1997 IBSF U21 World Snooker Championship

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U21 World Snooker Championship 1997
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Venue: Ivy Rooms, Carlow , Ireland
Opening: 17th August 1997
Endgame: August 31, 1997

Winner: Hong KongHong Kong Marco Fu
Highest Break: 142 ( Björn Haneveer ) BelgiumBelgium
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The 1997 IBSF U21 World Snooker Championship was the eleventh edition of the Junior World Snooker Championship . It took place from August 17 to 31, 1997 at the Ivy Rooms in Carlow and was hosted by the International Billiards & Snooker Federation .

Marco Fu became world champion with an 11: 7 win in the final against Belgian Björn Haneveer . After Chan Kwok Ming last year, Fu was the second Hong Kong-based U21 world champion in snooker.

Final round

  Round of 16 Quarter finals Semifinals final
                             
 Hong KongHong Kong Marco Fu 5                  
 New ZealandNew Zealand Ben Farnworth 1  
 Hong KongHong Kong Marco Fu 5
 
   IrelandIreland Thomas Dowling 1  
 IrelandIreland Thomas Dowling 5
 AustraliaAustralia Aaron Mahoney 1  
 Hong KongHong Kong Marco Fu 8th
   EnglandEngland Andrew Norman 2  
 EnglandEngland Andrew Norman 5    
 BelgiumBelgium Erwin Brynseels 3  
 EnglandEngland Andrew Norman 5
 
   AustraliaAustralia Johl Younger 2  
 AustraliaAustralia Johl Younger 5
 ThailandThailand Atthasit Mahitthi 2  
 Hong KongHong Kong Marco Fu 11
   BelgiumBelgium Bjorn Haneveer 7th
 BelgiumBelgium Bjorn Haneveer 5        
 
 NetherlandsNetherlands Edwin Heinsmann 0  
 BelgiumBelgium Bjorn Haneveer 5
 
   WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Ryan Day 4th  
 WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Ryan Day 5
 NetherlandsNetherlands Rolf de Jong 2  
 BelgiumBelgium Bjorn Haneveer 8th
   IrelandIreland Robert Murphy 6th  
 IrelandIreland Robert Murphy 5    
 EnglandEngland Luke Simmonds 2  
 IrelandIreland Robert Murphy 5
 
   ScotlandScotland James McBain 4th  
 ScotlandScotland James McBain 5
 AustraliaAustralia Ian Barber 3  

Century breaks

BelgiumBelgium Bjorn Haneveer 142, 131, 119
AustraliaAustralia Johl Younger 139, 122
IrelandIreland Barry Hughes 138
IrelandIreland James Linehan 127
IrelandIreland Thomas Dowling 120
FranceFrance Greg Kopec 108

swell

  1. ↑ 1997 World Under-21 Championship - Men. In: cuetracker.net. Ron Florax, accessed March 15, 2016 .
  2. ^ Tougher Oil / Dolmen Hotel IBSF World Under-21 Championship 1997. Snooker.org, accessed March 15, 2016 .