The IBSF World Under-21 Snooker Championship (also known as the World Amateur Under-21 Snooker Championship) is the premier non-professional junior snooker tournament in the world. The event series is sanctioned by the International Billiards and Snooker Federation and started from 1987.
Five winners of this men's junior event later won the World Snooker Championship: Ken Doherty, Peter Ebdon, Ronnie O'Sullivan, Neil Robertson, and Wu Yize.
Four winners of the women's event would later win the World Women's Snooker Championship: Baipat Siripaporn, Bai Yulu, Mink Nutcharut and Panchaya Channoi. Bi Zhu Qing would later win the 2011 WPA Women's World Nine-ball Championship.
Results Men
Year Venue Winner Runner-up Score 1987 Hastings, England Jonathan Birch Stefan Mazrocis 4–1 1988 Bangkok, Thailand Brian Morgan Jason Peplow 6–1 1989 Reykjavík, Iceland Ken Doherty Jason Ferguson 11–5 1990 Brisbane, Australia Peter Ebdon Oliver King 11–9 1991 Bangalore, India Ronnie O'Sullivan Patrick Delsemme 11–4 1992 Robin Hull Patrick Delsemme 11–7 1993 Reykjavík, Iceland Kristján Helgason Indika Dodangoda 11–7 1994 Helsinki, Finland Quinten Hann David Gray 11–10 1995 Alan Burnett Kwan Poomjang 11–6 1996 Johannesburg, South Africa Chan Kwok Ming Risto Vayrynen 11–6 1997 Carlow, Ireland Marco Fu Bjorn Haneveer 11–7 1998 Rabat, Malta Luke Simmonds Robert Murphy 11–2 1999 Cairo, Egypt Rodney Goggins Rolf de Jong 11–4 2000 Bangalore, India Luke Fisher Steven Bennie 11–5 2001 Stirling, Scotland Ricky Walden Sean O'Neill 11–5 2002 Riga, Latvia Ding Junhui David John 11–9 2003 Taupō, New Zealand Neil Robertson Liu Song 11–5 2004 Carlow, Ireland Gary Wilson Kobkit Palajin 11–5 2005 Manama, Bahrain Liang Wenbo Tian Pengfei 11–9 2007 Goa, India Michael Georgiou Zhang Anda 11–6 2009 Kish, Iran Noppon Saengkham Soheil Vahedi 9–8 2010 Letterkenny, Ireland Sam Craigie Li Hang 9–8 2011 Montreal, Canada Thanawat Thirapongpaiboon Noppon Saengkham 9–3 2012 Wuxi, China Lyu Haotian Zhu Yinghui 9–6 2013 Beijing, China Lu Ning Zhou Yuelong 9–4 2014 Al Fujairah, United Arab Emirates Hossein Vafaei Josh Boileau 8–3 2015 Bucharest, Romania Boonyarit Keattikun Jamie Clarke 8–7 2016 Mol, Belgium Xu Si Alexander Ursenbacher 6–5 2017 Beijing, China Fan Zhengyi Luo Honghao 7–6 2018 Jinan, China Wu Yize Pongsakorn Chongjairak 6–4 2019 Qingdao, China Zhao Jianbo Pang Junxu 6–1 2021 Doha, Qatar Florian Nüßle Taweesap Kongkitchertchoo 6–5 2022 Bucharest, Romania Liam Davies Antoni Kowalski 5–1 2023 Riyadh, Saudi Arabia Liam Davies Alexander Widau 5–2 2024 Bangalore, India Michał Szubarczyk Alexander Widau 5–1 2025 Manama, Bahrain Sebastian Milewski Pan Yiming 5–0
Women Year Venue Winner Runner-up Score 2007 Bi Zhu Qing Ng On-yee 4–2 2014 Al Fujairah, United Arab Emirates Jessica Woods Amornrat Uamduang 4–3 2015 Bucharest, Romania Baipat Siripaporn Mink Nutcharut 5–2 2016 Mol, Belgium Mink Nutcharut Baipat Siripaporn 5–4 2017 Beijing, China Mink Nutcharut Xia Yuying 5–3 2018 Jinan, China Mink Nutcharut Bai Yulu 4–2 2019 Qingdao, China Bai Yulu Mink Nutcharut 4–0 2022 Bucharest, Romania Panchaya Channoi Anupama Ramachandran 4–1 2023 Riyadh, Saudi Arabia Keerthana Pandian Anupama Ramachandran 3–2 2024 Bangalore, India Natasha Chethan Narucha Phoemphul 3–2
See also World Snooker Tour IBSF World Snooker Championship IBSF World Under-18 Snooker Championship World Open Under-16 Snooker Championships
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