Youth Championships 2012 ended

Dec 7, 2012

Cheng-Chieh Liu takes the final medal
This week's winners
With a fantastic performance, Cheng-Chieh Liu (TPE) won the Gold Medal in the juniors division by defeating Tobias Bongers (GER). The match did not start very well for Bongers. He was meant to take the lead but miscued on the third last ball of the first rack. Instead of being ahead he found himself trailing 2:0. He then fouled two racks later and was trailing 4:1 since Liu did not commit any mistakes. However, Bongers stayed strong and tried to make his way back but Liu seemed to make no errors. In the 13th rack, Liu did commit his first mistake by missing the 7-ball. Bongers made it but dogged the 9-ball. That gave Liu the chance to get on the hill with 8:5 and sure enough he took it. He ran out another rack and snatched the match and the title of the 2012 WPA World 9-Ball Champion. Tomorrow, the coverage will continue with the EPBF Bridge to Career event.
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