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{{Infobox individual snooker tournament
| tournament_name = [[IBSF World Snooker Championship|World Amateur Snooker Championship]]
| logo =
| dates =
| venue =
| location = [[Calcutta]]
| country = [[India]]
| organisation = [[Billiards Association and Control Club]]
| format = [[Round-robin tournament|Round-robin]]
| Total prize fund =
| winners_share =
| highest_break = {{flagathlete|[[Gary Owen (snooker player)|Gary Owen]]|WAL}} 71
| winner = {{flagathlete|[[Gary Owen (snooker player)|Gary Owen]]|WAL}}
| runner_up = {{flagathlete|[[Frank Harris (snooker player)|Frank Harris]]|AUS}}
| score =
| previous =
| next = [[1966 World Amateur Snooker Championship|1966]]
}}

The '''1963 World Amateur Snooker Championship''' was the first edition of the championship that later became known as the [[IBSF World Snooker Championship]]. It was played from 27 December 1963 to 4 January 1964 at the Great Eastern Hotel in Calcutta, India, as a [[Round-robin tournament|round-robin]]. Five players participated. [[Gary Owen (snooker player)|Gary Owen]] won all four of his matches and took the title, with Frank Harris finishing in second place.<ref name="BSFEB64">{{cite magazine |author= |title=Gary Owen triumphs in style in first world amateur snooker championship |magazine=Billiards and Snooker |location=London |publisher=[[Billiards Association and Control Club]] |date=February 1964 |page=3 }}</ref> Owen compiled the highest {{cuegloss|break}} of the event, 71.<ref name="87HALE" />

==Final standings==
<ref name="BSFEB64" /><ref name="87HALE">{{cite book |last=Hale |first=Janice |date=1987 |title=Rothmans Snooker Yearbook 1987–88 |location=Aylesbury |publisher=Queen Anne Press |isbn=0356146901 |pages=296–297}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable" style="; text-align:center"
|-
! Position !! Player !! Won !! Lost !! Frames !! Highest break
|-
| 1 || align="left" | {{flagathlete|[[Gary Owen (snooker player)|Gary Owen]]|WAL}} || 4 || 0 || 24-7 || 71
|-
| 2 || align="left" | {{flagathlete|[[Frank Harris (snooker player)|Frank Harris]]|AUS}}|| 3 || 1 || 21–17 || 52
|-
| 3 || align="left" | {{flagathlete|[[Mohammed Lafir]]|LKA}} || 2 || 2 || 19–18 || 67
|-
| 4 || align="left" | {{flagathlete|[[Tony Monteiro]]|IND}} || 1 || 3 || 14–19 || 56
|-
| 5 || align="left" | {{flagathlete|[[Wilson Jones (billiards player)|Wilson Jones]]|IND}} || 0 || 4 || 7–24 || 36
|}

===Match results===
{| class="wikitable" style="; text-align:center"
! Player !! Score !! Player !! Ref.
|-
| '''{{flagathlete|[[Mohammed Lafir]]|LKA}}''' || '''6'''–2 || {{flagathlete|[[Wilson Jones (billiards player)|Wilson Jones]]|IND}} ||<ref>{{cite news |author= |title=Lafir leads in snooker |work=The Age |location=Melbourne |date=27 December 1963 |page=9}}</ref>
|-
|'''{{flagathlete|[[Frank Harris (snooker player)|Frank Harris]]|AUS}}''' || '''6'''–3 || {{flagathlete|[[Tony Monteiro]]|IND}} ||<ref>{{cite news |author= |title=Harris' good snooker win |work=The Sydney Morning Herald |location=Sydney |date=28 December 1963 |page=13}}</ref>
|-
| '''{{flagathlete|[[Gary Owen (snooker player)|Gary Owen]]|WAL}}''' || '''6'''–2 || {{flagathlete|[[Mohammed Lafir]]|LKA}} ||<ref>{{cite news |author= |title=The World of Sport |work=The Observer |location=London |date=29 December 1963 |page=16}}</ref>
|-
| '''{{flagathlete|[[Frank Harris (snooker player)|Frank Harris]]|AUS}}''' || '''6'''–3 || {{flagathlete|[[Wilson Jones (billiards player)|Wilson Jones]]|IND}} ||<ref>{{cite news |author= |title=Snooker win to Australian |work=The Age |location=Melbourne |date=30 December 1963 |page=13}}</ref>
|-
| '''{{flagathlete|[[Gary Owen (snooker player)|Gary Owen]]|WAL}}''' || '''6'''–1 || {{flagathlete|[[Tony Monteiro]]|IND}} ||<ref>{{cite news |author= |title=Another win for Gary Owen |work=The Birmingham Post |location=Melbourne |date=30 December 1963 |page=9}}</ref>
|-
| '''{{flagathlete|[[Frank Harris (snooker player)|Frank Harris]]|AUS}}''' || '''6'''–5 || {{flagathlete|[[Mohammed Lafir]]|LKA}} ||<ref>{{cite news |author= |title=Harris in hard snooker fight |work=The Age |location=Melbourne |date=1 January 1964 |page=16}}</ref>
|-
| '''{{flagathlete|[[Gary Owen (snooker player)|Gary Owen]]|WAL}}''' || '''6'''–1|| {{flagathlete|[[Wilson Jones (billiards player)|Wilson Jones]]|IND}} ||<ref>{{cite news |author= |title=Win to UK snooker star|work=The Age |location=Melbourne |date=2 January 1964 |page=13}}</ref>
|-
| '''{{flagathlete|[[Tony Monteiro]]|IND}}''' || '''6'''–1 || {{flagathlete|[[Wilson Jones (billiards player)|Wilson Jones]]|IND}} ||<ref>{{cite news |author= |title=Sport in brief |work=The Times |location=London |date=3 January 1964 |page=3}}</ref>
|-
| '''{{flagathlete|[[Gary Owen (snooker player)|Gary Owen]]|WAL}}''' || '''6'''–3 || {{flagathlete|[[Frank Harris (snooker player)|Frank Harris]]|AUS}} ||<ref>{{cite news |author= |title=World snooker title for Briton |work=The Times |location=London |date=4 January 1964 |page=4}}</ref>
|-
| '''{{flagathlete|[[Mohammed Lafir]]|LKA}}''' || '''6'''–4 || {{flagathlete|[[Tony Monteiro]]|IND}} ||<ref name="BSFEB64" />
|}

==References==
{{reflist}}

[[Category:IBSF World Snooker Championship]]
[[Category:1963 in snooker]]
[[Category:Snooker competitions in India]]
[[Category:1963 in Indian sport]]
[[Category:1964 in Indian sport]]
[[Category:International sports competitions hosted by India]]
[[Category:Sports competitions in Kolkata]]

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