Right on the heels of the World Championships for Ladies, won yesterday by Turkiye’s Güzin Karakasli, the Juniors will play their big event. In a format similar to that of the ladies, the under-22-year-olds will compete from 18 – 20 September. The title holder is Ubaldo Sanchez, but he is no longer in the field.
The UMB has invited 10 players from CEB, 4 from CPB, 6 from ACBC and 2 from AMECC.
These are the groups:
A) Marcos Morales, Ryusei Miyamoto, Jacob ide
B) Seymen Özbas, Carlos Ochoa, David Noah
C) Amir Ibraimov, Minh Tri Nguyen, Burkan Yildirim
D) Ataberk Cerkez, Hyeon Woo Kim, Yun Do Song
E) Tangui Duriez, Steven Ortiz, Jae Hong Park
F) Toon Bollansee, Trong Van Dinh, Nicolas Cermak
G) Luca Philipoom, Duvan Martinez, Fady Girgis
H) David Velandia, Toni Garcia, Mio Svensson
Group matches are to 30 points, K.O. matches are to 40, without equal inning.
There’s always extra attention to the WC for Juniors, because of its past. This event saw the likes of Kasidokostas, Haeng Jik Kim, Javier Palazon, Myung Woo Cho and Burak Hashas grab the title and, as it were, announce their upcoming career. Who will be the next star?
All matches can be watched on Soop.