Maltese Snooker Championship
The Maltese Snooker Championship is a competition to determine the national champion in snooker billiards in Malta .
history
While there had been a national championship in English Billiards since 1942, a title was not played annually in snooker until 1947. Wilfred Asciak and Paul Mifsud achieved several titles in both disciplines. Lewis Pio Galea won the first edition in 1947/48.
Title holder
The record winner of the tournament is Paul Mifsud with 19 titles and 22 finals. Alfred (19 finals) and Alex Borg (23) follow in second place with 13 titles each . The most famous winner is Tony Drago , who later became Malta's most successful snooker player with position 10 in the world.
Note: The information is without guarantee as there are different sources with contradicting information. Linked players have also been active as professional players in their careers.
| year | winner | Result | opponent |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1948 | Lewis Pio Galea | G Taliana | |
| 1949 | T Borg Olivier | Victor Reginiano | |
| 1950 | Lewis Pio Galea | V Naudi | |
| 1951 | Wilfred Asciak | Lewis Pio Galea | |
| 1952 | Wilfred Asciak | Lewis Pio Galea | |
| 1953 | Alfred Borg | Emanuel Bartolo | |
| 1954 | Alfred Borg | Wilfred Asciak | |
| 1955 | Wilfred Asciak | Joe Reginiano | |
| 1956 | Alfred Borg | Wilfred Asciak | |
| 1957 | Wilfred Asciak | Alfred Borg | |
| 1958 | Wilfred Asciak | Alfred Borg | |
| 1959 | Wilfred Asciak | Alfred Borg | |
| 1960 | Alfred Borg | Publius Grech | |
| 1961 | Alfred Borg | M Farrugia | |
| 1962 | Alfred Borg | Publius Grech | |
| 1963 | Alfred Borg | M Farrugia | |
| 1964 | Alfred Borg | M Farrugia | |
| 1965 | Mario Tonna | Publius Grech | |
| 1966 | Alfred Borg | Wilfred Asciak | |
| 1967 | Alfred Borg | Wilfred Asciak | |
| 1968 | Paul Mifsud | Alfred Borg | |
| 1969 | Paul Mifsud | Publius Grech | |
| 1970 | Paul Mifsud | Wilfred Asciak | |
| 1971 | Paul Mifsud | 11: 7 | Publius Grech |
| 1972 | Paul Mifsud | J Lodge | |
| 1973 | Alfred Borg | Paul Mifsud | |
| 1974 | Alfred Borg | Paul Mifsud | |
| 1975 | Paul Mifsud | 7: 4 | Alfred Borg |
| 1976 | Paul Mifsud | Joe Grech | |
| 1977 | Alfred Borg | Charlie Grima | |
| 1978 | Paul Mifsud | Joe Grech | |
| 1979 | Paul Mifsud | Joe Grech | |
| 1980 | Joe Grech | Paul Mifsud | |
| 1981 | Joe Grech | 7: 1 | Albert Mangion |
| 1982 | Paul Mifsud | 7: 5 | Joe Grech |
| 1983 | Paul Mifsud | 7: 2 | Joe Grech |
| 1984 | Tony Drago | 7: 3 | Alfred Micallef |
| 1985 | Paul Mifsud | 7: 1 | Tony Drago |
| 1986 | Paul Mifsud | Joe Grech | |
| 1987 | Joe Grech | 8: 3 | Alex Borg |
| 1988 | Paul Mifsud | 8: 2 | Jason Peplow |
| 1989 | Paul Mifsud | 8-0 | Alex Borg |
| 1990 | Paul Mifsud | 8: 2 | Alex Borg |
| 1991 | not carried out | ||
| 1992 | Paul Mifsud | 8: 5 | Mario Vassallo |
| 1993 | Paul Mifsud | 8: 3 | Frans Mintoff |
| 1994 | Richard Webb | 8: 3 | Kevin d'Agostino |
| 1995 | Kevin d'Agostino | 8: 3 | Frans Mintoff |
| 1996 | Paul Mifsud | 8: 4 | Alex Borg |
| 1997 | Joe Grech | 8: 7 | Alex Borg |
| 1998 | Alex Borg | 8: 7 | Joe Grech |
| 1999 | Joe Grech | 8: 6 | Alex Borg |
| 2000 | Joe Grech | 8: 4 | Simon Zammit |
| 2001 | Alex Borg | 8: 5 | Simon Zammit |
| 2002 | Simon Zammit | 8: 6 | Alex Borg |
| 2003 | Alex Borg | 8: 2 | Duncan Bezzina |
| 2004 | Alex Borg | 8: 4 | Joe Grech |
| 2005 | Alex Borg | 7: 4 | Simon Zammit |
| 2006 | Alex Borg | 7: 2 | Simon Zammit |
| 2007 | Alex Borg | 7: 4 | Simon Zammit |
| 2008 | Alex Borg | 7: 3 | Simon Zammit |
| 2009 | Alex Borg | 7: 2 | Duncan Bezzina |
| 2010 | Duncan Bezzina | 7: 2 | Alex Borg |
| 2011 | Alex Borg | 7: 6 | Simon Zammit |
| 2012 | Alex Borg | 7: 4 | Duncan Bezzina |
| 2013 | Duncan Bezzina | 6: 1 | Alex Borg |
| 2014 | Alex Borg | 6: 4 | Duncan Bezzina |
| 2015 | Alex Borg | 6: 5 | Duncan Bezzina |
| 2016 | Brian Cini | 6: 4 | Alex Borg |
| 2017 | Duncan Bezzina | 6: 4 | Aaron Busuttil |
| 2018 | Brian Cini | 6: 5 | Aaron Busuttil |
| 2019 | Duncan Bezzina | 6: 4 | Aaron Busuttil |
Ranking list
| space | player |  |
 |
Finals |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Paul Mifsud | 19th | 3 | 22nd |
| 2 | Alex Borg | 13 | 10 | 23 |
| 3 | Alfred Borg | 13 | 5 | 18th |
| 4th | Joe Grech | 6th | 8th | 14th |
| 5 | Wilfred Asciak | 6th | 5 | 11 |
| 6th | Duncan Bezzina | 4th | 5 | 9 |
| 7th | Lewis Pio Galea | 2 | 2 | 4th |
| 8th | Brian Cini | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 | Simon Zammit | 1 | 7th | 8th |
| 10 | Kevin d'Agostino | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 10 | Tony Drago | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 12 | T Borg Olivier | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | Mario Tonna | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | Richard Webb | 1 | 0 | 1 |
swell
- ↑ a b Global Snooker Countries - Malta. global-snooker.com, archived from the original on January 15, 2007 ; accessed on August 30, 2018 .
- ↑ Past Champions. In: mbsa.org.mt. Malta Billiards & Snooker Association, accessed August 30, 2018 .
Web links
- Malta Amateur Championship at CueTracker