The reigning United States National Snooker Champion, Ahmed Aly Elsayed, heads the United States challenge at the 2019 International Billiards & Snooker Federation (IBSF) World Snooker Championships, which are being staged at the Starlight Resort Hotel in Antalya, Turkey, from October 29 - November 9.

The United States has entered players into the Men's and Masters' events of these Championships, with Aly being automatically selected for the Men's event by virtue of winning his fifth United States National Snooker Championship title last month.

Two other spots in the Men's event were accepted by the two-time United States National Snooker Champion, Ajeya Prabhakar, and Laszlo Kovacs, who has played in five Championship quarterfinals.

The United States will be represented in the Masters' event, which is specifically for players aged forty years and over, by 59-year-old Nitin Mehta, who played fantastically well to reach the semifinals of this year's United States National Snooker Championship, and by 51-year-old Amitabh Seth, who is making his second appearance in the Masters' event after competing in Doha, Qatar, in 2017.

Two hundred-and-nineteen players from forty-nine nations and territories around the world will compete in the Men's, Women's and Masters' events at this year's Championships.

There are twenty-two groups of players in the Men's event with Aly, from Brooklyn, New York, having been drawn into Group H alongside Ben Fortey of Wales, Zhao Jianbo of China, Mhanaa Alobaidli of Qatar, and Tomas Kubicek of Czech Republic.

Prabhakar, from San Jose in California, has been drawn into Group L in the Men's event, and he will face Babar Masih of Pakistan, Shachar Ruberg of Israel, Osip Zusmanovic of Czech Republic, and home player Kayhan Durukan.

Kovacs, from New York City, will compete in Group M in the Men's event and his opponents will be Mateusz Baranowski of Poland, Milad Fathpour Kashani of Iran, Ali Hussein of Iraq, and Mihai Vladu of Romania.

Matches in the Men's event are contested over the best-of-seven frames.

There are fifteen groups of players in the Masters' event and Mehta from San Jose, California, has been drawn into Group M with Steven Thomas of Wales, Graham Beardmore of England, Anuj Uppal of India, and Ihab Al-Salih of Iraq.

Seth, from Saratoga, California, has been drawn in Group N with home player Muhammed Leysi, Alok Kumar of India, Guðni Pálsson of Iceland, and Mohammad Al-Binali of Qatar.

Matches in the Masters' event are played over the best-of-five frames.

Aly's Men's event playing schedule:
(start times are stated in local time, +3 hrs GMT)
Group H Match 1: October 30, 4pm start - vs. Zhao Jianbo (China)
Group H Match 2: October 31, 7pm start - vs. Ben Fortey (Wales)
Group H Match 3: November 1, 7pm start - vs. Tomas Kubicek (Czech Republic)
Group H Match 4: November 4, 1pm start - vs. Mhanaa Alobaidli (Qatar)

Prabhakar's Men's event playing schedule:
(start times are stated in local time, +3 hrs GMT)
Group L Match 1: October 30, 7pm start - vs. Shachar Ruberg (Israel)
Group L Match 2: October 31, 7pm start - vs. Babar Masih (Pakistan)
Group L Match 3: November 1, 4pm start - vs. Osip Zusmanovic (Czech Republic)
Group L Match 4: November 2, 1pm start - vs. Kayhan Durukan (Turkey)

Kovacs's Men's event playing schedule:
(start times are stated in local time, +3 hrs GMT)
Group M Match 1: October 29, 4pm start - vs. Mateusz Baranowski (Poland)
Group M Match 2: October 31, 7pm start - vs. Mihai Vladu (Romania)
Group M Match 3: November 1, 4pm start - vs. Milad Fathpour Kashani (Iran)
Group M Match 4: November 2, 1pm start - vs. Ali Hussein (Iraq)

Mehta's Masters' event playing schedule:
(start times are stated in local time, +3 hrs GMT)
Group M Match 1: October 30, 10am start - vs. Graham Beardmore (England)
Group M Match 2: November 1, 10am start - vs. Steven Thomas (Wales)
Group M Match 3: November 2, 4pm start - vs. Ihab Al-Salih (Iraq)
Group M Match 4: November 5, 4pm start - vs. Anuj Uppal (India)

Seth's Masters' event playing schedule:
(start times are stated in local time, +3 hrs GMT)
Group N Match 1: October 30, 4pm start - vs. Guðni Pálsson (Iceland)
Group N Match 2: November 1, 4pm start - vs. Alok Kumar (India)
Group N Match 3: November 4, 4pm start - vs. Muhammed Leysi (Turkey)
Group N Match 4: November 5, 4pm start - vs. Mohammad Al-Binali (Qatar)

SnookerUSA.com will report on all of the United States players' match results throughout the Championships.