A Moment In History | Luca Brecel Wins It With Another Century! | Eurosport Snooker

Luca Brecel is the new snooker world champion after he fended off a tense Mark Selby comeback in a rollercoaster night at the Crucible. Brecel led 15-10 after a stunning third session and won the opening frame of the evening, before Selby tok the next five frames. However, the Belgian Bullet dug deep and joins Cliff Thorburn, Ken Doherty and Neil Robertson as the only non-British champions.
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[@shonen84]

We may never win a World Cup in football, but we got one in Snooker!! Congratulations Luca! 🇧🇪🇧🇪🇧🇪❤

[@EloyGijon67]

You guys are much better in 3 cushion billiards 😉

[@celtlen]

Congratulations to Belgium! I hope Luca is a superstar there. He certainly played like a superstar!

[@TRY.BE.BETTER]

You never know but enjoy this for now 👍

[@fourtwoone9588]

Congratulations Luca from Ireland.

[@Dinobaburas.]

Beating engerlands Thug osulkivan was like Christmas came early 😊

[@AcoN0Five]

To think he'd win after being 6-10 with Ronnie and 5-14 with Jiahui. What a guy. Loved watching him play, with his speed and his bravery.

[@raymondpowell1397]

Ronnie o sullivan said last week that Luca brecel is the most natural talent EVER

[@mrD66M]

​@@raymondpowell1397 of course he'd say that.. but not long ago he said that snooker players of this generation were lacking mettle to become complete competitors. Yea Ronnie talks trash sometimes 😅😅😅😅

[@ikgodwin7492]

Maybe he should change his name to "HARRY POTTER"

[@SRC267]

@@mrD66M he was referring likely to English players of this generation.

[@mikemorris4548]

@@mrD66M, yes they were lacking, that's why, think about it, until players like Luca come along obviously.

[@jamessedgwick8236]

They both showed real class at the end real sportsmanship. Well done to both of them.

[@FourCues147]

An unbelievable achievement by Luca Brecel! For sure this will put Belgium on the snooker map forever 🇧🇪 Who ever would have thought this was the outcome when he had never won the first round match, up against Ronnie, 14-5 down against Si and had Mark Selby coming back with the 147!

[@svenblubber5448]

The forever seems to have been very short for Luca! Been absolutely useless since that win!

[@DiegoooTech]

Great Selby with 5 frames in a row but just 1 mistake and Brecel got the last 2 frames and won the championship. That sais a lot about Luca Brecel in this tournament. Well deserved.

[@howardlake6178]

He, was the best thing on TV, KZbin or anywhere, all week. He plays snooker like it’s pool. Absolutely brilliant to watch, and truly emotional that he won 😀

[@superted6743]

Beat mark Williams 3 time WC Beat mark Selby 4 times WC Beat ronnie 7 times WC Together those players have 14 World titles , Does the biggest ever comeback in the history of the WC , ld say well played luca and well deserved! 👏

[@aspiknf]

Yeah that was very well done by Luca! Beating all those great former champions :-)

[@mrD66M]

And I think Ricky Walden was a WC finalist previously too. Not bad for the CV of someone who never had won a match at the Crucible before this year. Superb stuff.

[@pech3617]

@@mrD66M not a finalist, but a semi finalist. lost 17-14 to barry hawkins in 2013 but led in the match at times.

[@yr2235]

Wow

[@simonmallett9310]

Congratulations Luca, you have played awesome snooker not just in the final but throughout the championship. Fully deserved. Great guy, great family and No 2 in the rankings. WOW. I think they'll be a "few" drinks tonight!!!. FANTASTIC!!!

[@alos8965]

Huge congrats to Luca! He had what was probably the toughest draw in this tournament. He almost lost to Ricky Walden in the first round. Then he had to play Mark Williams and Ronnie O'Sullivan in the next. He then mounted a phenomenal comeback in the semifinal and withstood the pressure of Selby throwing everything he had at him. This was hands down one of the greatest performances I've seen at the Crucible! Cheers to the new world champ! Well deserved!

