Halloween proved to be bloodcurdling for the Americans competing at the 2019 International Billiards & Snooker Federation (IBSF) World Snooker Championships at the Starlight Resort Hotel in Antalya, Turkey, as all three players in the Men's event suffered defeats.

After winning the first frame of his second Group H match against Ben Fortey on the final black ball, Ahmed Aly Elsayed, lost the next two frames on the final colored balls, with the 23-year-old Welshman then going on to secure the following two frames comfortably to defeat the reigning United States National Snooker Champion, 4-1.

It is now essential for Aly to win his next two Group ties if he is to stand any chance of qualifying for the knockout stage, but he still will feel confident that he is able to achieve this goal.

After his wonderful opening Group L victory yesterday, Ajeya Prabhakar was brought back down to Earth after a 4-0 defeat by Babar Masih, with the 33-year-old from Pakistan in tremendous form as he fired in a break of 103 in the first frame.

One further Group win from his remaining two matches may be enough to put the two-time former United States National Snooker Champion from California in the knockout stage of the event, but he will of course be going all out to win both for certain qualification.

In Group M, Laszlo Kovacs suffered his second successive defeat as he went down 4-1 to Romania's 21-year-old Mihai Vladu. It is vital for the New Yorker to now win both of his remaining Group matches to have any hope of advancing further in the event.

Both Nitin Mehta and Amitabh Seth had a rest day in the Masters' event, but will be back in Group action tomorrow Friday to continue their quests.

Aly's Men's event playing schedule & results:
(start times are stated in local time, +3 hrs GMT)
Group H Match 1: October 30, 4pm start - lost to Zhao Jianbo (China) 1 - 4
Group H Match 2: October 31, 7pm start - lost to Ben Fortey (Wales) 1 - 4
Group H Match 3: November 1, 7pm start - vs. Tomas Kubicek (Czech Republic)
Group H Match 4: November 4, 1pm start - vs. Mhanaa Alobaidli (Qatar)

Prabhakar's Men's event playing schedule & results:
(start times are stated in local time, +3 hrs GMT)
Group L Match 1: October 30, 7pm start - def. Shachar Ruberg (Israel) 4 - 2
Group L Match 2: October 31, 7pm start - lost to Babar Masih (Pakistan) 0 - 4
Group L Match 3: November 1, 4pm start - vs. Osip Zusmanovic (Czech Republic)
Group L Match 4: November 2, 1pm start - vs. Kayhan Durukan (Turkey)

Kovacs's Men's event playing schedule & results:
(start times are stated in local time, +3 hrs GMT)
Group M Match 1: October 29, 4pm start - lost to Mateusz Baranowski (Poland) 0 - 4
Group M Match 2: October 31, 7pm start - lost to Mihai Vladu (Romania) 1 - 4
Group M Match 3: November 1, 4pm start - vs. Milad Fathpour Kashani (Iran)
Group M Match 4: November 2, 1pm start - vs. Ali Hussein (Iraq)

Mehta's Masters' event playing schedule & results:
(start times are stated in local time, +3 hrs GMT)
Group M Match 1: October 30, 10am start - lost to Graham Beardmore (England) 1 - 3
Group M Match 2: November 1, 10am start - vs. Steven Thomas (Wales)
Group M Match 3: November 2, 4pm start - vs. Ihab Al-Salih (Iraq)
Group M Match 4: November 5, 4pm start - vs. Anuj Uppal (India)

Seth's Masters' event playing schedule & results:
(start times are stated in local time, +3 hrs GMT)
Group N Match 1: October 30, 4pm start - lost to Guðni Pálsson (Iceland) 0 - 3
Group N Match 2: November 1, 4pm start - vs. Alok Kumar (India)
Group N Match 3: November 4, 4pm start - vs. Muhammed Leysi (Turkey)
Group N Match 4: November 5, 4pm start - vs. Mohammad Al-Binali (Qatar)

SnookerUSA.com will report on all of the United States players' match results throughout the Championships.