Mohammad Asif wins IBSF World Snooker Championship

• The Faisalabad born defeated Philippine‘s Jefrey Roda by 8-5 in the final.
• This was Asif's second IBSF World title.

Pakistani cueist Mohammad Asif has won the IBSF World Snooker Championship defeating Philippine‘s Jefrey Roda by 8-5 in the final.

This was Asif's second IBSF World title, having won the same competition in 2012 in Bulgaria. Mohammad Yousuf had also lifted the title in 2012.

Pakistan’s top cueist, who remained unbeaten throughout the competition, kept the momentum in the final as well to outclass his opponent.

He won first three frames to take an early 3-0 lead. Roda tried staging a comeback but couldn't erase Asif's lead.

During the game, Asif played a break of 105 in the fifth frame that minimise his deficit to 3-2, only to get it increased before the break as he made it 5-2 by the seventh frame.  The Faisalabad born continued his form post-break to take it to 6-2.

Roda played a break of 71 in the ninth frame, but Asif responded well in the 10th to keep his lead.

The Philippine cueist made a remarkable comeback by winning back to back frames, making it 7-5.

But the 13th frame ended up being the decisive one. Roda conceded the game with pink and black balls remaining on the table and Asif keeping a lead of 17 points.