World Amateur Snooker Champions
The competition is correctly titled the IBSF World Snooker Championship and has been played in it’s current format since 1963.
As you can see by past winners, there are many famous names that have since turned professional and gone on to win the World Professional Snooker Championship. (see a full list of Professional World Snooker Champions here – 1969 onwards).
Many players have become well known on the professional circuit, names like Doug Mountjoy, David Taylor, Cliff Wilson, Ken Doherty, Stuart Bingham, Jimmy White, James Wattana, Marco Fu, Stephen Maguire and Alfie Burden.
Since the early eighties it can be seen that any stranglehold the ‘Home Nations’ had on the crown has ceased and players from all over the world have reached the pinnacle of the amateur game to become World Amateur Snooker Champion.
Here is a list of the ‘World Amateur Snooker Champions’:
World Amateur Snooker Champions
| Year | Champion | Nationality |
| 1963 | Gary Owen | Wales |
| 1966 | Gary Owen | Wales |
| 1968 | David Taylor | England |
| 1970 | Jonathon Barron | England |
| 1972 | Ray Edmonds | England |
| 1974 | Ray Edmonds | England |
| 1976 | Doug Mountjoy | Wales |
| 1978 | Cliff Wilson | Wales |
| 1980 | Jimmy White | England |
| 1982 | Terry Parsons | Wales |
| 1984 | Omprakesh Agrawal | India |
| 1985 | Paul Mifsud | Malta |
| 1986 | Paul Mifsud | Malta |
| 1987 | Darren Morgan | Wales |
| 1988 | James Wattana | Thailand |
| 1989 | Ken Doherty | Republic of Ireland |
| 1990 | Stephen O’Connor | Republic of Ireland |
| 1991 | Noppadon Noppachorn | Thailand |
| 1992 | Neil Mosley | England |
| 1993 | Chuchart Triritanapradit | Thailand |
| 1994 | Mohammed Yousuf | Pakistan |
| 1995 | Sakchai Sim-Ngam | Thailand |
| 1996 | Stuart Bingham | England |
| 1997 | Marco Fu | Hong Kong |
| 1998 | Luke Simmonds | England |
| 1999 | Ian Preece | Wales |
| 2000 | Stephen Maguire | Scotland |
| 2002 | Steve Mifsud | Australia |
| 2003 | Pankaj Advani | India |
| 2004 | Mark Allen | Northern Ireland |
| 2006 | Michael White | Wales |
| 2006 | Kurt Maflin | Norway |
| 2007 | Atthasit Mahitthi | Thailand |
| 2008 | Thepchaiya Un-Nooh | Thailand |
| 2009 | Alfie Burden | England |
| 2010 | Dechawat Poomjaeng | Thailand |
| 2011 | Hossein Vafaei | Iran |
| 2012 | Muhammad Asif | Pakistan |
| 2013 | Zhou Yuelong | China |
| 2014 | Yan Bingtao | China |
| 2015 | Pankaj Advani | India |
| 2016 | Soheil Vahedi | Iran |
| 2017 | Soheil Vahedi | Iran |
| 2018 | Yangon Myanmar | Burma |
| 2018 | Muhammad Asif | Pakistan |