Matches in DBpedia 2016-04 for { ?s ?p "The Canadian Amateur Championship (occasionally known as the Canadian Open Snooker Championship) is an annual snooker competition played in Canada and is the highest ranking amateur event in the Canada. The competition was first established back in 1969 which was won by Paul Thornley. Alain Robidoux is the record championship holder with seven titles, one ahead of Kirk Stevens. Tom Finstad holds the record for reaching the most finals having reached eleven finals and won the championship three times. The championship is currently held by Alan Whitfield who defeated former champion Floyd Ziegler 6–1 to win the 2014 tournament.Many former champions have gone on to play on the world tour such as Alain Robidoux, Kirk Stevens, Bob Chaperon, Jim Wych, Bill Werbeniuk and most noticeably Cliff Thorburn who won the compition in 1972, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977 and 2001 and would go on to become the only former champion to win the World Snooker Championship in 1980 becoming the first champion from outside the United Kingdom in the modern era."@en }
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- Canadian_Amateur_Championship_(snooker) abstract "The Canadian Amateur Championship (occasionally known as the Canadian Open Snooker Championship) is an annual snooker competition played in Canada and is the highest ranking amateur event in the Canada. The competition was first established back in 1969 which was won by Paul Thornley. Alain Robidoux is the record championship holder with seven titles, one ahead of Kirk Stevens. Tom Finstad holds the record for reaching the most finals having reached eleven finals and won the championship three times. The championship is currently held by Alan Whitfield who defeated former champion Floyd Ziegler 6–1 to win the 2014 tournament.Many former champions have gone on to play on the world tour such as Alain Robidoux, Kirk Stevens, Bob Chaperon, Jim Wych, Bill Werbeniuk and most noticeably Cliff Thorburn who won the compition in 1972, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977 and 2001 and would go on to become the only former champion to win the World Snooker Championship in 1980 becoming the first champion from outside the United Kingdom in the modern era.".
- Q19903721 abstract "The Canadian Amateur Championship (occasionally known as the Canadian Open Snooker Championship) is an annual snooker competition played in Canada and is the highest ranking amateur event in the Canada. The competition was first established back in 1969 which was won by Paul Thornley. Alain Robidoux is the record championship holder with seven titles, one ahead of Kirk Stevens. Tom Finstad holds the record for reaching the most finals having reached eleven finals and won the championship three times. The championship is currently held by Alan Whitfield who defeated former champion Floyd Ziegler 6–1 to win the 2014 tournament.Many former champions have gone on to play on the world tour such as Alain Robidoux, Kirk Stevens, Bob Chaperon, Jim Wych, Bill Werbeniuk and most noticeably Cliff Thorburn who won the compition in 1972, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977 and 2001 and would go on to become the only former champion to win the World Snooker Championship in 1980 becoming the first champion from outside the United Kingdom in the modern era.".