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Canadian Amateur Championship (snooker)

{{Infobox Snooker tournament

|tournament_name = Canadian Amateur Championship

|image =

|venue =

|location = Toronto

|country = Canada

|establishment = {{start date and age|1969}}

|organisation = Canadian Billiards & Snooker Association

|format = Amateur event

|Recent edition = 2022

|Current Champion = {{flagicon|CAN}} Vito Puopolo

|final year=

|Final Champion =

}}

The Canadian Amateur Championship (occasionally known as the Canadian Snooker Championship) is an annual snooker competition played in Canada and is the highest ranking amateur event in the country.

The competition was first established back in 1969 which was won by Paul Thornley. Alain Robidoux is the record championship holder with seven titles, one ahead of Kirk Stevens. Tom Finstad holds the record for reaching the most finals having reached eleven finals and won the championship three times. The championship is currently held by Vito Puopolo, who defeated Alan Whitfield 5–3 in the 2022 final.{{cite web|title=Puopolo is Champion in Canada|url=https://worldsnookerfederation.org/puopolo-is-champion-in-canada/}}

Many former champions have gone on to play on the world tour such as Alain Robidoux, Kirk Stevens, Bob Chaperon, Jim Wych, Bill Werbeniuk and most notably Cliff Thorburn who won the competition in 1972, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977 and 2001, eventually going on to become the first player in the modern era from outside the United Kingdom to win the World Snooker Championship in 1980.

Winners

{{Incomplete list|date=December 2014}}

{{cite web|title=CBSA Past Champions|url=http://www.cbsa.ca/cbsa-champions-list.php|work=cbsa.ca|publisher=Canadian Billiards & Snooker Association|accessdate=5 December 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100420051857/http://www.cbsa.ca/cbsa-champions-list.php#|archive-date=2010-04-20|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|title=Canadian Amateur Snooker Champions|url=http://www.snookerline.com/Can/opensnookchamps.htm|work=cbsa.ca|publisher=snookerline.com|accessdate=5 December 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100529050615/http://www.snookerline.com/Can/opensnookchamps.htm|archive-date=29 May 2010|url-status=dead}}

class="wikitable" style="margin: auto"
style="text-align: center; background-color: #00af00" | Year

! style="text-align: left; background-color: #00af00" | Winner

! style="text-align: left; background-color: #00af00" | Runner-up

! style="text-align: left; background-color: #00af00" | Final score

! style="text-align: left; background-color: #00af00" | City

colspan=6 style="text-align: center; background-color: #c0ffc0" | Amateur event
1969{{cite magazine |title=Thornley in a class of his own |magazine=Billiards and Snooker |publisher=Billiards Association and Control Council |date=July 1969 |page=9 }}

| {{flagicon|Canada}} Paul Thornley

| {{flagicon|Canada}} Don Maybee

| style="text-align: center" | 18–10

| Toronto

1970

| {{flagicon|Canada}} Paul Thornley

| Unknown

| style="text-align: center" | Unknown

| Unknown

1971

| {{flagicon|Canada}} Winnie McKinlay

| Unknown

| style="text-align: center" | Unknown

| Unknown

1972

| {{flagicon|Canada}} Cliff Thorburn

| Unknown

| style="text-align: center" | Unknown

| Unknown

1973

| {{flagicon|Canada}} Bill Werbeniuk

| {{flagicon|Canada}} Robert Paquette

| style="text-align: center" | 16–15

| Toronto

1974

| {{flagicon|Canada}} Cliff Thorburn

| {{flagicon|Canada}} Julien St. Denis

| style="text-align: center" | 13–11

| Ottawa

1975

| {{flagicon|Canada}} Cliff Thorburn

| {{flagicon|Canada}} Bill Werbeniuk

| style="text-align: center" | 11–1

| Ottawa

1976

| {{flagicon|Canada}} Cliff Thorburn

| {{flagicon|Canada}} Bill Werbeniuk

| style="text-align: center" | 9–2

| Ottawa

1977

| {{flagicon|Canada}} Cliff Thorburn

| {{flagicon|Canada}} Robert Paquette

| style="text-align: center" | 10–6

| Ottawa

1978

| {{flagicon|Canada}} Kirk Stevens

| {{flagicon|Canada}} Robert Paquette

| style="text-align: center" | 10–6

| Ottawa

1979{{cite web|title=Jim Wych knock off champion|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2194&dat=19790924&id=QaMyAAAAIBAJ&pg=3957,1818930|publisher=Ottawa Citizen|accessdate=5 December 2014|archive-date=18 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201018214215/https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2194&dat=19790924&id=QaMyAAAAIBAJ&sjid=1-4FAAAAIBAJ&pg=3957%2C1818930|url-status=live}}

