IBSF World Snooker Championship
Tournament information
Dates15–30 November 1996 (1996-11-15 1996-11-30)
CityNew Plymouth
CountryNew Zealand
OrganisationIBSF
Highest breakThailand Anan Teranannon (147)
Belgium Steve Lemmens (147)
Final
ChampionEngland Stuart Bingham
Runner-upAustralia Stan Gorski
Score11–5
1995
1997

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

[2]

Last 16
Best of 9 frames
Quarter-Finals
Best of 9 frames
Semi-Finals
Best of 15 frames
Final
Best of 21 frames
            
Belgium Steve Lemmens 5
Wales Elfed Evans 4
Belgium Steve Lemmens 5
Malta Paul Mifsud 1
Malta Paul Mifsud 5
Iceland Kristján Helgason 4
Belgium Steve Lemmens 5
England Stuart Bingham 8
Scotland Stephen Maguire 0
Scotland Chris Shade 5
Scotland Chris Shade 2
England Stuart Bingham 5
England Stuart Bingham 5
Republic of Ireland Joe Canny 3
England Stuart Bingham 11
Australia Stan Gorski 5
Hong Kong Chan Wai Tat 5
Pakistan Mohammed Yousuf 3
Hong Kong Chan Wai Tat 0
Australia Johl Younger 5
Malaysia Sam Chong 4
Australia Johl Younger 5
Australia Johl Younger 7
Australia Stan Gorski 8
Hong Kong Chan Kwok Ming 5
Finland Kimmo Lang 4
Hong Kong Chan Kwok Ming 2
Australia Stan Gorski 5
Thailand Sakchai Sim Ngam 4
Australia Stan Gorski 5

References

  1. "STUART BINGHAM - PROFILE". World Snooker. Retrieved 6 June 2015.
  2. "CML Group IBSF World Championships 1996". Snooker.org. Retrieved 6 June 2015.
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