Who is the youngest player to win the world amateur snooker title?
Hossein Vafaei Ayouri (born September 14, 1994 in Abadan, Iran) is an Iranian professional snooker player. He is the only Iranian professional snooker player in the history of the game. His attempts to travel to the United Kingdom to qualify for the major tournaments on the snooker calendar were denied due to visa problems, but he gained a UK visa in February 2015.
In December, he won the World Amateur Snooker Championship by defeating Lee Walker 10–9 in the final. He won the title at the age of 17 years and 81 days, which made him the youngest ever winner of the tournament, breaking Ian Preece's record.
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John McLardie
It's Yan Bingtao of China. Question should have been date stamped as this could change in the future.
Spencer Thomas Hancock III
Majority did me wrong!
Sanjay Kumar
Qualification for professional status. In November 2014, Yan won the Amateur World Snooker Championship, beating Muhammad Sajjad of Pakistan 8–7 in the final. Aged 14, Yan also became the youngest winner of the event beating Zhou Yuelong, who won it aged 15 in 2013.
Karin Johansson
You that complain has not read the question properly!
Dennis Walker
Answers to quiz questions should not be open to challenge
Mark G. Feeney
One of these names is not like the others.
Joe Mc Grath
Correct answer is Liam Davies of Wales aged 15 years and 277 days.
Char
Chinmoy Jena, you gonna step up?
Char
Had no idea as snookering is new to me.
Susannah Landis
Every choice is wrong. Not fair.
Julie Allen
Julie Allen, Well I really blew that one. Will have to read things properly before I push the button.
Julie Allen
It is either Yan Bingtao (Chinese: 颜丙涛, born 16 February 2000) He is the youngest player to win the Amateur World Snooker Championship; his 8–7 victory over Muhammad Sajjad in the final of the 2014 event earned him a place on the sport's main tour or Yan Bingtao born 16 February 2000) He is the youngest player to win the Amateur World Snooker Championship; his 8–7 victory over Muhammad Sajjad in the final of the 2014 event earned him a place on the sport's main tour. They were both 14 when they won.
Gery Tillmanns
I call BS.
http://www.worldsnooker.com/brilliant-bingtao-wins-ibsf-title/
Jerrod Morgan
In 2014, fourteen-year-old Yan Bingtao beat Pakistan's Muhammad Sajjad 8–7 to become the youngest ever world champion in snooker.
Please fix this question.
Stevie G
RCW, Crap comment ....