The Art of Billiards Club, represented by Emanuel and Patrick Stegmeier, defeated 15 Reds Vienna – fielding Mario Grabner, Alexander König, Daniel Seyser and Florian Toth – 4-1 in the final to claim the Austrian Snooker Club Championship title. They succeed SNOCK Wieselburg, last year’s inaugural champions, who this year secured bronze with Thomas Brandl, Jérôme Liedtke and Ömer Olgun.
On 17 January 2026, seven club teams met at the Austrian Snooker and Billiards Academy in Vienna to contest the Austrian Snooker Club Championship. The group stage was played in two groups in a best-of-five format.
In Group A, defending champions SNOCK Wieselburg and ABC Vienna progressed ahead of TSG Graz (Mario Bodlos, Nikolaus Haslmayr and Michael Peyr). In Group B, the HSEBC quartet of Christian Kasparek, Zoran Kostic, Carl Walter Steiner and David Zanol together with 15 Reds Vienna collected the most match wins and advanced to the semi-finals ahead of 1. LSV Linz (Stefan Hutter, Peter Landersdorfer and Dominik Scharf) and SCAH Heidenreichstein (Günther Eckhart, Erik Höller and Günter Kaschmitter).
The Austrian Snooker and Billiards Academy during the Club Championship
In the semi-finals, 15 Reds produced a strong performance to defeat last year’s champions SNOCK Wieselburg 4-1. The other semi-final saw a tight contest between HSEBC and ABC, which the ABC duo won 3-2 to reach the final.
The final was played over the best of seven frames. Emanuel and Patrick Stegmeier dominated for ABC and secured a 4-1 victory, earning both themselves and their club a first Austrian Snooker Champion title. In the bronze match, SNOCK Wieselburg prevailed 3-0, allowing Jérôme Liedtke, Thomas Brandl and Ömer Olgun to celebrate another medal after last year’s gold.
The medallists of the Austrian Snooker Club Championship 2025
Jérôme Liedtke recorded the highest break of the tournament with a clearance of 53 points.
» Results Austrian Snooker Club Championship 2025
Title photograph: Emanuel Stegmeier, Patrick Stegmeier; all photographs: © ÖSBV
Austrian Champions Patrick Stegmeier (C), Emanuel Stegmeier – ABC
Runners-up Mario Grabner, Daniel Seyser (C), Alexander König, Florian Toth – 15 Reds
Bronze medallists Thomas Brandl, Jérôme Liedtke (C), Ömer Olgun – SNOCK
4th place: Carl Walter Steiner (C), David Zanol, Zoran Kostic, Christian Kasparek – HSEBC
Tied 5th place: Nikolaus Haslmayr, Michael Peyr (C), Mario Bodlos – TSG
Tied 5th place: Stefan Hutter, Dominik Scharf (C), Peter Lanzersdorfer – 1. LSV
7th place: Erik Höller, Günther Eckhart, Günter Kaschmitter (C) – SCAH