Defending champion of IBSF World Under-18 Snooker, Jackson page, was in need of only one frame in his last league match to qualify for knockout last 32 stage. It remained very easy for him as he won his last league match 3-nil against Amir Hossein Bagerifard of Iran to top the Group A as No.1

The first frame of today’s match had a close finish where Amir Hossein gave a tough fight to counter Page. However, in next frame, Page did not give any chance and compiled a break of 61 to seal second frame 90-0 and finally the last frame was also comfortable for Page to beat him 3-0 and qualify for knockout.

Another player qualified from this group is Xuan Tu from China who beat Kreishh Gurbaxani of India 3-0 to enter knockout stage.

Ching Chiu Poon of Hong Kong was under threat of losing match by missing first two frames narrowly, but timely recovery not only saved the match but also made him stay in the champioinship

Aleksandra Bogatyreva from Russia registered her first win of the competition by defeating Albina Leschuk of Belarus.

Indian player Ishika Shah won back to back two matches on the first day of World Open Under-18 Women Snooker Championship here at Beijing.

Rees struggles before match win; Peigan, Yun Fung wins with small turbulence.

The 2017 IBSF World Under-18 and Under-21 Snooker Championships (Men and Women) set to start tomorrow morning at World Snooker Academy in Beijing, China.

Dear Regional Referees Organisations,

On Behalf of the IBSF Referees Committee and the Egyptian Federation of Billiards Sport (EFBS), I am delighted to inform you that the 2017 IBSF Teams & 6 Reds Snooker Championships will take place from the 1st to the 10th of August 2017 at the Pyramisa Sahl Hashish resort in Hurghada, Egypt. The invitation letter has already been circulated to National Associations by the IBSF General Secretary.

A total of 20 international referees from outside Egypt and Africa will be selected for this event and the number of referees allocated for each IBSF Region is as follows:

• America: 1 Referee
• Asia: 8 Referees
• Europe: 8 Referees
• Oceania: 3 Referees  
• All referees will be provided free accommodation on twin-sharing basis on soft all-inclusive basis for the duration of the championship. In addition, I am delighted to inform you that the IBSF will offer the amount of $400 USD to each International referee traveling from outside of Egypt to officiate in that event.

The Referees meeting will take place at the Pyramisa Sahl Hashish resort at 18:00 (6 pm) on the 1st of August 2017. Matches will start on the 2nd of August and the Final and closing ceremony will be on the 10th of August 2017.

All referees must be nominated by their Regional Referee’s Organisation on or before the 7th of July 2017. Please send the nominations to my email:  This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

VERY IMPORTANT: For those who will need a visa, please send your request to the EFBS secretary, Mr. Rageh Hosny : This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Should you have any queries, please do not hesitate to contact me or the IBSF General Secretary, Mr. Mohammed Kammah: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Yours in Sport,

Maxime Cassis
IBSF Referees Committee
www.ibsf.info

The Egyptian Federation of Billiards Sports has once again decided to host IBSF World 6Red and Team Snooker Championship in Egypt. This year the championship will take place in the Egyptian city ‘Hurghada’ from 2nd till 10th of August 2017 for the categories Men, Women & Masters for Team Snooker; and Men and Women for 6Reds.

The Chinese Billiards and Snooker Association (CBSA) will be hosting the 2017 IBSF World Under-18 and Under-21 (Men & Women) Snooker Championships at Beijing from 7th till 16th July 2017 (The Under-18 event from 8th till 11th July and Under-21 event from 12th till 16th July).

The President of International Billiards & Snooker Federation, Mr. Mubarak Al-Khayarin, has written to all member countries regarding Open Snooker and Billiards Tournaments.

Kindly go through the placed below letter, which is self-explanatory.