Leone Crowley

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Leone Crowley
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Born (2006-06-02) 2 June 2006 (age 20)
Dublin Hill, Cork, Ireland
Sport country Ireland
Professional2025–present
Highest ranking108 (September 2025)
Current ranking 115 (as of 14 December 2025[needs update])
Best ranking finishLast 112 (2025 Saudi Arabia Snooker Masters)

Leone Crowley (born 2 June 2006) is an Irish professional snooker player. In January 2025 he won the WSF World Junior Championship, and with it earned a two-year card on the World Snooker Tour starting with the 2025–26 snooker season.

Career

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A successful junior snooker player, he won Irish national titles in the U12, U14, U16, U18, and U21 age-groups.[1] In 2022, he was a finalist at the EBSA European Under-18 Snooker Championship, in Albania.[2] He had his first televised match at the 2023 Snooker Shoot Out in Swansea, where he was defeated by Welsh professional Jackson Page.[3][4]

He won the U21 UK Open Championship in 2024.[1] He reached the final of the WSF Junior Snooker Championship in January 2025 in Saïdia, Morocco, with a semi-final win over Scotland's Amaan Iqbal, having had dominant wins as he progressed through the tournament, only lost six frames in total up to that point in the championship.[5][6] In the final on 23 January 2025, he whitewashed Kaylan Patel of England 5-0 to secure a two-year professional card on the World Snooker Tour from the 2025-26 snooker season. He also became the first Irishman to win the event.[7][2] He was awarded a place into the qualifying rounds for the 2025 World Snooker Championship.[8] In the first round of qualifying, held in Sheffield, in April 2025, he was defeated 3-10 by Thailand professional Manasawin Phetmalaikul.[9][10]

2025-26 season

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In June 2025, he was drawn to make his professional debut in the first round of qualifying for the 2025 Wuhan Open against former world champion Neil Robertson, and suffered a 5-0 defeat.[11][12] He recorded his first win as a professional later that month in qualifying for the 2025 British Open, with a 4-0 win against Hatem Yassen.[13] He was drawn in the round-robin stage of the 2025 Championship League against Daniel Wells, Ng On Yee and He Guoqiang, earning a 2-2 draw against Wells.[14][15]

Personal life

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He is from Dublin Hill, Cork, in the Republic of Ireland.[5] He practised for a time with former professional Anthony O'Connor at Shooters snooker club in Cork.[16] He regularly practises at Mark Allen's snooker camp in Belfast.[17]

Performance and rankings timeline

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Tournament 2023/
24
2024/
25
2025/
26
Ranking[nb 1] [nb 2] [nb 2] [nb 3]
Championship League A A RR
Saudi Arabia Masters NH A 2R
Wuhan Open A A LQ
English Open A A LQ
British Open A A 1R
Xi'an Grand Prix NH A LQ
Northern Ireland Open A A LQ
International Championship A A LQ
UK Championship A A LQ
Shoot Out 1R A 1R
Scottish Open A A
German Masters A A
World Grand Prix DNQ DNQ
Players Championship DNQ DNQ
Welsh Open A A
World Open A A
Tour Championship DNQ DNQ
World Championship A LQ
Performance Table Legend
LQ lost in the qualifying draw #R lost in the early rounds of the tournament
(WR = Wildcard round, RR = Round robin)
QF lost in the quarter-finals
SF lost in the semi-finals F lost in the final W won the tournament
DNQ did not qualify for the tournament A did not participate in the tournament WD withdrew from the tournament
NH / Not Held means an event was not held.
NR / Non-Ranking Event means an event is/was no longer a ranking event.
R / Ranking Event means an event is/was a ranking event.
MR / Minor-Ranking Event means an event is/was a minor-ranking event.
  1. ^ It shows the ranking at the beginning of the season
  2. ^ a b He was an amateur
  3. ^ New players on the Main Tour don't have a ranking

Career finals

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Amateur finals: 11 (8 titles)

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Outcome No. Year Championship Opponent in the final Score
Winner 1. 2017 Irish Under-12 Championship Republic of Ireland Adam Quinn 3–0
Runner-up 1. 2019 Irish Under-18 Championship Republic of Ireland Aaron Hill 0–4
Winner 2. 2021 Irish Under-18 Championship Republic of Ireland Alex Currid 3–2
Winner 3. 2021 Irish Under-16 Championship Republic of Ireland Aaron Smith 3–2
Runner-up 2. 2021 Irish Under-21 Championship Republic of Ireland Ross Bulman 1–3
Winner 4. 2022 Irish Under-18 Championship Republic of Ireland Alex Currid 3–1
Winner 5. 2022 Irish Under-21 Championship Republic of Ireland Aaron Goldrick 3–2
Winner 6. 2022 Irish Under-16 Championship Republic of Ireland David Farrelly 3–0
Runner-up 3. 2022 European Under-18 Championships Wales Liam Davies 1–4
Winner 7. 2023 Irish Under-21 Championship Republic of Ireland Sean Walsh 3–2
Winner 8. 2025 WSF Junior Championship England Kaylan Patel 5–0

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