The 2006 IBSF World Snooker Championship was an amateur

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event, sanctioned by the International Billiards and Snooker Federation, held at the Amman Olympics Sports Centre in

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from November 5-November 15, 2006.

Results

Men

A total of 32 players qualified for finishing in the top 4 positions in eight groups. They were drawn into a 32 player knock-out bracket to decide the winner.

Women

Source: Snooker Scene

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, the 2004 champion, did not enter the event. There were twenty entries, and two qualifying groups of ten players were set, each to be played as a round-robin, with the top four from each group qualifying for the eight-player knock-out phase to decide the winner. Following withdrawals, only nine players participated in each group.

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scored nine of the eleven top in the competition on her way to winning the title.

References

External links

Official event website
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