# IBSF-Snookerweltmeisterschaft 2008

Die IBSF-Snookerweltmeisterschaft 2008 war die 33. Auflage der Amateur-Weltmeisterschaft im Snooker. Sie fand vom 27. Oktober bis 8. November 2008 in der Boschhalle in Wels und damit erstmals in Österreich statt. Weltmeister wurde der Thailänder Thepchaiya Un-Nooh, der sich damit für die Main Tour 2009/10 qualifizierte. Im Finale besiegte er den Iren Colm Gilcreest mit 11:7. Das Spiel um Platz 3 gewann der Chinese Xiao Guodong mit 3:2 gegen den Iraner Soheil Vahedi.

## Modus

Die 100 teilnehmenden Spieler wurden in 13 Gruppen eingeteilt, in denen sie im Round-Robin-Modus gegeneinander antraten. Die drei Bestplatzierten jeder Gruppe sowie die neun besten Gruppenvierten qualifizierten sich für die Finalrunde, die im K.-o.-System ausgespielt wurde, wobei die Gruppensieger und die drei besten Gruppenzweiten in der ersten Runde ein Freilos erhielten.

## Finalrunde

| Runde der Letzten 48 | Runde der Letzten 48 | Sechzehntelfinale | Sechzehntelfinale | Achtelfinale | Achtelfinale | | Viertelfinale | Viertelfinale | Halbfinale | Halbfinale | Finale | Finale |
| Irland Colm Gilcreest | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| freilos | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| freilos | | Irland Colm Gilcreest | 5 | | | | | | | | | |
| | | Pakistan Saleh Mohammadi | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
| Pakistan Saleh Mohammadi | 4 | Pakistan Saleh Mohammadi | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
| Belgien Kevin van Hove | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Belgien Kevin van Hove | 3 | | | Irland Colm Gilcreest | 5 | | | | | | | |
| | | | | Malta Alex Borg | 2 | | | | | | | |
| Malta Alex Borg | 4 | | | | Malta Alex Borg | 2 | | | | | | |
| Katar Mohsen Abdullah Aziz | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Katar Mohsen Abdullah Aziz | 2 | Malta Alex Borg | 5 | | | | | | | | | |
| | | Kanada Kirk Stevens | 3 | | | | | | | | | |
| Sudafrika François Ellis | 1 | Kanada Kirk Stevens | 3 | | | | | | | | | |
| Kanada Kirk Stevens | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Kanada Kirk Stevens | 4 | | | | | | Irland Colm Gilcreest | 6 | | | | |
| | | | | | | | England Lee Page | 5 | | | | |
| England Lee Page | | | | | | | England Lee Page | 5 | | | | |
| freilos | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| freilos | | England Lee Page | 5 | | | | | | | | | |
| | | Vereinigte Arabische Emirate Mohammed Shehab | 4 | | | | | | | | | |
| Osterreich Felix Pleschek | 1 | Vereinigte Arabische Emirate Mohammed Shehab | 4 | | | | | | | | | |
| Vereinigte Arabische Emirate Mohammed Shehab | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Vereinigte Arabische Emirate Mohammed Shehab | 4 | | | England Lee Page | 5 | | | | | | | |
| | | | | Wales Darren Morgan | 1 | | | | | | | |
| Deutschland Patrick Einsle | 4 | | | | Wales Darren Morgan | 1 | | | | | | |
| Sudafrika Peter Francisco | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Sudafrika Peter Francisco | 1 | Deutschland Patrick Einsle | 4 | | | | | | | | | |
| | | Wales Darren Morgan | 5 | | | | | | | | | |
| Wales Darren Morgan | | Wales Darren Morgan | 5 | | | | | | | | | |
| freilos | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| freilos | | | | | | | | | Irland Colm Gilcreest | 7 | | |
| | | | | | | | | | Iran Soheil Vahedi | 5 | | |
| Irland Martin McCrudden | | | | | | | | | Iran Soheil Vahedi | 5 | | |
| freilos | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| freilos | | Irland Martin McCrudden | 5 | | | | | | | | | |
| | | Vereinigte Arabische Emirate Mohammed al-Joker | 1 | | | | | | | | | |
| Schottland Thomas McSorley | 2 | Vereinigte Arabische Emirate Mohammed al-Joker | 1 | | | | | | | | | |
| Vereinigte Arabische Emirate Mohammed al-Joker | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Vereinigte Arabische Emirate Mohammed al-Joker | 4 | | | Irland Martin McCrudden | 5 | | | | | | | |
| | | | | Australien Steve Mifsud | 3 | | | | | | | |
| Australien Glen Wilkinson | 3 | | | | Australien Steve Mifsud | 3 | | | | | | |
| Malta Simon Zammit | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Malta Simon Zammit | 4 | Malta Simon Zammit | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
| | | Australien Steve Mifsud | 5 | | | | | | | | | |
| Australien Steve Mifsud | | Australien Steve Mifsud | 5 | | | | | | | | | |
| freilos | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| freilos | | | | | | | Irland Martin McCrudden | 5 | | | | |
| | | | | | | | Iran Soheil Vahedi | 6 | | | | |
| Katar Ahmed Saif | 2 | | | | | | Iran Soheil Vahedi | 6 | | | | |
| Polen Marcin Nitschke | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Polen Marcin Nitschke | 4 | Polen Marcin Nitschke | 5 | | | | | | | | | |
| | | Agypten Mohammed Sammy | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
| Zypern Republik Anthony Brabin | 3 | Agypten Mohammed Sammy | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
| Agypten Mohammed Sammy | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Agypten Mohammed Sammy | 4 | | | Polen Marcin Nitschke | 3 | | | | | | | |
