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
The competition was established in 1991 and was won by Tom Kollins, who went on to win the title again in 1992, 1998, 1999 and 2001. After the passing of Kollins in 2020, a new perpetual Championship trophy was named The Tom Kollins Trophy in his memory.
Both the winner and runner-up are selected to represent the United States in the following IBSF World Snooker Championship, and other annual invitational snooker events.
The Championship is open to U.S. citizens, and, from 2023, also U.S. permanent residents who have been a continuous resident of the United States for the past five years, and who have had no previous representation for another nation in any recognized international snooker competition.
The current champion is Renat Denkha from Chicago, after he won the 2026 Championship which was jointly staged in California at the PABSA Academy in Santa Clara and California Snooker in San Jose, from September 4-8. It was Denkha's third successive Championship title victory.
Winners
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 Ahmed Aly Elsayed Ajeya Prabhakar 5–3 Prince Snooker Club Brooklyn, New York 2012 Sargon Isaac Ajeya Prabhakar 5–2 Embassy Billiards Club San Gabriel, California 2013 Corey Deuel Sargon Isaac 5–1 Snooker 147 Bar & Grill Houston, Texas 2014 Ajeya Prabhakar Raymond Fung 5–2 Top 147 Snooker Club Brooklyn, New York 2015 Sargon Isaac Ahmed Aly Elsayed 5–3 Prince Snooker Club Brooklyn, New York 2016 Sargon Isaac Ahmed Aly Elsayed 5–1 147 Snooker Club Houston, Texas 2017 Raymond Fung Ahmed Aly Elsayed 5–4 New York Athletic Club Manhattan, New York 2018 Ahmed Aly Elsayed Raymond Fung 5–2 Prince Snooker Club Brooklyn, New York 2019 Ahmed Aly Elsayed Cheang Ciing Yoo 5–3 Q Ball Snooker & Pool Houston, Texas 2021 Ahmed Aly Elsayed Ajeya Prabhakar 5–0 New York Athletic Club Manhattan, New York 2022 Steven Wong Raymond Fung 5–3 Ox Billiards Seattle, Washington 2023 Daren Taylor Steven Wong 5–4 Embassy Billiards Club San Gabriel, California 2024 Renat Denkha Daren Taylor 5–1 Embassy Billiards Club San Gabriel, California 2025 Renat Denkha Ajeya Prabhakar 5–3 The Champion Snooker Club Concord, California 2026 Renat Denkha Hasanain Alsultani 5–4 PABSA Academy / California Snooker Santa Clara, California / San Jose, California
Stats
Finalists Rank Name Winner Finals1Ahmed Aly Elsayed6392 (†)527=3314=3314530362687 (†)2028145=9112=9112=9112=12101=12101=12 (†)101=12101=12101=17011=17011=17011=17011=17011=17011=17011=17011=17011=17011=17011=17011=17011
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