[@gabrielcoy]

I knew Luca was very good, I never realised he was *this* good. Considering what he'd went through in the evening session with Selby winning 5 straight and missing so many long shots by such a distance, the way he constructed this break was absolutely superb. An absolute pleasure to watch, not just in the final but throughout the whole tournament, and I'm over the moon he won.

[@Cagefighter]

I'm from England been watching snooker since the davis era, I love seeing players win for the first time, and no one would have thought it would be luca brilliant stuff congrats!🎉

[@malcolmdale]

which Davis? I remember watching Joe on our black and white TV. Those days snooker was much harder. The cloth had a nap you had to allow for on everu shot and Joe still made 147 breaks.

[@boastyy]

What a performance, congratulations Luca on the win. Thanks Mark for putting up a good fight and making this an awesome final.

[@mrdrifter3925]

Fully deserved, well done Luca, well done!🔥

[@timheye7863]

Proud as a Belgian! Well done, Luca!

[@chaingangsoldier3100]

For me, he is the most deserving World Champion in a LONG time! Especially after that insurmountable comeback against Si Jiahui! Think we may well have a real contender now to FINALLY break the Crucible curse! Big congrats Luca, you so deserve it lad! 🏆💯🎉

[@FIshfood500]

What crucible curse?

[@simonmallett9310]

@@FIshfood500 A Crucible curse is when no first time winner has successfully defended their title. I know Ronnie has defended it

[@FIshfood500]

Ok cool

[@MrMoralTurpitude]

Wouldn't be surprised if he breaks the Crucible curse and becomes the first 1st time champ to successfully defended there first win O'Sullivan Higgins Selby Trump Even Allen have move the had there day

[@Bats-7]

Snooker needs this , well done Luca Brecel fully deserved 🇧🇪🎱👏👏👏

[@deckard3755]

Such an enjoyable final. Both played fantastic and congrats to Brecel!

[@Vince27.]

Great final, great game. Luca played some unbelievable snooker, well deserved win. Plus a 147 just to add to the drama.

[@jarnesanty2967]

Fantastic truly deserved it as a Belgian human myself this feels incredible 👏 🎉 Bravo 👏 hopefully more to come . I'm just mind blown after all these comebacks Stunningly 😍

[@russia6272]

МОЛОДЕЦ ЛУКА, Я ЗА ТЕБЯ БОЛЕЛА МНЕ 82 ГОДА, НО Я СМОТРЮ И ЛЮБЛЮ СНУКЕР МНОГО ЛЕТ, УДАЧИ, ЛЮБВИ И ЗДОРОВЬЯ. УКРАИНА, ХАРЬКОВ

[@pureeschaap]

@@russia6272 "WELL DONE LUCA, I'VE BEEN ROOTING FOR YOU FOR YEARS, I'VE BEEN WATCHING AND LOVING SNOOKER FOR MANY YEARS, GOOD LUCK, LOVE AND HEALTH. UKRAINE, KHARKOV"

[@Kingjangs]

Smashed it - deserved it - game changing snooker just like how Ronnie did it - beat a few champions and selby who is a master finalist - well done Luca - respect from Birmingham UK

[@janekptasznik44]

Czapki z głów. Bardzo dobry finał. Wielkie brawa dla Precela za zwycięstwo, a dla Memły za to, że wrócił do meczu ze stanu 10-16 na 15-16. To dało spore emocje. Ładny mecz.

[@georgegray6267]

I am over the moon with Luca's win ,he has set this year's championship on fire!!! Absolutely brilliant! 🎉🔥🌟💥👏🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇬🇧

[@voicudascau5519]

Did he actually realize he was in a world championship final? This guy played beyond relaxed. The opponents threw everything at him and he didn't even blink.

