U21 Asian Snooker Championship 2015

U21 Asian Snooker Championship 2015 2015 Asian Under-21 Championship
Tournament type:	Continental championship
Venue:	Beijing , China
Opening:	April 7, 2015
Endgame:	April 13, 2015
Winner:	Akani Songsermsawad
Finalist:	Yuan Sijun
Highest Break:	117 ( Zhao Xintong )
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The U21 Asian Snooker Championship 2015 was the 16th edition of the continental championship organized by the Asian Confederation of Billiard Sports for U21 juniors in the snooker version of billiards . It took place from April 7th to 13th, 2015 in the Chinese capital Beijing . China hosted the U21 Asian Cup for the first time.

For the third time in a row, a Thai won. Akani Songsermsawad defeated 15-year-old Chinese Yuan Sijun 6-4 in the final and thus received a ticket for the Main Tour seasons 2015/16 and 2016/17 . Sijun would win the title two years later.

Attendees

34 players from nine countries took part in the tournament, with the host being the best represented country with ten players. Furthermore, four Indians took part, three players each from Thailand, Hong Kong and Iran and two Syrians and two Koreans each. One player each came from Pakistan and Japan.

Group stage

The participating players were divided into eight groups, of which six groups with four players each and two groups with five players each. The group stage was played in round robin mode , so that each player met his group opponent once. The top two players in each group made it to the round of 16.

Group A

space	player	G	V	Frames
1	Akani Songsermsawad	3	0	12: 4
2	Yuan Sijun	2	1	11: 4
3	Siyavosh Mozayani	1	2	5: 9
4th	Hyemin Choi	0	3	0:12

game	Player 1	Result	Player 2
1	Siyavosh Mozayani	04 : 04th	Hyemin Choi
2	Akani Songsermsawad	34 : 34th	Yuan Sijun
3	Akani Songsermsawad	14 : 14th	Siyavosh Mozayani
4th	Yuan Sijun	04 : 04th	Siyavosh Mozayani
5	Yuan Sijun	04 : 04th	Hyemin Choi
6th	Akani Songsermsawad	04 : 04th	Hyemin Choi

Group B

space	player	G	V	Frames
1	Zhao Xintong	3	0	12: 4
2	Ming Tung Chan	2	1	11: 5
3	Abdul Raheem	1	2	6:10
4th	Yazan Alhadad	0	3	2:12

game	Player 1	Result	Player 2
1	Zhao Xintong	04 : 04th	Yazan Alhadad
2	Ming Tung Chan	14 : 14th	Abdul Raheem
3	Zhao Xintong	14 : 14th	Abdul Raheem
4th	Zhao Xintong	34 : 34th	Ming Tung Chan
5	Ming Tung Chan	04 : 04th	Yazan Alhadad
6th	Abdul Raheem	24 : 24th	Yazan Alhadad

Group C

space	player	G	V	Frames
1	Ratchayothin Yotharuck	3	0	12: 5
2	Zhang Yong	2	1	11: 4
3	Mohammad Reza Pishvari	1	2	5: 8
4th	Waleed Almouakh	0	3	1:12

game	Player 1	Result	Player 2
1	Ratchayothin Yotharuck	14 : 14th	Waleed Almouakh
2	Zhang Yong	04 : 04th	Mohammad Reza Pishvari
3	Ratchayothin Yotharuck	14 : 14th	Mohammad Reza Pishvari
4th	Ratchayothin Yotharuck	34 : 34th	Zhang Yong
5	Zhang Yong	04 : 04th	Waleed Almouakh
6th	Mohammad Reza Pishvari	04 : 04th	Waleed Almouakh

Group D

space	player	G	V	Frames
1	Liu Jiaming	3	0	12: 6
2	Muhammed Faheem	2	1	11: 7
3	Man Hoi Leong	1	2	8:11
4th	ML Laxman	0	3	6:12

game	Player 1	Result	Player 2
1	Muhammed Faheem	34 : 34th	Man Hoi Leong
2	Liu Jiaming	24 : 24th	ML Laxman
3	Muhammed Faheem	14 : 14th	ML Laxman
4th	Liu Jiaming	34 : 34th	Muhammed Faheem
5	Liu Jiaming	14 : 14th	Man Hoi Leong
6th	Man Hoi Leong	34 : 34th	ML Laxman

Group E

The Indian Avinash Kumar did not play a game, so only three instead of six games were played in this group.

space	player	G	V	Frames
1	Hey Guoqiang	2	0	8-0
2	Mohammad Reza Rafieyan	1	1	4: 4
3	Wun Tae Kwak	0	2	0: 8
-	Avinash Kumar	-	-	-

game	Player 1	Result	Player 2
1	Hey Guoqiang	04 : 04th	Mohammad Reza Rafieyan
2	Hey Guoqiang	04 : 04th	Wun Tae Kwak
3	Mohammad Reza Rafieyan	04 : 04th	Wun Tae Kwak

Group F.