| | | | | Iran Soheil Vahedi | 5 | | | | | | | |
| Iran Soheil Vahedi | 4 | | | | Iran Soheil Vahedi | 5 | | | | | | |
| Litauen Henrikas Strolis | 0 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Litauen Henrikas Strolis | 0 | Iran Soheil Vahedi | 5 | | | | | | | | | |
| | | Indien Manan Chandra | 1 | | | | | | | | | |
| Indien Manan Chandra | | Indien Manan Chandra | 1 | | | | | | | | | |
| freilos | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| freilos | | | | | | | | | | | Irland Colm Gilcreest | 7 |
| | | | | | | | | | | | Thailand Thepchaiya Un-Nooh | 11 |
| Thailand James Wattana | | | | | | | | | | | Thailand Thepchaiya Un-Nooh | 11 |
| freilos | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| freilos | | Thailand James Wattana | 5 | | | | | | | | | |
| | | Irland Brendan O’Donoghue | 1 | | | | | | | | | |
| Belgien Danny Lathouwers | 3 | Irland Brendan O’Donoghue | 1 | | | | | | | | | |
| Irland Brendan O’Donoghue | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Irland Brendan O’Donoghue | 4 | | | Thailand James Wattana | 4 | | | | | | | |
| | | | | Thailand Thepchaiya Un-Nooh | 5 | | | | | | | |
| Agypten Wael Talaat | 4 | | | | Thailand Thepchaiya Un-Nooh | 5 | | | | | | |
| Singapur Marvin Lim Chun Kiat | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Singapur Marvin Lim Chun Kiat | 2 | Agypten Wael Talaat | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
| | | Thailand Thepchaiya Un-Nooh | 5 | | | | | | | | | |
| Nordirland Jordan Brown | 3 | Thailand Thepchaiya Un-Nooh | 5 | | | | | | | | | |
| Thailand Thepchaiya Un-Nooh | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Thailand Thepchaiya Un-Nooh | 4 | | | | | | Thailand Thepchaiya Un-Nooh | 6 | | | | |
| | | | | | | | China Volksrepublik Yu Delu | 5 | | | | |
| Hongkong Au Chi Wai | | | | | | | China Volksrepublik Yu Delu | 5 | | | | |
| freilos | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| freilos | | Hongkong Au Chi Wai | 4 | | | | | | | | | |
| | | Pakistan Khurram Hussain Agha | 5 | | | | | | | | | |
| Finnland Jyri Virtanen | 2 | Pakistan Khurram Hussain Agha | 5 | | | | | | | | | |
| Pakistan Khurram Hussain Agha | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Pakistan Khurram Hussain Agha | 4 | | | Pakistan Khurram Hussain Agha | 1 | | | | | | | |
| | | | | China Volksrepublik Yu Delu | 5 | | | | | | | |
| Wales David Donovan | 4 | | | | China Volksrepublik Yu Delu | 5 | | | | | | |
| Osterreich Robert Bütof | 0 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Osterreich Robert Bütof | 0 | Wales David Donovan | 4 | | | | | | | | | |
| | | China Volksrepublik Yu Delu | 5 | | | | | | | | | |
| China Volksrepublik Yu Delu | | China Volksrepublik Yu Delu | 5 | | | | | | | | | |
| freilos | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| freilos | | | | | | | | | Thailand Thepchaiya Un-Nooh | 7 | | |
| | | | | | | | | | China Volksrepublik Xiao Guodong | 4 | | |
| England Ben Hancorn | | | | | | | | | China Volksrepublik Xiao Guodong | 4 | | |
| freilos | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| freilos | | England Ben Hancorn | 5 | | | | | | | | | |
| | | Neuseeland Ben Judge | 3 | | | | | | | | | |
| Neuseeland Ben Judge | 4 | Neuseeland Ben Judge | 3 | | | | | | | | | |
| Indien Sourav Kothari | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Indien Sourav Kothari | 2 | | | England Ben Hancorn | 1 | | | | | | | |
| | | | | Indien Pankaj Advani | 5 | | | | | | | |
| Hongkong Chan Kwok Ming | 2 | | | | Indien Pankaj Advani | 5 | | | | | | |
| England Craig Steadman | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| England Craig Steadman | 4 | England Craig Steadman | 3 | | | | | | | | | |
| | | Indien Pankaj Advani | 5 | | | | | | | | | |
| Indien Pankaj Advani | | Indien Pankaj Advani | 5 | | | | | | | | | |
| freilos | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| freilos | | | | | | | Indien Pankaj Advani | 2 | | | | |
| | | | | | | | China Volksrepublik Xiao Guodong | 6 | | | | |
| Deutschland Lasse Münstermann | 4 | | | | | | China Volksrepublik Xiao Guodong | 6 | | | | |
| Schottland Michael Collumb | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Schottland Michael Collumb | 3 | Deutschland Lasse Münstermann | 0 | | | | | | | | | |
| | | Nordirland Julian Logue | 5 | | | | | | | | | |
| Nordirland Julian Logue | 4 | Nordirland Julian Logue | 5 | | | | | | | | | |
| Hongkong Alan Lin Tan Ho | 0 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Hongkong Alan Lin Tan Ho | 0 | | | Nordirland Julian Logue | 0 | | | | | | | |
| | | | | China Volksrepublik Xiao Guodong | 5 | | | | | | | |
| Polen Krzysztof Wróbel | 0 | | | | China Volksrepublik Xiao Guodong | 5 | | | | | | |
| Iran Amir Sarkhosh | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Iran Amir Sarkhosh | 4 | Iran Amir Sarkhosh | 3 | | | | | | | | | |
| | | China Volksrepublik Xiao Guodong | 5 | | | | | | | | | |
| China Volksrepublik Xiao Guodong | | China Volksrepublik Xiao Guodong | 5 | | | | | | | | | |
| freilos | | | | | | | | | | | | |

