2016 Carrom World Championship

The 2016 Carrom World Championship, was the 7th edition of an international Carrom tournament governed by the International Carrom Federation, contested from 7 to 11 November 2016 in Birmingham, United Kingdom. Fifteen countries had competed in the tournament.^[1]

2016 Carrom World Championship

Tournament information
Dates	7 November 2016–11 November 2016
Administrator	International Carrom Federation
Tournament format(s)	Knockout
Host(s)	United Kingdom
Venue(s)	Badshah Palace, Clifton House, Walsall Road, Birmingham, United Kingdom
Participants	15
Website	http://worldchampionship.ukcarromfed.com/

Indian and Sri Lankan players would be defending their titles in the Men's, Women's and Doubles categories.

This edition was considered to be the largest so far with over 15 countries participating in the elite event including the likes of USA, Germany, Canada, France and Italy.

Participating teams

Each team can have a maximum of four men and four women, who can compete in the individual singles and doubles, apart from team event and Swiss league competition.

The entry fee for each player will be $250.^[2]

The host will take care of boarding, lodging and transport expenses of all the teams.

Total 15 countries participated in this event.

Men's Team Players  Canada Anurag Chanda Derrick Silveira Louie Fernandes Shad Ahmed  Czech Republic Jan Tesitel Zdenek Svitak Tomas Chmelar Ales Formanek  France Pierre Dubois Fabian Pereira Benoit Lamy Jeremy Cieply  Germany Peter Boecker Johannes Joerg Tobias Krueger Christian Russo  India Sandeep Deorukhkar Prashant More Riaz Akbar Ali R. M. Shankara  Italy Shriyantha Weerasinghe Nicolò Gallo Dineth Hapuarachchige Ayesh Vanderlan  Malaysia Christopher Walter Mohd Suhaizan Mat Karri Mohd Azahar Zakaria S. Gopi  Maldives Hussain Ali Ali Azim Mohamed Munthasir Ahmed Hamid  Pakistan Murtaza Khan Zulfee Anus Bin Murtaza Muhammad Amil Ramzan Ali  Poland Jakub Nowakowski Sylwester Pogorzelski Bartosz Sasinski Jakub Sasinski  South Korea Dohhun Bae Soochang Kim Junoh Jung Eunseok Lee  Sri Lanka Chamil Darshana Cooray Bulathsinghalage Nishantha Fernando Mohamed Sherifdeen Mohamed Halaldeen Mohamed Shaheed Mohomed Hilmy  Switzerland Carlito Bollin Lorenzo Hurlimann Josef Meyer Anders Illi  United Kingdom Mazharul Islam Munna Sunahar Ali Ish Kumar Aniket Shetye  United States Vishal Karangutkar Neel Joshi Deep Joshi Murali Balasubramaniam [3]

Women's Team Players  France Ariane Garjah Athena Pantzos Clervie Le Corre Laetitia Pidial  Germany Susanne Schackert Meike Weigel Rahim Kumala  India Kajal Kumari S. Appoorwa M. Primala Devi Tuba Seher  Malaysia Suzana Salim Jamilah Ibrahim Nor Zalina Mokhtar Roslina Mohd Nordin  Maldives Aminath Vishama Aishath Fainaz Aminath Vidhaadh Aminath Suba  Poland Paulina Nowakowska Magdalena Szczepaniak  Sri Lanka Joseph Roshita Chalani Lakmali Liyanage Rahubaddha Kankanamalage Yasika Rahubaddha Senevirathna Yapage Arosha Koushali Wickramasinghe  United Kingdom Tahmina Shawkat Ruhena Begum Sharmin Simpa  United States Umamaheswari Munagala Sujatha Tella Saroj Deepika Kalahasthi [4]

Medals

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	India	5	5	2	12
2	Sri Lanka	1	1	2	4
3	Maldives	0	0	2	2
Totals (3 entries)		6	6	6	18

Nations

1.  United Kingdom (7) (Host)
2.  United States (8)
3.  Canada (4)
4.  Switzerland (4)
5.  Germany (7)
6.  France (8)
7.  Italy (4)
8.  Poland (6)
9.  South Korea (4)
10.  India (8)
11.  Sri Lanka (8)
12.  Maldives (8)
13.  Pakistan (4)
14.  Malaysia (8)
15.  Czech Republic (4)

Results

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Men's Singles

Main article: 2016 Carrom World Championship- Men's Singles

First Place: Prashant More  India

Second Place: Riyaz Akbarali  India

Third Place: Yogesh Pardesi  India

Fourth Place: R.M. Shankara - India

Fifth PLACE : D.N. Fernando - Sri Lanka

Sixth Place : Louis Fernandes - Canada

Seventh Place : Chamil Cooray - Sri Lanka

Eighth Place : Sandeep Deoroukar - India

Men's Doubles

Main article: 2016 Carrom World Championship- Men's Doubles

First Place: Sandeep Deorukhkar / Riyaz Akbar India

Second Place: R. M. Shankara / S.P. Aravinthan

Men's Team

Main article: 2016 Carrom World Championship- Men's Team

First Place:  Sri Lanka

Second Place:  India

Third Place:  Maldives

Women's Singles

Main article: 2016 Carrom World Championship- Women's Singles

First Place: S. Appoorwa  India

Second Place: Parimala Devi  India

Third Place: Rashmi Kumari  India

Women's Doubles

Main article: 2016 Carrom World Championship- Women's Doubles

First Place: Kajol Kumari and S. Appoorwa  India

Second Place Parimala Devi and Tuba Sheher

Women's Team

Main article: 2016 Carrom World Championship- Women's Team

First Place:  India

Second Place:  Sri Lanka

Third Place:  Maldives

Swiss League

Main article: 2016 Carrom World Championship- Swiss League

References

1. "Birmingham to host World championship". The Hindu. 2016-06-06. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 2016-11-11.
2. "Registration | 7th Carrom World Championship". worldchampionship.ukcarromfed.com. Archived from the original on 2016-11-12. Retrieved 2016-11-11.
3. "Registered Players | 7th Carrom World Championship". worldchampionship.ukcarromfed.com. Archived from the original on 2016-11-12. Retrieved 2016-11-11.
4. "Registered Players | 7th Carrom World Championship". worldchampionship.ukcarromfed.com. Archived from the original on 2016-11-12. Retrieved 2016-11-11.
5. "2016 Carrom World Championship- Results". UK Carrom Federation. UK Carrom Federation. 11 November 2016. Archived from the original on 13 November 2016. Retrieved 13 November 2016.