The 2015 IBSF World Snooker Championship is an amateur
snooker
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tournament that took place from 9 November to 21 November 2015 in
Hurghada,
Egypt
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.
The event was originally due to take place in
Sharm el-Sheikh
Sharm El Sheikh ( ar, شرم الشيخ, ), commonly abbreviated to Sharm, is an Egyptian city on the southern tip of the Sinai Peninsula, in South Sinai Governorate, on the coastal strip along the Red Sea. Its population is approximately 53,670 ...
, however due to the
Metrojet Flight 9268 crash the tournament was relocated to
Hurghada. Because of this many competitors withdrew from the competition amid safety fears, Including the entire
Qatari,
Moroccan and
English
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teams, the latter of which would have featured former world champion
Reanne Evans
Reanne Evans (born 25 October 1985) is an English professional snooker player who competes on the World Women's Snooker Tour and the professional World Snooker Tour. She is the number one ranked player on the women's tour, and regularly featur ...
.
The tournament was won by 10th seed
Wendy Jans
Wendy Jans (born 14 June 1983, in Bree, Belgium) is a Belgian professional snooker and pool player. She has won the IBSF World Snooker Championship for women seven times. She reached her first women's world final at the 2022 World Women's Snooke ...
who defeated
Anastasia Nechaeva
Anastasia Nechaeva (born 9 May 1993) is a Russian snooker and pool player. She was runner-up in the 2014 and 2015 IBSF World Snooker Championships.
Playing career
Nechaeva had success in pool as a teenager, including winning the 2009 European ...
5–1 in the final. This victory was Jans fourth consecutive tournament win and her fifth overall.
Results
Group round
Group A
Group B
Group C
Group D
Group E
Group F
Knockout rounds
References
{{DEFAULTSORT:IBSF World Snooker Championship - Women's, 2015
2015 in snooker
Snooker amateur tournaments
Hurghada
2015 in Egyptian sport
International sports competitions hosted by Egypt