ABSC All Africa Snooker Championships

ABSC All Africa Snooker Championship
Tournament information
Established1993 (1993)
Organisation(s)African Billiards & Snooker Confederation
FormatAmateur event
Recent edition2025
Current champion Mahmoud El Hareedy (EGY)

The ABSC All Africa Snooker Championship is an annual snooker competition and is the highest ranking amateur event in Africa. The event series is sanctioned by the African Billiards & Snooker Confederation. Established back in 1993 as the ABSF African Snooker Championship, the winner of the event often becomes the African nomination for the World Snooker Tour. Throughout the tournament’s early history the championship was dominated by South African players, however at the turn of the millennium Egyptian players became the dominant force in the championship, winning 11 of 15 championships since the year 2000.

The championship is currently held by Mahmoud El Hareedy who defeated Yassine Bellamine 6–1 in the 2025 final.

Men's finals

[1]

Year Venue Winner Runner-up Score
1993 Unknown Mauritius Ismael Teeluck Unknown
1994 Port Louis, Mauritius South Africa Bernie Jones South Africa Schalk Mouton 11–10
1995 South Africa Durban, South Africa South Africa Warren Horsley South Africa Bernie Jones 11–8
1996[2] South Africa South Africa South Africa Hitesh Naran South Africa Warren Horsley 11–8
1997–1998 Unknown
1999[3] Cairo, Egypt South Africa Warren Horsley South Africa Munier Cassim 6–5
2000[4] Casablanca, Morocco Egypt Mohamed El Hamy Egypt Sherif Senna 5–4
2001 Unknown
2002 Cairo, Egypt Egypt Hesham Abbas Egypt Wael Talaat 5–2
2003–2006 Unknown
2007[5] Casablanca, Morocco Egypt Wael Talaat Egypt Mohamed Samy Elkhayat 5–4
2008[6] Tripoli, Libya Egypt Mohamed El Hamy Egypt Mohamed Samy Elkhayat 6–2
2009[7] Johannesburg, South Africa Egypt Wael Talaat Egypt Mohamed Samy Elkhayat 6–0
2010 Cairo, Egypt Egypt Mohamed Samy Elkhayat Egypt Wael Talaat 6–1
2011[8] Cairo, Egypt Egypt Wael Talaat Egypt Mohamed El Hamy 6–4
2012[9] Johannesburg, South Africa South Africa Peter Francisco Egypt Mohamed Khairy 6–2
2013[10] Marrakech, Morocco South Africa Peter Francisco Libya Khaled Belaid Abumdas 6–2
2014 Unknown
2015[11] Tunis, Tunisia Egypt Hatem Yassen Egypt Mohamed Khairy 6–5
2016 Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt South Africa Peter Francisco Egypt Wael Talaat 6–1
2017 Hammamet, Tunisia Egypt Basem Eltahhan Egypt Wael Talaat 6–5
2018[12] Cairo, Egypt Egypt Mohamed Ibrahim Egypt Mostafa Dorgham 6–1
2019[13] Rabat, Morocco Morocco Amine Amiri Egypt Abdelhamid Abdelrahman 5–4
2022 Casablanca, Morocco Egypt Mohamed Ibrahim Egypt Hesham Shawky 5–4
2023[14] Casablanca, Morocco Egypt Mostafa Dorgham Egypt Mohamed Khairy 5–2
2024[15] Johannesburg, South Africa Egypt Hatem Yassen Egypt Abdel Shaheen 6–5
2025[16] Morocco Saïdia, Morocco Egypt Mahmoud El Hareedy Morocco Yassine Bellamine 6–1

Champions by country

Champions by country
Country Players Total First title Last title
Egypt 9 14 2000 2025
South Africa 4 7 1994 2016
Mauritius 1 1 1993 1993
Morocco 1 1 2019 2019

Women's finals

Year Venue Winner Runner-up Score Ref.
2015 Tunis, Tunisia  Jeanne Young (ZAF) Round-robin [17]
2022 Casablanca, Morocco  Yousra Matine (MAR)  Zineb Likaimi (MAR) 3–0 [18]
2023 Casablanca, Morocco  Bennani Hind (MAR)  Yasmine Yathrib (MAR) 3–0 [14]
2024 Johannesburg, South Africa  Chantelle Perry (ZA)  Amy-Claire King (ZA) 3–1 [15]
2025 Saïdia, Morocco  Yousra Matine (MAR)  Lazim Loubna (MAR) 4–3 [16]

Champions by country

Champions by country
Country Players Total First title Last title
Morocco 2 3 2022 2025
South Africa 2 2 2015 2024

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