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ABSF African Snooker Championships

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Country
  
Tunisia

Recent edition
  
2016

Format
  
Amateur event

Current champion(s)
  
Peter Francisco

Established
  
1993; 24 years ago (1993)

Organisation(s)
  
African Billiards & Snooker Federation

The ABSF African Snooker Championship is an annual snooker competition and is the highest ranking and most prestigious amateur event in Africa. The event series is sanctioned by the African Billiards & Snooker Federation having been established back in 1993 the winner of the event often becomes the African nomination for the World Snooker Tour. Throughout the tournaments early history the championship was dominated by South African players however at the turn of the millennium Egyptian players became the dominant force in the championship, winning 8 of 11 championships since the year 2000.

The championship is currently held by Peter Francisco who defeated Wael Talaat 6–1 in the final of the 2016 championship.

References

ABSF African Snooker Championships Wikipedia