German Amateur Championship (snooker)

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

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

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
Amateur event
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 Unknown
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 Bad Wildungen
2005[1] Germany Itaro Santos Germany Lasse Münstermann 4–0 Bad Wildungen
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 Bad Wildungen
2009[3] Germany Patrick Einsle Germany Itaro Santos 4–2 Bad Wildungen
2010 Germany Stefan Kasper Germany Sascha Lippe 4–1 Bad Wildungen
2011[4] Germany Patrick Einsle Germany Stefan Kasper 4–3 Bad Wildungen
2012[5] Germany Patrick Einsle Germany Roman Dietzel 4–2 Bad Wildungen
2013[6] Germany Lukas Kleckers Germany Roman Dietzel 4–2 Bad Wildungen
2014[7] Germany Roman Dietzel Germany Sascha Breuer 4–2 Bad Wildungen
2015[8] Germany Sascha Lippe Germany Patrick Einsle 4–3 Bad Wildungen
2016 Germany Simon Lichtenberg Germany Roman Dietzel 4–2 Bad Wildungen
2017 Germany Richard Wienold Germany Roman Dietzel 4–2 Bad Wildungen
2018 Germany Michael Schnabel Germany Daniel Sciborski 4–1 Bad Wildungen
2019 Germany Lukas Kleckers Germany Robin Otto 4–0 Bad Wildungen
2021 Germany Alexander Widau Turkey Soner Sari 4–2 Bad Wildungen

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
8 Roman Dietzel  Germany 1 3 4
9 Thomas Hein  Germany 1 1 2
9 Stefan Kasper  Germany 1 1 2
11 Sascha Diemer  Germany 1 0 1
11 Simon Lichtenberg  Germany 1 0 1
13 Kurt Stock  Germany 0 3 3
14 Michael Heeger  Germany 0 1 1
14 Christian Gabriel  Germany 0 1 1
14 Sascha Breuer  Germany 0 1 1

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