The United States has had Thanksgiving Day snooker success at the the 2016 International Billiards & Snooker Federation (IBSF) World Snooker Championships, as both Ahmed Aly Elsayed and Ajeya Prabhaker progress into the knockout stage of the Men's Event at the Al-Sadd Sports Club Stadium in Doha, Qatar.

The three times former United States National Snooker Champion, Aly, required a commanding result in his final Group I result to advance into the knockout rounds, and that is exactly what he found as he defeated Khalil Busaif of Bahrain 4-0.

The New Yorker's victory booked his berth in the round of 78 where he will face Khaled Alastal of Palestine tomorrow, November 25, at 4pm local time (5am Pacific Time / 8am Eastern Time in the United States).

The twice former United States National Snooker Champion, Prabhakar, finished his Group K ties with a 4-3 win over Jordan's Mohammad Alqraini, wrapped up with a break of 77 in the final frame.

This was the Californian's second group victory to claim the group's runner-up position, and he goes directly into the round of 64 to now match up with Ireland's Thomas Dowling which will commence tomorrow, November 25, at 4pm local time.

In Group S of the Men's Event, Laszlo Kovacs finished with a walkover win against England's Wayne Townsend.

In the Masters' Event both Amitabh Seth and Jeff Szafransky finished their campaigns with 3-1 defeats.

Seth lost in Group B to Russia's Andrey Vill and Szafransky lost in Group C Nasser Bomejdad of Kuwait.

Aly's Men's Event playing schedule and results:
(start times are stated in local time, +11 hrs PT in the United States)
Group I Match 1: November 20, 2016 lost to Declan Brennan (Ireland) 0 - 4
Group I Match 2: November 21, 2016 lost to Alexander Ursenbacher (Switzerland) 0 - 4
Group I Match 3: November 24, 2016 defeated Khalil Busaif (Bahrain) 4 - 0
Round of 78: November 25, 2016 4pm start - vs. Khaled Alastal (Palestine)

Prabhakar's Men's Event playing schedule and results:
(start times are stated in local time, +11 hrs PT in the United States)
Group K Match 1: November 20, 2016 defeated Sean Corkish (Isle of Man) 4 - 3
Group K Match 2: November 21, 2016 lost to Issara Kachaiwong (Thailand) 1 - 4
Group K Match 3: November 23, 2016 Ahmed Sarhan (Saudi Arabia) withdrawn
Group K Match 4: November 24, 2016 defeated Mohammad Alqraini (Jordan) 4 - 3
Round of 64: November 25, 2016 4pm start - vs. Thomas Dowling (Ireland)

Kovacs' Men's Event playing schedule and results:
(start times are stated in local time, +11 hrs PT in the United States)
Group S Match 1: November 19, 2016 lost to Keen Hoo Moh (Malaysia) 0 - 4
Group S Match 2: November 22, 2016 lost to Daegyu Lee (South Korea) 0 - 4
Group S Match 3: November 23, 2016 lost to Ivan Kakovsky (Russia) 0 - 4
Group S Match 4: November 24, 2016 walkover Wayne Townsend (England) 4 - 0

Seth's Masters' Event playing schedule and results:
(start times are stated in local time, +11 hrs PT in the United States)
Group B Match 1: November 19, 2016 lost to Mohammed Al Joaker (United Arab Emirates) 0 - 3
Group B Match 2: November 20, 2016 lost to Shane Gorman (Ireland) 0 - 3
Group B Match 3: November 21, 2016 defeated Jahangir Habibzadehdehkordi (Iran) 3 - 2
Group B Match 4: November 23, 2016 lost to Jón Ingi Ægisson (Iceland) 0 - 3
Group B Match 5: November 24, 2016 lost to Andrey Vill (Russia) 1 - 3

Szafransky's Masters' Event playing schedule and results:
(start times are stated in local time, +11 hrs PT in the United States)
Group C Match 1: November 19, 2016 lost to Rupesh Shah (India) 0 - 3
Group C Match 2: November 20, 2016 lost to Johny Moermans (Belgium) 1 - 3
Group C Match 3: November 22, 2016 lost to Darren Morgan (Wales) 0 - 3
Group C Match 4: November 23, 2016 lost to Farhad Sayfoo (Mauritius) 1 - 3
Group C Match 5: November 24, 2016 lost to Nasser Bomejdad (Kuwait) 1 - 3

SnookerUSA.com will report on all of the match results, though a complete list of the Group draws and results from each of the events is available on the official scoring website:
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