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 and 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 Sources: Year Venue Winner Runner-up Score Ref EBSA European Under-19 Snooker Championships 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 EBSA European Under-21 Snooker Championships 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 2024 Liam Davies Antoni Kowalski 5–3 2025 Antalya, Turkey Iulian Boiko Oliver Sykes 5–4 http://esnooker.pl/turnieje/2025/me21/en/index.php 2026 Gandia, Spain Anton Kazakov Riley Powell 5–3 http://esnooker.pl/turnieje/2026/me21/en/index.php
Statistics Champions by country Country Players First title Last title 7 2000 2014 7 1998 2024 3 1997 2020 3 2002 2023 2 2009 2022 2 2025 2026 1 1999 1999 1 2005 2005 1 2011 2011 1 2015 2015 1 2017 2017 1 2018 2018
See also EBSA European Snooker Championship EBSA European Under-18 Snooker Championships IBSF World Under-21 Snooker Championship World Snooker Tour
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