai Cheung	5
	26th	Kok Leong Lim	1
						7th	Ka Wai Cheung	4th
						10	Kevin Hanssens	5
	23	Phone Myint Kyaw	2
	10	Kevin Hanssens	5
											10	Kevin Hanssens	6th
											31	Mohammad Rais Senzahi	4th
	15th	Win Ko Ko	3
	18th	Tomasz Skalski	5
						18th	Tomasz Skalski	1
						31	Mohammad Rais Senzahi	5
	31	Mohammad Rais Senzahi	5
	2	Aung Phyo	4th

final

Final: Best of 15 Frames Referee: Min Min Oo Grand Mercure Hotel,  Rangoon , Myanmar , November 27, 2018
Chang Bingyu	8 : 3	Hey Guoqiang
74 : 52 (CB 50, HG 52), 86 : 3 (64), 130 : 0 (130), 37: 76 , 80 : 40, 19: 61 , 70 : 39 (56), 75 : 39, 10: 127 (126), 82 : 46, 75 : 40
130	Highest break	126
1	Century breaks	1
4th	50+ breaks	2

Century breaks

During the tournament, a total of 45 century breaks were achieved by 23 players .

Hey Guoqiang 143, 126, 112, 100 Thanawat Tirapong Paiboon 140, 133, 132, 129, 119, 116, 112, 104 Mohammad Bilal 139 Chang Bingyu 136, 131, 130, 129, 126, 121, 109 Ross Bulman 131, 101 Pankaj Advani 129 Mohd Reza Hassan 124 Babar Masih 123 Andrew Pagett 122, 108 Ko Htet 121 Kacper Filipiak 119, 118 Florian Nuessle 115

Lee Daegyu 113 Muhammad Asif 110 Mohammed al-Joker 109 Ben Foster 108 Kok Leong Lim 108 Ka Wai Cheung 107, 103, 102 (2 ×) Peter Bullen 104 Tomasz Skalski 103 Keishin Kamihashi 102 Daniel Kandi 102 Ivan Kakovskii 100

Web links

• Official website
• IBSF World Snooker Championship 2018 at CueTracker

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Schedule IBSF Snooker Championships - Yangon / Myanmar 2018. In: ibsf.info. International Billiards & Snooker Federation , accessed November 20, 2018 . 
2. ↑ Tournament Info: IBSF World Billiards & Snooker Championships 2018. In: ibsf.info. International Billiards & Snooker Federation, accessed November 20, 2018 . 
3. ↑ ^{a b} IBSF Snooker Championships Men - Yangon / Myanmar 2018 - all breaks. In: ibsf.info. International Billiards & Snooker Federation, accessed November 27, 2018 . 
4. ↑ Score sheet. In: esnooker.pl. International Billiards & Snooker Federation, accessed November 27, 2018 . 
5. ↑ IBSF Snooker Championships Men - Yangon / Myanmar 2018 - Groups. In: ibsf.info. International Billiards & Snooker Federation, accessed November 20, 2018 . 
6. ↑ IBSF Snooker Championships Men - Yangon / Myanmar 2018 - Knockout. In: ibsf.info. International Billiards & Snooker Federation, accessed November 27, 2018 . 
7. ↑ Score sheet. In: esnooker.pl. International Billiards & Snooker Federation, accessed November 27, 2018 .