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THE FINAL MATCHES of the 2025 Predator WPA Junior World Championships played out this afternoon in ㄎ, Spain and there were victories for Felix Vogel (GER) in the Boy’s Under 19s, Jakub Chrobot (POL) in Boy’s Under 17s and Wang Ming-Ling of Chinese Taipei in the Girls. The events started with 24 athletes in the Under 19’s and Girls and 26 in the Under 17s, as the best of the best youth players gathered from around the globe.
After a highly successful career in youth pool, Germany’s Felix Vogel played his last-ever match as a junior and it was good enough to finally land him a World Championship title as he defeated Japan’s spirited Aoi Kanazawa by 7-5. To add the icing on the cake, it was also Vogel’s 18th birthday as he signed off on a stellar junior career.
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The match itself proved exciting as Kanazawa’s unorthodox style and happy-go-lucky demeanour saw him open up a sizeable lead. Vogel, though, wasn’t done and he battled back to make it 5-5. Suffering from a bug that was doing the rounds, he stormed on and reached the hill and then closed the match out with three-fouls as Kanazawa failed to connect.
Commented Vogel, “It feels very, very good to win in my last year. It made it very special, being my birthday, and for all the people who supported me and text me, they gave me energy today as I don’t feel very good, kind of sick. But it gave me the energy to make it today.
“It didn’t start good in the beginning as I was nearly 4-0 down but I got lucky that he missed the 9-ball for 4-0 and I came back and nearly played perfect. I didn’t want to win on three fouls but it was the best option there in the moment. I think I’m going sleep now for a few hours!” he added.
Bronze medals went to Walter Laikre (SWE) and the USA’s Eddie Vonderau (USA).
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The first final to finish saw Chrobot edge out Slovenia’s Maks Benko winning 7-5 in a hard-fought encounter. The Slovenian had the early lead at 2-1 but Chrobot battled back to lead 5-3. That became 5-all as the match became a race to two. The Pole edged onto the hill and then trapped Benko with three fouls to become a World Champion.
He said, “I still can’t believe that I’m a world champion, it still doesn’t feel like this. I think I deserved it; I played really well through the whole tournament and I was calm and tried to enjoy the pool and not the tournament.
“I did my best and I can now rest. It’s really special as last year was my first big match with a shot-clock and I got some experience and I was way better prepared for this tournament. I just focused on the game and played my best. I think it will be a very good day for me!”
Bronze medallists were Wiktor Kaczmarek (POL) and Revo Maimre (EST)
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Finally, in the Girl’s final it was Wang Ming-Ling (TPE) who prevailed as she defeated the USA’s Savannah Easton, also by a 7-5 scoreline. Like the other two finals, the match was anyone’s at 5-5 before Wang made a composed run-out to reach the hill. Easton, looking to improve on her silver medal from last year, was set to take it to a decider but missed a makeable 10-ball to hand it to Wang.
Commented Wang, “I’m so excited and feel so lucky to win this tournament and I’d like to thank my parents and friends who helped me so much when I felt stressful and nervous. They helped calm me down as did my coach. They all gave me confidence when I wasn’t feeling it. My birthday wish was to win the world championship but I never thought it would come true. I want to go home quickly now and share this with my family and friends.”
Third placed finishers were Linnea Hjalmarstrom (SWE) and Jordan Helfery (USA).
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西班牙青少年世錦賽落幕 台灣小將王姳苓加冕冠軍
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2025 青少年10號球世界錦標賽於西班牙順利落幕U19: Felix Vogel (德國)、U17: Jakub Chrobot (波蘭)、青少女組: 王姳苓 (中華台北) 分獲冠軍。
U19組，德國新星 Felix Vogel 決賽的對手是來自日本的金澤蒼生。金澤依其非獨特的打法與樂天派的性格讓他迅速拉開了領先優勢。然而，Vogel 並未放棄，他奮起直追，將比數扳成5-5平手；最終憑藉金澤的三次犯規，贏得了比賽。這一場勝利不僅是 Vogel 青少年生涯的最後一場比賽，當日比賽更恰他的18歲生日，Vogel 為他輝煌的青少年生涯畫下了圓滿的句點。
Vogel 賽後評論道：“能在最後一年贏球感覺真的太棒了。這場勝利意義非凡，因為今天是我的生日。感謝所有支持我的人，你們給了我力量。因為我今天感覺不太舒服，但正是你們的支持讓我堅持了下來。”
“比賽開始並不順利，一度0-4落後，但幸運的是，他錯失了9號球，我才得以扳回比分，並且幾乎打出了完美的一局。我並不想靠三次犯規贏球，但那是當下最好的選擇。我想我現在要去好好睡一覺!” Vogel 補充道。
Walter Laikre (瑞典) 與 Eddie Vonderau (美國) 分獲銅牌。
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U17 決賽迎來兩位歐洲選手的較量，斯洛維尼亞新生代好手 Maks Benko 開局以2-1領先，落後的 Jakub Chrobot (波蘭) 一度以5-3反超，隨後雙方戰成5-5；最終，Chrobot 逮住機會，利用 Benko 的三次犯規，奪得世界冠軍。
Chrobot 說道: “我仍無法想信自己成為世界冠軍，感覺像在做夢。我覺得我配得上這個冠軍；我在整個賽事中都發揮出色，我始終保持著冷靜，努力享受打球，而非比賽。”
他說：“我仍然不敢相信自己是世界冠軍，一切感覺都像在做夢。我覺得我配得上這個冠軍；我在整個錦標賽中都發揮出色，保持冷靜並讓自己享受打球，而非比賽本身。”
「我已拼盡全力，現在終於可好好休息。對我來說這真的很特別，因為去年是我第一次參加有出杆時間限制的大賽，我積累了一些經驗，也為這次比賽做了更充分的準備。我讓自己專注於比賽當中，發揮出自己的最佳水平。我想今天對我來說是非常美好的一天!” Chrobot 補充道。
銅牌則由 Wiktor Kaczmarek (波蘭) 與 Revo Maimre (愛沙尼亞) 獲得。
Ming-Ling WANG｜©Pro Billiard Series
最終，青少女組決賽方面，王姳苓 (中華台北) 以7-5擊敗美國新生代女子選手 Savannah Easton 奪下金牌。該場比賽與其他兩場決賽一樣，雙方勢均力敵戰成5-5平手，隨後，王姳苓再拿下一局並取得聽牌優勢；最終，原有機會將比賽帶進決勝局，然而她在10號球的失誤，最終將勝利拱手送給了對手。
王姳苓賽後表示: “我太激動了，覺得自己很幸運能贏得這個冠軍。我要感謝我的父母和朋友，在我感到壓力和緊張的時候，給予我莫大的幫助。他們如同我的教練一樣，使我能冷靜下來，也在我失去信心之時，給我莫大的鼓勵。我的生日願望原是希望能成為世界冠軍，但我從沒想過會成真。我現在只想趕緊回到家，與家人朋友們分享這一切。”
瑞典女子新星 Linnea Hjalmarstrom 與美國小將 Jordan Helfery 則收獲銅牌。