| {{flagicon|Canada}} Jim Wych

| {{flagicon|Canada}} Robert Paquette

| style="text-align: center" | 10–7

| Ottawa

1980{{cite news |author= |date=29 September 1980 |title=Jim Bear triumphs |newspaper=Ottawa Citizen |location=Ottawa |page=37}}

| {{flagicon|Canada}} Jim Bear

| {{flagicon|Canada}} Robert Paquette

| style="text-align: center" | 9–3

| Ottawa

1981

| {{flagicon|Canada}} Bob Chaperon

| {{flagicon|Canada}} Carey Lorraine

| style="text-align: center" | 9–5

| Ottawa

1982{{cite news |author= |title=Miscellany |newspaper=The Gazette |location=Montreal |date=27 April 1982 |page=21}}

| {{flagicon|Canada}} Brian McConnell

| {{flagicon|Canada}} Robert Paquette

| style="text-align: center" | 9–7

| Montreal

1983

| {{flagicon|Canada}} Alain Robidoux

| {{flagicon|Canada}} Tom Finstad

| style="text-align: center" | 9–3

| Montreal

1984

| {{flagicon|Canada}} Tom Finstad

| {{flagicon|Canada}} Claude Smith

| style="text-align: center" | 9–6

| Montreal

1985

| {{flagicon|Canada}} Alain Robidoux

| {{flagicon|Canada}} Mike Sobala

| style="text-align: center" | 9–6

| Montreal

1986

| {{flagicon|Canada}} Gary Natale

| {{flagicon|Canada}} Larry Firth

| style="text-align: center" | 7–4

| Vancouver

1987

| {{flagicon|Canada}} Alain Robidoux

| {{flagicon|Canada}} Jeff White

| style="text-align: center" | 7–1

| Vancouver

1988

| {{flagicon|Canada}} Brady Gollan

| {{flagicon|Canada}} John Bear

| style="text-align: center" | 7–3

| Halifax

1989{{cite news |author= |title=Miscellany |newspaper=The Gazette |location=Montreal |date=20 June 1989 |page=20}}

