The IBSF World Billiards Championship (previously known as the World Amateur Billiards Championship) is the premier, international, non-professional tournament for the game of English billiards. Dating to some form to 1951, the event has been sanctioned by the International Billiards and Snooker Federation since 1973.

History

Prior to 1951, when the first "world amateur" championship was held under the auspices of the Billiards Association and Control Council (based in London),Northern Ireland Billiards Association Minutes, p. 133, 5 July 1951 this event was called the [British] Empire Billiards Championship.Northern Ireland Billiards Association Minutes, 1926-50

In 1971, after many years' discussion,NIBA Minutes, p. 198, 1959 (Billiards Association of India and BACC discussions on formation of a world body) the World Billiards & Snooker Council was formed, changing its name in 1973 to the International Billiards & Snooker Federation. The name change came about because of the disquiet of many overseas national associations that the same body should oversee both the English domestic game and the game at international level. Consequently, the IBSF took control of the organisation of the non-professional championships of both snooker and billiards. The first winner from outside the British Commonwealth did not occur until 1999.

From 2012 to 2015, the IBSF World Billiards Championship was merged with the World Professional Billiards Championship. Under the name World Billiards Championship, tournaments were held in both points and timed format.

Champions Finals are listed below. Men #YearVenueWinnerRunner-upScoreBilliards Association and Control Council 1 1926 London Joe Earlam George Shailer Round Robin 2 1927 London Allan Prior Horace Coles Round Robin 3 1929 Johannesburg Les Hayes Allan Prior Round Robin 4 1931 Sydney Laurie Steeples Sydney Lee Round Robin 5 1933 London Sydney Lee Tom Jones Round Robin 6 1935 London Horace Coles J McGhie Round Robin 7 1936 Johannesburg Bob Marshall Allan Prior Round Robin 8 1938 Melbourne Bob Marshall Kingsley Kennerley Round RobinBilliards and Snooker Control Council 9 1951 London Bob Marshall Frank Edwards Round Robin 10 1952 Calcutta Leslie Driffield Bob Marshall Round Robin 11 1954 Sydney Tom Cleary Bob Marshall Round Robin 12 1958 Calcutta Wilson Jones Leslie Driffield Round Robin 13 1960 Edinburgh Herbert Beetham Jim Long Round Robin 14 1962 Perth Bob Marshall Wilson Jones 3623–2891 15 1964 Pukekohe Wilson Jones Jack Karnehm Round Robin 16 1967 Colombo Leslie Driffield Muhammad Lafir Round Robin 17 1969 London Jack Karnehm Michael Ferreira Round Robin 18 1971 Malta Norman Dagley Mannie Francisco Round RobinInternational Billiards and Snooker Federation 19 1973 Bombay Muhammad Lafir Satish Mohan Round Robin 20 1975 Auckland Norman Dagley Michael Ferreira 3385–2268 21 1977 Melbourne Michael Ferreira Bob Close 2683–2564 22 1979 Sri Lanka Paul Mifsud Norman Dagley 2943–2152 23 1981 Delhi Michael Ferreira Norman Dagley 2725–2631 24 1983 Malta Michael Ferreira Subhash Agarwal 3933–2744 25 1985 Dublin Geet Sethi Bob Marshall 3809–2453 26 1987 Belfast Geet Sethi Joe Grech 4846–3256 27 1990 Bangalore Manoj Kothari Ashok Shandilya 2890–2422 28 1997 Malta Joe Grech Ashok Shandilya 2895–2836 29 1998 Australia Robby Foldvari Praput Chaithanasakun 1869–1439 30 1999 Ireland Praput Chaithanasakun Paul Bennett 3201–1657 31 2000 England Chris Shutt Roxton Chapman 11–9 (50up) 32 2001 New Zealand Geet Sethi Ashok Shandilya 3484–1289New Era (Timed + Points) 33 2002 Australia (timed) Mike Russell Geet Sethi 2438–1499 33 2002 Australia (points) Ashok Shandilya Praput Chaithanasakun 11–9 (50up) 34 2003 India Lee Lagan Geet Sethi 6–5 (150up) 35 2005 Malta (timed) Pankaj Advani Geet Sethi 2242–1717 35 2005 Malta (points) Pankaj Advani Devendra Joshi 6–2 (150up) 36 2007 Singapore (timed) Pankaj Advani Dhruv Sitwala 1946–1488 36 2007 Singapore (points) Rupesh Shah Ashok Shandilya 6–4 (150up) 37 2008 Bangalore (timed) Pankaj Advani Devendra Joshi 2368–2020 37 2008 Bangalore (points) Pankaj Advani Geet Sethi 6–1 (150up) 38 2010 Maharashtra (timed) Mike Russell Peter Gilchrist 4120–784 38 2010 Maharashtra (points) Mike Russell Pankaj Advani 6–0 (150up) 39 2011 Carlow (timed) Mike Russell Matthew Bolton 3001–519 39 2011 Carlow (points) Mike Russell Pankaj Advani 6–3 (150up)2012-2015 with World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association (WPBSA) 40 2012 England (timed) Pankaj Advani Mike Russell 1895–1216 40 2012 England (points) Rupesh Shah Matthew Bolton 6–2 41 2013 England (Long-Up) Peter Gilchrist David Causier 1500–1085 41 2013 England (150-Up) David Causier Alok Kumar 6–1 42 2014 England (timed) Pankaj Advani Rob Hall 1928–893 42 2014 England (150-up) Pankaj Advani Peter Gilchrist 6–2 43 2015 Adelaide (timed) Pankaj Advani Peter Gilchrist 2408–1240 43 2015 Adelaide (150-Up) Peter Gilchrist Pankaj Advani 6–42012-2015 with World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association (WPBSA) 44 2016 India (150-Up) Pankaj Advani Peter Gilchrist 6–3 44 2016 India (Long-Up) Peter Gilchrist Sourav Kothari 1500–617 45 2017 Doha (150-Up) Pankaj Advani Mike Russell 6–2 45 2017 Doha (Long-Up) Mike Russell Robert Hall 1500–1284 46 2018 Yangon (150-Up) Pankaj Advani Nay Thway Oo 6–2 46 2018 Yangon (Long-Up) Pankaj Advani Bhaskar Balachandra 1500–299 47 2019 Mandalay (150-Up) Pankaj Advani Nay Thway Oo 6–2 47 2019 Mandalay (Long-Up) Peter Gilchrist Praprut Chaithanasakun 1000–732 48 2022 Kuala Lumpur (150-Up) Pankaj Advani Sourav Kothari 4–0 49 2023 Doha (150-Up) Pankaj Advani Sourav Kothari 5–0 49 2023 Doha (Long-Up) Pankaj Advani Sourav Kothari 1000–416 50 2025 Carlow (timed) Sourav Kothari Pankaj Advani 725–480 51 2026 Carlow (timed) Sourav Kothari Pankaj Advani 1133–477

Women 2015 : Arantxa Sanchis - Revanna Umadevi 414-255

In 2015, the International Billiards and Snooker Federation held its own version of a World Women's Billiards Championship. Arantxa Sanchis defeated Revanna Umadevi to take the title.

+IBSF World Women's Billiards Championship finalYear OrganiserWinner Runner-up Final score Venue 2015 IBSF 414–255 Oceania Snooker Academy, Adelaide

Juniors Men

2015 : S. Shrikrishna - Ishpreet Chadha 731-525

Juniors Women Not held.

Summary Men CountryTitles 27 18 7 4 2 1 1 1 1 Women CountryTitles 1

See also World Billiards Championship (English billiards) World Women's Billiards Championship Women's Professional Billiards Championship

References

IBSF past champions