Chinese Billiards Association official website News On November 27, 2018, Beijing time, the 2018 IBSF World Snooker Championship (hereinafter referred to as: IBSF World Championship) came to an end in Yangon, Myanmar. With the lead in the championship and runner-up in advance, Chang Bingyu defeated He Guoqiang 8-3 and won the men's championship. Thai player Sukrisanas won four games in a row in the women's final, defeating seven-time champion Wendy Jens with a total score of 5-2, breaking the Belgian's dominance in the event while winning the championship for the first time. The Masters championship was won by Welsh veteran Darren Morgan, who once ranked 8th in the world professional rankings.
IBSF World Snooker Championship was founded in 1963. It was held every two years at the beginning, and it basically remained once a year after 1985. James Watana, Ken Dahdi, Stuart Bingham , Stephen Maguire, Ponca Advani, Mark Allen and other world-leading professional players have all topped the competition in this event. Chinese players Zhou Yuelong and Yan Bingtao won the championship in 2013 and 2014.
2018 IBSF World Championships were fully launched in Yangon, Myanmar from November 19 to 27. As an international snooker event with a long history, this IBSF World Championships attracted 68 male players from 28 countries and regions to sign up for the competition, including three Chinese players, Chang Bingyu, He Guoqiang and Xing Zihao. In the Women's World Championships held at the same time, Baiyulu appeared on the stadium as the only Chinese player. In addition, Li Jianbing, a coach of the Chinese snooker national team who just took office this year, participated in the Masters.
In the group stage of the men's World Championships, Chang Bingyu and He Guoqiang successfully qualified with the first place in the group, and Xing Zihao was eliminated at the bottom of the group.
single defeat, Chang Bingyu first defeated Iranian player Said Yishi Sani, and then eliminated Polish player Matt Ush Baranowiski with a score of 5-3. In the eighth-finals, Chang Bingyu easily defeated Pakistani player Mohamed Bilai, who had just won the third place in the ACBS Asian Tour 5-2. In the match against 2012 IBSF World Championship champion Mohamed Asif for the top four spots, Chang Bingyu scored 126 points, 98 points and 84 points in a single shot, eliminating his opponent 6-3 with a score of 6-3.
The one waiting for Chang Bingyu in the semi-finals is Tanawat Terrapabo, who has a background in the world's snooker professional player. In this game, Tanawat scored 133 points in the first game to score Chang Bingyu. At the end of the fourth game, Chang Bingyu "has no grains". In the fifth game, Chang Bingyu won the first game with 58 points in a single shot. In the sixth game, Chang Bingyu took advantage of the victory to chase the opponent with a single shot of 84 points and scored the score to 2-4.
Tanawat, who was not to be outdone, scored 104 points in the seventh game and retaliated. Soon Chang Bingyu returned to his opponent with 121 points in the ninth game. In the 12th game, Tanawat, who was behind 5-6, once again staged a clean sheet, dragging the game into the final game. In the last game, Chang Bingyu secured the victory with 51 points in a single shot, completed the reversal + finals, and advanced to the finals.
Hi Guoqiang, who is in the lower half, eliminated Austrian player Florian Nusler 5-3 with 100 points in a single shot, and defeated Iranian player Ali Rosanikia with the same score to be shortlisted for the quarterfinals. In the quarter-finals, facing Polish player Kaspal Filipark, who had just eliminated three-time IBSF World Championship champion Ponca Advani, He Guoqiang defeated his opponent 6-3 and stood in the semi-finals. In the semi-finals, He Guoqiang scored the highest score of 143 points in the current single shot in the tournament, easily defeating Belgian player Kevin Hasson 7-2, and met Chang Bingyu in the final. So far, the Chinese team has won the men's championship and runner-up in this IBSF World Championship in advance.
finals adopt a 15-game 8-win system, with 7 games in the first stage and a championship in the second stage. In the first stage of the competition, Chang Bingyu took the initiative and gained a 5-2 lead. In the first game of the second stage, He Guoqiang tried to reverse the situation when he was overscored, but accidentally left the blue ball at the pocket. Chang Bingyu scored and changed the score to 6-2. In the 9th game, He Guoqiang cleared the stage by 126 points in a single shot and recovered the game.
In the next game, Chang Bingyu seized the opportunity to score more and get the match point first in the offensive and defensive battle.In the 11th game, He Guoqiang took over while trailing 58 points, but unfortunately, the 147th man did not win back the match point. In the end, Chang Bingyu defeated his compatriots 8-3 and won the championship.
Chinese referee Liu Fang, who made his debut in the IBSF World Championships, ordered the women's finals
Women's For women, Bai Yulu, who qualified in the group, lost 0-4 to the 2015 IBSF World Youth Championship champion Thai player Siripaporn Nuanthakhamjan, stopped in the quarterfinals of 16. In the Masters, national team coach Li Jianbing lost to former world snooker professional player 2-5 in the semifinals, Wales veteran Darren Morgan, who once ranked 8th in the world, was eliminated early. It is worth mentioning that Li Jianbing is the first Chinese player to participate in the IBSF Masters in recent years. The national team coach standing on the podium has also created history while winning honors for the motherland. (China Billiards Association Xiaofan)
