Bjorn Haneveer
Bjorn Haneveer 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
Six times Belgian Snooker Champion,, he 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.
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
Pro-am finals: 12 (8 titles, 4 runner-up)
| Outcome | No. | Year | Championship | Opponent in the final | Score |
| Winner | 1. | 2001 | World Games |  Marlon Manalo | 4–3 |
| Winner | 2. | 2003 | Swiss Open |  | 5–4 |
| Winner | 3. | 2004 | Dutch Open |  | 6–1 |
| Winner | 4. | 2005 | Dutch Open | Michael Holt | 6–1 |
| Winner | 5. | 2009 | 3 Kings Open |  Richard McHugh | 5–4 |
| Winner | 6. | 2009 | Dutch Open | 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 |
| Winner | 7. | 2011 | Dutch Open | Gerrit bij de Leij | 7–3 |
| Runner-up | 3. | 2012 | Dutch Open |  Luca Brecel | 3–5 |
| Runner-up | 4. | 2017 | 3 Kings Open |  Alexander Ursenbacher | 1–5 |
| Winner | 8. | 2017 | Belgium Snooker Open | Ben Mertens | 6–5 |
Amateur finals: 14 (10 titles, 4 runner-ups)
| Outcome | No. | Year | Championship | Opponent in the final | Score |
| Winner | 1. | 1996 | | | 7–6 |
| Winner | 2. | 1998 | | | 7–3 |
| Runner-up | 1. | 1999 | | | 5–7 |
| Winner | 3. | 1999 | |  | 7–0 |
| Runner-up | 2. | 2000 | | | 3–7 |
| Winner | 4. | 2001 | | | 7–6 |
| Winner | 5. | 2003 | | | 7–1 |
| Winner | 6. | 2004 | | | 7–3 |
| Winner | 7. | 2005 | | | 7–4 |
| Winner | 8. | 2007 | | | 7–6 |
| Winner | 9. | 2007 | PIOS – Event 7 | Craig Steadman | 6–2 |
| Winner | 10. | 2008 | PIOS – Event 1 | Andrew Atkinson | 6–2 |
| Runner-up | 3. | 2010 | | | 4–7 |
| Runner-up | 4. | 2011 | | | 3–7 |
