ABSF African Snooker Championships
Tournament information | |
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Established | 1993 |
Organisation(s) | African Billiards & Snooker Confederation |
Format | Amateur event |
Recent edition | 2023 |
Current champion | ![]() |
The ABSC African Snooker Championship is an annual snooker competition and is the highest ranking and most prestigious amateur event in Africa. The event series is sanctioned by the African Billiards & Snooker Confederation. established back in 1993, the winner of the event often becomes the African nomination for the World Snooker Tour. Throughout the tournament’s early history the championship was dominated by South African players, however at the turn of the millennium Egyptian players became the dominant force in the championship, winning 11 of 15 championships since the year 2000.
The championship is currently held by Mostafa Dorgham who defeated Mohamed Khairy 5–2 in the final of the 2023 All-Africa Snooker & 6-Red Championship.
Men's finals
Year | Venue | Winner | Runner-up | Score |
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1993 | Unknown | ![]() |
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1994 | ![]() |
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11–10 |
1995 | ![]() |
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11–8 |
1996 | Unknown | ![]() |
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1997–1998 | Unknown | |||
1999[2] | ![]() |
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6–5 |
2000[3] | ![]() |
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5–4 |
2001 | Unknown | |||
2002 | ![]() |
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5–2 |
2003–2006 | Unknown | |||
2007[4] | ![]() |
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5–4 |
2008[5] | ![]() |
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6–2 |
2009[6] | ![]() |
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6–0 |
2010 | ![]() |
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6–1 |
2011[7] | ![]() |
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6–4 |
2012[8] | ![]() |
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6–2 |
2013[9] | ![]() |
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6–2 |
2014 | Unknown | |||
2015[10] | ![]() |
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6–5 |
2016 | ![]() |
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6–1 |
2017 | ![]() |
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6–5 |
2018[11] | ![]() |
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6–1 |
2019[12] | ![]() |
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5–4 |
2022 | ![]() |
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5–4 |
2023[13] | ![]() |
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5–2 |
Champions by country
Country | Players | Total | First title | Last title |
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8 | 12 | 2000 | 2023 |
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4 | 7 | 1994 | 2016 |
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1 | 1 | 1993 | 1993 |
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1 | 1 | 2019 | 2019 |
Women's finals
Year | Venue | Winner | Runner-up | Score | Ref. |
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2015 | Tunis, Tunisia | ![]() |
Round-robin | [14] | |
2022 | Casablanca, Morocco | ![]() |
Zineb Likaimi | 3–0 | [15] |
2023 | Casablanca, Morocco | ![]() |
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3–0 | [13] |
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