Champion
TommG (HUN)
Tamás Gombköto |
After storming through Group C with only one loss in his 12 games and knocking out the defending champion in the semi-finals, no. 4 seed Tamás Gombköto (HUN), 15, became the 2004 World Junior Champion when he beat no. 7 seed (and fellow qualifier from Group C) Niklas Andersson (SWE), 13, in the Final. After just a year online, during which the standard of play among the U16s generally has greatly improved, Tamás still managed to totally dominate the competition. His record in WJTC games was W 23 D 2 L 6 and half of his losses came in the only match in which his form stuttered a little, his QF against 2002 runner-up Brett Laishley (AUS) which went to a tiebreak.
Apart from being glad that this is Tamás' last year as an U16, last year's winner Simon Wright (GBR), 14, whose title defence has been very eventful (he needed a big win in his last group match to scrape through and avoided being taken to a tiebreak in his QF by just one tile) had to play for 3rd place against no. 8 seed Markus Andersson (SWE), 8, who lost to brother Niklas in the SFs for the second tournament in a row. Coincidentally they also met during the group phase just like the finalists and it was a surprise loss to Markus in the very first match in Group B that led to it being touch and go whether Simon would join Markus in the KO phase in the first place and led to him ending up in the nightmare half of the KO draw! 'Revenge' was sweet for Simon, who won all 6 games.
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