# 2015 IBSF World Snooker Championship

The 2015 IBSF World Snooker Championship was an amateur snooker tournament which took place from 9 November to 21 November 2015 in Hurghada, Egypt.
It will be the 41st edition of the IBSF World Snooker Championship and also doubles as a qualification event for the World Snooker Tour.
The men's tournament was won by Pankaj Advani of India who won his second IBSF World Snooker Championship, defeating 2013 runner-up Zhao Xintong 8–6 in the final.
Wendy Jans won the women's tournament by defeating Anastasia Nechaeva 5–1 in the final. This victory was Jans fourth consecutive tournament win and her fifth overall.

## Tournament

The tournament was an event run by the International Billiards and Snooker Federation (IBSF). The event was originally due to take place in Sharm el-Sheikh, however due to the Metrojet Flight 9268 crash the tournament was relocated to Hurghada. Because of this many competitors withdrew from the competition amid safety fears and this ended up leaving some of the groups featuring as little as four players who would subsequently all qualify for the knockout stage of the tournament regardless of their results in the group stage. The men's event also doubled as a qualification event for the World Snooker Tour.

## Singles players
### 2015 IBSF World Snooker Championship – Men's

| Champion | Champion | Runner-Up | Runner-Up |
| Pankaj Advani [6] | Pankaj Advani [6] | Zhao Xintong [4] | Zhao Xintong [4] |
| Semifinals out ||||
| Ben Jones [40] | Ben Jones [40] | Lukas Kleckers [63] | Lukas Kleckers [63] |
| Quarterfinals out ||||
| Kritsanut Lertsattayathorn [1] | Brian Cini [28] | Alex Borg [19] | Greg Casey [55] |
| 4th round out ||||
| Muhammad Asif [16] | Mohsen Bukshaisha [24] | Tomasz Skalski [21] | Lin Tang Ho [45] |
| Soheil Vahedi [3] | Gary Thomson [75] | Mohamed Shehab [7] | Karam Fatima [18] |
| 3rd round out ||||
| Jamie Clarke [33] | Michael Collumb [17] | Lee Chun Wai [9] | Alijalil Ali [57] |
| Yuan Sijun [5] | Bashar Abdulmajeed [76] | Rodney Goggins [13] | Ahmed Janahi [36] |
| Michael Rhodes [35] | Yaser Elsherbiny [78] | Dharminder Lilly [22] | Amir Sarkhosh [27] |
| Faisal Khan [26] | Issara Kachaiwong [23] | Keen Hoo Moh [15] | Mohd Reza Hassan [34] |
| 2nd round out ||||
| Khaled Farag [65] | Saqib Nasir [32] | Khalid Kamali [48] | Alex Taubman [49] |
| Antti Mannila [56] | Richard Halliday [41] | Rhydian Richards [25] | Muhammad Sajjad [8] |
| John Kennish [60] | Varun Madan [37] | Lim Chun Kiat [85] | Raymon Fabrie [12] |
| Adrian Ridley [52] | Ahmed Saif [20] | Ali Alobaidli [29] | Mohamed Khairy [68] |
| Ryan Causton [62] | Nadir Khan Sultani [30] | Aaron Busuttil [46] | Basem Eltahhan [14] |
| Ahmed Aseeri [11] | Antti Tolvanen [86] | Mohammad Rais Senzahi [38] | Peter Bullen [70] |
| Karim Elabd [58] | Kok Leong Lim [39] | Omar Alajlani [87] | Tetsuya Kuwata [10] |
| Ryan Thomerson [50] | Habib Subah [47] | Shannon Dixon [31] | Abdul Sattar [2] |
| 1st round out ||||
| Mostafa Dorgham [64] | Jérôme Liedtke [81] | Mohamed Hemdan [80] | Hesham Shawky [73] |
| Abdul Mutalieb Allie [88] | Keishin Kamihashi [72] | Ali Hussein [69] | James Mifsud [45] |
| Saeed Abooyesani [53] | Mohamed Ibrahim [77] | Khaled Alastal [84] | Mohamed Youssef [61] |
| Tamer Waheed [67] | Abdelrahman Abdelhamid [83] | Ang Boon Chin [51] | Dominik Scherübl [54] |
| David Cassidy [43] | Tymour Hussien [59] | Ahmed Aly Elsayed [71] | Shahram Changezi [42] |
| Mostafa Gebely [74] | Ahmed Samir [79] | Alaa Elsaed [82] | Chau Hon Man [66] |

