WPBSA International Round-Up | November 2025

This month’s WPBSA international round-up takes a look at three national snooker championships which have taken place in recent weeks across Europe.

GERMANY

Simon Lichtenberg defeated Joel Fandrei 3-2 to win his second German Amateur Snooker Championship title.

The 27-year-old, who held professional status between 2018 and 2022, won through a field of 32 players to win the championship for the first time since 2016.

A clean sweep of group stage victories were followed by wins against Torben Koehler (3-0), Alexander Widau (3-1) and Christian Richter (3-1) to reach the title match.

There he faced Fandrei, who took three of the first four frames of the contest to move 3-1 ahead and one away from victory. Lichtenberg rallied, however, to force a deciding frame before getting over the line in style with a break of 102.

Additionally, there were titles for Diana Stateczny (Women’s), Miro Popovic (Masters), Marec Stachly (Under-21’s), Paul Jeroch (Under-18’s) and Moritz Schiehle (Under-15’s).

ESTONIA

Andres Petrov beat Denis Sokolov 7-0 to win the Estonian Amateur Snooker Championship for the 10th time in his career.

The 29-year-old has been the dominant force in Estonian snooker for more than a decade, lifting the national championship title for nine consecutive years between 2013 and 2021, and he secured a 10th crown in Tallinn without dropping a single frame.

A total of 11 cueists contested the event and Petrov kicked off in style with a 4-0 victory over Mario Kallikorm which featured a top break of 121.

Further whitewash wins over Alexander Leitmae and Kallikorm under the double-elimination format saw Petrov set up a title match meeting with Sokolov.

Breaks of 59, 93, 65, 59 and 56 helped Petrov to a comfortable 7-0 victory to earn the title in the Estonian capital.

MOLDOVA

Andrei Ciobanu defeated Ilia Chisleacov 4-2 to win the Moldova Amateur Snooker Championship for the sixth time.

Ciobanu, who fell in the semi-finals last year, regained his title by coming through a field of 22 players in Chisinau, Moldova.

He dropped just a single frame en route to the semi-finals as he overcame Maxim Balerca (3-0), Chisleacov (3-1) and Denis Zelinschi (3-0).

A deciding frame success against Pavel Baciu then saw Ciobanu set up a final rematch against Chisleacov under the double-elimination format.

The title match was a closer contest than their initial meeting but it was ultimately Ciobanu who ran out a 4-2 victor to lift the national crown once again.