Bulcsú Révész has won the 2024 WSF Junior Championship, held in Golem, Albania, to become the first snooker professional from Hungary. Bulcsú is only just 17 years old, he was born on January 1, 2007.
Congratulations Bulcsú!
Bulcsú beat Gong Chenzhi by 5-3 in the Final, and also scored the highest break of the tournament, a 130, in frame 3 of that final match. Some feat!
The event had a truly international field: 77 players from 23 different nationalities! Remarkably, Gong Chenzhi was the only player from China in the field. Also worth noting that, although the UK and Ireland accounted for nearly 40% of the field, and many Brits seem to think that they have the best amateurs, only one of their players, Oliver Sykes, reached the semi-finals. The fourth semi-finalist was a young lad from Pakistan, Hamza Ilyas. This shows that there are many excellent young players outside the UK, rarely seen or spoken about. Here is one more big reason for WST/WPBSA to seriously try to “break” the UK centric nature of the current organisation of the sport … if they have real ambitions to develop snooker world wide that is…
… I can only suppose that someone, a regular on this blog, is dancing and celebrating ! 😊
Bulcsu Revesz defeated Gong Chenzhi 5-3 in the final of the WSF Junior Championship to secure his status as Hungary’s first ever main tour professional.
Revesz becomes the fifth winner of the WSF Junior Championship, following Stan Moody’s victory last year in Sydney, Australia, and makes history for Hungarian snooker by becoming the first player from the country to earn a World Snooker Tour card.
He won the opening frame of the contest with a break of 60 before winning back-to-back frames, featuring a stunning 130 clearance, to move 3-1 ahead at the mid-session interval.
Gong battled back and drew level at 3-3 by taking a dramatic sixth frame on the black. The Hungarian held his nerve, however, to take the final two frames of the contest to win the WSF Junior title and earn a two-year World Snooker Tour card as a result.
Both players headed into the title match in fine form having dropped just four frames apiece in the knockout stages so far. The two had met in the group stages, however, in a match that saw Revesz win 3-1.
The Hungarian got off to a flying start with a break of 60 to take the opening frame and looked in command in frame two as he opened up a 44 point advantage. However, Gong was unphased and fired in a half-century of his own to level the game at 1-1.
A stunning break of 130, the highest of the tournament, followed from Revesz and he doubled his advantage by taking frame to lead 3-1 at the mid-session interval.
Gong took the first after the break to reduce the deficit before levelling the score in dramatic fashion in a seemingly pivotal sixth frame which came down to the colours.
Revesz was just a mid-range pink away from moving 4-2 ahead, but missed the pot and Gong calmly knocked in the two remaining balls to instead restore parity at 3-3.
The Hungarian refused the let the the disappointment of the previous frame effect him, however, as he took a hard-fought seventh frame to move one away from the title.
The drama reached its peak in frame eight as it once again went down to the colours, but this time Revesz made no mistake as potted the final few balls to secure victory before turning to the crowd with his arms aloft in delight.
Post-match Bulcsu reflected: “It’s just amazing, I didn’t expect anything before the tournament but I felt like I was getting better and better and before the final I just knew I was going to win.
“I missed the pink to go 4-2 up and so at 3-3 I was on the floor. I don’t know how, but I won the seventh frame and then I was back in the saddle again.
“I think I am going to have so many messages because every Hungarian player was supporting meet which is a brilliant feeling. I hope everyone is so happy and I hope this can inspire more players in Hungary. I have enjoyed playing since the age of eight and I still love it.
“To stay on tour after the first two years is my first goal. To be in the top 64 I will have to play even better than I have this week, but I know I can do it. I am looking forward to it.”
4 thoughts on “Bulcsú Révész becomes the first snooker professional from Hungary”
Ronnie sent a video to Bulcsú, congratulating him. That’s nice. The boy is happy. 😁
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Wonderful! 👍😊
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Congratulations to Bulcsú! Brilliant start, the 130 was superb, then it became a little see-saw, I suppose the stakes also dawned upon them. But the finish was great, especially when commentary said the yellow was on, but it was not a winning position, then Bulcsú made it one with that brilliant green. Now I might even resubscribe for the Eurosport stream, I would like to see how he does on the main tour.
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Yes, and I’m sure that if the tournament had been played in the UK, rather than Albania, that many more UK players would have done well, and perhaps won it. Home advantage counts for a lot.
There was an interesting Q-final match between Liam Davies, who has won a whole string of junior events in the UK and Europe, and Gong Chenzhi, who has dominated the CBSA junior tour. It’s Gong’s first trip outside Asia, and he won the match 4-1.
In the final, Bulcsu Revesz started brilliantly, but became ragged in the second half. However Gong was also poor, and the end of the match was disappointing. It’s likely that Gong will qualify anyway via the CBSA rankings, but both players will need to tighten up their game considerably. They have a lot of ability, but they make too many blunders to survive on the main tour.
The Youtube stream was followed by many thousands, and there was good commentary by Matt Glasby and Peter Devlin. With 14 different nationalities represented in the last-16, there was internatioal interest, and the Hungarian fans gave their boy a lot of support. It was strange that they played this match at exactly the same time as the final of the Women’s Albanian Open (where Ng On Yee beat Nutcharut Wongharuthai). They could reasonably have come to an arrangement to stream both matches.
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Ronnie sent a video to Bulcsú, congratulating him. That’s nice. The boy is happy. 😁
Wonderful! 👍😊
Congratulations to Bulcsú! Brilliant start, the 130 was superb, then it became a little see-saw, I suppose the stakes also dawned upon them. But the finish was great, especially when commentary said the yellow was on, but it was not a winning position, then Bulcsú made it one with that brilliant green. Now I might even resubscribe for the Eurosport stream, I would like to see how he does on the main tour.
Yes, and I’m sure that if the tournament had been played in the UK, rather than Albania, that many more UK players would have done well, and perhaps won it. Home advantage counts for a lot.
There was an interesting Q-final match between Liam Davies, who has won a whole string of junior events in the UK and Europe, and Gong Chenzhi, who has dominated the CBSA junior tour. It’s Gong’s first trip outside Asia, and he won the match 4-1.
In the final, Bulcsu Revesz started brilliantly, but became ragged in the second half. However Gong was also poor, and the end of the match was disappointing. It’s likely that Gong will qualify anyway via the CBSA rankings, but both players will need to tighten up their game considerably. They have a lot of ability, but they make too many blunders to survive on the main tour.
The Youtube stream was followed by many thousands, and there was good commentary by Matt Glasby and Peter Devlin. With 14 different nationalities represented in the last-16, there was internatioal interest, and the Hungarian fans gave their boy a lot of support. It was strange that they played this match at exactly the same time as the final of the Women’s Albanian Open (where Ng On Yee beat Nutcharut Wongharuthai). They could reasonably have come to an arrangement to stream both matches.