United States National Snooker Championship


The United States National Snooker Championship is an annual snooker competition played in the United States and is the highest ranking amateur event in the US.
The competition was established in 1991 and was won by Tom Kollins, who went on to win the title again in 1992, 1998, 1999 and 2001. Kollins holds the record of winning five titles jointly with Ahmed Aly Elsayed, the current Champion of 2019, who has also won the title in 2009, 2010, 2011 and 2018.
Both the winner and runner-up are automatically selected to represent the United States in the following IBSF World Snooker Championship, and other annual international snooker events.
From 2014, due to a ruling by the IBSF, the Championship is now only open to U.S. citizens having previously also been open to U.S. permanent residents.

Winners

YearWinnerRunner-upFinal scoreCity
1991 Tom Kollins John Abruzzo4–2Oakbrook Terrace, Illinois
1992 Tom Kollins John Lewis4–3Aurora, Illinois
1993 David Yao Mike Massey5–0Aurora, Illinois
1994 David Yao Tom Kollins5–2Aurora, Illinois
1995 Tang Hoa Orwin Ham5–1San Gabriel
1996 Peter Ong Piya Potanan5–0San Gabriel, California
1997 George Lai Truman Wu5–3Monterey Park, California
1998 Tom Kollins Tom Karabotsos5–4Grayslake, Illinois
1999 Tom Kollins Murali Venkat5–0Grayslake, Illinois
2000 Ajeya Prabhakar Tom Kollins5–3Grayslake, Illinois
2001 Tom Kollins Ajeya Prabhakar5–0Grayslake, Illinois
2004 Kenny Kwok Raymond Fung4–2Manhattan, New York
2005 George Lai Kenny Kwok4–2San Gabriel, California
2006 Paul Kimura Romil Azemat5–3San Gabriel, California
2007 Jack Kung George Lai5–3San Gabriel, California
2008 George Lai Jian Qiang Wang5–2San Gabriel, California
2009 Ahmed Aly Elsayed Ajeya Prabhakar5–4Brooklyn, New York
2010 Ahmed Aly Elsayed Yi Fei Mei5–4San Gabriel, California
2011 Ahmed Aly Elsayed Ajeya Prabhakar5–3Brooklyn, New York
2012 Sargon Isaac Ajeya Prabhakar5–2San Gabriel, California
2013 Corey Deuel Sargon Isaac5–1Houston, Texas
2014 Ajeya Prabhakar Raymond Fung5–2Brooklyn, New York
2015 Sargon Isaac Ahmed Aly Elsayed5–3Brooklyn, New York
2016 Sargon Isaac Ahmed Aly Elsayed5–1Houston, Texas
2017 Raymond Fung Ahmed Aly Elsayed5–4Manhattan, New York
2018 Ahmed Aly Elsayed Raymond Fung5–2Brooklyn, New York
2019 Ahmed Aly Elsayed Cheang Ciing Yoo5–3Houston, Texas

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Finalists