United States National Snooker Championship
The USSA stages the annual United States National Snooker Championship, with the winner and runner-up gaining automatic selection to represent the United States in that year's IBSF World Snooker Championship. To be eligible to compete in the Championship, a player must either be a citizen of the United States, or a lawfully admitted resident of the United States who has not represented any other nation in an IBSF Championship during the previous three years.
United States National Snooker Champions: 1991 - 2012
| Year | Champion | Runner-Up | Result | Host | Dates |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | Sargon Isaac | Ajeya Prabhakar | 5 - 2 | ||
| 2011 | Ahmed Aly | Ajeya Prabhakar | 5 - 3 | ||
| 2010 | Ahmed Aly | Yi Fei Mei | 5 - 4 | ||
| 2009 | Ahmed Aly | Ajeya Prabhakar | 5 - 4 | ||
| 2008 | George Lai | Jian Qiang Wang | 5 - 2 | ||
| 2007 | Jack Kung | George Lai | 5 - 3 | ||
| 2006 | Paul Kimura | Romil Azemat | 5 - 3 | ||
| 2005 | George Lai | Kenny Kwok | 4 - 2 | ||
| 2004 | Kenny Kwok | Raymond Fung | 4 - 2 | ||
| 2003 | Not held | ||||
| 2002 | Not held | ||||
| 2001 | Tom Kollins | Ajeya Prabhakar | 5 - 0 | ||
| 2000 | Ajeya Prabhakar | Tom Kollins | 5 - 3 | ||
| 1999 | Tom Kollins | Murali Venkat | 5 - 0 | ||
| 1998 | Tom Kollins | Tom Karabotsos | 5 - 4 | ||
| 1997 | George Lai | Truman Wu | 5 - 3 | ||
| 1996 | Peter Ong | Piya Potanan | 5 - 0 | ||
| 1995 | Tang Hoa | Orwin Ham | 5 - 1 | ||
| 1994 | David Yao | Tom Kollins | 5 - 2 | ||
| 1993 | David Yao | Mike Massey | 5 - 0 | ||
| 1992 | Tom Kollins | John Lewis | 4 - 3 | ||
| 1991 | Tom Kollins | John Abruzzo | 4 - 2 | ||
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