EBSA European Under-21 Snooker Championships
# EBSA European Under-21 Snooker Championships

The EBSA European Under-21 Snooker Championships is the premier amateur junior snooker tournament in Europe. The event series is sanctioned by the European Billiards & Snooker Association. It took place first in 1997 and is held annually since then. The event was known as the EBSA European Under-19 Snooker Championships until 2010. In most years the winner of the tournament qualifies for the next two seasons of the World Snooker Tour as well as being awarded the Ebdon Trophy which is named in honour of former World Champion Peter Ebdon.

## Winners

| Year | Venue | Winner | Runner-up | Score |
| - | - | - | - | - |
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| 1997 | Saint Helier, Jersey | Thomas Dowling | Michael Holt | 6–3 |
| 1998 | Rabat, Malta | Ian Preece | Sean O'Neill | 7–3 |
| 1999 | Kalisz, Poland | Gerrit bij de Leij | Ian Preece | 6–3 |
| 2000 | Budapest, Hungary | Roger Baksa | Rolf de Jong | 6–3 |
| 2001 | Bad Wildungen, Germany | Mark Joyce | David Donovan | 6–3 |
| 2002 | Carlow, Ireland | Robert Shanks | Mark Joyce | 6–3 |
| 2003 | Riga, Latvia | Jamie O’Neill | Robert Shanks | 6–3 |
| 2004 | Wellingborough, England | Jamie Jones | Mark Allen | 6–3 |
| 2005 | Yekaterinburg, Russia | Mark Allen | Chris Norbury | 6–5 |
| 2006 | Riga, Latvia | Ben Woollaston | Vincent Muldoon | 6–4 |
| 2007 | Prestatyn, Wales | Michael White | Vincent Muldoon | 6–2 |
| 2008 | Glasgow, Scotland | Stephen Craigie | Anthony McGill | 6–2 |
| 2009 | Saint Petersburg, Russia | Luca Brecel | Michael Wasley | 6–5 |
| 2010 | Qawra, Malta | Jak Jones | Anthony McGill | 6–4 |
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| 2011 | Qawra, Malta | Kacper Filipiak | Michael Leslie | 6–3 |
| 2012 | Sofia, Bulgaria | Michael Leslie | Shane Castle | 6–2 |
| 2013 | Bor, Serbia | James Cahill | Ashley Carty | 6–0 |
| 2014 | Bucharest, Romania | Oliver Lines | Josh Boileau | 6–1 |
| 2015 | Qawra, Malta | Darryl Hill | Louis Heathcote | 6–3 |
| 2016 | Wrocław, Poland | Josh Boileau | Brandon Sargeant | 6–1 |
| 2017 | Nicosia, Cyprus | Alexander Ursenbacher | Jackson Page | 6–4 |
| 2018 | Sofia, Bulgaria | Simon Lichtenberg | Tyler Rees | 6–3 |
| 2019 | Eilat, Israel | Jackson Page | Ross Bulman | 5–1 |
| 2020 | Albufeira, Portugal | Aaron Hill | Hayden Staniland | 5–2 |
| 2021 | Albufeira, Portugal | Dylan Emery | Julien Leclercq | 5–2 |
| 2022 | Shengjin, Albania | Ben Mertens | Florian Nüßle | 5–1 |
| 2023 | St. Paul's Bay, Malta | Liam Graham | Iulian Boiko | 5–2 |

## Statistics

### Champions by country

| Country | Players | First title | Last title |
| - | - | - | - |
| England | 7 | 2000 | 2014 |
| Wales | 6 | 1998 | 2021 |
| Ireland | 3 | 1997 | 2020 |
| Scotland | 3 | 2002 | 2023 |
| Belgium | 2 | 2009 | 2022 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1999 | 1999 |
| Northern Ireland | 1 | 2005 | 2005 |
| Poland | 1 | 2011 | 2011 |
| Isle of Man | 1 | 2015 | 2015 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 2017 | 2017 |
| Germany | 1 | 2018 | 2018 |
