Hossein Vafaei is an Iranian professional snooker player, born in Abadan, Iran, on 15 October 1994, and the first professional from his country. He won his maiden ranking title at the 2022 Snooker Shoot Out, beating Mark Williams in the final, and reached a career-high ranking of fifteen in October 2023. As an amateur he won both the IBSF World Snooker Championship and the IBSF World Under-21 Snooker Championship. Visa problems that kept him from the United Kingdom slowed his early career until he was given a special tour card in 2014. He was the first Iranian at the World Snooker Championship, in 2022, and reached the quarter-finals there in 2026.
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As an amateur, Vafaei won both the IBSF World Snooker Championship and the IBSF World Under-21 Snooker Championship.
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is an Iranian professional snooker player
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He was the first Iranian to compete at the World Snooker Championship in 2022
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