Bjorn Haneveer
Bjorn Haneveer (born 4 September 1976 in) is a Belgian snooker player and commentator. Haneveer, formerly a professional competitor, now plays at semi-professional level and also commentates on snooker matches for Dutch Eurosport.
| Born | 4 September 1976 Turnhout, Belgium | ||||||||||||||||
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| Sport country | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Belgium | ||||||||||||||||
| Nickname | The Iceman | ||||||||||||||||
| Professional | 1993–1997, 1998–2006, 2009–2011 | ||||||||||||||||
| Highest ranking | 53 (2004/05) | ||||||||||||||||
| Career winnings | £149,300 | ||||||||||||||||
| Highest break | 138 (2009 PIOS Event 6, 2010 World Championship qualifying) | ||||||||||||||||
| Century breaks | 42 | ||||||||||||||||
| Best ranking finish | Last 16 (Regal Scottish 2002, European Open 2003) | ||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Career
A six-time Belgian snooker champion (last title won in May 2007 vs Patrick Delsemme), Haneveer lost in the final of the European Championship in Scotland in June, 2000. He was European Champion at Enschede, Netherlands and at Riga, Latvia in June, 2001. Haneveer won the snooker gold medal at the sixth World Games held in Akita, Japan, in August, 2001. He made a 147 break during the 2003 European Championship at Bad Wildungen in Germany and another during the Belgian Championships, 2007. He won the bronze medal at the seventh World Games held in Germany (21 July 2005).
He was a Main Tour professional for many years, and reached a top ranking of No 53 during the 2004–05 season. Until the arrival on tour of Luca Brecel, Haneveer was by far the most successful Belgian snooker player of all time.
After falling off the main tour, he regained his place by finishing within the top 8 on the PIOS tour 2008/2009.
Haneveer announced on 9 November 2011, that he would retire from professional snooker after the PTC 9 tournament, due to excessive expenses.
Career finals
Pro-am finals: 13 (8 titles, 5 runners-up)
| Outcome | No. | Year | Championship | Opponent in the final | Score |
| Winner | 1. | 2001 | World Games |  Marlon Manalo |
4–3 |
| Winner | 2. | 2003 | Swiss Open |  Ian McCulloch |
5–4 |
| Winner | 3. | 2004 | Dutch Open |  Lennon Starkey |
6–1 |
| Winner | 4. | 2005 | Dutch Open (2) | Michael Holt |
6–1 |
| Winner | 5. | 2009 | 3 Kings Open |  Richard McHugh |
5–4 |
| Winner | 6. | 2009 | Dutch Open (3) | Matthew Couch |
6–3 |
| Runner-up | 1. | 2010 | Vienna Snooker Open | Stephen Lee |
4–5 |
| Runner-up | 2. | 2010 | Dutch Open | Barry Pinches |
3–6 |
| Runner-up | 3. | 2012 | 3 Kings Open |  Tony Drago |
3–5 |
| Winner | 7. | 2012 | Dutch Open (4) | Gerrit bij de Leij |
7–3 |
| Runner-up | 4. | 2013 | Dutch Open (2) | Luca Brecel |
3–5 |
| Runner-up | 5. | 2017 | 3 Kings Open (2) |  Alexander Ursenbacher |
1–5 |
| Winner | 8. | 2017 | Belgium Snooker Open | Ben Mertens |
6–5 |
Amateur finals: 14 (10 titles, 4 runners-up)
| Outcome | No. | Year | Championship | Opponent in the final | Score |
| Winner | 1. | 1996 | Belgian Amateur Championship | Steve Lemmens |
7–6 |
| Winner | 2. | 1998 | Belgian Amateur Championship | Mario Geudens |
7–3 |
| Runner-up | 1. | 1999 | Belgian Amateur Championship | Mario Geudens |
5–7 |
| Winner | 3. | 1999 | EBSA European Snooker Championship | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} David Bell |
7–0 |
| Runner-up | 2. | 2000 | EBSA European Snooker Championship | Craig Butler |
3–7 |
| Winner | 4. | 2001 | EBSA European Snooker Championship | Kurt Maflin |
7–6 |
| Winner | 5. | 2003 | Belgian Amateur Championship | Alain De Cock |
7–1 |
| Winner | 6. | 2004 | Belgian Amateur Championship | Mario Geudens |
7–3 |
| Winner | 7. | 2005 | Belgian Amateur Championship | Nico Devlies |
7–4 |
| Winner | 8. | 2007 | Belgian Amateur Championship | Patrick Delsemme |
7–6 |
| Winner | 9. | 2007 | PIOS – Event 7 | Craig Steadman |
6–2 |
| Winner | 10. | 2008 | PIOS – Event 1 | Andrew Atkinson |
6–2 |
| Runner-up | 3. | 2010 | Belgian Amateur Championship | Luca Brecel |
4–7 |
| Runner-up | 4. | 2011 | Belgian Amateur Championship | Peter Bullen |
3–7 |