| {{flagicon|Canada}} Tom Finstad

| {{flagicon|Canada}} Gary Natale

| style="text-align: center" | 8–6

| Halifax

1990

| {{flagicon|Canada}} John White

| {{flagicon|Canada}} Jeff White

| style="text-align: center" | Unknown

| Halifax

1991

| {{flagicon|Canada}} Ed Galati

| {{flagicon|Canada}} Frank Kissner

| style="text-align: center" | 8–5

| Toronto

1992

| {{flagicon|Canada}} Chris Woods

| {{flagicon|Canada}} Fern Loyer

| style="text-align: center" | 8–1

| Saskatoon

1993

| {{flagicon|Canada}} Daryl Wouters

| {{flagicon|Canada}} Tom Matsui

| style="text-align: center" | 8–6

| Saskatoon

1994

| {{flagicon|Canada}} Kirk Clouthier

| {{flagicon|Canada}} John Kenyon

| style="text-align: center" | 6–3

| Guelph

1995

| {{flagicon|Canada}} Mike Sobala

| {{flagicon|Canada}} Gerard Morrison

| style="text-align: center" | 7–3

| Vancouver

1996

| {{flagicon|Canada}} Ben Reicker

| {{flagicon|Canada}} Ray Saunders

| style="text-align: center" | 8–4

| Saskatoon

1997

| {{flagicon|Canada}} Kirk Stevens

| {{flagicon|Canada}} Charlie Brown

| style="text-align: center" | 6–3

| Saint John

1998

| {{flagicon|Canada}} Kirk Stevens

| {{flagicon|Canada}} Tom Finstad

| style="text-align: center" | 7–3

| Halifax

1999

| {{flagicon|Canada}} Jim Wych

| {{flagicon|Canada}} Tom Finstad

| style="text-align: center" | 6–4

| Saint John

2000

| {{flagicon|Canada}} Kirk Stevens

| {{flagicon|Canada}} Bob Chaperon

| style="text-align: center" | 6–3

| Guelph

2001

| {{flagicon|Canada}} Cliff Thorburn

| {{flagicon|Canada}} Tom Finstad

| style="text-align: center" | 4–3

| Vaughan

2002

| {{flagicon|Canada}} Kirk Stevens

| {{flagicon|Canada}} Cliff Thorburn

| style="text-align: center" | 6–1

| Saint John

2003

| {{flagicon|Canada}} Alain Robidoux

| {{flagicon|Canada}} Cliff Thorburn

| style="text-align: center" | 6–2

| Halifax

2004

| {{flagicon|Canada}} Alain Robidoux

| {{flagicon|Canada}} Tom Finstad

| style="text-align: center" | 6–2

| Montreal

2005{{cite web|title=2005 Canadian Amateur Snooker Championship|url=http://www.snookerline.com/can/05/Print/L1605pdf.pdf|publisher=snookerline.com|accessdate=5 December 2014}}{{Dead link|date=July 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}

| {{flagicon|Canada}} Tom Finstad

| {{flagicon|Canada}} John White

| style="text-align: center" | 6–4

| Montreal

2006{{cite web|title=2006 Canadian Amateur Snooker Championship|url=http://www.snookerline.com/can/06/Print/L1606pdf.pdf|publisher=snookerline.com|accessdate=5 December 2014}}{{Dead link|date=July 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}

| {{flagicon|Canada}} Alain Robidoux

| {{flagicon|Canada}} John White

| style="text-align: center" | 6–2

| Markham

2007{{cite web|title=2007 Canadian Amateur Snooker Championship|url=http://www.snookerline.com/can/07/Print/L1607pdf.pdf|publisher=snookerline.com|accessdate=5 December 2014}}{{Dead link|date=July 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}

| {{flagicon|Canada}} Floyd Ziegler

| {{flagicon|Canada}} Tom Finstad

| style="text-align: center" | 6–0

| Ottawa

2008{{cite web|title=2008 Canadian Amateur Snooker Championship|url=http://www.snookerline.com/can/08/Print/L1608pdf.pdf|publisher=snookerline.com|accessdate=5 December 2014}}{{Dead link|date=July 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}

| {{flagicon|Canada}} Kirk Stevens

| {{flagicon|Canada}} Tom Finstad

| style="text-align: center" | 6–2

| Toronto

2009{{cite web|title=2009 Canadian Amateur Snooker Championship|url=http://www.snookerline.com/can/09/Print/L1609pdf.pdf|publisher=snookerline.com|accessdate=5 December 2014}}{{Dead link|date=July 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}

| {{flagicon|Canada}} Alain Robidoux

| {{flagicon|Canada}} John White

| style="text-align: center" | 6–1

| Toronto

2010{{cite web|title=2010 Canadian Amateur Snooker Championship|url=http://www.snookerline.com/can/10/Print/L1610pdf.pdf|publisher=snookerline.com|accessdate=5 December 2014}}{{Dead link|date=July 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}

| {{flagicon|Canada}} Floyd Ziegler

| {{flagicon|Canada}} Fern Loyer

| style="text-align: center" | 6–3

| Toronto

2011{{cite web|title=2011 Canadian Amateur Snooker Championship|url=http://www.snookerline.com/can/11/Print/L1611pdf.pdf|publisher=snookerline.com|accessdate=5 December 2014}}{{Dead link|date=July 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}

| {{flagicon|Canada}} Alex Pagulayan

| {{flagicon|Canada}} Floyd Ziegler

| style="text-align: center" | 6–0

| Toronto

2012{{cite web|title=Final Day of the Canadian Championships|url=http://thepoolscene.com/canadian-championships/final-day-of-the-canadian-championships/|publisher=thepoolscene.com|accessdate=5 December 2014|archive-date=9 December 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141209110520/http://thepoolscene.com/canadian-championships/final-day-of-the-canadian-championships/|url-status=live}}

