Brazil to host Pan American Snooker Championships
filed Monday, April 10, 2023. 2:37pm PT/USA
The Pan American Billiards and Snooker Association (PABSA) have announced that the 2023 Pan American Snooker Championships will be staged at the Rio de Janeiro Yacht Club in Brazil from October 20 - 29.
Rio de Janeiro Yacht Club (Iate Clube do Rio de Janeiro)
Photo courtesy of ICJR
This is the first time that the Championships will be hosted in Brazil under the regional governance of PABSA, in partnership with the Brazilian Confederation of Billiards and Snooker (CBBS).
The Rio de Janeiro Yacht Club (ICJR) is a century-old yacht club which over the course of its long history has developed exceptional infrastructures for high-level nautical activities, and produced a number of Olympic and World Champions. The ICJR unites its members around social activities and family entertainment, and has previously staged Brazilian Snooker Championships.
The Championships will get underway on October 20 with the Seniors event which will run to October 23, and then on October 25 the Open event will be contested with the champion being crowned on October 29.
The winner of the Open event will receive a two-year place to compete as a professional on the World Snooker Tour, of which Ahmed Aly Elsayed of the United States claimed after his victory last year, and the winner of the Seniors event will compete in the 2024 World Seniors Snooker Championship at the Crucible in Sheffield, England, which is an honor bestowed this year on Canada's Vito Puopolo.
For more details on entry, please visit the 2023 Pan American Snooker Championships entry page on the PABSA website.
