IBSF World Snooker playing schedules released
filed on Monday, November 9, 2015. 12:21pm PT/USA
On the eve of the start of competition at the 2015 International Billiards & Snooker Federation (IBSF) World Snooker Championships in Hurghada, Egypt, the playing schedules for the United States players Ahmed Aly Elsayed and Rezk Atta have been released.
The three-time United States National Snooker Champion Aly will start his Men's Event Group G campaign against Haitham Shikh Khalil of Syria at 12:30pm local time (2:30am Pacific Time / 5:30am Eastern Time in the United States) on November 10. The top-four players from each of the twenty-two groups will progress into the single elimination rounds, with the lowest forty-eight ranked players having to contest a round of 88 tie to make it into the last-64.
Ahmed Aly Elsayed (right) pictured with Rezk Atta at the opening ceremony of the 2015 IBSF World Snooker Championships
© IBSF
In the Masters' Event, Atta's opening Group R match will commence at 5:30pm local time (7:30am Pacific Time / 10:30am Eastern Time in the United States) against Bouchamaoui Ghazi of Syria. The top-three players from each of the sixteen groups will advance into the single elimination rounds, with each of the group winners progressing into the last-32 and the remaining sixteen qualifiers competing in a round of 48.
Aly's Men's Event playing schedule and results:
(start times are stated in local time, +10 hrs PT in the United States)
Group G Match 1: November 10, 2015 12:30pm start - vs. Haitham Shikh Khalil (Syria)
Group G Match 2: November 11, 2015 12:30pm start - vs. Mohamed Youssef (Egypt)
Group G Match 3: November 12, 2015 12:30pm start - vs. Karam Fatima (Syria)
Group G Match 4: November 13, 2015 5:30pm start - vs. Daniel Mily (Czech Republic)
Group G Match 5: November 14, 2015 8pm start - vs. Richard Halliday (South Africa)
Atta's Masters' Event playing schedule and results:
(start times are stated in local time, +10 hrs PT in the United States)
Group R Match 1: November 10, 2015 5:30pm start - vs. Bouchamaoui Ghazi (Tunisia)
Group R Match 2: November 11, 2015 3pm start - vs. Wayne Brown (England)
Group R Match 3: November 14, 2015 3pm start - vs. Joy Mehra (India)
Group R Match 4: November 15, 2015 5:30pm start - vs. Wael Talaat (Egypt)
SnookerUSA.com will report on all of the United States players' match results, though a complete list of the Group draws and results from each of the events is available on the official scoring website:
» Men's Event
» Ladies' Event
» Masters' Event
