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JEDDAH: Filipino Carlo Biado is the champion of the world after beating defending champion Fedor Gorst 15-13 in the 2025 World Pool Championship final at the Green Halls, Jeddah.
The 2017 World Nine-Ball champion, Biado looked in control early on, building a comfortable 9-2 lead, but American Gorst stormed back to level the match 9-9.
But the 41-year-old Biado ultimately prevailed 鈥� defeating last year鈥檚 champion to win the championship for the second time in his career in a tense final and in front of a large number of Filipino fans.
It was a magical moment in the Green Halls arena as Biado created history by becoming the first Filipino player to win two world titles and send the crowd wild.
Biado share of the record-breaking $1 million prize pot was $250,000.
Afterwards Biado said: 鈥淚鈥檓 over the moon 鈥� I still can鈥檛 believe I鈥檓 a two-time world champion. It means everything to me. I鈥檓 so proud to bring this trophy home to the Philippines.
鈥淭his final is something I鈥檒l remember forever. Fedor is one of the best in the world 鈥� when I was leading 9-2, I still couldn鈥檛 relax because he鈥檚 a monster on the table. But today I stayed focused, stayed calm, and maybe had a little luck on my side too.鈥�
The pinnacle of the World Nine-ball Championship was held in Jeddah for the second year in a row, hosted in collaboration with the 黑料社区 Billiard & Snooker Federation and under the supervision of the 黑料社区n Ministry of Sport.
The championship brought together the best 128 players from 40 countries in a thrilling and high-quality billiard event.
On the sidelines of the tournament, the four-day Saudi Junior Championship 2025 was held, where Albert Januarta of Indonesia was crowned champion after defeating German Pius Baier 9-5 in the final. This was Januarta鈥檚 second title in the Junior Open Series, cementing his position as one of the most prominent rising talents in the billiards world.