The 2018 WSF Championship was the first edition of the WSF Championship, an amateur snooker tournament that took place from 18 March to 24 March 2018 in Qawra, Malta. It was the first edition of the WSF Championships and also doubled as a qualification event for the World Snooker Tour. The best four players (all semi-finalists) received an invitation to compete in the 2018 World Snooker Championship. Two best players (both finalists) received a Main Tour Card for the 2018/2019 season.
The tournament was televised in Malta by TVM2.
Prize fund The breakdown of the tournament prizes is shown below: Winner: €10,000 Runner-up: €4,000 Semi-finalist: €1,800 Quarter-finalist: €1,000 Last 16: €400 Last 32: €200 Highest break: €300 Total: €28,300
Results Group A The following is the results from the Groups.
PlacePlayerFrames wonFrames lostDifference 1 Michael Collumb 12 3 9 2 Marcin Nitschke 10 4 6 3 Cedric Van Wassenhove 7 9 −2 4 Joseph Casha 4 9 −5 5 Waratthanun Sukritthanes 4 12 −8
Group B PlacePlayerFrames wonFrames lostDifference 1 David Lilley 12 0 12 2 Marvin Lim Chun Kiat 9 6 3 3 Ross Symes 8 8 0 4 Mario Brincat 5 9 −4 5 Alessandro Maciel 1 12 −11
Group C PlacePlayerFrames wonFrames lostDifference 1 Kristján Helgason 12 1 11 2 Ryan Thomerson 10 5 5 3 Tom Limor 7 7 0 4 Laurens de Staelen 4 12 −8 5 John Farrugia 3 11 −8
Group D PlacePlayerFrames wonFrames lostDifference 1 Kacper Filipiak 12 1 11 2 Isaac Borg 8 7 1 3 Gao Yang 8 8 0 4 Patrik Tiihonen 7 10 −3 5 Carlos Loberto 3 12 −9
Group E PlacePlayerFrames wonFrames lostDifference 1 Luo Honghao 12 3 9 2 Steve Mifsud 9 4 5 3 Andres Petrov 8 6 2 4 Daniel O'Regan 4 11 −7 5 Matthew Calleja 3 12 −9
Group F PlacePlayerFrames wonFrames lostDifference 1 Ross Vallance 12 0 12 2 Alex Taubman 9 4 5 3 Philip Ciantar 6 7 −1 4 Nutcharut Wongharuthai 5 9 −4 5 Mohammed El Idrissi 0 12 −12
Group G PlacePlayerFrames wonFrames lostDifference 1 Darren Morgan 12 4 8 2 Brian Cini 11 3 8 3 Philip O`Connor 6 8 −2 4 Vladu Mihai 6 11 −5 5 Nicolly Christo 3 12 −9
Group H PlacePlayerFrames wonFrames lostDifference 1 Igor Figueiredo 9 1 8 2 Clayton Castaldi 7 6 1 3 Dylan Gault 5 8 −3 4 Khalid Kamali 3 9 −6
Group I PlacePlayerFrames wonFrames lostDifference 1 Ratchayothin Yotharuck 9 4 5 2 Chris Peplow 9 5 4 3 Jeff Jacobs 9 7 2 4 Andrew Pagett 8 8 0 5 Edmond Ndou 1 12 −11
Group J PlacePlayerFrames wonFrames lostDifference 1 Adam Stefanow 12 0 12 2 Saqib Nasir 9 5 4 3 Ang Boon Chin 7 7 0 4 Iulian Boiko 4 10 −6 5 Bendaoud Kamal 2 12 −10
Group K PlacePlayerFrames wonFrames lostDifference 1 Aaron Busuttil 7 4 3 Jamie Clarke 7 4 3 3 Suleman Kukka Salam 6 6 0 4 Mohammed Al Joker 3 9 −6
Group L PlacePlayerFrames wonFrames lostDifference 1 Andreas Ploner 12 4 8 2 Fraser Patrick 10 8 2 3 Simon Zammit 9 8 1 4 Jon Ingi Ægisson 6 9 −3 5 Saif Alketbi 4 12 −8
Group M PlacePlayerFrames wonFrames lostDifference 1 Kishan Hirani 12 4 8 2 Yuttapop Pakpoj 10 6 4 3 Belan Sharif 7 9 −2 4 Rebecca Kenna 7 11 −4 5 Esa Oikarinen 6 12 −6
Group N PlacePlayerFrames wonFrames lostDifference 1 Mateusz Baranowski 12 1 11 2 Noel Landers 9 7 2 3 Reanne Evans 7 8 −1 4 Ahmed Shehab 5 11 −6 5 Heikki Niva 4 10 −6
Group O PlacePlayerFrames wonFrames lostDifference 1 Joe O'Connor 12 3 9 2 Grzegorz Biernadski 10 6 4 3 Arthur Cachia 9 8 1 4 Benny Loh 4 9 −5 5 Benjamin McCabe 3 12 −9
Group P PlacePlayerFrames wonFrames lostDifference 1 Kevin Hanssens 12 0 12 2 Saif Al Shamsi 9 5 4 3 Frans Mintoff 7 7 0 4 Dorjan Maknori 5 10 −5 5 Andrei Orzan 1 12 −11
Group Q PlacePlayerFrames wonFrames lostDifference 1 Michael Judge 12 2 10 2 Kuldesh Johal 10 8 2 3 Sergey Isaenko 7 7 0 4 Jason Peplow 7 8 −1 5 Shai Yair 1 12 −11
Group R PlacePlayerFrames wonFrames lostDifference 1 Duncan Bezzina 9 4 5 2 Kobe Vanoppen 9 6 3 3 TJ Dowling 8 6 2 4 Stuart Watson 8 7 1 5 Israel Pertman 1 12 −11
Knockout stage The following is the results from the Knockout stage.
Round 1 Best of 7 frames
33 Noel Landers 0–4 32 Fraser Patrick 17 Duncan Bezzina 4–0 48 Ross Symes 49 Philip O`Connor 1–4 16 Ratchayothin Yotharuck 41 Gao Yang 1–4 24 Steve Mifsud 25 Saif Al Shamsi 4–0 40 Suleman Kukka Salam 37 Andres Petrov 4–3 28 Aaron Busuttil 21 Marcin Nitschke 4–2 44 Simon Zammit 54 Cedric Van Wassenhove 4–3 12 Joe O'Connor 13 Kishan Hirani 4–2 52 Reanne Evans 45 Frans Mintoff 2–4 20 Brian Cini 29 Marvin Lim Chun Kiat 4–1 36 Isaac Borg
35 Kuldesh Johal 4–3 30 Kobe Vanoppen 19 Alex Taubman 4–0 46 Belan Sharif 51 Dylan Gault 1–4 14 Andreas Ploner 11 Michael Collumb 4–1 53 Philip Ciantar 43 Jeff Jacobs 2–4 22 Ryan Thomerson 27 Saqib Nasir 4–0 38 Grzegorz Biernadski 39 TJ Dowling 4–2 26 Yuttapop Pakpoj 23 Chris Peplow 4–0 42 Sergey Isaenko 15 Darren Morgan 4–1 50 Tom Limor 47 Ang Boon Chin 1–4 18 Jamie Clarke 31 Clayton Castaldi 4–1 34 Arthur Cachia
Other rounds
Century breaks Total: 10
131, 125, 107 Igor Figueiredo 130, 124, 119, 101, 100 Kristján Helgason 127 Luo Honghao 103 Adam Stefanow
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