Fifteen-year-old Mykhail Larkov defeated Kyrylo Baidala 5-1 within the ultimate of the 2024 Ukrainian National Snooker Championship.

The occasion was staged in Lviv from 7-12 November 2024 and noticed a complete of 48 cueists competing for the distinguished nationwide title.

Larkov, who’s from Khmelnytskyi in western Ukraine, started his marketing campaign on the final 16 stage the place he comfortably whitewashed Andrii Ivasiv to succeed in the quarter-finals.

A 4-2 victory over Lee Tang noticed Larkov attain a final 4 stage that was dominated by youth – with three of the 4 semi-finalists nonetheless being youngsters.

A tough-fought semi-final contest between Larkov, who reached the final 4 of this yr’s European Under-16 Championship, and 14-year-old Matvii Lagodzinskyi got here all the way down to a deciding body and it was Larkov who was in a position to recover from the road to arrange a title match assembly in opposition to 18-year-old Baidala.

Baidala had proven robust kind to beat Ivaniv Svyatoslav, Petrash Serhiy and Yury Semko within the knockout levels to succeed in the ultimate in opposition to Larkov.

However, the 15-year-old proved too robust on the day as he ran out a 5-1 victor to safe the Ukrainian National Snooker Championship crown.