The British Junior Snooker Championship was a snooker tournament organised, usually as two age-restricted competitions, by the Billiards and Snooker Control Council (B&SCC), which was known as the Billiards Association and Control Council (BA&CC) until 1971. The under-19 competition was sometimes called the Junior Championship, and the under-16 tournament was occasionally called the Boys' Championship.

The BA&CC had established the British Junior English Billiards Championship in 1922. In 1943 the Boys' Snooker Championship Association was formed, and invited boys under the age of 16 who were amateurs to enter its "All-England Snooker Championship". An article in The Billiard Player, the official magazine of the BA&CC, stated that "Although the BA&CC takes no cognizance of players under the age of 16, it looks forward with interest to the progress of this Championship." The final of the first edition was held on 7 March 1944 at Baths Hall, Scunthorpe, and was attended by over 1,000 spectators. Gary Owen defeated Percy Hinton by 4 to 3 to take the inaugural title. In 1945, the Boys' Snooker Championship Association formally affiliated itself to the BA&CC. World snooker champion Joe Davis refereed the final that year, and Raymond Glendenning recorded commentary for BBC Radio. This under-16 snooker championship ran annually until 1949, when the venue moved to Burroughes and Watts, London, under the auspices of the BA&CC.

In 1948, the BA&CC held a championship for boys aged 16 to 18, which was organised by W. J. Rainbow of Burroughes and Watts at Burroughes Hall, and became an annual event. Burroughes and Watts ceased trading in 1966, and there were no junior championships in 1967. Journalist Clive Everton was responsible for the revival of the championship in 1968. He arranged sponsorship from manufacturers Accles & Pollock, who were promoting a tubular steel , and the venue became their sports club in Oldbury. From 1974, the renamed B&SCC reassumed responsibility for the event.

For 1992, the B&SCC decided to replace the under-16 and under-19 tournaments with a single under-18 event. However, the B&SCC went into voluntary liquidation during the 1991–92 snooker season and that year's tournament was staged with the support of the World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association (WPBSA). Stephen Lee won the championship by defeating Paul Hunter 4–2, and went on to win the English Amateur Championship a week later. In 1993 the WPBSA established the English Association of Snooker and Billiards (EASB) with the aim of the EASB becoming the governing body for amateur snooker and English billiards in England. The EASB established its own under-17 championship for 1994.

Under-16

+Under-16 Champions Year Winner Score Runner-up Venue 1944 4–3 Baths Hall, Scunthorpe 1945 4–1 Baths Hall, Scunthorpe 1946 4–3 Baths Hall, Scunthorpe 1947 4–1 Baths Hall, Scunthorpe 1948 4–1 Baths Hall, Scunthorpe1949 3–1 Baths Hall, Scunthorpe 1949 3–0 Burroughes Hall, London 1950 3–0 Burroughes Hall, London 1951 3–0 Burroughes Hall, London 1952 3–0 Burroughes Hall, London 1953 3–1 Burroughes Hall, London 1954 3–2 Burroughes Hall, London 1955 3–1 Burroughes Hall, London 1956 3–1 Burroughes Hall, London 1957 3–1 Burroughes Hall, London 1958 3–0 Burroughes Hall, London 1959 3–1 Burroughes Hall, London 1960 3–1 Burroughes Hall, London 1961 3–1 Burroughes Hall, London 1962 3–1 Burroughes Hall, London 1963 3–0 Burroughes Hall, London 1964 3–0 Burroughes Hall, London 1965 3–0 Burroughes Hall, London 1966 3–1 Burroughes Hall, London 1967 Not held 1968 3–2 Accles & Pollock, Oldbury 1969 3–2 Accles & Pollock, Oldbury 1970 3–2 Accles & Pollock, Oldbury 1971 3–1 Accles & Pollock, Oldbury 1972 3–1 Accles & Pollock, Oldbury 1973 3–2 Accles & Pollock, Oldbury 1974 3–0 Northern Snooker Centre, Leeds 1975 3–1 Northern Snooker Centre, Leeds 1976 3–0 Northern Snooker Centre, Leeds 1977 3–2 Northern Snooker Centre, Leeds 1978 3–1 Northern Snooker Centre, Leeds 1979 3–2 Commonwealth Sporting Club, Blackpool 1980 3–1 Bulwell Church Institute, Nottingham 1981 3–1 Sheffield Snooker Centre 1982 3–1 North Midland Snooker Centre, Worksop 1983 3–0 Thornaby Snooker Centre, Teesside 1984 3–2 Charnwood Snooker Centre, Loughborough 1985 3–1 Charnwood Snooker Centre, Loughborough 1986 3–0 Willie Thorne Snooker Centre, Leicester 1987 3–0 Charnwood Snooker Centre, Loughborough 1988 3–1 Dudley Snooker Centre 1989 3–1 Dudley Snooker Centre 1990 3–0 Dudley Snooker Centre 1991 4–0 Dudley Snooker Centre

Under-19

+Under-19 Champions Year Winner Score Runner-up Venue 1949 3–1 Burroughes Hall, London 1950 3–2 Burroughes Hall, London 1951 3–2 Burroughes Hall, London 1952 3–2 Burroughes Hall, London 1953 4–2 Burroughes Hall, London 1954 4–2 Burroughes Hall, London 1955 5–0 Burroughes Hall, London 1956 5–0 Burroughes Hall, London 1957 4–0 Burroughes Hall, London 1958 4–2 Burroughes Hall, London 1959 4–3 Burroughes Hall, London 1960 4–3 Burroughes Hall, London 1961 4–0 Burroughes Hall, London 1962 4–1 Burroughes Hall, London 1963 4–3 Burroughes Hall, London 1964 4–0 Burroughes Hall, London 1965 4–3 Burroughes Hall, London 1966 4–0 Burroughes Hall, London 1967 Not held 1968 4–0 Accles & Pollock, Oldbury 1969 4–2 Accles & Pollock, Oldbury 1970 4–2 Accles & Pollock, Oldbury 1971 3–0 Accles & Pollock, Oldbury 1972 3–0 Accles & Pollock, Oldbury 1973 3–0 Accles & Pollock, Oldbury 1974 4–1 Northern Snooker Centre, Leeds 1975 4–1 Owley Wood Recreation Centre, Weaverham 1976 3–0 Northern Snooker Centre, Leeds 1977 3–0 Northern Snooker Centre, Leeds 1978 3–1 Northern Snooker Centre, Leeds 1979 3–0 Commonwealth Sporting Club, Blackpool 1980 3–1 Bulwell Church Institute, Nottingham 1981 3–1 Sheffield Snooker Centre 1982 3–2 North Midland Snooker Centre, Worksop 1983 3–1 Thornaby Snooker Centre, Teesside 1984 3–1 Charnwood Snooker Centre, Loughborough 1985 3–2 Charnwood Snooker Centre, Loughborough 1986 3–0 Willie Thorne Snooker Centre, Leicester 1987 3–2 Charnwood Snooker Centre, Loughborough 1988 3–0 Dudley Snooker Centre 1989 3–0 Dudley Snooker Centre 1990 3–0 Dudley Snooker Centre 1991 4–3 Dudley Snooker Centre

Under-18 +Under-18 Champion Year Winner score Runner-up Venue or location 1992 4–2 Spalding Snooker Centre

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