2016 IBSF World Under-21 Snooker Championship

The 2016 IBSF World Under-21 Snooker Championship was an amateur snooker tournament that took place from 20 August to 25 August 2016 in Mol, Belgium. It was the 28th edition of the IBSF World Under-21 Snooker Championship and also doubles as a qualification event for the World Snooker Tour.

IBSF World Under-21 Snooker Championship

Tournament information
Dates	20–25 August 2016 (2016-08-20 – 2016-08-25)
City	Mol
Country	Belgium
Organisation	IBSF
Highest break	Xu Si (135)
Final
Champion	Xu Si
Runner-up	Alexander Ursenbacher
Score	6–5
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The tournament was won by 25th seed Xu Si who defeated former world number 102 Alexander Ursenbacher 6–5 in the final. As a result, Xu Si was given a two-year card on the professional World Snooker Tour for the 2017/2018 and 2018/2019 seasons.

Results

Round 1

Best of 7 frames

65	Pravil Kant	2–4	64	Man Hoi Leong
57	Eklent Kaçi	2–4	72	Belan Sharif
69	Ryan Rowlands	4–0	60	Rhys Thomas
61	Rodion Judin	4–1	68	Ben Mertens

67	Louis Heathcote	4–0	62	Karol Lelek
59	Cale Barrett	4–0	70	Alex Pace
71	Gabriel Martins Campos	0–4	46	Ming Wa Man
63	Ka Wai Cheung	4–2	66	Amedeo Durnez

Round 2

Best of 7 frames

1	Ratchayothin Yotharuck	4–1	64	Leong Man-hoi
33	Jeff Jacobs	4–3	32	Paweł Rogoza
17	Dylan Craig	4–0	48	Ben Foster
49	Richard Haney	4–3	16	Ashley Carty
9	Kacper Filipiak	4–0	56	Dennis Furrer
41	Alexis Callewaert	2–4	24	Peter Devlin
25	Xu Si	4–0	40	Yun Fung Tam
72	Belan Sharif	1–4	8	Joe O'Connor
5	Yuan Sijun	4–0	69	Ryan Rowlands
37	Michael Schnabel	4–2	28	Charlie Sweeney
21	Adam Fitzgerald	4–1	44	Niel Vincent
53	Ben Fortey	4–2	12	Simon Lichtenberg
13	Lukas Kleckers	4–2	52	Digvijay Kadian
45	Daniel Holoyda	0–4	20	Dylan Emery
29	Ivan Kakovsky	4–3	36	Daegyu Lee
61	Rodion Judin	1–4	4	Andres Petrov

3	Siyavosh Mozayani	0–4	67	Louis Heathcote
35	Asutosh Padhy	4–3	30	Florian Nüßle
19	Ishpreet Singh Chadha	4–0	46	Andrei Orzan
51	Yannick Tarillon	4–0	14	Umut Dikme
11	Amir Nardeia	0–4	54	Nico Elton
43	Spasian Spasov	1–4	22	Brian Ochoiski
27	Mateusz Baranowski	4–2	38	Louis Chand
59	Cale Barrett	1–4	6	Alexander Ursenbacher
7	Tyler Rees	4–2	58	Ming Wa Man
39	Ming Tung Chan	2–4	26	Shrikrishna Suryanarayanan
23	Phuttakarn Kimsuk	3–4	42	Keishin Kamihashi
55	Markus Pfistermüller	3–4	10	Chris Totten
15	Jackson Page	4–2	50	Narongdat Takantong
47	Patrik Tiihonen	4–2	18	Noel Landers
31	Shane Bates	0–4	34	Chris Peplow
63	Cheung Ka-wai	4–1	2	Brian Cini

	Round 2 Best of 9 frames					Round 3 Best of 9 frames					Quarter-Finals Best of 9 frames					Semi-Finals Best of 9 frames					Final Best of 11 frames
	1	R. Yotharuck	5
	33	J. Jacobs	3
						1	R. Yotharuck	4
						49	R. Haney	5
	17	D. Craig	3
	49	R. Haney	5
											49	R. Haney	1
											25	Xu	5
	9	K. Filipiak	5
	24	P. Devlin	3
						9	K. Filipiak	3
						25	Xu	5
	25	Xu S.	5
	8	J. O'Connor	2
																25	Xu	5
																13	L. Kleckers	2
	5	Yuan S.	5
	37	M. Schnabel	1
						5	Yuan	5
						53	B. Fortey	0
	21	A. Fitzgerald	1
	53	B. Fortey	5
											5	Yuan	4
											13	L. Kleckers	5
	13	L. Kleckers	5
	20	D. Emery	4
						13	L. Kleckers	5
						4	A. Petrov	2
	29	I. Kakovsky	2
	4	A. Petrov	5
																					25	Xu Si	6
																					6	A. Ursenbacher	5
	67	L. Heathcote	1
	35	A. Padhy	5
						35	A. Padhy	5
						19	I.S. Chadha	2
	19	I.S. Chadha	5
	51	Y. Tarillon	4
											35	A. Padhy	3
											6	A. Ursenbacher	5
	54	N. Elton	5
	22	B. Ochoiski	0
						54	N. Elton	1
						6	A. Ursenbacher	5
	27	M. Baranowski	4
	6	A. Ursenbacher	5
																6	A. Ursenbacher	5
																63	Cheung	3
	7	T. Rees	5
	26	S. Suryanarayanan	2
						7	T. Rees	2
						10	C. Totten	5
	42	K. Kamihashi	2
	10	C. Totten	5
											10	C. Totten	2
											63	Cheung	5
	15	J. Page	4
	47	P. Tiihonen	5
						47	P. Tiihonen	1
						63	Cheung	5
	34	C. Peplow	4
	63	Cheung K.W.	5