# 2018 WSF Championship

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.
| Place | Player | Frames won | Frames lost | Difference |
| 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

| Place | Player | Frames won | Frames lost | Difference |
| 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

| Place | Player | Frames won | Frames lost | Difference |
| 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

| Place | Player | Frames won | Frames lost | Difference |
| 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

| Place | Player | Frames won | Frames lost | Difference |
| 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

| Place | Player | Frames won | Frames lost | Difference |
| 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

| Place | Player | Frames won | Frames lost | Difference |
| 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

| Place | Player | Frames won | Frames lost | Difference |
| 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

| Place | Player | Frames won | Frames lost | Difference |
| 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

| Place | Player | Frames won | Frames lost | Difference |
| 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

| Place | Player | Frames won | Frames lost | Difference |
| 1 | Aaron Busuttil | 7 | 4 | 3 |
| 1 | Jamie Clarke | 7 | 4 | 3 |
| 3 | Suleman Kukka Salam | 6 | 6 | 0 |
| 4 | Mohammed Al Joker | 3 | 9 | −6 |

### Group L

| Place | Player | Frames won | Frames lost | Difference |
| 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

| Place | Player | Frames won | Frames lost | Difference |
| 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

| Place | Player | Frames won | Frames lost | Difference |
| 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

| Place | Player | Frames won | Frames lost | Difference |
| 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

| Place | Player | Frames won | Frames lost | Difference |
| 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

| Place | Player | Frames won | Frames lost | Difference |
| 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

| Place | Player | Frames won | Frames lost | Difference |
| 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

| Round 2 Best of 7 frames | Round 2 Best of 7 frames | Round 2 Best of 7 frames | Round 3 Best of 7 frames | Round 3 Best of 7 frames | Round 3 Best of 7 frames | Quarter-Finals Best of 7 frames | Quarter-Finals Best of 7 frames | Quarter-Finals Best of 7 frames | | Semi-Finals Best of 7 frames | Semi-Finals Best of 7 frames | Semi-Finals Best of 7 frames | | Final Best of 11 frames | Final Best of 11 frames | Final Best of 11 frames |
| 1 | Adam Stefanow | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 32 | Fraser Patrick | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 32 | Fraser Patrick | 1 | 1 | Adam Stefanow | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | 17 | Duncan Bezzina | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 17 | Duncan Bezzina | 4 | 17 | Duncan Bezzina | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 16 | Ratchayothin Yotharuck | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 16 | Ratchayothin Yotharuck | 2 | | | | 1 | Adam Stefanow | 4 | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | 8 | Igor Figueiredo | 2 | | | | | | | | |
| 9 | Michael Judge | 4 | | | | | | | 8 | Igor Figueiredo | 2 | | | | | | | | |
| 24 | Steve Mifsud | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 24 | Steve Mifsud | 2 | 9 | Michael Judge | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | 8 | Igor Figueiredo | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 25 | Saif Al Shamsi | 0 | 8 | Igor Figueiredo | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 8 | Igor Figueiredo | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 8 | Igor Figueiredo | 4 | | | | | | | | 1 | Adam Stefanow | 4 | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | 5 | Kristján Helgason | 3 | | | | |
| 5 | Kristján Helgason | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | 5 | Kristján Helgason | 3 | | | | |
| 37 | Andres Petrov | 0 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 37 | Andres Petrov | 0 | 5 | Kristján Helgason | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | 21 | Marcin Nitschke | 0 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 21 | Marcin Nitschke | 4 | 21 | Marcin Nitschke | 0 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 54 | Cedric Van Wassenhove | 0 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 54 | Cedric Van Wassenhove | 0 | | | | 5 | Kristján Helgason | 4 | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | 13 | Kishan Hirani | 2 | | | | | | | | |
| 13 | Kishan Hirani | 4 | | | | | | | 13 | Kishan Hirani | 2 | | | | | | | | |
| 20 | Brian Cini | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 20 | Brian Cini | 2 | 13 | Kishan Hirani | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | 29 | Marvin Lim Chun Kiat | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 29 | Marvin Lim Chun Kiat | 4 | 29 | Marvin Lim Chun Kiat | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 4 | Ross Vallance | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 4 | Ross Vallance | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | 1 | Adam Stefanow | 0 |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 10 | Luo Honghao | 6 |
| 3 | David Lilley | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 10 | Luo Honghao | 6 |
| 35 | Kuldesh Johal | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 35 | Kuldesh Johal | 4 | 35 | Kuldesh Johal | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | 19 | Alex Taubman | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 19 | Alex Taubman | 4 | 19 | Alex Taubman | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 14 | Andreas Ploner | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 14 | Andreas Ploner | 1 | | | | 19 | Alex Taubman | 1 | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | 6 | Kacper Filipiak | 4 | | | | | | | | |
| 11 | Michael Collumb | 4 | | | | | | | 6 | Kacper Filipiak | 4 | | | | | | | | |
| 22 | Ryan Thomerson | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 22 | Ryan Thomerson | 1 | 11 | Michael Collumb | 0 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | 6 | Kacper Filipiak | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 27 | Saqib Nasir | 0 | 6 | Kacper Filipiak | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 6 | Kacper Filipiak | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 6 | Kacper Filipiak | 4 | | | | | | | | 6 | Kacper Filipiak | 3 | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | 10 | Luo Honghao | 4 | | | | |
| 7 | Mateusz Baranowski | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | 10 | Luo Honghao | 4 | | | | |
| 39 | TJ Dowling | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 39 | TJ Dowling | 4 | 39 | TJ Dowling | 0 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | 10 | Luo Honghao | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 23 | Chris Peplow | 0 | 10 | Luo Honghao | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 10 | Luo Honghao | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 10 | Luo Honghao | 4 | | | | 10 | Luo Honghao | 4 | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | 18 | Jamie Clarke | 0 | | | | | | | | |
| 15 | Darren Morgan | 2 | | | | | | | 18 | Jamie Clarke | 0 | | | | | | | | |
| 18 | Jamie Clarke | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 18 | Jamie Clarke | 4 | 18 | Jamie Clarke | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | 2 | Kevin Hanssens | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 31 | Clayton Castaldi | 1 | 2 | Kevin Hanssens | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 2 | Kevin Hanssens | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

## Century breaks

Total: 10
* 131, 125, 107 – Igor Figueiredo
* 130, 124, 119, 101, 100 – Kristján Helgason
* 127 – Luo Honghao
* 103 – Adam Stefanow