IBSF World Snooker Championship

Tournament information
Dates	15–30 November 1996 (1996-11-15 – 1996-11-30)
City	New Plymouth
Country	New Zealand
Organisation	IBSF
Highest break	Anan Teranannon (147) Steve Lemmens (147)
Final
Champion	Stuart Bingham
Runner-up	Stan Gorski
Score	11–5
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The 1996 IBSF World Snooker Championship was an amateur snooker tournament that took place from 15 November to 30 November 1996 in New Plymouth, New Zealand It was the 23rd edition of the IBSF World Snooker Championship and also doubled as a qualification event for the World Snooker Tour.

Englishman Stuart Bingham won the event by defeating Australian Stan Gorski 11–5 in the final. This was Bingham's first major championship and as a result Bingham won a spot on the professional World Snooker Tour. Bingham however struggled to advance his career further and spent many seasons as a journeyman professional before eventually improving his form towards the end of the 2000s to become a top-ranked player and winning his first professional ranking event 16 years later, before finally winning the World Snooker Championship in 2015, becoming only the second player, after Ken Doherty, to win both the world amateur and professional championships.^[1]

Results

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	Last 16 Best of 9 frames					Quarter-Finals Best of 9 frames					Semi-Finals Best of 15 frames					Final Best of 21 frames
	Steve Lemmens		5
	Elfed Evans		4
						Steve Lemmens		5
						Paul Mifsud		1
	Paul Mifsud		5
	Kristján Helgason		4
											Steve Lemmens		5
											Stuart Bingham		8
	Stephen Maguire		0
	Chris Shade		5
						Chris Shade		2
						Stuart Bingham		5
	Stuart Bingham		5
	Joe Canny		3
																Stuart Bingham		11
																Stan Gorski		5
	Chan Wai Tat		5
	Mohammed Yousuf		3
						Chan Wai Tat		0
						Johl Younger		5
	Sam Chong		4
	Johl Younger		5
											Johl Younger		7
											Stan Gorski		8
	Chan Kwok Ming		5
	Kimmo Lang		4
						Chan Kwok Ming		2
						Stan Gorski		5
	Sakchai Sim Ngam		4
	Stan Gorski		5

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