[@lc-ii9ii]

Amazing. Dude was born for this. He even looks like a snooker ball.

[@Diavolo_tw]

6-10 and win. 5-14 and win. 16-10 to 16-15 and win again. What. A. Legend. 🇧🇪

[@SnookerFan-kl1jj]

Congrats to Luca. Had to do it the hard way beating Williams, O'Sullivan, and Selby. Si deserves a mention on being an exciting new talent, so for those who say snooker will perish without O'Sullivan, dont have a clue what they are on about.

[@jeffreypowell7417]

Yes he overcame 3 former world champions and to mention Si , another snooker sensation well done Luca 👏 🎉

[@zippyoffrainbow8174]

I was lucky enough to watch the whole final at the crucible, the atmosphere is brilliant, it doesn’t matter who supports who, everyone there appreciates both players who are incredible, Well done to both of you..

[@weejim48]

Well played Luca. This is what I like about snooker, Mark congratulates Luca with a hand shake and a big hug. That’s sportsmanship 👍👍

[@francoisbruwier6224]

Bravo Luca. Ta victoire est aussi historique que fantastique 🇧🇪. François, Dalhem, Liège.

[@tesla-spectre]

Absolutely amazing performance throughout the tournament, esp his power to get back in seemingly lost matches. And here he kept Selby always on a bit of a distance. 🎉

[@dimkkaOfficial]

What a final, Congratulations Luca and Belgium from Georgia with Love

[@danielgoncalves6438]

What Luca did this year I don't think it will ever be replicated. He was definitely the best player and deserved it. Well done

[@voodoostarr9724]

Joe Johnson did the same in 86!

[@SnookerFan-kl1jj]

​@voodoostarr9724 Really, so Johnson beat three players who won 14 WC between them. I must have missed that.

[@thetruth-bf6je]

What a great guy is Mark Selby, can’t buy that .A gentleman and all around good person.🇨🇮

[@harimaj569]

Well done, Luca 100% deserved 🎉

[@henkmarks8856]

Beautiful. Simple as that. Congratulations, Mr Brecel

[@pauldurkee4764]

Many congratulations Luca, not only on the victory, but the style in which it was won.👍

[@Hells_Gift_MB]

Luca truly deserved the title, he played fearless snooker and it was so entertaining to watch! 2023 was a great tournament. Fair play to Selby too, such a grinder and he seems like a genuine bloke.

[@mustafakoyuncu3227]

Wat een klasbak!!! Limburg boven. What an amazing and gifted player, well done Luca

[@descendingforth]

THE MAN THE MYTH THE LEGEND. LUCA BRECEL🇧🇪

[@violetkirk4729]

Huge congratulations Luca on your amazing victory this evening. Thoroughly enjoyed watching you play over the two weeks of the Championship. Enjoy your victory.

[@harryviking6347]

Happy days! I have always enjoyed Brecels way of playing. This time he has really shown us what he is good for! Congratulation and thanks for a competition that will be hard to forget!!

[@matherdj95]

Another year another brilliant Worlds. Felt for Selby at the end there but Luca was pure class when it mattered most, not just in the final.

[@njits789]

Selby was great too. His late comeback with five frames in a row. Wow. It made for a thrilling final.

[@mbucd]

Thought he would do it after getting to 15 but he made some uncharacteristic mistakes in the next frame.

[@timallsopp8656]

Well done Luca! This has been one of the very best world snooker finals I’ve had the pleasure of watching

[@strictlysport3624]

Great stuff from Luca, outgunned selby in the end and only a true champ could win the world championship while playing with such flair and aggression 🥳🥳

[@yankorusev]

A lot of class from Selby 👏👏

[@njits789]

I would like to know how many of my fellow Belgians saw their first snooker match ever with this final.

[@sean_43]

Didn't you watch the semi final?

