# 2016 IBSF World Under-21 Snooker Championship

The 2016 IBSF World Under-21 Snooker Championship was an amateur snooker tournament that took place from 20 August to 25 August 2016 in Mol, Belgium. It was the 28th edition of the IBSF World Under-21 Snooker Championship and also doubles as a qualification event for the World Snooker Tour.
The tournament was won by 25th seed Xu Si who defeated former world number 102 Alexander Ursenbacher 6–5 in the final. As a result, Xu Si was given a two-year card on the professional World Snooker Tour for the 2017/2018 and 2018/2019 seasons.

## Results
### Round 1

Best of 7 frames
| 65 | Pravil Kant | 2–4 | 64 | Man Hoi Leong |
| 57 | Eklent Kaçi | 2–4 | 72 | Belan Sharif |
| 69 | Ryan Rowlands | 4–0 | 60 | Rhys Thomas |
| 61 | Rodion Judin | 4–1 | 68 | Ben Mertens |
| 67 | Louis Heathcote | 4–0 | 62 | Karol Lelek |
| 59 | Cale Barrett | 4–0 | 70 | Alex Pace |
| 71 | Gabriel Martins Campos | 0–4 | 46 | Ming Wa Man |
| 63 | Ka Wai Cheung | 4–2 | 66 | Amedeo Durnez |

