IBSF U16 World Snooker Championship 2018

The IBSF U16 World Snooker Championship 2018 was a snooker tournament that took place from October 1 to 6, 2018 in the PLAYPOOL billiards hall in the Russian city ​​of Saint Petersburg . It was the second edition of the world championship for U16 juniors organized by the IBSF world amateur association .

The Swiss Luis Vetter , the only participant from the German-speaking area , was eliminated in the quarter-finals against the Irish and later finalist Aaron Hill .

Boys tournament

U16 World Snooker Championship 2018
Attendees:	70
Venue:	PLAYPOOL, Saint Petersburg , Russia
Opening:	1st October 2018
Endgame:	October 6, 2018
Winner:	Ben Mertens
Finalist:	Aaron Hill
Highest Break:	131 ( Aaron Hill , Antoni Kowalski )
← 2017   2019 →

Belgian Ben Mertens became world champion in the boys' category , defeating the Irishman Aaron Hill 4: 3 in the final. The highest break with 131 points was achieved by both finalist Hill and Poland's Antoni Kowalski .

Prize money

	Prize money
winner	$ 1,200
finalist	$ 600
Semi-finalist	$ 300
Quarter finalist	$ 150
Round of 16	$ 50
Highest break	$ 100
All in all	$ 3,500

mode

The 70 participants were divided into 16 groups in which they competed against each other in round robin mode . The top three in each group qualified for the final round, which was played in the knockout system .

Final round

Round of the last 48

game	Player 1	Result	Player 2
1	(33)  Nikolay Kotelnikov	30: 30	Rayaan Razmi  (32)
2	(17)  Andrei Karasov	31: 31	Artemijs Žižins  (48)
3	(41)  Attila Soltani	30: 30	Kirill Margolin  (24)
4th	(25)  Westley Cooper	31: 31	Jack Newman  (40)
5	(37)  Mohammad Ben Rashid	13 : 13	Kendrew Oei  (28)
6th	(21)  Shahyan Razmi	03 : 03	Fedor Novikov  (44)
7th	(45)  Tudor Muntean	30: 30	Rhys Morgans  (20)
8th	(29)  Artem Istomin	30: 30	Maxim Ene  (36)
9	(35)  Nikolai Voevodin	31: 31	Priyansh Jain  (30)
10	(19)  Tuure Lappalainen	03 : 03	Alexey Shlopak  (46)
11	(43)  Dhruv Patel	30: 30	Sumer Mago  (22)
12	(27)  Luis Vetter	03 : 03	Mario Paun  (38)
13	(39)  Maksim Vereshchagin	31: 31	Liam Davies  (26)
14th	(23)  Shahin Sabzi	23 : 23	Konstantin Klesov  (42)
15th	(47)  Anton Goncharenko	30: 30	Mehrab Soltani  (18)
16	(31)  Andrejs Pripjoks	31: 31	Ranveer Duggal  (34)

Round 2 to the final

	round 2					Round of 16					Quarter finals					Semifinals					final
	1	Yazan Alhadad	3
	32	Rayaan Razmi	1
						1	Yazan Alhadad	3
						16	Leone Crowley	0
	48	Artemijs Žižins	1
	16	Leone Crowley	3
											1	Yazan Alhadad	2
											24	Kirill Margolin	4th
	9	Bradley Tyson	0
	24	Kirill Margolin	3
						24	Kirill Margolin	3
						8th	Sean Walsh	0
	40	Jack Newman	1
	8th	Sean Walsh	3
																24	Kirill Margolin	2
																5	Ben Mertens	4th
	5	Ben Mertens	3
	37	Mohammad Ben Rashid	0
						5	Ben Mertens	3
						21st	Shahyan Razmi	1
	21st	Shahyan Razmi	3
	12	Pranav Nath	2
											5	Ben Mertens	4th
											20th	Rhys Morgans	0
	13	Lewis Casserly	0
	20th	Rhys Morgans	3
						20th	Rhys Morgans	3
						4th	Ryan McGuirk	2
	36	Maxim Ene	0
	4th	Ryan McGuirk	3
																					5	Ben Mertens	4th
																					3	Aaron Hill	3
	3	Aaron Hill	3
	30th	Priyansh Jain	0
						3	Aaron Hill	3
						14th	Nikita Kolpačenko	2
	19th	Tuure Lappalainen	1
	14th	Nikita Kolpačenko	3
											3	Aaron Hill	4th
											27	Luis cousin	2
	11	Filips Kalniņš	2
	22nd	Sumer Mago	3
						22nd	Sumer Mago	1
						27	Luis cousin	3
	27	Luis cousin	3
	6th	Urii Mezenev	0
																3	Aaron Hill	4th
																10	Digvijay Kadian	2
	7th	Liam Graham	3
	26th	Liam Davies	1
						7th	Liam Graham	0
						10	Digvijay Kadian	3
	23	Shahin Sabzi	0
	10	Digvijay Kadian	3
											10	Digvijay Kadian	4th
											15th	Jere Virtaranta	0
	15th	Jere Virtaranta	3
	18th	Mehrab Soltani	2
						15th	Jere Virtaranta	3
						2	Antoni Kowalski	1
	34	Ranveer Duggal	0
	2	Antoni Kowalski	3

final

Final: Best of 7 Frames Referee: Sergey Titov PLAYPOOL,  Saint Petersburg , Russia , October 6, 2018
Ben Mertens	4 : 3	Aaron Hill
0: 96 (78), 32: 62 , 70 : 30, 26: 73 , 59 : 15, 74 : 8 (74), 61 : 33 (53)
74	Highest break	78
-	Century breaks	-
2	50+ breaks	1

Century Breaks

During the tournament, four century breaks were played by three players .