| {{flagicon|Canada}} Alex Pagulayan

| {{flagicon|Canada}} Tom Finstad

| style="text-align: center" | 6–3

| Toronto

2013

| {{flagicon|Canada}} Floyd Ziegler

| {{flagicon|Canada}} Jason Williams

| style="text-align: center" | 6–2

| Toronto

2014{{cite web|title=Whitfield wins Canadian Snooker Championships|url=http://thepoolscene.com/snooker/whitfield-wins-canadian-snooker-championships/|publisher=thepoolscene.com|accessdate=5 December 2014|archive-date=9 December 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141209105744/http://thepoolscene.com/snooker/whitfield-wins-canadian-snooker-championships/|url-status=live}}

| {{flagicon|Canada}} Alan Whitfield

| {{flagicon|Canada}} Floyd Ziegler

| style="text-align: center" | 6–1

| Toronto

2015{{cite web|title=2015 Canadian Snooker Championships|url=http://www.cbsa.ca/16sRR-draw.php?event=107|publisher=Canadian Billiards & Snooker Association|accessdate=5 August 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150926103220/http://www.cbsa.ca/16sRR-draw.php?event=107|archive-date=26 September 2015|url-status=dead}}

| {{flagicon|Canada}} John White

| {{flagicon|Canada}} Floyd Ziegler

| style="text-align: center" | 6–2

| Toronto

2016{{cite web|title=2016 Canadian Snooker Championships|url=http://www.cbsa.ca/16sRR-draw.php?event=119|publisher=Canadian Billiards & Snooker Association|accessdate=5 August 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170207164628/http://www.cbsa.ca/16sRR-draw.php?event=119|archive-date=7 February 2017|url-status=dead}}

| {{flagicon|Canada}} Rodney Cuillèrier

| {{flagicon|Canada}} Floyd Ziegler

| style="text-align: center" | 7–4

| Saint-Lambert

2017{{Cite web|url=https://compusport.us/CS/GeneralSearch/Index/5077?callFromHomePage=True|title=CompuSport - 2017 Canadian Snooker Championships|last=CompuSport|website=CompuSport|language=en|access-date=2017-05-26|archive-date=2020-10-18|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201018214327/https://compusport.us/CS/GeneralSearch/Index/5077?callFromHomePage=True|url-status=live}}

|{{Flagicon|Canada}} John White

|{{Flagicon|Canada}} Fern Loyer

| style="text-align: center" | 7–5

|Toronto

2018{{Cite web|url=http://www.thecueview.com/gollan-scratches-30-year-canadian-itch.html|title=Gollan Scratches 30-Year Canadian Itch|website=thecueview.com|language=en-GB|access-date=2018-05-26|archive-date=2018-05-26|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180526190813/http://www.thecueview.com/gollan-scratches-30-year-canadian-itch.html|url-status=live}}

|{{Flagicon|Canada}} Brady Gollan

|{{Flagicon|Canada}} Alan Whitfield

| style="text-align: center" | 6–4

|Toronto

2019{{cite web|title=Chaperon Is Canadian Snooker Champion Again|url=https://worldsnookerfederation.org/chaperon-is-canadian-snooker-champion-again/ |website=worldsnookerfederation.com |date=2019-05-22}}

|{{flagicon|Canada}} Bob Chaperon

|{{flagicon|Canada}} Lobsang Lama

| style="text-align: center" | 6–5

|Toronto

2020

|align="center" colspan="4" rowspan=2|Tournament Not Held

2021
2022

|{{flagicon|Canada}} Vito Puopolo

|{{flagicon|Canada}} Alan Whitfield

| style="text-align: center" | 5–3

|Toronto

2023{{cite web |url=https://wpbsa.com/williams-wins-canadian-snooker-championship/#:~:text=Jason%20Williams%20defeated%20Floyd%20Ziegler,out%20on%20top%20in%20Toronto |title=Williams Wins Canadian Snooker Championship |website=wpbsa.com |date=2023-06-14}}

|{{flagicon|Canada}} Jason Williams

|{{flagicon|Canada}} Floyd Ziegler

| style="text-align: center" | 5–1

|Toronto

Finalists

class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:100%; text-align: center;"
Rank

