The 1974 World Amateur Snooker Championship was the sixth edition of the tournament that later became known as the
IBSF World Snooker Championship. The 1974 tournament was played in
Dublin from 1 to 16 December 1974. Defending champion
Ray Edmonds
Ray Edmonds (born 25 April 1936 in Grimsby, Lincolnshire) is a former English professional player of English billiards and snooker. He twice won the World Amateur Snooker title, and won the World Professional Billiards Championship in 1985.
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defeated
Geoff Thomas 11–9 in the final to retain the title.
Tournament summary
The first
World Amateur Snooker Championship
The IBSF World Snooker Championship (also known as the World Amateur Snooker Championship) is the premier non-professional snooker tournament in the world. The event series is sanctioned by the International Billiards and Snooker Federation. A nu ...
was held in
1963
Events January
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.
Ray Edmonds
Ray Edmonds (born 25 April 1936 in Grimsby, Lincolnshire) is a former English professional player of English billiards and snooker. He twice won the World Amateur Snooker title, and won the World Professional Billiards Championship in 1985.
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, who won the title in
1972
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, was the defending champion for 1974.
The tournament was held in
Dubin
Dubin is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Jutrosin, within Rawicz County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. It lies approximately south-west of Jutrosin, east of Rawicz, and south of the regional capital Po ...
from 1 to 16 December 1974.
There were two nine-player
round-robin groups, with the top four players from each group progressing to the quarter-finals.
The quarter-finals onwards were played as a knockout tournament.
Ray Edmonds
Ray Edmonds (born 25 April 1936 in Grimsby, Lincolnshire) is a former English professional player of English billiards and snooker. He twice won the World Amateur Snooker title, and won the World Professional Billiards Championship in 1985.
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played
Geoff Thomas in the final, which was held on 15 and 16 December,
Edmonds led 5–2 after the first . In the next session, Thomas took a 7–6 lead before Edmonds levelled the score. In the final session, Edmonds moved into a 9–7 lead before Thomas equalised at 9–9. Edmonds won the next two frames to achieve victory at 11–9.
Alwyn Lloyd made the highest of the tournament, 104, during the group stage.
Qualifying groups
The final tables are shown below. Players in bold qualified for the next round.
Group A
Group B
Knockout
Players in bold denote match winners.
Final
Scores in bold indicate winning scores. *Denotes frame won on a
References
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Snooker amateur tournaments
International sports competitions hosted by Ireland
1974 in snooker