Mykhailo Larkov
| Born | 5 January 2009[1] |
|---|---|
| Sport country | Ukraine |
Mykhailo Larkov (born 5 January 2009) is a Ukrainian snooker and billiards player. In January 2026 he won the WSF World Junior Championship, and with it earned a two-year card on the World Snooker Tour starting with the 2026–27 snooker season.
Biography
From Khmelnytskyi, Ukraine, in 2021, at the age of 12 years-old, Larkov became the youngest winner, competing in billiards, of the Ukrainian Pyramid Championship.[2] In 2022 competing in snooker, Larkov won the bronze medal at the World U16 Snooker Championship.[3] Larkov moved to Germany with his family after the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, and went to school in Dortmund. He continued to play snooker and won the 2023-24 German Snooker Tour, as a 15 year-old.[4]
Larkov was a semi-finalist at the 2024 DMT Best of Europe Snooker Championship, losing to Belgian professional Ben Mertens.[5] That year, Larkov defeated Kyrylo Baidala in the final of the 2024 Ukrainian National Snooker Championship in Lviv.[6] As a 16 year-old, Larkov hit the top break in the tournament (140) and reached the semi-finals at the first WPBSA Q Tour Europe event of the 2025-26 season, losing to eventual winner Hammad Miah in Stockholm, Sweden.[7]
In January 2026, he won the WSF Junior Snooker Championship, in Bulgaria, winning 4-0 against Thailand’s Prin Ratmukda in the semi-final before beating Wang Xinbo of China 5-2 in the final, the win earned him a two-year World Snooker Tour (WST) tour card, starting from the 2026-27 snooker season.[8][9] The following week, he advanced to the knockout stages of the WSF Championship in Sofia.[10]
Career finals
Amateur finals: 17 (10 titles)
| Outcome | No. | Year | Championship | Opponent in the final | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Runner-up | 1. | 2022 | German Snooker Tour - Event 20 (2022–2023) | Enes Bakirci | 0–2 |
| Winner | 1. | 2022 | German Snooker Tour - Event 24 (2022–2023) | Christian Richter | 3–2 |
| Winner | 2. | 2022 | German Snooker Tour - Event 54 (2022–2023) | Christian Richter | 2–0 |
| Winner | 3. | 2023 | German Snooker Tour - Event 85 (2022–2023) | Heorhii Petrunko | 2–1 |
| Winner | 4. | 2023 | German Snooker Tour - Event 34 (2023–2024) | Matvei Lagodzinschii | 1–0 |
| Winner | 5. | 2023 | German Snooker Tour - Event 37 (2023–2024) | Matvei Lagodzinschii | 2–0 |
| Runner-up | 2. | 2023 | German Snooker Tour - Event 39 (2023–2024) | Richard Wienold | 1–2 |
| Runner-up | 3. | 2023 | German Snooker Tour - Event 65 (2023–2024) | Omar Alkojah | 1–2 |
| Runner-up | 4. | 2023 | German Snooker Tour - Event 72 (2023–2024) | Heorhii Petrunko | 1–3 |
| Runner-up | 5. | 2024 | German Grand Prix - Event 3 (2023–2024) | Alexander Widau | 0–3 |
| Runner-up | 6. | 2024 | German Grand Prix - Event 4 (2023–2024) | Alexander Widau | 0–3 |
| Runner-up | 7. | 2024 | German Snooker Tour - Event 122 (2023–2024) | Lukas Kleckers | 0–2 |
| Winner | 6. | 2024 | German Snooker Tour - Final (2023–2024) | Lukas Kleckers | 1–0 |
| Winner | 7. | 2024 | German Snooker Tour - Event 40 (2024–2025) | Ismail Türker | 2–0 |
| Winner | 8. | 2024 | Ukrainian Amateur Championship | Kyryl Baidala | 5–1 |
| Winner | 9. | 2025 | German Grand Prix - Event 5 (2024–2025) | Fabian Haken | 3–0 |
| Winner | 10. | 2026 | WSF Junior Championship | Wang Xinbo | 5–2 |
References
- ^ "Mykhailo Larkov". Tournamentservice.net. Retrieved 23 January 2026.
- ^ "Ukrainian Championship 2021 "Dynamic Pyramid" - a real breakthrough!". Billiard.net.au. April 23, 2021. Retrieved 22 Jan 2026.
- ^ "Mikhail Larkov - bronze medalist". Billiard.net. 17 August 2022. Retrieved 22 Jan 2026.
- ^ "Fifteen-year-old Ukrainian Mykhailo Larkov won the final tournament of the 2023-24 German Snooker Tour season on Sunday after two long days of competition". tsgheilbronn-billard.de. Retrieved 22 Jan 2026.
- ^ Day, Michael (31 Dec 2024). "Home hero Ben Mertens wins DMT Best of Europe Snooker Championship pro-am title". Totally Snookered. Retrieved 22 Jan 2026.
- ^ "TEENAGE SENSATION LARKOV WINS UKRAINIAN NATIONAL TITLE". wpbsa. 14 November 2024. Retrieved 23 Jan 2026.
- ^ "HAMMAD MIAH WINS Q TOUR EUROPE TITLE IN STOCKHOLM". wst.tv. 1 Sep 2025. Retrieved 22 Jan 2026.
- ^ "JUNIOR SEMIS SET IN SOFIA". worldsnookerfederation.org. 22 January 2026. Retrieved 22 January 2026.
- ^ "LARKOV LIFTS WSF JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIP TITLE". wpbsa.com. 23 January 2026. Retrieved 23 Jan 2026.
- ^ "KNOCKOUT STAGES SET IN SOFIA". wpbsa. 28 January 2026. Retrieved 28 January 2026.