2018 WSF Championship

The 2018 WSF Championship was 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.

WSF Championship
Tournament information
Dates18–24 March 2018 (2018-03-18 2018-03-24)
VenueDolmen Hotel Malta
CityQawra
CountryMalta
OrganisationWSF
Total prize fund€28,300
Winner's share€10,300
Highest breakBrazil Igor Figueiredo (131)
Final
ChampionChina Luo Honghao
Runner-upPoland Adam Stefanow
Score6–0
2020

The tournament was televised in Malta by TVM2.[1]

Prize fund

The breakdown of the tournament prizes is shown below:[2]

  • 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.[3]

Place Player Frames won Frames lost Difference
1 Scotland Michael Collumb 12 3 9
2 Poland Marcin Nitschke 10 4 6
3 Belgium Cedric Van Wassenhove 7 9 −2
4 Malta Joseph Casha 4 9 −5
5 Thailand Waratthanun Sukritthanes 4 12 −8

Group B

Place Player Frames won Frames lost Difference
1 England David Lilley 12 0 12
2 Singapore Marvin Lim Chun Kiat 9 6 3
3 Jersey Ross Symes 8 8 0
4 Malta Mario Brincat 5 9 −4
5 Brazil Alessandro Maciel 1 12 −11

Group C

Place Player Frames won Frames lost Difference
1 Iceland Kristján Helgason 12 1 11
2 Australia Ryan Thomerson 10 5 5
3 Israel Tom Limor 7 7 0
4 Belgium Laurens de Staelen 4 12 −8
5 Malta John Farrugia 3 11 −8

Group D

Place Player Frames won Frames lost Difference
1 Poland Kacper Filipiak 12 1 11
2 Malta Isaac Borg 8 7 1
3 China Gao Yang 8 8 0
4 Finland Patrik Tiihonen 7 10 −3
5 Brazil Carlos Loberto 3 12 −9

Group E

Place Player Frames won Frames lost Difference
1 China Luo Honghao 12 3 9
2 Australia Steve Mifsud 9 4 5
3 Estonia Andres Petrov 8 6 2
4 Republic of Ireland Daniel O'Regan 4 11 −7
5 Malta Matthew Calleja 3 12 −9

Group F

Place Player Frames won Frames lost Difference
1 Scotland Ross Vallance 12 0 12
2 Wales Alex Taubman 9 4 5
3 Malta Philip Ciantar 6 7 −1
4 Thailand Nutcharut Wongharuthai 5 9 −4
5 Morocco Mohammed El Idrissi 0 12 −12

Group G

Place Player Frames won Frames lost Difference
1 Wales Darren Morgan 12 4 8
2 Malta Brian Cini 11 3 8
3 Republic of Ireland Philip O`Connor 6 8 −2
4 Romania Vladu Mihai 6 11 −5
5 Brazil Nicolly Christo 3 12 −9

Group H

Place Player Frames won Frames lost Difference
1 Brazil Igor Figueiredo 9 1 8
2 Malta Clayton Castaldi 7 6 1
3 Scotland Dylan Gault 5 8 −3
4 United Arab Emirates Khalid Kamali 3 9 −6

Group I

Place Player Frames won Frames lost Difference
1 Thailand Ratchayothin Yotharuck 9 4 5
2 Malta Chris Peplow 9 5 4
3 Belgium Jeff Jacobs 9 7 2
4 Wales Andrew Pagett 8 8 0
5 Morocco Edmond Ndou 1 12 −11

Group J

Place Player Frames won Frames lost Difference
1 Poland Adam Stefanow 12 0 12
2 England Saqib Nasir 9 5 4
3 Singapore Ang Boon Chin 7 7 0
4 Ukraine Iulian Boiko 4 10 −6
5 Morocco Bendaoud Kamal 2 12 −10

Group K

Place Player Frames won Frames lost Difference
1 Malta Aaron Busuttil 7 4 3
Wales Jamie Clarke 7 4 3
3 Sweden Suleman Kukka Salam 6 6 0
4 United Arab Emirates Mohammed Al Joker 3 9 −6

Group L

Place Player Frames won Frames lost Difference
1 Austria Andreas Ploner 12 4 8
2 Scotland Fraser Patrick 10 8 2
3 Malta Simon Zammit 9 8 1
4 Iceland Jon Ingi Ægisson 6 9 −3
5 United Arab Emirates Saif Alketbi 4 12 −8

Group M

Place Player Frames won Frames lost Difference
1 Wales Kishan Hirani 12 4 8
2 Thailand Yuttapop Pakpoj 10 6 4
3 Sweden Belan Sharif 7 9 −2
4 England Rebecca Kenna 7 11 −4
5 Finland Esa Oikarinen 6 12 −6

Group N

Place Player Frames won Frames lost Difference
1 Poland Mateusz Baranowski 12 1 11
2 Republic of Ireland Noel Landers 9 7 2
3 England Reanne Evans 7 8 −1
4 Qatar Ahmed Shehab 5 11 −6
5 Finland Heikki Niva 4 10 −6

Group O

Place Player Frames won Frames lost Difference
1 England Joe O'Connor 12 3 9
2 Poland Grzegorz Biernadski 10 6 4
3 Malta Arthur Cachia 9 8 1
4 Singapore Benny Loh 4 9 −5
5 Sweden Benjamin McCabe 3 12 −9

Group P

Place Player Frames won Frames lost Difference
1 Belgium Kevin Hanssens 12 0 12
2 United Arab Emirates Saif Al Shamsi 9 5 4
3 Malta Frans Mintoff 7 7 0
4 Albania Dorjan Maknori 5 10 −5
5 Romania Andrei Orzan 1 12 −11

Group Q

Place Player Frames won Frames lost Difference
1 Republic of Ireland Michael Judge 12 2 10
2 England Kuldesh Johal 10 8 2
3 Ukraine Sergey Isaenko 7 7 0
4 Malta Jason Peplow 7 8 −1
5 Israel Shai Yair 1 12 −11

Group R

Place Player Frames won Frames lost Difference
1 Malta Duncan Bezzina 9 4 5
2 Belgium Kobe Vanoppen 9 6 3
3 Republic of Ireland TJ Dowling 8 6 2
4 England Stuart Watson 8 7 1
5 Israel Israel Pertman 1 12 −11

Knockout stage

The following is the results from the Knockout stage.[4]

Round 1

Best of 7 frames

Other rounds

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

Century breaks

Total: 10[5]

References

  1. "World Snooker Federation: L-ewwel kampjonat dinji f'Malta jibda għada l-Erbgħa" (in Maltese). TVM. 13 March 2018. Retrieved 8 April 2018.
  2. "Prize Money of the Mixed Gender Championship" (PDF). World Snooker Federation. 16 January 2018. Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 February 2020. Retrieved 8 April 2018.
  3. "WPBSA Tournament Manager − 2018 WSF Championship − Groups". World Snooker Federation. Retrieved 8 April 2018.
  4. "World Snooker Federation Championships Mixed - Malta / Malta 2018". World Snooker Federation. Retrieved 7 April 2018.
  5. "World Snooker Federation Championships Mixed - Malta / Malta 2018 - all breaks". esnooker.pl. Retrieved 8 April 2018.
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