Bjorn Haneveer (born 4 September 1976) is a Belgian former professional snooker player.
Career Haneveer is a six-time Belgian snooker champion (last title won in May 2007 vs Patrick Delsemme) He reached the final of the EBSA European Snooker Championship in three consecutive years, defeating David Bell in the 1999 final and Kurt Maflin in 2001, while in 2000 he lost to Craig Butler.
Haneveer won the snooker gold medal at the sixth World Games held in Akita, Japan, in 2001, and took the bronze medal at the seventh World Games held in Germany in 2005. He made maximum breaks of 147 at the Belgian Championships in 1996 and 2001, and at the European Championships in 2003.
He was a Main Tour professional for many years. Haneveer announced on in November 2011 that he would retire from professional snooker after the PTC 9 tournament, due to excessive expenses.
Career finals
Non-ranking finals: 1 (1 title)
Outcome No. Year Championship Opponent in the final ScoreWinner 1.2001World Games Marlon Manalo 4–3
Pro-am finals: 12 (7 titles)
Outcome No. Year Championship Opponent in the final ScoreWinner 1. 2003 Swiss Open Ian McCulloch 5–4Winner 2. 2004 Dutch Open 6–1Winner 3. 2005 Dutch Open (2) Michael Holt 6–1Winner 4. 2009 3 Kings Open Richard McHugh 5–4Winner 5. 2009 Dutch Open (3) Matthew Couch 6–3Runner-up 1. 2010 Vienna Snooker Open Stephen Lee 4–5Runner-up 2. 2010 Dutch Open Barry Pinches 3–6Runner-up 3. 2012 3 Kings Open Tony Drago 3–5Winner 6. 2012 Dutch Open (4) Gerrit bij de Leij 7–3Runner-up 4. 2013 Dutch Open (2) Luca Brecel 3–5Runner-up 5. 2017 3 Kings Open (2) Alexander Ursenbacher 1–5Winner 7. 2017 Belgium Snooker Open Ben Mertens 6–5
Amateur finals: 15 (10 titles)
Outcome No. Year Championship Opponent in the final Score Winner 1. 1996 Steve Lemmens 7–6 Runner-up 1. 1997 7–11 Winner 2. 1998 (2) 7–3 Runner-up 2. 1999 5–7 Winner 3. 1999 7–0 Winner 4. 2000 (3) 7–1 Runner-up 3. 2000 3–7 Winner 5. 2001 (4) 7–3 Winner 6. 2001 (2) 7–6 Winner 7. 2005 (5) 7–4 Winner 8. 2007 (6) 7–6Winner 9. 2007 PIOS – Event 7 Craig Steadman 6–2Winner 10. 2008 PIOS – Event 1 Andrew Atkinson 6–2 Runner-up 4. 2010 (2) 4–7 Runner-up 5. 2011 (3) 3–7
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