[@spwim]

I think many probably watched snooker after returning from the bar and it being the only sensible thing still left to watch on the tele 😂

[@njits789]

@@sean_43 I sure did. And the quarter. And the one before that. I've been watching this championship for 20 years now. This is so special for me.

[@sean_43]

It's great for the sport. He's a brilliant player. Plays the modern way and it's exciting to watch. Selby played well too but the right player won it.

[@Karincl7]

If you only watch the sport a Belgian is wc in you miss a lot :) so glad Luca finaly did it

[@kevinmcguinness1113]

Awesome from Luca, well deserved win, congratulations. Belgium must be so proud ❤. Luca and Si JiaHui are the two new emerging stars of the modern game from this competition. They've raised the bar, hopefully they'll be around to entertain us for a long time, like in the past two weeks. Snooker like it should be played. Loved their style of playing, breath of fresh air.

[@dappa51]

Luca said it at the end he could’ve been out in the first round but the snooker gods made it possible to take us into this new era of the game. Many years I’ve watched and this match was like no other completely on another level including selby well done

[@adammacfarlane9351]

Best player of the tournament fair play you deserve it luca

[@stevendegroof8447]

Proficiat Luca. Dik verdiend!

[@charles5553]

A well deserved champion

[@stephenhardy778]

Absolutely brilliant. He's a good man and an excellent player. Well played fella.

[@kevinbetsy-w9424]

Well done Luca! And this is good for snooker too, a new winner, new country, attacking style of snooker. Thoroughly enjoyed

[@Nico-THX]

Waow, Belgium and the whole world of Snooker are so proud for what he accomplished.. Congratulations Mr Champion of the World ❤

[@tommydevereux8708]

What a final the best I've ever seen.

[@luckyspurs]

That first red to get on the pink. Absolutely perfect weight and confidence.

[@kevinwalsh8483]

Beating 2 greats... what a legend well deserved!👏👏👏

[@trounidjahid4742]

He deserve the title After playing so so hard agains three biggest players of all the World spécialy the defending champion the rocket Ronnie congratulations Luca 👍✌️🏆

[@pyrrhicvictory6978]

The best run ever to winning a world championship bar none. Never won a match before at Crucible, produces two of the best comebacks ever vs Ronnie, Si. And then outlasts probably the strongest player ever mentally in a best of 35 unreal. I'm so happy for Luca.

[@willyc.8141]

As unexpected as fully deserved world title, you are a legend Luca❤

[@nanot.1984]

What an absolutely beautiful frame of snooker by Luca Brecel, a credit to the game of Snooker

[@luckyspurs]

Perfect frame really. Wins the safety battle, forces the mistake and then clears the reds for a century.

[@mamiiicab9184]

Bravo Brecel! Tres bien!! 😊👍👍👍

[@FatJoker0]

Bow down to the Belgian Bullet 🤘👏👏👏💟

[@eccehomer8182]

Congratulations Luca... beat the GOAT, beat the GOAT of grinding... fully deserved. The first non-Anglosphere Snooker World Champion... I thought it would be a Chinese player taking that honour.

[@ed.samitov]

Luca Brecel is now like Luke Skywalker. He's now one of the Jedi of snooker

[@waynemarshall272]

Now he has finally achieved he has to show it wasn’t a one off. From now on he has to achieve in every tournament.

[@murcielago-vikingo]

Luka Snooka well done CHAMP fully deserved and perfectly executed👌

[@luckyspurs]

3:35 That little flick off the brown turned out to be unbelievably important.

[@tonyburton5706]

He has played the tournament of his life brilliant.

[@jamiesimpson7875]

He's got the ability to play without fear. Amazing well done Luca 👏

[@keithmac3001]

Wow what a tournament. He dispatched 3 world champions to win it. Has that even been done? Is that 14/15 world titles between them? Wow!!!!

[@njits789]

That's actually a very interesting question. Another way to look at this sensational performance.

