1996 IBSF World Snooker Championship

October 2025 IBSF World Snooker Championship 1996 11 15 1996 11 30 y New Plymouth New Zealand IBSF THA Anan Teranannon (147) BEL Steve Lemmens (147) ENG Stuart Bingham AUS Stan Gorski 11–5 1995 1997 The 1996 IBSF World Snooker Championship was an amateur snooker tournament that took place from 15 to 30 November 1996 in New Plymouth, New Zealand It was the 23rd edition of the IBSF World Snooker Championship and also doubled as a qualification event for the World Snooker Tour. Summary Englishman Stuart Bingham won the event by defeating Australian Stan Gorski 11–5 in the final. This was Bingham's first major championship and as a result Bingham won a spot on the professional World Snooker Tour. Bingham however struggled to advance his career further and spent many seasons as a journeyman professional before eventually improving his form towards the end of the 2000s to become a top-ranked player and winning his first professional ranking event 16 years later, before finally winning the World Snooker Championship in 2015, becoming only the second player, after Ken Doherty, to win both the world amateur and professional championships.STUART BINGHAM – PROFILE http://www.worldsnooker.com/players/stuart-bingham/ World Snooker 6 June 2015 Results CML Group IBSF World Championships 1996 http://www.snooker.org/trn/9697/am_wc_res.shtml Snooker.org 6 June 2015 Last 16Best of 9 frames Quarter-finalsBest of 9 frames Semi-finalsBest of 15 frames FinalBest of 21 frames BEL Steve Lemmens 5 WAL Elfed Evans 4 MLT Paul Mifsud 5 ISL Kristján Helgason 4 SCO Stephen Maguire 0 SCO Chris Shade 5 ENG Stuart Bingham 5 IRL Joe Canny 3 HKG 1959 Chan Wai Tat 5 PAK Mohammed Yousuf 3 MAS Sam Chong 4 AUS Johl Younger 5 HKG 1959 Chan Kwok Ming 5 FIN Kimmo Lang 4 THA Sakchai Sim Ngam 4 AUS Stan Gorski 5 BEL Steve Lemmens 5 MLT Paul Mifsud 1 SCO Chris Shade 2 ENG Stuart Bingham 5 HKG 1959 Chan Wai Tat 0 AUS Johl Younger 5 HKG 1959 Chan Kwok Ming 2 AUS Stan Gorski 5 BEL Steve Lemmens 5 ENG Stuart Bingham 8 AUS Johl Younger 7 AUS Stan Gorski 8 ENG Stuart Bingham 11 AUS Stan Gorski 5 References Category:1996 in snooker Category:IBSF World Snooker Championship Category:Sport in New Plymouth Category:1996 in New Zealand sport Category:International sports competitions hosted by New Zealand