2016 Carrom World Championship

The 2016 Carrom World Championship, was the 7th edition of an international Carrom tournament governed by the International Carrom Federation, contested from 7 to 11 November 2016 in Birmingham, United Kingdom. Fifteen countries had competed in the tournament.[1]

2016 Carrom World Championship
Tournament information
Dates7 November 2016–11 November 2016
Administrator(s)International Carrom Federation
Tournament
format(s)
Knockout
Host(s) United Kingdom
Venue(s)Badshah Palace, Clifton House, Walsall Road, Birmingham, United Kingdom
Participants15
Websitehttp://worldchampionship.ukcarromfed.com/

Indian and Sri Lankan players would be defending their titles in the Men's, Women's and Doubles categories.

This edition was considered to be the largest so far with over 15 countries participating in the elite event including the likes of USA, Germany, Canada, France and Italy.

Participating Teams

Each team can have a maximum of four men and four women, who can compete in the individual singles and doubles, apart from team event and Swiss league competition.

The entry fee for each player will be $250.[2]

The host will take care of boarding, lodging and transport expenses of all the teams.

Total 15 countries participated in this event.

Men's

Team Players
 Canada Anurag Chanda

Derrick Silveira

Louie Fernandes

Shad Ahmed

 Czech Republic Jan Tesitel

Zdenek Svitak

Tomas Chmelar

Ales Formanek

 France Pierre Dubois

Fabian Pereira

Benoit Lamy

Jeremy Cieply

 Germany Peter Boecker

Johannes Joerg

Tobias Krueger

Christian Russo

 India Sandeep Deorukhkar

Prashant More

Riaz Akbar Ali

R. M. Shankara

 Italy Shriyantha Weerasinghe

Nicolò Gallo

Dineth Hapuarachchige

Ayesh Vanderlan

 Malaysia Christopher Walter

Mohd Suhaizan Mat Karri

Mohd Azahar Zakaria

S. Gopi

 Maldives Hussain Ali

Ali Azim

Mohamed Munthasir

Ahmed Hamid

 Pakistan Murtaza Khan Zulfee

Anus Bin Murtaza

Muhammad Amil

Ramzan Ali

 Poland Jakub Nowakowski

Sylwester Pogorzelski

Bartosz Sasinski

Jakub Sasinski

 South Korea Dohhun Bae

Soochang Kim

Junoh Jung

Eunseok Lee

 Sri Lanka Chamil Darshana Cooray Bulathsinghalage

Nishantha Fernando

Mohamed Sherifdeen Mohamed Halaldeen

Mohamed Shaheed Mohomed Hilmy

  Switzerland Carlito Bollin

Lorenzo Hurlimann

Josef Meyer

Anders Illi

 United Kingdom Mazharul Islam Munna

Sunahar Ali

Ish Kumar

Aniket Shetye

 United States Vishal Karangutkar

Neel Joshi

Deep Joshi

Murali Balasubramaniam

[3]

Women's

Team Players
 France Ariane Garjah

Athena Pantzos

Clervie Le Corre

Laetitia Pidial

 Germany Susanne Schackert

Meike Weigel

Rahim Kumala

 India Kajal Kumari

S. Appoorwa

M. Primala Devi

Tuba Seher

 Malaysia Suzana Salim

Jamilah Ibrahim

Nor Zalina Mokhtar

Roslina Mohd Nordin

 Maldives Aminath Vishama

Aishath Fainaz

Aminath Vidhaadh

Aminath Suba

 Poland Paulina Nowakowska

Magdalena Szczepaniak

 Sri Lanka Joseph Roshita

Chalani Lakmali Liyanage

Rahubaddha Kankanamalage Yasika Rahubaddha

Senevirathna Yapage Arosha Koushali Wickramasinghe

 United Kingdom Tahmina Shawkat

Ruhena Begum

Sharmin Simpa

 United States Umamaheswari Munagala

Sujatha Tella

Saroj

Deepika Kalahasthi

[4]

Results

[5]

Men's Singles

First Place: [Prashant More]  India

Second Place: Riyaz Akbarali  India

Third Place: Yogesh Pardesi  India

Fourth Place: R.M. Shankara - India

Fifth PLACE : D.N. Fernando - Sri Lanka

Sixth Place : Louis Fernandes - Canada

Seventh Place : Chamil Cooray - Sri Lanka

Eighth Place : Sandeep Deoroukar - India

Men's Doubles

First Place: Sandeep Deorukhkar / Riyaz Akbar India

Second Place: R. M. Shankara / S.P. Aravinthan

Men's Team

First Place:  Sri Lanka

Second Place:  India

Third Place:  Maldives

Women's Singles

First Place: S. Appoorwa  India

Second Place: Parimala Devi  India

Third Place: Rashmi Kumari  India

Women's Doubles

First Place: Kajol Kumari and S. Appoorwa  India

Second Place Parimala Devi and Tuba Sheher

Women's Team

First Place:  India

Second Place:  Sri Lanka

Third Place:  Maldives

References

  1. "Birmingham to host World championship". The Hindu. 2016-06-06. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 2016-11-11.
  2. "Registration | 7th Carrom World Championship". worldchampionship.ukcarromfed.com. Archived from the original on 2016-11-12. Retrieved 2016-11-11.
  3. "Registered Players | 7th Carrom World Championship". worldchampionship.ukcarromfed.com. Archived from the original on 2016-11-12. Retrieved 2016-11-11.
  4. "Registered Players | 7th Carrom World Championship". worldchampionship.ukcarromfed.com. Archived from the original on 2016-11-12. Retrieved 2016-11-11.
  5. "2016 Carrom World Championship- Results". UK Carrom Federation. UK Carrom Federation. 11 November 2016. Archived from the original on 13 November 2016. Retrieved 13 November 2016.
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