### 2015 IBSF World Snooker Championship – Women's

| Champion | Champion | Runner-Up | Runner-Up |
| Wendy Jans [10] | Wendy Jans [10] | Anastasia Nechaeva [5] | Anastasia Nechaeva [5] |
| Semifinals out ||||
| Amee Kamani [1] | Amee Kamani [1] | Waratthanun Sukritthanes [3] | Waratthanun Sukritthanes [3] |
| Quarterfinals out ||||
| Chitra Magimairaj [9] | Siripaporn Nuanthakhamjan [4] | Ng On Yee [6] | Vidya Pillai [2] |
| 4th round out ||||
| Amy Claire King [16] | Tatjana Vasiljeva [8] | Jessica Woods [12] | Theresa Whitten [20] |
| Arantxa Sanchis [14] | Daria Sirotina [11] | Diana Stateczny [7] | Jennifer Zehentner [18] |
| 3rd round out ||||
| Kathy Howden [17] | Sunita Khandelwal [24] | Nahla Sunni [21] | Varsha Sanjeev [13] |
| Anna Lynch [19] | Angélique Vialard [22] | Joy Lyn Willenberg [23] | Nicola Illse Rossouw [15] |

## Seedings
### Men's event

| Seed | Player | Frames Won | Frames Lost | Frames Difference | Frame Average | Status |
| 1 | Kritsanut Lertsattayathorn | 15 | 1 | 15 | 3.75 | Quarterfinals lost to Ben Jones [40] |
| 2 | Abdul Sattar | 12 | 1 | 11 | 3.67 | Second round lost to Lukas Kleckers [63] |
| 3 | Soheil Vahedi | 20 | 2 | 18 | 3.60 | Fourth round lost to Alex Borg [19] |
| 4 | Zhao Xintong | 16 | 2 | 14 | 3.50 | Runner-up, lost to Pankaj Advani [6] |
| 5 | Yuan Sijun | 20 | 3 | 17 | 3.40 | Third round loss to Brian Cini |
| 6 | Pankaj Advani | 20 | 4 | 16 | 3.20 | Champion, won against Zhao Xintong [4] |
| 7 | Mohamed Shehab | 20 | 4 | 16 | 3.20 | Fourth round lost to Greg Casey [55] |
| 8 | Muhammad Sajjad | 20 | 4 | 16 | 3.20 | Fourth round lost to Alijalil Ali [57] |
| 9 | Lee Chun Wai | 20 | 4 | 16 | 3.20 | Quarterfinals lost to Mohsen Bukshaisha [24] |
| 10 | Tetsuya Kuwata | 20 | 5 | 15 | 3.00 | Second round lost to Greg Casey [55] |
| 11 | Ahmed Aseeri | 20 | 6 | 14 | 2.80 | Second round lost to Gary Thomson [75] |
| 12 | Raymon Fabrie | 20 | 6 | 14 | 2.80 | Second round lost to Bashar Abdulmajeed [76] |
| 13 | Rodney Goggins | 20 | 7 | 13 | 2.60 | Third round lost to Lin Tang Ho [45] |
| 14 | Basem Eltahhan | 20 | 7 | 13 | 2.60 | Second round lost to Yaser Elsherbiny [78] |
| 15 | Keen Hoo Moh | 16 | 6 | 10 | 2.50 | Third round lost to Karam Fatima [18] |
| 16 | Muhammad Asif | 20 | 8 | 12 | 2.40 | Fourth round lost to Kritsanut Lertsattayathorn [1] |
| 17 | Michael Collumb | 16 | 7 | 9 | 2.25 | Third round lost to Muhammad Asif [16] |
| 18 | Karam Fatima | 20 | 9 | 11 | 2.20 | Fourth round lost to Lukas Kleckers [63] |
| 19 | Alex Borg | 18 | 11 | 7 | 2.20 | Quarterfinals lost to Pankaj Advani [6] |
| 20 | Ahmed Saif | 18 | 8 | 10 | 2.00 | Second round lost to Lin Tang Ho [45] |
| 21 | Tomasz Skalski | 18 | 11 | 7 | 1.40 | Fourth round lost to Brian Cini [28] |
| 22 | Dharminder Lilly | 18 | 11 | 7 | 1.40 | Third round lost to Gary Thomson [75] |
| 23 | Issara Kachaiwong | 18 | 5 | 13 | 2.60 | Third round lost to Greg Casey [55] |
| 24 | Mohsen Bukshaisha | 17 | 7 | 10 | 2.00 | Fourth round lost to Ben Jones [40] |
| 25 | Rhydian Richards | 14 | 6 | 8 | 2.00 | Second round lost to Ben Jones [40] |
| 26 | Faisal Khan | 19 | 9 | 10 | 2.00 | Third round lost to Mohamed Shehab [7] |
| 27 | Amir Sarkhosh | 19 | 9 | 10 | 2.00 | Third round lost to Pankaj Advani [6] |
| 28 | Brian Cini | 18 | 8 | 10 | 2.00 | Quarterfinals lost to Zhao Xintong [4] |
| 29 | Ali Alobaidli | 19 | 10 | 9 | 1.80 | Second round lost to Ahmed Janahi [36] |
| 30 | Nadir Khan Sultani | 19 | 10 | 9 | 1.80 | Second round lost to Michael Rhodes [35] |
| 31 | Shannon Dixon | 19 | 11 | 8 | 1.60 | Second round lost to Mohd Reza Hassan [34] |
| 32 | Saqib Nasir | 19 | 12 | 7 | 1.40 | Second round lost to Jamie Clarke [33] |
| 33 | Jamie Clarke | 17 | 11 | 6 | 1.20 | Third round lost to Kritsanut Lertsattayathorn [1] |