### Round 2

Best of 7 frames
| 1 | Ratchayothin Yotharuck | 4–1 | 64 | Leong Man-hoi |
| 33 | Jeff Jacobs | 4–3 | 32 | Paweł Rogoza |
| 17 | Dylan Craig | 4–0 | 48 | Ben Foster |
| 49 | Richard Haney | 4–3 | 16 | Ashley Carty |
| 9 | Kacper Filipiak | 4–0 | 56 | Dennis Furrer |
| 41 | Alexis Callewaert | 2–4 | 24 | Peter Devlin |
| 25 | Xu Si | 4–0 | 40 | Yun Fung Tam |
| 72 | Belan Sharif | 1–4 | 8 | Joe O'Connor |
| 5 | Yuan Sijun | 4–0 | 69 | Ryan Rowlands |
| 37 | Michael Schnabel | 4–2 | 28 | Charlie Sweeney |
| 21 | Adam Fitzgerald | 4–1 | 44 | Niel Vincent |
| 53 | Ben Fortey | 4–2 | 12 | Simon Lichtenberg |
| 13 | Lukas Kleckers | 4–2 | 52 | Digvijay Kadian |
| 45 | Daniel Holoyda | 0–4 | 20 | Dylan Emery |
| 29 | Ivan Kakovsky | 4–3 | 36 | Daegyu Lee |
| 61 | Rodion Judin | 1–4 | 4 | Andres Petrov |
| 3 | Siyavosh Mozayani | 0–4 | 67 | Louis Heathcote |
| 35 | Asutosh Padhy | 4–3 | 30 | Florian Nüßle |
| 19 | Ishpreet Singh Chadha | 4–0 | 46 | Andrei Orzan |
| 51 | Yannick Tarillon | 4–0 | 14 | Umut Dikme |
| 11 | Amir Nardeia | 0–4 | 54 | Nico Elton |
| 43 | Spasian Spasov | 1–4 | 22 | Brian Ochoiski |
| 27 | Mateusz Baranowski | 4–2 | 38 | Louis Chand |
| 59 | Cale Barrett | 1–4 | 6 | Alexander Ursenbacher |
| 7 | Tyler Rees | 4–2 | 58 | Ming Wa Man |
| 39 | Ming Tung Chan | 2–4 | 26 | Shrikrishna Suryanarayanan |
| 23 | Phuttakarn Kimsuk | 3–4 | 42 | Keishin Kamihashi |
| 55 | Markus Pfistermüller | 3–4 | 10 | Chris Totten |
| 15 | Jackson Page | 4–2 | 50 | Narongdat Takantong |
| 47 | Patrik Tiihonen | 4–2 | 18 | Noel Landers |
| 31 | Shane Bates | 0–4 | 34 | Chris Peplow |
| 63 | Cheung Ka-wai | 4–1 | 2 | Brian Cini |
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| 1 | R. Yotharuck | 5 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 33 | J. Jacobs | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 33 | J. Jacobs | 3 | 1 | R. Yotharuck | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | 49 | R. Haney | 5 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 17 | D. Craig | 3 | 49 | R. Haney | 5 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 49 | R. Haney | 5 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 49 | R. Haney | 5 | | | | 49 | R. Haney | 1 | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | 25 | Xu | 5 | | | | | | | | |
| 9 | K. Filipiak | 5 | | | | | | | 25 | Xu | 5 | | | | | | | | |
| 24 | P. Devlin | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 24 | P. Devlin | 3 | 9 | K. Filipiak | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | 25 | Xu | 5 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 25 | Xu S. | 5 | 25 | Xu | 5 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 8 | J. O'Connor | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 8 | J. O'Connor | 2 | | | | | | | | 25 | Xu | 5 | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | 13 | L. Kleckers | 2 | | | | |
| 5 | Yuan S. | 5 | | | | | | | | | | | 13 | L. Kleckers | 2 | | | | |
| 37 | M. Schnabel | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 37 | M. Schnabel | 1 | 5 | Yuan | 5 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | 53 | B. Fortey | 0 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 21 | A. Fitzgerald | 1 | 53 | B. Fortey | 0 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 53 | B. Fortey | 5 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 53 | B. Fortey | 5 | | | | 5 | Yuan | 4 | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | 13 | L. Kleckers | 5 | | | | | | | | |
| 13 | L. Kleckers | 5 | | | | | | | 13 | L. Kleckers | 5 | | | | | | | | |
| 20 | D. Emery | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 20 | D. Emery | 4 | 13 | L. Kleckers | 5 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | 4 | A. Petrov | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 29 | I. Kakovsky | 2 | 4 | A. Petrov | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 4 | A. Petrov | 5 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 4 | A. Petrov | 5 | | | | | | | | | | | | 25 | Xu Si | 6 |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 6 | A. Ursenbacher | 5 |
| 67 | L. Heathcote | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 6 | A. Ursenbacher | 5 |
| 35 | A. Padhy | 5 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 35 | A. Padhy | 5 | 35 | A. Padhy | 5 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | 19 | I.S. Chadha | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 19 | I.S. Chadha | 5 | 19 | I.S. Chadha | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 51 | Y. Tarillon | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 51 | Y. Tarillon | 4 | | | | 35 | A. Padhy | 3 | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | 6 | A. Ursenbacher | 5 | | | | | | | | |
| 54 | N. Elton | 5 | | | | | | | 6 | A. Ursenbacher | 5 | | | | | | | | |
| 22 | B. Ochoiski | 0 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 22 | B. Ochoiski | 0 | 54 | N. Elton | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | 6 | A. Ursenbacher | 5 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 27 | M. Baranowski | 4 | 6 | A. Ursenbacher | 5 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 6 | A. Ursenbacher | 5 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 6 | A. Ursenbacher | 5 | | | | | | | | 6 | A. Ursenbacher | 5 | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | 63 | Cheung | 3 | | | | |
| 7 | T. Rees | 5 | | | | | | | | | | | 63 | Cheung | 3 | | | | |
| 26 | S. Suryanarayanan | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 26 | S. Suryanarayanan | 2 | 7 | T. Rees | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | 10 | C. Totten | 5 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 42 | K. Kamihashi | 2 | 10 | C. Totten | 5 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 10 | C. Totten | 5 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 10 | C. Totten | 5 | | | | 10 | C. Totten | 2 | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | 63 | Cheung | 5 | | | | | | | | |
| 15 | J. Page | 4 | | | | | | | 63 | Cheung | 5 | | | | | | | | |
| 47 | P. Tiihonen | 5 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 47 | P. Tiihonen | 5 | 47 | P. Tiihonen | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | 63 | Cheung | 5 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 34 | C. Peplow | 4 | 63 | Cheung | 5 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 63 | Cheung K.W. | 5 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |