Gao Yang beat Brian Cini 5-3 to seize the 2025 WSF Championship title on Saturday in Morocco.
By rising with essentially the most prestigious title on provide by the World Snooker Federation, Gao will obtain a two-year card to compete on the skilled primary tour.
The 20 year-old from China additionally turns into the primary participant to do the WSF double, having beforehand received the junior crown in 2020.
After struggling disappointment in final yr’s WSF Championship last the place he was thrashed 5-0 by Cheung Ka Wai, Gao went one higher on this event.
He will get a second crack on the World Snooker Tour, which he’ll be capable of take part on throughout the upcoming 2025/26 and 2026/27 campaigns.
Gao loved skilled standing between 2020 and 2022 on the again of his victory on the WSF Junior Open.
Nonetheless solely an adolescent on the time, optimistic outcomes had been tough to come back by and he rapidly dropped off the tour.
However he shall be higher outfitted to deal with the challenges this time with extra expertise and one other prestigious worldwide newbie trophy in his locker.
Gao reached the knockout phases of the 2025 WSF Championship with an ideal file of 4 wins from 4 video games within the preliminary round-robin section.
A few 4-0 victories then helped him via to the final 16 the place he beat Patrick Whelan 4-1.
Gao compiled a terrific 140 century break in his subsequent 4-2 success over Stuart Watson and repeated that scoreline in a semi-final defeat of Fergal Quinn.
Within the last, he trailed Maltese opponent Cini 2-1 however managed to win 4 out of the next 5 frames to seal success within the match.
Along with gaining promotion to the World Snooker Tour, Gao may also be invited to compete on this yr’s World Championship qualifiers in Sheffield.
Eire’s Leone Crowley received the WSF Junior Championship final week whereas Mink Nutcharut triumphed within the WSF Girls’s Championship.
2025 WSF Championship
Chosen Outcomes
Final 16
Brian Cini 4-2 Daniel Womersley
Umut Dikme 4-3 Fung Kwok Wai
Mateusz Baranowski 4-3 Kevin Hanssens
Barry Pinches 4-3 Ashley Hugill
Stuart Watson 4-1 Ian Martin
Gao Yang 4-1 Patrick Whelan
Fergal Quinn 4-3 Ong Jia Jun Jaden
Florian Nuessle 4-1 Zhou Jinhao
Quarter-Finals
Brian Cini 4-0 Umut Dikme
Mateusz Baranowski 4-0 Barry Pinches
Gao Yang 4-2 Stuart Watson
Fergal Quinn 4-3 Florian Nuessle
Semi-Finals
Brian Cini 4-0 Mateusz Baranowski
Gao Yang 4-2 Fergal Quinn
Remaining
Gao Yang 5-3 Brian Cini
Featured photograph credit score: WSF
