The EBSA European Under-21 Snooker Championships is the premier amateur junior snooker tournament in Europe. The event series is sanctioned by the European Billiards and Snooker Association. It took place first in 1997 and is held annually since then. The event was known as the EBSA European Under-19 Snooker Championships until 2010. In most years the winner of the tournament qualifies for the next two seasons of the World Snooker Tour as well as being awarded the Ebdon Trophy which is named in honour of former World Champion Peter Ebdon.
Winners
Sources:
| Year | Venue | Winner | Runner-up | Score | Ref |
|---|
| EBSA European Under-19 Snooker Championships |
| 1997 | Saint Helier, Jersey | Republic of Ireland Thomas Dowling | England Michael Holt | 6–3 | |
| 1998 | Rabat, Malta | Wales Ian Preece | Northern Ireland Sean O'Neill | 7–3 | |
| 1999 | Kalisz, Poland | Netherlands Gerrit bij de Leij | Wales Ian Preece | 6–3 | |
| 2000 | Budapest, Hungary | England Roger Baksa | Netherlands Rolf de Jong | 6–3 | |
| 2001 | Bad Wildungen, Germany | England Mark Joyce | Wales David Donovan | 6–3 | |
| 2002 | Carlow, Ireland | Scotland Robert Shanks | England Mark Joyce | 6–3 | |
| 2003 | Riga, Latvia | England Jamie O’Neill | Scotland Robert Shanks | 6–3 | |
| 2004 | Wellingborough, England | Wales Jamie Jones | Northern Ireland Mark Allen | 6–3 | |
| 2005 | Yekaterinburg, Russia | Northern Ireland Mark Allen | England Chris Norbury | 6–5 | |
| 2006 | Riga, Latvia | England Ben Woollaston | Republic of Ireland Vincent Muldoon | 6–4 | |
| 2007 | Prestatyn, Wales | Wales Michael White | Republic of Ireland Vincent Muldoon | 6–2 | |
| 2008 | Glasgow, Scotland | England Stephen Craigie | Scotland Anthony McGill | 6–2 | |
| 2009 | Saint Petersburg, Russia | Belgium Luca Brecel | England Michael Wasley | 6–5 | |
| 2010 | Qawra, Malta | Wales Jak Jones | Scotland Anthony McGill | 6–4 | |
| EBSA European Under-21 Snooker Championships |
| 2011 | Qawra, Malta | Poland Kacper Filipiak | Scotland Michael Leslie | 6–3 | |
| 2012 | Sofia, Bulgaria | Scotland Michael Leslie | England Shane Castle | 6–2 | |
| 2013 | Bor, Serbia | England James Cahill | England Ashley Carty | 6–0 | |
| 2014 | Bucharest, Romania | England Oliver Lines | Republic of Ireland Josh Boileau | 6–1 | |
| 2015 | Qawra, Malta | Isle of Man Darryl Hill | England Louis Heathcote | 6–3 | |
| 2016 | Wrocław, Poland | Republic of Ireland Josh Boileau | England Brandon Sargeant | 6–1 | |
| 2017 | Nicosia, Cyprus | Switzerland Alexander Ursenbacher | Wales Jackson Page | 6–4 | |
| 2018 | Sofia, Bulgaria | Germany Simon Lichtenberg | Wales Tyler Rees | 6–3 | |
| 2019 | Eilat, Israel | Wales Jackson Page | Republic of Ireland Ross Bulman | 5–1 | |
| 2020 | Albufeira, Portugal | Republic of Ireland Aaron Hill | England Hayden Staniland | 5–2 | |
| 2021 | Albufeira, Portugal | Wales Dylan Emery | Belgium Julien Leclercq | 5–2 | |
| 2022 | Shengjin, Albania | Belgium Ben Mertens | Austria Florian Nüßle | 5–1 | |
| 2023 | St. Paul's Bay, Malta | Scotland Liam Graham | Ukraine Iulian Boiko | 5–2 | |
| 2024 | Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina | Wales Liam Davies | Poland Antoni Kowalski | 5–3 | |
| 2025 | Antalya, Turkey | Ukraine Iulian Boiko | England Oliver Sykes | 5–4 | |
| 2026 | Gandia, Spain | Ukraine Anton Kazakov | Wales Riley Powell | 5–3 | |
Statistics
Champions by country
| Country | Players | First title | Last title |
|---|
| England | 7 | 2000 | 2014 |
| Wales | 7 | 1998 | 2024 |
| Ireland | 3 | 1997 | 2020 |
| Scotland | 3 | 2002 | 2023 |
| Belgium | 2 | 2009 | 2022 |
| Ukraine | 2 | 2025 | 2026 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1999 | 1999 |
| Northern Ireland | 1 | 2005 | 2005 |
| Poland | 1 | 2011 | 2011 |
| Isle of Man | 1 | 2015 | 2015 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 2017 | 2017 |
| Germany | 1 | 2018 | 2018 |
See also