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tournament that took place at the Northern Snooker Centre in

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, from 2 to 5 April 2016. The event was the 2016 edition of the

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. The event was won by

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, who defeated defending champion

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6–4 in the final.

Background

The event was hosted at the Northern Snooker Centre,

. Qualifying featured five groups of five or six players each with eight players qualifying for the main tournament. Those players met eight seeded players in the last-16 knockout round. After the group stage, the players not reaching the main

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tournament competed in a parallel "Plate" tournament. Matches in the group stage were best-of-three-. The first knockout round was best-of-five-frames; the quarter-finals and semi-finals best-of-seven, and the final was played as a best-of-11 match. Forty-one players from thirteen different countries participated in the tournament, as listed in the table below. Numbers in brackets show the eight seeded players. Although

was the defending champion,

was the highest seed.

Prize money

The winner of the event won a total of £1,200. *Winner: £1,200 *Runner-up: £600 *Losing semi-finalists: £300 *Losing quarter-finalists: £150 *Last 16 losers: £80 *Highest Break (72, Ng On-yee) £100

Summary

Group stage

There were three groups of six players and three groups of five players. The top eight seeds were placed into the last-16 round of the knockout phase and were not required to play in the qualifying groups. Progression from the groups was determined by the following criteria: Matches won; Head to head; frames won; Highest ; and finally by ranking position. The event was split after the group stage, with players not reaching the main knockout tournament competing in a parallel tournament called the plate competition. The only player to complete their qualifying matches without losing a frame was

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. Two players qualified whilst only losing one frame each: Jessica Woods and Kathy Howden. Lauren Carley, Ronda Sheldreck, and Sandra Bryan all failed to win any frames.

Knockout

Three of the eight seeds lost in the last-16: Maria Catalano, Jaique Ip (seeded 3rd), Maria Catalano (4th) and Jenny Poulter (6th). Ng On-yee progressed to the final without losing a frame, beating Laura Evans 3–0, Katrina Wan 4–0 and Rebecca Kenna 4–0. Reanne Evans whitewashed Diana Schuler 3–0 then beat

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runner-up Emma Bonney 4–2 and Tatjana Vasiljeva 4–1. Kenna was the only unseeded player to reach as far as the semi-finals before losing to On-yee.

Final

The final took place on 5 April 2016, and was contested by defending champion Ng On-yee and top seed Reanne Evans. Evans won the first frame, before Ng took the next three, making the highest break of the competition, 72, in the fourth frame. Evans then took the next two frames to level the match at 3–3. Ng regained the lead again at 4–3, before Evans won three in a row to win the match 6–4, including a break of 47 in frame ten. The victory for Evan was her 11th world championship win in the previous 12 years. Ng played

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qualifying the Wednesday after the final, however, she lost 1–10.

Breaks

There were only five breaks of over 50, by just three players. The highest break of the tournament was 72 by Ng On-yee, who also recorded a 52. Reanne Evans compiled a 68 and a 59. Michelle Brown made a 55.

Results

Group stage matches

Players who qualified from the group are shown in bold and with a (Q) after their name in the final standings tables below.

Knockout stage

Seedings are shown in brackets. Players listed in bold indicate match winner.

Final

Plate competition

The Plate competition was for players who did not reach the main knockout draw. It was won by Varshaa Sanjeev. The only breaks over 30 were a 35 by Suzie Opacic and a 34 by Sanjeev. Players listed in bold indicate match winner.

Other events

Apart from the plate competition, a number of other events took place around the World Championship. *Seniors Final: Chitra Magimairaj 3–0 Sharon Kaur (The Seniors event was held on 31 March 2016) *Under-21 Winner: Varshaa Sanjeev 3–0 Jeong Min Park (The Under-21 event was held from 3 to 5 April 2016) *Women's Doubles Final:

and

Katrina Wan Katrina Wan Ka Kai (; born 8 March 1988) is a snooker player from Hong Kong. She was runner-up in the 2018 Australian Women's Open. Biography Wan started playing on the women's snooker circuit in 2013. She reached her highest ranking to date ...

4–1

Maria Catalano Maria Catalano (born 27 February 1982) is an English snooker player. Career In the 2007 season she won the British Open and the Connie Gough National Championship. In December 2002, she was ranked number four in the world. She was ranked world ...

and

Tatjana Vasiljeva Tatjana Vasiļjeva is a Latvian snooker player. She is national champion and European champion in snooker. She was the winner of the European ladies championship in 2012. Vasiljeva and Anna Prysazhnuka were runners-up in the 2016 Ladies European ...

*Mixed Doubles Final:

Jaique Ip Jaique Ip Wan-in MH (; born 15 January 1980) is a Hong Kong amateur snooker player. Biography Ip won the silver medal at the 2006 IBSF World Championships in Amman, Jordan, after she lost 5–0 in the final against Wendy Jans.

and

Cheung Ka Wai Cheung Ka-wai also as Ka Wai Cheung (, born 17 February 1999) is a snooker player from Hong Kong. Career Amateur In 2015, Cheung won the IBSF World Under-18 Snooker Championship On 4 March 2015 it was announced that Cheung was invited to play ...

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and

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References

External links

Ng On Yee Previews World Title Defence – 3 April 2016
(YouTube video)
Reanne Evans reacts to 11th world title – 5 April 2016
(YouTube video)
Republic of Ireland Ladies Snooker Association article
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