title: ABSF African Snooker Championships
text: # ABSF African Snooker Championships
  
  The ABSC African Snooker Championship is an annual snooker competition and is the highest ranking and most prestigious amateur event in Africa. The event series is sanctioned by the African Billiards & Snooker Confederation. Having been established back in 1993, 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 Mostafa Dorgham who defeated Mohamed Khairy 5–2 in the final of the 2023 All-Africa Snooker & 6-Red Championship.
  
  ## Men's finals
  
  | Year | Venue | Winner | Runner-up | Score |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1993 | Unknown | Ismael Teeluck | Unknown | Unknown |
  | 1994 | Port Louis, Mauritius | Bernie Jones | Schalk Mouton | 11–10 |
  | 1995 | Durban, South Africa | Warren Horsley | Bernie Jones | 11–8 |
  | 1996 | Unknown | Hitesh Naran | Unknown | Unknown |
  | 1997–1998 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
  | 1999 | Cairo, Egypt | Warren Horsley | Munier Cassim | 6–5 |
  | 2000 | Casablanca, Morocco | Mohamed El Hamy | Sherif Senna | 5–4 |
  | 2001 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
  | 2002 | Cairo, Egypt | Hesham Abbas | Wael Talaat | 5–2 |
  | 2003–2006 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
  | 2007 | Casablanca, Morocco | Wael Talaat | Mohamed Samy Elkhayat | 5–4 |
  | 2008 | Tripoli, Libya | Mohamed El Hamy | Mohamed Samy Elkhayat | 6–2 |
  | 2009 | Johannesburg, South Africa | Wael Talaat | Mohamed Samy Elkhayat | 6–0 |
  | 2010 | Cairo, Egypt | Mohamed Samy Elkhayat | Wael Talaat | 6–1 |
  | 2011 | Cairo, Egypt | Wael Talaat | Mohamed El Hamy | 6–4 |
  | 2012 | Johannesburg, South Africa | Peter Francisco | Mohamed Khairy | 6–2 |
  | 2013 | Marrakech, Morocco | Peter Francisco | Khaled Belaid Abumdas | 6–2 |
  | 2014 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
  | 2015 | Tunis, Tunisia | Hatem Yassen | Mohamed Khairy | 6–5 |
  | 2016 | Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt | Peter Francisco | Wael Talaat | 6–1 |
  | 2017 | Hammamet, Tunisia | Basem Eltahhan | Wael Talaat | 6–5 |
  | 2018 | Cairo, Egypt | Mohamed Ibrahim | Mostafa Dorgham | 6–1 |
  | 2019 | Rabat, Morocco | Amine Amiri | Abdelhamid Abdelrahman | 5–4 |
  | 2022 | Casablanca, Morocco | Mohamed Ibrahim | Hesham Shawky | 5–4 |
  | 2023 | Casablanca, Morocco | Mostafa Dorgham | Mohamed Khairy | 5–2 |
  
  ### Champions by country
  
  Champions by country :
  
  | Country | Players | Total | First title | Last title |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Egypt | 8 | 12 | 2000 | 2023 |
  | 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 |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 2015 | Tunis, Tunisia | Jeanne Young (ZAF) | | Round-robin |
  | 2022 | Casablanca, Morocco | Yousra Matine (MAR) | Zineb Likaimi | 3–0 |
  | 2023 | Casablanca, Morocco | Bennani Hind (MAR) | Yasmine Yathrib (MAR) | 3–0 |
  