Bjorn Haneveer

Bjorn Haneveer
Born	4 September 1976 (age 48); Turnhout, Belgium
Sport country	Belgium
Professional	1993–1997, 1998–2006, 2009–2011
Highest ranking	53 (2004/05)
Best ranking finish	Last 16 (x2)
Medal record
Men's snooker
Representing Belgium
World Games

Bjorn Haneveer (born 4 September 1976 in) is a Belgian snooker player and commentator. Haneveer, formerly a professional competitor, now plays at semi-professional level and also commentates on snooker matches for Dutch Eurosport.

Career

A six-time Belgian snooker champion (last title won in May 2007 vs Patrick Delsemme), Haneveer lost in the final of the European Championship in Scotland in June, 2000. He was European Champion at Enschede, Netherlands and at Riga, Latvia in June, 2001. Haneveer won the snooker gold medal at the sixth World Games held in Akita, Japan, in August, 2001. He made a 147 break during the 2003 European Championship at Bad Wildungen in Germany and another during the Belgian Championships, 2007. He won the bronze medal at the seventh World Games held in Germany (21 July 2005).

He was a Main Tour professional for many years, and reached a top ranking of No 53 during the 2004–05 season. Until the arrival on tour of Luca Brecel, Haneveer was by far the most successful Belgian snooker player of all time.

After falling off the main tour, he regained his place by finishing within the top 8 on the PIOS tour 2008/2009.

Haneveer announced on 9 November 2011, that he would retire from professional snooker after the PTC 9 tournament, due to excessive expenses.

Career finals

Non-ranking finals: 1 (1 title)

Outcome	No.	Year	Championship	Opponent in the final	Score
Winner	1.	2001	World Games	Marlon Manalo	4–3

Pro-am finals: 12 (7 titles)

Outcome	No.	Year	Championship	Opponent in the final	Score
Winner	1.	2003	Swiss Open	Ian McCulloch	5–4
Winner	2.	2004	Dutch Open	Lennon Starkey	6–1
Winner	3.	2005	Dutch Open (2)	Michael Holt	6–1
Winner	4.	2009	3 Kings Open	Richard McHugh	5–4
Winner	5.	2009	Dutch Open (3)	Matthew Couch	6–3
Runner-up	1.	2010	Vienna Snooker Open	Stephen Lee	4–5
Runner-up	2.	2010	Dutch Open	Barry Pinches	3–6
Runner-up	3.	2012	3 Kings Open	Tony Drago	3–5
Winner	6.	2012	Dutch Open (4)	Gerrit bij de Leij	7–3
Runner-up	4.	2013	Dutch Open (2)	Luca Brecel	3–5
Runner-up	5.	2017	3 Kings Open (2)	Alexander Ursenbacher	1–5
Winner	7.	2017	Belgium Snooker Open	Ben Mertens	6–5

Amateur finals: 15 (10 titles)

Outcome	No.	Year	Championship	Opponent in the final	Score
Winner	1.	1996	Belgian Amateur Championship	Steve Lemmens	7–6
Runner-up	1.	1997	IBSF World Under-21 Championship	Marco Fu	7–11
Winner	2.	1998	Belgian Amateur Championship (2)	Mario Geudens	7–3
Runner-up	2.	1999	Belgian Amateur Championship	Mario Geudens	5–7
Winner	3.	1999	EBSA European Snooker Championship	David Bell	7–0
Winner	4.	2000	Belgian Amateur Championship (3)	Alain De Cock	7–1
Runner-up	3.	2000	EBSA European Snooker Championship	Craig Butler	3–7
Winner	5.	2001	Belgian Amateur Championship (4)	Mario Geudens	7–3
Winner	6.	2001	EBSA European Snooker Championship (2)	Kurt Maflin	7–6
Winner	7.	2005	Belgian Amateur Championship (5)	Nico Devlies	7–4
Winner	8.	2007	Belgian Amateur Championship (6)	Patrick Delsemme	7–6
Winner	9.	2007	PIOS – Event 7	Craig Steadman	6–2
Winner	10.	2008	PIOS – Event 1	Andrew Atkinson	6–2
Runner-up	4.	2010	Belgian Amateur Championship (2)	Luca Brecel	4–7
Runner-up	5.	2011	Belgian Amateur Championship (3)	Peter Bullen	3–7