Aaron Hill	131
Antoni Kowalski	131
Ben Mertens	108, 100

Girls tournament

U16 World Snooker Championship 2018
Attendees:	24
Venue:	PLAYPOOL, Saint Petersburg , Russia
Opening:	1st October 2018
Endgame:	October 6, 2018
Winner:	Keerthana Pandian
Finalist:	Albina Leschuk
Highest Break:	42 ( Anupama Ramachandran)
← 2017   2019 →

In the final of the girls' tournament, Keerthana Pandian from India won 3-1 against Albina Leschuk from Belarus . The tournament's highest break with 42 points was played by last year's winner , Anupama Ramachandran , in her group game against Dariya Cheprasova from Belarus.

Prize money

	Prize money
winner	$ 600
finalist	$ 300
Semi-finalist	$ 150
Quarter finalist	$ 50
Highest break	$ 100
All in all	$ 1,500

mode

The 24 participants were divided into 6 groups in which they competed against each other in round robin mode . The top three in each group qualified for the final round, which was played in the knockout system .

Final round

Round of the last 18

game	Player 1	Result	Player 2
1	(17)  Devanshi Galundia	21: 21	Anna Yurenkova  (16)
2	(15)  Dariya Cheprasova	20: 20	Kanisha Jhurani  (18)

Round of 16 to final

	Round of 16					Quarter finals					Semifinals					final
	1	Anupama Ramachandran	2
	16	Anna Yurenkova	0
						1	Anupama Ramachandran	3
						8th	Nicolly Christo	2
	9	Milena Murga	0
	8th	Nicolly Christo	2
											1	Anupama Ramachandran	1
											4th	Keerthana Pandian	3
	5	Aleksandra Bogatyreva	0
	12	Alina Khairulina	2
						12	Alina Khairulina	0
						4th	Keerthana Pandian	3
	13	Manasvini Sekar	0
	4th	Keerthana Pandian	2
																4th	Keerthana Pandian	3
																6th	Albina Leschuk	1
	3	Polina Astakhova	2
	14th	Kristina Nikolaeva	0
						3	Polina Astakhova	0
						6th	Albina Leschuk	3
	11	Kseniia Zhukova	0
	6th	Albina Leschuk	2
											6th	Albina Leschuk	3
											2	Alexsandra Riabinina	0
	7th	Diana Choresku	0
	10	Sophia Beldenko	2
						10	Sophia Beldenko	2
						2	Alexsandra Riabinina	3
	18th	Kanisha Jhurani	0
	2	Alexsandra Riabinina	2

final

Final: Best of 5 Frames Referee: Svetlana Kozyreva PLAYPOOL,  Saint Petersburg , Russia , October 6, 2018
Keerthana Pandian	3 : 1	Albina Leschuk
53 : 44, 16: 49 , 62 : 42, 72 : 39
-	Highest break	-
-	Century breaks	-
-	50+ breaks	-

Century Breaks

No Century Breaks were played during the girls’s tournament .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c} Vivek Pathak: Tournament Info: World Snooker Under-16 Championships 2018. In: ibsf.info. International Billiards & Snooker Federation , August 1, 2018, accessed October 5, 2018 .  
2. ↑ ^{a b} U16 Player List. In: ibsf.info. International Billiards & Snooker Federation, accessed October 5, 2018 .  
3. ↑ ^{a b} U16 Women Player List. In: ibsf.info. International Billiards & Snooker Federation, accessed October 5, 2018 .  
4. ↑ ^{a b} IBSF Snooker Championships U16 - Saint Petersburg / Russia 2018 - all breaks. In: ibsf.info. International Billiards & Snooker Federation, accessed October 6, 2018 .  
5. ↑ IBSF Snooker Championships U16 - Saint Petersburg / Russia 2018 (Groups). In: ibsf.info. International Billiards & Snooker Federation, accessed October 5, 2018 .  
6. ↑ IBSF Snooker Championships U16 - Saint Petersburg / Russia 2018 (Knockout). In: ibsf.info. International Billiards & Snooker Federation, accessed October 6, 2018 .  
7. ↑ Score sheet. In: ebsa.pl. International Billiards & Snooker Federation, accessed October 6, 2018 .  
8. ↑ ^{a b} IBSF Snooker Championships U16w - Saint Petersburg / Russia 2018 - all breaks. In: ibsf.info. International Billiards & Snooker Federation, accessed October 6, 2018 .  
9. ↑ Score sheet. In: ebsa.pl. International Billiards & Snooker Federation, accessed October 6, 2018 .  
10. ↑ IBSF Snooker Championships U16w - Saint Petersburg / Russia 2018 (Groups). In: ibsf.info. International Billiards & Snooker Federation, accessed October 5, 2018 .  
11. ↑ IBSF Snooker Championships U16w - Saint Petersburg / Russia 2018 (Knockout). In: ibsf.info. International Billiards & Snooker Federation, accessed October 6, 2018 .  
12. ↑ Score sheet. In: ebsa.pl. International Billiards & Snooker Federation, accessed October 6, 2018 .  

Web links

• Official website of the boys' tournament
• Official website of the girls' tournament