Malaysian Snooker Championship

The Malaysian Snooker Championship is a competition to determine the national champion in snooker billiards in Malaysia .

history

The national snooker championship in Malaysia was first held in 1986 and then took place annually. There was no competition in 2001, 2011, 2012 and 2018. In 2019, the 30th championship title was awarded.

Title holder

Record holders are Sam Chong , who won five titles between 1989 and 1999, and Thor Chuan Leong , who won for the first time in 2009. At that time he was 21 years old, making him the youngest title holder in championship history. Elvin Lean is the oldest title holder, when he won in 2015 he was 52 years old. He improved the record of Ng Ann Seng, who became Malaysian champion in 2005 at the age of 47. Liew Kit Fatt was the only player to win the title three times in a row from 1991 to 1993.

No.	year	winner	Result	opponent
1	1986	Peter Chin	unknown
2	1987	Moh Loon Hong
3	1988	Benjamin Choo
4th	1989	Sam Chong
5	1990	Sam Chong
6th	1991	Liew Kit Fatt
7th	1992	Liew Kit Fatt	unknown	Yong No Foot (John Yong)
8th	1993	Liew Kit Fatt	unknown
9	1994	Sam Chong	unknown	Ooi Chin Kay
10	1995	Sam Chong		Ooi Chin Kay
11	1996	Elvin Lean	unknown
12	1997	Ooi Chin Kay	unknown	Patrick Ooi
13	1998	Ng Ann Seng	8: 5	Sam Chong
14th	1999	Sam Chong	8: 5	Ng Ann Seng
15th	2000	Ng Ann Seng	8: 4	Sam Chong
-	2001	not carried out
16	2002	Patrick Ooi	unknown	Lee Poh Soon (Benjamin Lee)
17th	2003	Ooi Chin Kay	6: 4	Sam Chong
18th	2004	Chew Lean Teng	unknown	Mohd Reza Hassan
19th	2005	Ng Ann Seng	6: 2	Mohd Reza Hassan
20th	2006	Patrick Ooi	unknown
21st	2007	Lee Poh Soon (Benjamin Lee)	6: 5	Sam Chong
22nd	2008	Yong No Foot (John Yong)	6: 4	Thor Chuan Leong
23	2009	Thor Chuan Leong	6: 2	Mohd Reza Hassan
24	2010	Moh Keen Hoo	6: 3	Lai Chee Wei
-	2011	not carried out
-	2012
25th	2013	Thor Chuan Leong	6-0	Iniesta Lim
26th	2014	Thor Chuan Leong	7: 3	Iniesta Lim
27	2015	Elvin Lean	6: 4	Saiful Bahari
28	2016	Thor Chuan Leong	6-0	Mohd Reza Hassan
29	2017	Thor Chuan Leong	6: 2	Mohd Reza Hassan
-	2018	not carried out
30th	2019	Lim Kok Leong	6: 4	H'ng Yuan Yew

swell

1. ↑ ^{a b} Tan Ming Wai: Elvin's a snooker champ again after 19 years! The Star Online, December 5, 2015, accessed July 8, 2019 . 
2. ↑ 1998 Tournament Results - 13th Malaysian National Snooker Championship 1998. Malaysian Snooker & Billiards Federation, archived from the original on February 18, 2001 ; accessed on February 3, 2020 . 
3. ^ Rizal Abdullah: Veteran snooker players claim unfair treatment by MBSF. The Star Online, June 3, 2003, accessed July 8, 2019 . 
4. ↑ 21th National Snooker Championship & National U21 Championship, 2007. Malaysian Snooker & Billiards Federation, accessed July 31, 2019 . 
5. ↑ JC Leong: John Yong wins first Malaysia national title. Original Omin, May 27, 2008, archived from the original on February 6, 2018 ; accessed on February 6, 2018 . 
6. ↑ JC Leong: 23rd Malaysia national snooker championship 2009 draw / results. Original Omin, May 27, 2008, archived from the original on February 6, 2018 ; accessed on February 6, 2018 . 
7. ↑ 24th Malaysian National Snooker Championship 2010 (Draw / Results). Original Omin, April 23, 2010, archived from the original on February 6, 2018 ; accessed on February 6, 2018 . 
8. ↑ Rory strolls to second national snooker title. The Star Online, June 17, 2013, accessed February 6, 2018 . 
9. ^ ^{A b} Tan Ming Wai: Thor shows he still towers over the rest on national snooker stage. The Star Online, June 15, 2017, accessed February 6, 2018 . 
10. ^ Philip Wong: Wake up call for state snooker federation. The Borneo Post, December 9, 2015, accessed February 6, 2018 . 
11. ↑ Rory wins national snooker crown again. The Star (in the press reader), July 5, 2016, accessed February 6, 2018 . 
12. ↑ 30th Malaysia National Snooker Championship 2019 - Results. In: msbfcuesports.com. Malaysian Snooker & Billiards Federation, January 6, 2020, accessed January 12, 2020 . 

Web links

• List of winners (1986–2007) at the Malaysian Snooker & Billiards Federation
• Player profiles at the Malaysian Snooker & Billiards Federation
• Players's Past Performance at the Malaysian Snooker & Billiards Federation
• Malaysian Snooker Championship at CueTracker