EBSA European Under-21 Snooker Championship

The EBSA European Under-21 Snooker Championships is the premier amateur junior snooker tournament in Europe. The event series is sanctioned by the European Billiards & Snooker Association. It took place first in 1997 and is held annually since then. The event was known as the EBSA European Under-19 Snooker Championships until 2010.[1][2][3] In most years the winner of the tournament qualifies for the next two seasons of the World Snooker Tour as well as being awarded the Ebdon Trophy which is named in honour of former World Champion Peter Ebdon.[4]

Winners edit

[1][2][3]

Year Venue Winner Runner-up Score
EBSA European Under-19 Snooker Championships
1997   Saint Helier, Jersey   Thomas Dowling   Michael Holt 6–3
1998[5]   Rabat, Malta   Ian Preece   Sean O'Neill 7–3
1999   Kalisz, Poland   Gerrit bij de Leij   Ian Preece 6–3
2000   Budapest, Hungary   Roger Baksa   Rolf de Jong 6–3
2001[6]   Bad Wildungen, Germany   Mark Joyce   David Donovan 6–3
2002   Carlow, Ireland   Robert Shanks   Mark Joyce 6–3
2003[7]   Riga, Latvia   Jamie O’Neill   Robert Shanks 6–3
2004[8]   Wellingborough, England   Jamie Jones   Mark Allen 6–3
2005[9]   Yekaterinburg, Russia   Mark Allen   Chris Norbury 6–5
2006[10]   Riga, Latvia   Ben Woollaston   Vincent Muldoon 6–4
2007[11]   Prestatyn, Wales   Michael White   Vincent Muldoon 6–2
2008[12]   Glasgow, Scotland   Stephen Craigie   Anthony McGill 6–2
2009[13]   Saint Petersburg, Russia   Luca Brecel   Michael Wasley 6–5
2010[14]   Qawra, Malta   Jak Jones   Anthony McGill 6–4
EBSA European Under-21 Snooker Championships
2011[15]   Qawra, Malta   Kacper Filipiak   Michael Leslie 6–3
2012[16]   Sofia, Bulgaria   Michael Leslie   Shane Castle 6–2
2013[17]   Bor, Serbia   James Cahill   Ashley Carty 6–0
2014[18]   Bucharest, Romania   Oliver Lines   Josh Boileau 6–1
2015[19]   Qawra, Malta   Darryl Hill   Louis Heathcote 6–3
2016[20]   Wrocław, Poland   Josh Boileau   Brandon Sargeant 6–1
2017[21]   Nicosia, Cyprus   Alexander Ursenbacher   Jackson Page 6–4
2018[22]   Sofia, Bulgaria   Simon Lichtenberg   Tyler Rees 6–3
2019[23]   Eilat, Israel   Jackson Page   Ross Bulman 5–1
2020[24]   Albufeira, Portugal   Aaron Hill   Hayden Staniland 5–2
2021[25]   Albufeira, Portugal   Dylan Emery   Julien Leclercq 5–2
2022[26]   Shengjin, Albania   Ben Mertens   Florian Nüßle 5–1
2023[27]   St. Paul's Bay, Malta   Liam Graham   Iulian Boiko 5–2
2024[28]   Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina   Liam Davies   Antoni Kowalski 5–3

Statistics edit

Champions by country edit

Country Players First title Last title
  England 7 2000 2014
  Wales 7 1998 2024
  Ireland 3 1997 2020
  Scotland 3 2002 2023
  Belgium 2 2009 2022
  Netherlands 1 1999 1999
  Northern Ireland 1 2005 2005
  Poland 1 2011 2011
  Isle of Man 1 2015 2015
   Switzerland 1 2017 2017
  Germany 1 2018 2018

See also edit

References edit

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