United States National Snooker Championship

The United States National Snooker Championship (occasionally known as the United States Amateur Championship) is an annual snooker competition played in the United States and is the highest ranking amateur event in the country

United States National Snooker Championship

Tournament information
Country	United States
Established	1991; 33 years ago (1991)
Organisation(s)	United States Snooker Association
Format	National event
Recent edition	2023
Current champion	Daren Taylor

The competition was established in 1991 and was won by the Tom Kollins, who went on to win the title again in 1992, 1998, 1999 and 2001.^[1] The 2020 Championship was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic, though it was back in 2021 at the New York Athletic Club and was won for a record sixth time by Ahmed Aly Elsayed.^[2]

Both the winner and runner-up are selected to represent the United States in the following IBSF World Snooker Championship,^[3] and other annual invitational 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

^[2]

Year	Winner	Runner-up	Final score	Venue	City
1991	Tom Kollins	John Abruzzo	4–2	Preacher's Pool & Billiards	Oakbrook Terrace, Illinois
1992	Tom Kollins	John Lewis	4–3	Pockets Billiards & Sports Bar	Aurora, Illinois
1993	David Yao	Mike Massey	5–0	Pockets Billiards & Sports Bar	Aurora, Illinois
1994	David Yao	Tom Kollins	5–2	Pockets Billiards & Sports Bar	Aurora, Illinois
1995	Tang Hoa	Orwin Ham	5–1	Embassy Billiards Club	San Gabriel, California
1996	Peter Ong	Piya Potanan	5–0	Embassy Billiards Club	San Gabriel, California
1997	George Lai	Truman Wu	5–3	Cue T's Snooker Club	Monterey Park, California
1998	Tom Kollins	Tom Karabotsos	5–4	Cue 'N' You	Grayslake, Illinois
1999	Tom Kollins	Murali Venkat	5–0	Cue 'N' You	Grayslake, Illinois
2000	Ajeya Prabhakar	Tom Kollins	5–3	Cue 'N' You	Grayslake, Illinois
2001	Tom Kollins	Ajeya Prabhakar	5–0	Cue 'N' You	Grayslake, Illinois
2004	Kenny Kwok	Raymond Fung	4–2	New York Athletic Club	Manhattan, New York
2005	George Lai	Kenny Kwok	4–2	Embassy Billiards Club	San Gabriel, California
2006	Paul Kimura	Romil Azemat	5–3	Embassy Billiards Club	San Gabriel, California
2007	Jack Kung	George Lai	5–3	Embassy Billiards Club	San Gabriel, California
2008	George Lai	Jian Qiang Wang	5–2	Embassy Billiards Club	San Gabriel, California
2009	Ahmed Aly Elsayed	Ajeya Prabhakar	5–4	Prince Snooker Club	Brooklyn, New York
2010	Ahmed Aly Elsayed	Yi Fei Mei	5–4	Embassy Billiards Club	San Gabriel, California
2011[4]	Ahmed Aly Elsayed	Ajeya Prabhakar	5–3	Prince Snooker Club	Brooklyn, New York
2012[5]	Sargon Isaac	Ajeya Prabhakar	5–2	Embassy Billiards Club	San Gabriel, California
2013[6]	Corey Deuel	Sargon Isaac	5–1	Snooker 147 Bar & Grill	Houston, Texas
2014[7]	Ajeya Prabhakar	Raymond Fung	5–2	Top 147 Snooker Club	Brooklyn, New York
2015[8][9]	Sargon Isaac	Ahmed Aly Elsayed	5–3	Prince Snooker Club	Brooklyn, New York
2016[10]	Sargon Isaac	Ahmed Aly Elsayed	5–1	147 Snooker Club	Houston, Texas
2017[11]	Raymond Fung	Ahmed Aly Elsayed	5–4	New York Athletic Club	Manhattan, New York
2018[12]	Ahmed Aly Elsayed	Raymond Fung	5–2	Prince Snooker Club	Brooklyn, New York
2019[13]	Ahmed Aly Elsayed	Cheang Ciing Yoo	5–3	Q Ball Snooker & Pool	Houston, Texas
2021[14]	Ahmed Aly Elsayed	Ajeya Prabhakar	5–0	New York Athletic Club	Manhattan, New York
2022[15]	Steven Wong	Raymond Fung	5–3	Ox Billiards	Seattle, Washington
2023[16]	Daren Taylor	Steven Wong	5–4	Embassy Billiards Club	San Gabriel, California

Stats

Finalists

Rank	Name	Winner	Runner-up	Finals
1	Ahmed Aly Elsayed	6	3	9
2	Tom Kollins	5	2	7
3	Sargon Isaac	3	1	4
3	George Lai	3	1	4
5	Ajeya Prabhakar	2	5	7
6	David Yao	2	0	2
7	Raymond Fung	1	4	5
8	Kenny Kwok	1	1	2
9	Steven Wong	1	1	2
10	Daren Taylor	1	0	1
10	Tang Hoa	1	0	1
10	Peter Ong	1	0	1
10	Paul Kimura	1	0	1
10	Jack Kung	1	0	1
10	Corey Deuel	1	0	1
16	Cheang Ciing Yoo	0	1	1
16	John Abruzzo	0	1	1
16	John Lewis	0	1	1
16	Mike Massey	0	1	1
16	Orwin Ham	0	1	1
16	Piya Potanan	0	1	1
16	Truman Wu	0	1	1
16	Tom Karabotsos	0	1	1
16	Murali Venkat	0	1	1
16	Romil Azemat	0	1	1
16	Jian Qiang Wang	0	1	1
16	Yi Fei Mei	0	1	1

References

1. "Player Profiles - Tom Kollins". United States Snooker Association. 2013. Retrieved May 29, 2013.
2. "United States National Snooker Championship - Champions Roll Of Honor". United States Snooker Association. 2021. Retrieved October 18, 2021.
3. "About The Championship". United States Snooker Association. 2013. Retrieved May 29, 2013.
4. "Almighty Aly Secures Third U.S. National Snooker Title". United States Snooker Association. Retrieved July 3, 2011.
5. "Sensational Sargon Claims U.S Title". worldsnooker.com. Retrieved May 30, 2012.
6. "Corey Shows His Deuel Talent". worldsnooker.com. Retrieved May 29, 2013.
7. "Ajeya Prabhakar Wins The United States National Snooker Championship". snookerclub.com. Retrieved May 28, 2014.
8. "Isaac Fulfils American Dream". World Snooker. Retrieved June 6, 2015.
9. "Isaac Captures Second National Snooker Title". United States Snooker Association. Retrieved May 25, 2015.
10. "Isaac Defends Title To Become A Fantastic Three Times Champion". United States Snooker Association. Retrieved June 4, 2016.
11. "Fung finally achieves his American snooker dream". United States Snooker Association. Retrieved June 7, 2017.
12. "Aly back to winning ways with fourth National Snooker Championship title". United States Snooker Association. Retrieved May 29, 2018.
13. "Aly's fantastic fifth Championship title". United States Snooker Association. Retrieved September 3, 2019.
14. "Aly secures record breaking sixth U.S. title". United States Snooker Association. Retrieved October 18, 2021.
15. "Wong wins first United States National Snooker Championship title". United States Snooker Association. Retrieved September 6, 2022.
16. "Taylor is top snooker player in the United States". United States Snooker Association. Retrieved October 19, 2023.