! Name

! Winner

! {{nowrap|Runner-up}}

! Finals

1

|align="left"|{{sortname|Alain|Robidoux}}

|7

|0

|7

2

|align="left"|{{sortname|Cliff|Thorburn}}

|6

|2

|8

3

|align="left"|{{sortname|Kirk|Stevens}}

|6

|0

|6

4

|align="left"|{{sort|Finstad|Tom Finstad}}

|3

|8

|11

5

|align="left"|{{sort|Ziegler|Floyd Ziegler}}

|3

|4

|7

6

|align="left"|{{sort|White|John White}}

|3

|3

|6

7

|align="left"|{{sortname|Bob|Chaperon}}

|2

|1

|3

8

|align="left"|{{sort|Gollan|Brady Gollan}}

|2

|0

|2

8

|align="left"|{{sort|Thornley|Paul Thornley}}

|2

|0

|2

8

|align="left"|{{sortname|Jim|Wych}}

|2

|0

|2

8

|align="left"|{{sortname|Alex|Pagulayan}}

|2

|0

|2

12

|align="left"|{{sortname|Bill|Werbeniuk}}

|1

|2

|3

12

|align="left"|{{sort|Whitfield|Alan Whitfield}}

|1

|2

|3

14

|align="left"|{{sort|Natale|Gary Natale}}

|1

|1

|2

14

|align="left"|{{sort|Sobala|Mike Sobala}}

|1

|1

|2

16

|align="left"|{{sort|McKinley|Winnie McKinley}}

|1

|0

|1

16

|align="left"|{{sort|Bear|Jim Bear}}

|1

|0

|1

16

|align="left"|{{sort|McConnell|Brian McConnell}}

|1

|0

|1

16

|align="left"|{{sort|Galati|Ed Galati}}

|1

|0

|1

16

|align="left"|{{sort|Woods|Chris Woods}}

|1

|0

|1

16

|align="left"|{{sort|Wouters|Daryl Wouters}}

|1

|0

|1

16

|align="left"|{{sort|Clouthier|Kirk Clouthier}}

|1

|0

|1

16

|align="left"|{{sort|Reicker|Ben Reicker}}

|1

|0

|1

16

|align="left"|{{sort|Cuillèrier|Rodney Cuillèrier}}

|1

|0

|1

16

|align="left"|{{sort|Puopolo|Vito Puopolo}}

|1

|0

|1

26

|align="left"|{{sort|Paquette|Robert Paquette}}

|0

|6

|6

27

|align="left"|{{sort|Loyer|Fern Loyer}}

|0

|3

|3

28

|align="left"|{{sort|White|Jeff White}}

|0

|2

|2

29

|align="left"|{{sort|Lama|Lobsang Lama}}

|0

|1

|1

29

|align="left"|{{sort|St. Denis|Julien St. Denis}}

|0

|1

|1

29

|align="left"|{{sort|Lorraine|Carey Lorraine}}

|0

|1

|1

29

|align="left"|{{sort|Smith|Claude Smith}}

|0

|1

|1

29

|align="left"|{{sort|Firth|Larry Firth}}

|0

|1

|1

29

|align="left"|{{sortname|John|Bear|John Bear (snooker player)}}

|0

|1

|1

29

|align="left"|{{sort|Matsui|Tom Matsui}}

|0

|1

|1

29

|align="left"|{{sort|Kenyon|John Kenyon}}

|0

|1

|1

29

|align="left"|{{sort|Morrison|Gerard Morrison}}

|0

|1

|1

29

|align="left"|{{sort|Saunders|Ray Saunders}}

|0

|1

|1

29

|align="left"|{{sort|Brown|Charlie Brown}}

|0

|1

|1

29

|align="left"|{{sort|Kissner|Frank Kissner}}

|0

|1

|1

29

|align="left"|{{sort|Williams|Jason Williams}}

|1

|1

|2

References

{{reflist}}

{{National amateur snooker championships}}

Category:Snooker amateur competitions

Category:Snooker in Canada

Category:Recurring sporting events established in 1969

Category:1969 establishments in Canada