Liam Davies beat Antoni Kowalski 5-3 to seize the 2024 European Beneath-21 Championship crown on Monday in Sarajevo.

The 17 year-old scored heavier than his opponent and managed to win a number of shut scrappy frames to triumph.

Success for the younger Welshman within the worldwide novice competitors means he shall be awarded with skilled standing.

Davies may have the chance to compete on the World Snooker Tour throughout the upcoming 2024/25 and 2025/26 seasons.

His victory comes just a few days after he was denied a professional ticket in one of many Q Tour International Playoff finals on the identical venue in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Davies squandered a 9-7 benefit to Duane Jones, dropping the final three frames in a disappointing reverse towards his countryman.

However he may have no such considerations any extra after bouncing again in emphatic style by touchdown the distinguished European prize on the junior stage.

Early on within the 2024 European Beneath-21 Championship on the Lodge Hills, Davies comfortably superior from his preliminary round-robin group with two wins from two.

{The teenager} subsequently emerged from his opening knockout section encounter towards Vladislav Gradinari with a 4-1 scoreline.

Davies then secured defeats of Thijs Pauewels and Andrejs Pripkoks to succeed in the semi-finals, the place he scored a break of 100 in edging Artemijs Zizins in a 4-3 thriller.

Within the last, 20 year-old Kowalski led 3 times after the early exchanges.

However Davies twice managed to restored parity with breaks of 61 and a 3rd contribution of the identical tally proved sufficient to finish his glory within the eighth body.

Along with incomes the possibly profitable two-year professional tour card, Davies may also achieve an invite to compete on this 12 months’s World Snooker Championship qualifiers.

Subsequent up on the schedule in Sarajevo is the blue-riband continental title – the flagship European Newbie Championship which runs till March twenty third.

2024 European Beneath-21 Championship

Chosen Outcomes

Final 16
Oliver Briffett-Payne vs Samuel Lee Stevens
Antoni Kowalski 4-1 Aidan Murphy
Robbie McGuigan 4-3 Nikita Bazilevics
Joel Connolly 4-3 Alexander Widau

Andrejs Pripjoks 4-2 Ryan McGuirk
Liam Davies 4-2 Thijs Pauwels
Artemijs Zizins 4-2 Bulscu Revesz
Iulian Boiko 4-2 Leone Crowley

Quarter-Finals
Antoni Kowalski 4-2 Oliver Briffett-Payne
Robbie McGuigan 4-3 Joel Connolly
Liam Davies 4-0 Andrejs Pripjoks
Artemijs Zizins 4-2 Iulian Boiko

Semi-Finals
Antoni Kowalski 4-1 Robbie McGuigan
Liam Davies 4-3 Artemijs Zizins

Remaining
Liam Davies 5-3 Antoni Kowalski

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