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United States National Snooker Championship

The United States National Snooker Championship (occasionally known as the United States Amateur Championship) is an annual snooker competition played in the United States and is the highest ranking amateur event in the country

United States National Snooker Championship
Tournament information
CountryUnited States
Established1991; 33 years ago (1991)
Organisation(s)United States Snooker Association
FormatNational event
Recent edition2023
Current championUnited States Daren Taylor

The competition was established in 1991 and was won by the Tom Kollins, who went on to win the title again in 1992, 1998, 1999 and 2001.[1] The 2020 Championship was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic, though it was back in 2021 at the New York Athletic Club and was won for a record sixth time by Ahmed Aly Elsayed.[2]

Both the winner and runner-up are selected to represent the United States in the following IBSF World Snooker Championship,[3] and other annual invitational snooker events.

From 2014, due to a ruling by the IBSF, the Championship is now only open to U.S. citizens having previously also been open to U.S. permanent residents.

Winners edit

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Year Winner Runner-up Final score Venue City
1991   Tom Kollins   John Abruzzo 4–2 Preacher's Pool & Billiards Oakbrook Terrace, Illinois
1992   Tom Kollins   John Lewis 4–3 Pockets Billiards & Sports Bar Aurora, Illinois
1993   David Yao   Mike Massey 5–0 Pockets Billiards & Sports Bar Aurora, Illinois
1994   David Yao   Tom Kollins 5–2 Pockets Billiards & Sports Bar Aurora, Illinois
1995   Tang Hoa   Orwin Ham 5–1 Embassy Billiards Club San Gabriel, California
1996   Peter Ong   Piya Potanan 5–0 Embassy Billiards Club San Gabriel, California
1997   George Lai   Truman Wu 5–3 Cue T's Snooker Club Monterey Park, California
1998   Tom Kollins   Tom Karabotsos 5–4 Cue 'N' You Grayslake, Illinois
1999   Tom Kollins   Murali Venkat 5–0 Cue 'N' You Grayslake, Illinois
2000   Ajeya Prabhakar   Tom Kollins 5–3 Cue 'N' You Grayslake, Illinois
2001   Tom Kollins   Ajeya Prabhakar 5–0 Cue 'N' You Grayslake, Illinois
2004   Kenny Kwok   Raymond Fung 4–2 New York Athletic Club Manhattan, New York
2005   George Lai   Kenny Kwok 4–2 Embassy Billiards Club San Gabriel, California
2006   Paul Kimura   Romil Azemat 5–3 Embassy Billiards Club San Gabriel, California
2007   Jack Kung   George Lai 5–3 Embassy Billiards Club San Gabriel, California
2008   George Lai   Jian Qiang Wang 5–2 Embassy Billiards Club San Gabriel, California
2009   Ahmed Aly Elsayed   Ajeya Prabhakar 5–4 Prince Snooker Club Brooklyn, New York
2010   Ahmed Aly Elsayed   Yi Fei Mei 5–4 Embassy Billiards Club San Gabriel, California
2011[4]   Ahmed Aly Elsayed   Ajeya Prabhakar 5–3 Prince Snooker Club Brooklyn, New York
2012[5]   Sargon Isaac   Ajeya Prabhakar 5–2 Embassy Billiards Club San Gabriel, California
2013[6]   Corey Deuel   Sargon Isaac 5–1 Snooker 147 Bar & Grill Houston, Texas
2014[7]   Ajeya Prabhakar   Raymond Fung 5–2 Top 147 Snooker Club Brooklyn, New York
2015[8][9]   Sargon Isaac   Ahmed Aly Elsayed 5–3 Prince Snooker Club Brooklyn, New York
2016[10]   Sargon Isaac   Ahmed Aly Elsayed 5–1 147 Snooker Club Houston, Texas
2017[11]   Raymond Fung   Ahmed Aly Elsayed 5–4 New York Athletic Club Manhattan, New York
2018[12]   Ahmed Aly Elsayed   Raymond Fung 5–2 Prince Snooker Club Brooklyn, New York
2019[13]   Ahmed Aly Elsayed   Cheang Ciing Yoo 5–3 Q Ball Snooker & Pool Houston, Texas
2021[14]   Ahmed Aly Elsayed   Ajeya Prabhakar 5–0 New York Athletic Club Manhattan, New York
2022[15]   Steven Wong   Raymond Fung 5–3 Ox Billiards Seattle, Washington
2023[16]   Daren Taylor   Steven Wong 5–4 Embassy Billiards Club San Gabriel, California

Stats edit

Finalists edit

Rank Name Winner Runner-up Finals
1 Ahmed Aly Elsayed 6 3 9
2 Tom Kollins 5 2 7
3 Sargon Isaac 3 1 4
3 George Lai 3 1 4
5 Ajeya Prabhakar 2 5 7
6 David Yao 2 0 2
7 Raymond Fung 1 4 5
8 Kenny Kwok 1 1 2
9 Steven Wong 1 1 2
10 Daren Taylor 1 0 1
10 Tang Hoa 1 0 1
10 Peter Ong 1 0 1
10 Paul Kimura 1 0 1
10 Jack Kung 1 0 1
10 Corey Deuel 1 0 1
16 Cheang Ciing Yoo 0 1 1
16 John Abruzzo 0 1 1
16 John Lewis 0 1 1
16 Mike Massey 0 1 1
16 Orwin Ham 0 1 1
16 Piya Potanan 0 1 1
16 Truman Wu 0 1 1
16 Tom Karabotsos 0 1 1
16 Murali Venkat 0 1 1
16 Romil Azemat 0 1 1
16 Jian Qiang Wang 0 1 1
16 Yi Fei Mei 0 1 1

References edit

  1. ^ "Player Profiles - Tom Kollins". United States Snooker Association. 2013. Retrieved May 29, 2013.
  2. ^ a b "United States National Snooker Championship - Champions Roll Of Honor". United States Snooker Association. 2021. Retrieved October 18, 2021.
  3. ^ "About The Championship". United States Snooker Association. 2013. Retrieved May 29, 2013.
  4. ^ "Almighty Aly Secures Third U.S. National Snooker Title". United States Snooker Association. Retrieved July 3, 2011.
  5. ^ "Sensational Sargon Claims U.S Title". worldsnooker.com. Retrieved May 30, 2012.
  6. ^ "Corey Shows His Deuel Talent". worldsnooker.com. Retrieved May 29, 2013.
  7. ^ "Ajeya Prabhakar Wins The United States National Snooker Championship". snookerclub.com. Retrieved May 28, 2014.
  8. ^ "Isaac Fulfils American Dream". World Snooker. Retrieved June 6, 2015.
  9. ^ "Isaac Captures Second National Snooker Title". United States Snooker Association. Retrieved May 25, 2015.
  10. ^ "Isaac Defends Title To Become A Fantastic Three Times Champion". United States Snooker Association. Retrieved June 4, 2016.
  11. ^ "Fung finally achieves his American snooker dream". United States Snooker Association. Retrieved June 7, 2017.
  12. ^ "Aly back to winning ways with fourth National Snooker Championship title". United States Snooker Association. Retrieved May 29, 2018.
  13. ^ "Aly's fantastic fifth Championship title". United States Snooker Association. Retrieved September 3, 2019.
  14. ^ "Aly secures record breaking sixth U.S. title". United States Snooker Association. Retrieved October 18, 2021.
  15. ^ "Wong wins first United States National Snooker Championship title". United States Snooker Association. Retrieved September 6, 2022.
  16. ^ "Taylor is top snooker player in the United States". United States Snooker Association. Retrieved October 19, 2023.
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