Norway's Lukas Hostmaelingen won
8-4 over
Caden Hebert (Eau Claire, USA) in the Final of the FISU World University Games, held January 15 - 23, 2025 in Turin, Italy. To advance to the championship game, Norway's Lukas Hostmaelingen won
7-4 over
Jan Iseli (Solothurn , SUI) in the semifinals of the 2025 FISU World University Games in Turin, Italy;
Norway's Lukas Hostmaelingen finished 8-1 in the 10-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Norway's Lukas Hostmaelingen defeated
Hebert 4-3, then won
12-2 against
Axel Landelius (Mjolby, SWE) and
8-5 against
Iseli. Norway's Lukas Hostmaelingen won
8-3 against
Great Britain's Arran Thomson, then won
8-6 against
Eduard Nikolov (Kyiv, UKR) and
8-3 against
Tianyu Meng (Harbin, CHN). Norway's Lukas Hostmaelingen won
10-4 against
Josh Bryden (Regina, CAN). Norway's Lukas Hostmaelingen went on to lose
6-4 against
JaeBeom Lee (Uiseong, KOR). Norway's Lukas Hostmaelingen responded with a
9-2 win over
Giacomo Colli (Trentino, ITA) in their final qualifying round match.
For winning the FISU World University Games Championship title, Norway's Lukas Hostmaelingen earned
11.250 world rankings points, moving up 5 spots the
World Ranking Standings into 46th place overall with
87.781 total points. Norway's Lukas Hostmaelingen ranks 50th overall on the
Year-to-Date rankings with
60.125 points earned so far this season.