space	player	G	V	Frames
1	Yun Fung Tam	2	1	11: 6
2	Huang Jiahao	2	1	10: 7
3	Amir Tariq	1	2	7: 9
4th	Alireza Rezaei	1	2	5:11

game	Player 1	Result	Player 2
1	Yun Fung Tam	24 : 24th	Huang Jiahao
2	Amir Tariq	14 : 14th	Alireza Rezaei
3	Alireza Rezaei	34 : 34th	Yun Fung Tam
4th	Huang Jiahao	04 : 04th	Alireza Rezaei
5	Huang Jiahao	34 : 34th	Amir Tariq
6th	Yun Fung Tam	04 : 04th	Amir Tariq

Group G

space	player	G	V	Frames
1	Putthakam Kimsuk	4th	0	16: 5
2	Shen Haoran	3	1	14:10
3	Fan Zhengyi	2	2	12:12
4th	Hrithik Jain	1	3	7:13
5	Lee Daegyu	0	3	6:16

game	Player 1	Result	Player 2
1	Shen Haoran	34 : 34th	Fan Zhengyi
2	Hrithik Jain	14 : 14th	Lee Daegyu
3	Putthakam Kimsuk	14 : 14th	Fan Zhengyi
4th	Shen Haoran	14 : 14th	Hrithik Jain
5	Putthakam Kimsuk	14 : 14th	Lee Daegyu
6th	Fan Zhengyi	24 : 24th	Hrithik Jain
7th	Putthakam Kimsuk	04 : 04th	Hrithik Jain
8th	Putthakam Kimsuk	24 : 24th	Shen Haoran
9	Shen Haoran	24 : 24th	Lee Daegyu
10	Fan Zhengyi	24 : 24th	Lee Daegyu

Group H.

space	player	G	V	Frames
1	Xu Si	3	0	12: 5
2	Lim Kok Leong	3	1	15:12
3	Qi Guoxiao	2	2	12:12
4th	Shrikrishna Suryanarayanan	1	3	9:13
5	Kamihashi Keishin	0	3	6:12

game	Player 1	Result	Player 2
1	Xu Si	14 : 14th	Qi Guoxiao
2	Lim Kok Leong	34 : 34th	Kamihashi Keishin
3	Xu Si	14 : 14th	Shrikrishna Suryanarayanan
4th	Lim Kok Leong	34 : 34th	Qi Guoxiao
5	Shrikrishna Suryanarayanan	14 : 14th	Kamihashi Keishin
6th	Xu Si	34 : 34th	Lim Kok Leong
7th	Lim Kok Leong	24 : 24th	Shrikrishna Suryanarayanan
8th	Qi Guoxiao	24 : 24th	Shrikrishna Suryanarayanan
9	Qi Guoxiao	24 : 24th	Kamihashi Keishin

Remarks

1. ↑ Performed as Chan Ming Tung DongDong during the group stage .

Final round

From the round of 16 onwards, the tournament win and the ticket for the Main Tour were played in a knockout system . Eight Chinese, three Thais, two players from Hong Kong and one player each from Malaysia, Pakistan and Iran took part in the decisive round.

The round of 16 was played in the best of 7 frames mode, the quarter and semi-finals in the best of 9 mode and the final in the best of 11 frames mode, so that six frames were enough to win the tournament. After 10 frames Akani Songsermsawad won the tournament against Yuan Sijun .

Round of 16 best of 7 frames

Quarterfinals Best of 9 Frames

Semi-final Best of 9 frames

Final Best of 11 frames

Hey Guoqiang

0

Shen Haoran

4th

Shen Haoran

3

Yun Fung Tam

5

Zhang Yong

2

Yun Fung Tam

4th

Yun Fung Tam

1

Akani Songsermsawad

5

Akani Songsermsawad

4th

Lim Kok Leong

1

Akani Songsermsawad

5

Zhao Xintong

3

Muhammed Faheem

2

Zhao Xintong

4th

Akani Songsermsawad

6th

Yuan Sijun

4th

Putthakam Kimsuk

1

Huang Jiahao

4th

Huang Jiahao

1

Yuan Sijun

5

Yuan Sijun

4th

Ratchayothin Yotharuck

0

Yuan Sijun

5

Ming Tung Chan

1

Liu Jiaming

2

Ming Tung Chan

4th

Ming Tung Chan

5

Xu Si

4th

Mohammad Reza Rafieyan

0

Xu Si

4th

Century breaks

During the tournament a total of four century breaks were played by four different players, all from China. Three Centurys were played in the group stage, the fourth Century followed in the quarterfinals by the later finalist Yuan Sijun .

• Zhao Xintong : 117
• Zhang Yong : 109
• Liu Jiaming : 106
• Yuan Sijun : 105

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c} Ron Florax: 2015 Asian Under-21 Championship. Cuetracker.net, accessed on November 21, 2018 .  
2. ↑ ^{a b c} 16th Asian Under-21 Snooker Chaympionships 2015 :: Beijing. cuesportsindia.com, accessed November 21, 2018 .  
3. ↑ ^{a b c} Michael Day: Beatiful day for 'Sunny' in 2015 Asian under 21's Championship. The Cue View, June 15, 2015, accessed November 21, 2018 .