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
Dates	7 November 2016–11 November 2016
Administrator	International Carrom Federation
Tournament format(s)	Knockout
Host(s)	United Kingdom
Venue(s)	Badshah Palace, Clifton House, Walsall Road, Birmingham, United Kingdom
Participants	15
Website	http://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]

Medals

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	India	5	5	2	12
2	Sri Lanka	1	1	2	4
3	Maldives	0	0	2	2
Totals (3 entries)		6	6	6	18

Nations

1.   United Kingdom (7) (Host)
2.   United States (8)
3.   Canada (4)
4.   Switzerland (4)
5.   Germany (7)
6.   France (8)
7.   Italy (4)
8.   Poland (6)
9.   South Korea (4)
10.   India (8)
11.   Sri Lanka (8)
12.   Maldives (8)
13.   Pakistan (4)
14.   Malaysia (8)
15.   Czech Republic (4)

Results

^[5]

Men's Singles

Main article: 2016 Carrom World Championship- 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

Main article: 2016 Carrom World Championship- Men's Doubles

First Place: Sandeep Deorukhkar / Riyaz Akbar  India

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

Men's Team

Main article: 2016 Carrom World Championship- Men's Team

First Place:   Sri Lanka

Second Place:   India

Third Place:   Maldives

Women's Singles

Main article: 2016 Carrom World Championship- Women's Singles

First Place: S. Appoorwa   India

Second Place: Parimala Devi   India

Third Place: Rashmi Kumari   India

Women's Doubles

Main article: 2016 Carrom World Championship- Women's Doubles

First Place: Kajol Kumari and S. Appoorwa   India

Second Place Parimala Devi and Tuba Sheher

Women's Team

Main article: 2016 Carrom World Championship- Women's Team

First Place:   India

Second Place:   Sri Lanka

Third Place:   Maldives

Swiss League

Main article: 2016 Carrom World Championship- Swiss League

References

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