Jóhannes B. Jóhannesson

Jóhannes B. Jóhannesson
birthday	August 10, 1973
nationality	Iceland
professional	1995-1997, 1998/99
Highest break	145
Main tour successes
World championships	-
Ranking tournament victories	-
Minor tournament victories	-
World rankings
Highest WRL place	203 ( 1998/99 )

Jóhannes B. Jóhannesson (born August 10, 1973 ) is an Icelandic snooker player .

Career

Jóhannes B. Jóhannesson was Icelandic U21 champion in 1991 and 1992. After 1992 had reached the second round, he made it to the U21 World Cup 1993 semi-finals, where he later world champion, his compatriot Kristján Helgason , just short of 7: defeated eighth A year later he reached the semi-finals again and was eliminated there with 3: 8 against the Englishman David Gray . At the European Championship in 1995 he reached the quarter-finals. In the 1995/96 season he first took part in the Snooker Main Tour . His best result was reaching the sixth qualifying round at the UK Championship in 1995 , in which he lost 5-2 to Oliver King . From 1996 to 2000 Jóhannes made it into the finals of the Icelandic championship five times in a row . After losing twice to Kristján Helgason, he beat him 9-5 in 1998. In the two following years he managed to defend the title successfully by winning the final against Brynjar Valdimarsson and Jóhannes R. Jóhannesson before he was eliminated in the semifinals in 2001.

In November 1997 he moved into the final round of the amateur world championship for the first time . After a 5: 4 win against Joe Canny he reached the last sixteen, in which he was defeated by the eventual world champion Marco Fu 3: 5. In the 1998/99 season he reached 203rd place, his best world ranking to date . At the European Championships in 1998 , 1999 and 2000 he reached the quarter-finals. In 2000 he won the Nordic championship with a 6-2 final victory over the Dane Allan Norvark . The following year he defeated his compatriot Gunnar Hreiðarsson 5-1 in the final . At the Icelandic championship in 2002 he lost in the final 7: 9 against Jóhannes R. Jóhannesson. In 2003 he won the Nordic championship for the third time with a 5-4 final win against the Finn Jussi Tyrkko and the Icelandic championship for the fourth time with a 9-5 win against Eðvarð Matthíasson . In February 2004 he retired from qualifying for the professional world championship in the preliminary round against James Tatton . In 2011 Jóhannes became Icelandic runner-up after a 9-1 defeat in the final against Kristján Helgason. In February 2015 he moved into the final of the Nordic championship, where he lost to the Dane Rune Kampe 3: 4. In 2016, however, he was eliminated in the preliminary round.

successes

Final participation

output	year	competition	Final opponent	Result
Amateur tournaments (selection)
Second	1996	Icelandic Championship	Kristjan Helgason	6: 9
Second	1997	Icelandic Championship	Kristjan Helgason	5: 9
winner	1998	Icelandic Championship	Kristjan Helgason	9: 5
winner	1999	Icelandic Championship	Brynjar Valdimarsson	9: 1
winner	2000	Nordic championship	Allan Norvark	6: 2
winner	2000	Icelandic Championship	Jóhannes R. Jóhannesson	9: 4
winner	2001	Nordic championship	Gunnar Hreiðarsson	5: 1
Second	2002	Icelandic Championship	Jóhannes R. Jóhannesson	7: 9
winner	2003	Nordic championship	Jussi Tyrkko	5: 4
winner	2003	Icelandic Championship	Eðvarð Matthíasson	9: 5
Second	2011	Icelandic Championship	Kristjan Helgason	1: 9
Second	2015	Nordic championship	Rune Kampe	3: 4

swell

1. ↑ Profile of Johannes Johannesson on CueTracker (as of July 9, 2016)
2. ↑ ^{a b c d} Jóhannes B. Jóhannesson. In: globalsnookercentre.co.uk. European Billiards and Snooker Association , archived from the original on December 26, 2008 ; Retrieved July 9, 2016 . 
3. ↑ 1995 European Championships - Men. In: cuetracker.net. Ron Florax, accessed July 9, 2016 . 
4. ^ Prize Money Won by Johannes Johannesson in Season 1995–1996. In: cuetracker.net. Ron Florax, accessed July 9, 2016 . 
5. ↑ 1995 UK Championship. In: cuetracker.net. Ron Florax, accessed July 9, 2016 . 
6. ↑ 1996 Iceland Amateur Championship. In: cuetracker.net. Ron Florax, accessed July 9, 2016 . 
7. ↑ 1997 Iceland Amateur Championship. In: cuetracker.net. Ron Florax, accessed July 9, 2016 . 
8. ↑ 1998 Iceland Amateur Championship. In: cuetracker.net. Ron Florax, accessed July 9, 2016 . 
9. ↑ 1999 Iceland Amateur Championship. In: cuetracker.net. Ron Florax, accessed July 9, 2016 . 
10. ↑ 2000 Iceland Amateur Championship. In: cuetracker.net. Ron Florax, accessed July 9, 2016 . 
11. ↑ 2000 Nordic Snooker Championship. In: cuetracker.net. Ron Florax, accessed July 9, 2016 . 
12. ^ Roll of Honor. In: globalsnookercentre.co.uk. European Billiards and Snooker Association , archived from the original on February 16, 2009 ; Retrieved July 9, 2016 . 
13. ↑ 2002 Iceland Amateur Championship. In: cuetracker.net. Ron Florax, accessed July 9, 2016 . 
14. ↑ 2003 Iceland Amateur Championship. In: cuetracker.net. Ron Florax, accessed July 9, 2016 . 
15. ↑ 2004 World Championship. In: cuetracker.net. Ron Florax, accessed July 9, 2016 . 
16. ↑ 2015 Nordic Snooker Championship. In: cuetracker.net. Ron Florax, accessed July 9, 2016 . 
17. ↑ 2016 Nordic Snooker Championship. In: cuetracker.net. Ron Florax, accessed July 9, 2016 . 

Note: Icelanders are referred to by their first name or first and last name, but not just their surname. Further information can be found under Icelandic personal name .