German Amateur Championship (snooker)

German Amateur Championship
Tournament information
CountryGermany
Established1997 (1997)
Organisation(s)German Billiard Union
FormatAmateur event
Recent edition2021
Current championGermany Alexander Widau

The German Amateur Championship is an annual snooker competition played in the Germany and is the highest ranking amateur event in Germany.

The competition was established in 1997. Lasse Münstermann and Patrick Einsle are the most successful champions in the tournaments history having both won the competition 3 times. Since 2005 the tournament has been held in Bad Wildungen. The championship is currently held by Alexander Widau.

Winners

Year Winner Runner-up Final score City
1995 Germany Sascha Diemer Germany Michael Heeger 4-0 Hanover
1996 Unknown
1997 Germany Thomas Hein Germany Marcus West 4-3 Unknown
1998 Germany Marcus West Germany Thomas Hein 4-0 Duisburg
1999 Germany Mike Henson Germany Sascha Diemer 5-0 Unknown
2000 Germany Mike Henson Germany Kurt Stock 4–1
2001 Germany Sascha Diemer Germany Lasse Münstermann 4–2 Bad Wildungen
2002 Germany Mike Henson Germany Sascha Lippe 4–3 Unknown
2003 Germany Lasse Münstermann Germany Kurt Stock 4–2 Bad Wildungen
2004 Germany Lasse Münstermann Germany Sascha Lippe 4–0
2005[1] Germany Itaro Santos Germany Lasse Münstermann 4–0
2006 Germany Lasse Münstermann Germany Itaro Santos 4–3 Unknown
2007 Germany Sascha Lippe Germany Michael Heeger 4–2 Bad Wildungen
2008[2] Germany Itaro Santos Germany Christian Gabriel 4–0
2009[3] Germany Patrick Einsle Germany Itaro Santos 4–2
2010 Germany Stefan Kasper Germany Sascha Lippe 4–1
2011[4] Germany Patrick Einsle Germany Stefan Kasper 4–3
2012[5] Germany Patrick Einsle Germany Roman Dietzel 4–2
2013[6] Germany Lukas Kleckers Germany Roman Dietzel 4–2
2014[7] Germany Roman Dietzel Germany Sascha Breuer 4–2
2015[8] Germany Sascha Lippe Germany Patrick Einsle 4–3
2016 Germany Simon Lichtenberg Germany Roman Dietzel 4–2
2017 Germany Richard Wienold Germany Roman Dietzel 4–2
2018 Germany Michael Schnabel Germany Daniel Sciborski 4–1
2019 Germany Lukas Kleckers Germany Robin Otto 4–0
2021 Germany Alexander Widau Turkey Soner Sari 4–2
2022 Germany Richard Wienold Germany Umut Dikme 4–1
2023 Germany Richard Wienold Germany Alexander Widau 4–0
2024 Germany Umut Dikme Germany Simon Lichtenberg 4–3
2025 Germany Simon Lichtenberg Germany Joel Fandrei 4–3
2026

Stats

Finalists

Rank Name Nationality Winner Runner-up Finals
1 Lasse Münstermann  Germany 3 2 5
2 Patrick Einsle  Germany 3 1 4
3 Sascha Lippe  Germany 2 3 4
4 Itaro Santos  Germany 2 2 4
5 Marcus West  Germany 2 1 3
6 Mike Henson  Germany 2 0 2
6 Lukas Kleckers  Germany 2 0 2
6 Richard Wienold  Germany 2 0 2
9 Roman Dietzel  Germany 1 3 4
10 Thomas Hein  Germany 1 1 2
10 Stefan Kasper  Germany 1 1 2
10 Alexander Widau  Germany 1 1 2
10 Simon Lichtenberg  Germany 1 1 2
14 Sascha Diemer  Germany 1 0 1
14 Umut Dikme  Germany 1 0 1
14 Michael Schnabel  Germany 1 0 1
17 Kurt Stock  Germany 0 3 3
18 Michael Heeger  Germany 0 1 1
18 Christian Gabriel  Germany 0 1 1
18 Sascha Breuer  Germany 0 1 1
18 Daniel Sciborski  Germany 0 1 1
18 Robin Otto  Germany 0 1 1
18 Joel Fandrei  Germany 0 1 1
18 Soner Sari Turkey Türkiye 0 1 1

References

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