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Doha a global destination for world snooker and billiards championships: Al-Ramzani
November 08, 2023 | 11:44 PM
Doha: Mohamed al-Ramzani, President of the Qatar Billiards and Snooker Federation (QBSF) has said that Doha has become a destination for global and continental billiards and snooker championships as the IBSF World Snooker (Men, Women & Masters) and English Billiards Championships – Doha 2023 got underway last Sunday.The IBSF Worlds - Doha 2023 which began on November 5, will continue till November 24 at the La Maison Hotel in Bin Mahmoud.Qatar has now hosted nine world championships in a row, which al-Ramzani stressed is an indication of the country’s hosting abilities and reputation as a global sporting destination.He said that QBSF provided all the preparations for the success of the nine world championships in snooker and English billiards, through the federation’s constant work with the Asian and international bodies towards developing the game.Al-Ramzani explained that Qatar plays a major role in the continuity and development of billiards and snooker at the international level, pointing out that the game has also developed in Qatar with national players performing well at the world events with Ali al-Obaidly, Ahmed Saif and Bashar Hussein making it the round of 32.Al-Ramzani thanked the Ministry of Sports and Youth for its support to QBSF for all the international tournaments it organizes every season in Doha, considering it to be the main factor in the successes achieved recently.Ali Gharaghouzlo grabs top-seed position for knockoutsAli Gharaghouzlo from Iran won all the group-stage matches without losing a frame and obtained the top-seed position for the knockout single elimination stage.Ali won his first match against Jerome Liedtke of Austria 4-0 scoring breaks of 58 and 91. In the next match, he defeated Khaled Alastal of Palestine with an identical score.Here he scored two breaks of 54 and 65 in the opening frame that helped him to accelerate further to win 4-0. Ali will now be playing his Last-32 match against Ross Bulman of Ireland, who just now defeated Hesham Alsaqer of Bahrain 4-1 scoring a break of 98 in the fifth frame. The other top-four positions are occupied by Seyang Heo of South Korea (2), Brendan O`Donoghue of Ireland (3) and Rodion Judin of Latvia (4).
November 08, 2023 | 11:44 PM