[@sean_43]

True and he beat Si as well who put out Murphy and also McGill who beat Trump. He's path has been really tough.

[@ronnielove5254]

Congratuations to Luca Brecel winning the Cazoo World Championship 18-16..well done to Mark Selby putting up a great fight back.

[@andreiionescu205]

18-15

[@MrWale58]

Eines der besten Finale . Gratulation an beide Spieler 👍👍

[@stressball1324]

Great win for Luca. 👍 One thing I’ve just realised, The snooker balls themselves are actually made in Belgium.

[@galaxia4709]

Thanks, I was wondering this, as billiard balls are Belgian too. They are made by Carto Mundo in Turnhout, who make official bridge cards as well

[@adrianbates5780]

Love a good story and Luca’s win is that. Fantastic

[@wanderer1955]

I'm an English man, and even I was supporting Brecel. Selby is great, but Brecel deserved his term as World Champion. I look forward to seeing him more in the future.

[@svenblubber5448]

Sadly, we're not seing very much from him anymore!

[@piermercury72]

Davvero complimenti Luca, 4 sessioni favolose e meritato titolo di campione del mondo.

[@chrissummerhill9445]

Glad to him finally play to his potential. Unbeatable

[@manephewlenny6401]

Respect for Selby, dunno if it's his 1985 Steve Davis warming to the world by appearing fully human moment, but he made for an excellent final.

[@chelseapensioner]

I'm so happy for him!

[@danielc7131]

The right man won, for the good of Snooker. This was a special performance from one of the most talented players ever to grace a table.

[@9Fahim]

lol i like how you put for the "good of snooker "

[@ScoopexUs]

The Bullet is the Shotmaker! Well deserved. Can't wait to see all his matches from the WSC uncut.

[@smdmicrosoldering]

Brilliant delighted for Luca the champ.

[@nathandavison286]

Yes im so happy for luca brilliant player well done needs to keep going though and win more trophies hes got it in him 👏

[@jeffreypowell7417]

Congratulations Luca 🎉outstanding performance what a player fully deserves this championship I think the way snooker has been play over the years has definitely change with the new player coming through the ranks fully committed to playing their shots and not to be drawn out over long safety play some of the shots he play simply memorising well done.

[@decauchy8173]

Congratsss

[@chickenlivers9351]

The best man wins and what a player!! Been loving watching him play

[@anserkhan9430]

The ref had alot of respect for him !!! Both gave it there best !!!

[@paulschlachter4144]

After he beat Ronnie O'Sullivan he truly deserved to win. This is a win nobody will ever take away from him.

[@makaveledon5922]

Top Quality player Beat the rest to be the Best👊🏿 Such a naturally gifted player💯

[@Poetanarquista]

Congratulations Brecel!

[@guitarreilly]

Nerves of steel from luca. Definitely thaought selby was going to scrap his way to victory but the right type of snooker won today

[@rodicacristea1876]

Well done, Luca ! Greetings from România!

[@iwannadrinkfromyourwideeye2635]

Amazing final and Brecel was right, if he didn't take that winning frame it looked like Selby the master at grinding games out would have won. Selby played brilliant so that tells you just how good Brecel played and what nerve he had to stay calm when it mattered most. Selby will be back, he can get to seven world titles, he's got the perfect game for the crucible a worthy finalist and so gracious in defeat.

[@Phil-tl8vp]

Brilliant 🎉 well done Luca!x

[@gwynjames]

What a fairytale just fantastic snooker from him some of the best snooker I’ve ever seen

[@Zanaze_banane]

Never a more deserving champion. Quality stuff all tournament.

[@luckysembry5508]

Geeat fur Luca and great for the wonderful country of Belgium!

[@njits789]

❤

[@hopebgood]

Well done Luca. A joy to watch. 😀

[@misterG2006]

I'm British so should have been rooting for Mark but wanted Luca to win, he played so well, he really deserved it! :)