### Women's event

| Seed | Player | Frames Won | Frames Lost | Frames Difference | Frame Average | Status |
| 1 | Amee Kamani | 12 | 0 | 12 | 3.00 | Semifinals lost to Anastasia Nechaeva [5] |
| 2 | Vidya Pillai | 12 | 1 | 11 | 2.75 | Quarterfinals lost to Wendy Jans [10] |
| 3 | Waratthanun Sukritthanes | 12 | 1 | 11 | 2.75 | Semifinals lost to Wendy Jans [10] |
| 4 | Siripaporn Nuanthakhamjan | 12 | 2 | 10 | 2.50 | Quarterfinals lost to Anastasia Nechaeva [5] |
| 5 | Anastasia Nechaeva | 15 | 4 | 11 | 2.20 | Runner-up, lost to Wendy Jans [10] |
| 6 | Ng On Yee | 14 | 5 | 9 | 1.80 | Quarterfinals lost to Waratthanun Sukritthanes [3] |
| 7 | Diana Stateczny | 13 | 5 | 8 | 1.60 | Second round lost to Wendy Jans [10] |
| 8 | Tatjana Vasiljeva | 13 | 6 | 7 | 1.40 | Second round lost to Chitra Magimairaj [9] |
| 9 | Chitra Magimairaj | 10 | 5 | 5 | 1.25 | Quarterfinals lost to Amee Kamani [1] |
| 10 | Wendy Jans | 9 | 3 | 6 | 1.50 | Champion, won against Anastasia Nechaeva [5] |
| 11 | Daria Sirotina | 9 | 4 | 5 | 1.25 | Second round lost to Wendy Jans [10] |
| 12 | Jessica Woods | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0.75 | Second round lost to Anastasia Nechaeva [5] |
| 13 | Varsha Sanjeev | 12 | 7 | 5 | 1.00 | First round lost to Theresa Whitten [20] |
| 14 | Arantxa Sanchis | 12 | 8 | 4 | 0.80 | Second round lost to Waratthanun Sukritthanes [3] |
| 15 | Nicola Illse Rossouw | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0.75 | First round lost to Jennifer Zehentner [18] |
| 16 | Amy-Claire King | 8 | 9 | –1 | –0.25 | Second round lost to Amee Kamani [1] |