### Finale

Finale: Best of 21 Frames Boschhalle, Wels, Österreich, 8. November 2008 :
| Colm Gilcreest Irland | 7:11 | Thailand Thepchaiya Un-Nooh |
| 58:14, 69:0, 18:97, 57:22, 0:143, 2:88, 22:91, 67:7, 2:78, 45:56, 59:61, 42:86, 59:69, 124:1 (102), 65:31, 77:0, 0:143, 47:63 |||
| 102 | Höchstes Break | 143 |
| 1 | Century-Breaks | 2 |
| – | 50+-Breaks | – |

## Century-Breaks

| Thailand Thepchaiya Un-Nooh | 143, 139, 111 |
| Irland Colm Gilcreest | 142, 102 (2×) |
| Nordirland Julian Logue | 138, 104 |
| Wales David Donovan | 138 |
| Wales Darren Morgan | 136, 112, 109, 103 |
| China Volksrepublik Xiao Guodong | 123, 110 |
| England Ben Hancorn | 123, 103 |
| Iran Soheil Vahedi | 121 |
| Agypten Mohammed Sammy | 118 |
| Thailand James Wattana | 118, 110 |
| Vereinigte Arabische Emirate Mohammed Shehab | 118 |
| Frankreich Jean-Marc Beauchamp | 118 |
| Pakistan Saleh Mohammadi | 117 |
| Malta Alex Borg | 114, 100 |
| Irland Brendan O’Donoghue | 114 |
| England Lee Page | 108 |
| Indien Sourav Kothari | 107 |
| Australien Steve Mifsud | 107 |
| Belgien Kevin van Hove | 104 |
| Singapur Marvin Lim Chun Kiat | 104 |
| Kanada Kirk Stevens | 103 |
| Schottland Michael Collumb | 103 |
| Hongkong Au Chi Wai | 103 |
| Malta Simon Zammit | 100 |
| Nordirland Jordan Brown | 100 |
| Pakistan Khurram Hussain Agha | 100 |