Final score (best of 35 frames): Mark Selby (Eng) 15-18 Luca Brecel (Bel)
Belgium's Brecel becomes fourth non-British player to win world title at the Crucible Theatre
Selby won five successive frames from 16-10 behind before Brecel clinched first world title with century break
Brecel climbs to number two in world rankings and wins £500,000 first prize
Selby 10-16 Brecel
Luca gets in first again in frame 27 but hang on, he's missed a red. Rare sight.
He didn't leave anything easy for Mark Selby though. Tries a long red and misses but played it with an element of safety in mind.
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Image source, PA MediaKaren: Can’t see Selby coming back from this.
Chris: It’s gonna be an early night.
Andrew Crow: Could this be the earliest a Mark Selby match has ever finished?
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John Parrott
1991 world champion on BBC Two
The most natural and fluent performance you could ever wish to see.
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Steve Davis
Six-time world champion on BBC Two
Mark Selby is being contained by his opponent in a way they don't usually try to contain him - he's got to produce a Houdini act here.
Selby 10-16 Brecel
Too late for shot of the tournament but Mark Selby has just cut in the most ridiculous, acute black along the cushion after a long red.
Chance to get back in this frame? No. Misses the next red. Frame over. Brecel needs two more for the title.
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Dennis Taylor
1985 world champion on BBC Two
Image source, PA MediaA terrific start, almost clinching the frame with one visit.
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Frame ball potted but a cannon into the pack off the brown doesn't quite go as planned.
Brecel 67 ahead, 59 remaining. Mark Selby will play on with just two snookers needed.
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Fred Tarran: If Brecel wins. Then he is a deserving winner. Always on the front foot.
Chris: I think Luca wins 18-10 which means we miss out on the Beeb mid-session interval feature.
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Steve Sutcliffe
BBC Sport at Crucible Theatre, Sheffield
Every time Luca Brecel knocks in a pot like that brown, there are nods of appreciation around the press room.
The standard he has played at so far today is incredible.
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Dunno why I even asked the question. Of course he was playing the riskier shot because it yielded the most reward.
And yep, in goes the brown, around the table with the cue ball and perfect on the next red.
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Position has not been straightforward during this opening effort for Luca Brecel.
On 26 and he has a choice to make - no real position off a straight blue, so go for a tougher baulk colour?
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Image source, PA MediaFinal session. Five frames up. Bovvered? Nah.
Luca Brecel smashes in a gorgeous red. No real luck going into the reds off the green but there's a cut on - and of course the Belgian Bullet goes for it.
And of course he gets it. Playing like he has the whole final, in fact the entire tournament.
Selby has to sit and watch his opponent at the table once more.
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Steve Sutcliffe
BBC Sport at Crucible Theatre, Sheffield
Those in the media centre have fuelled up for the grand finale to this year's World Championship with a lamb tagine and a dark chocolate torte.
Perfect pre-final grub!
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A BBC Two graphic has just shown the respective high breaks of the two players in this final.
It tells the story of what's been a classic final - Mark Selby 147, Luca Brecel 141.
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The final session at the Crucible Theatre in 2023 is under way as Mark Selby breaks off.
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Shaun Murphy
2005 world champion on BBC Two
What an atmosphere inside the Crucible tonight.
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Steve Sutcliffe
BBC Sport at Crucible Theatre, Sheffield
I know this year's final hasn't finished yet but any fans looking to attend the 2024 World Championship from 20 April - 6 May need to get their skates on.
There are apparently just a handful of tickets remaining after a record breaking first two days of ticket sales.
This year’s priority window saw over 70% of all tickets sold and following this morning’s general release, the majority of the event is sold out.
Good luck if you've not got your hands on any yet.
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Mark Selby enters to the seminal tune of a band from his hometown of Leicester.
Kasabian's Underdog. At 15-10 down, it's more apt than ever.
Kill him if you dare - will he keep himself right on this train?
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Luca Brecel, five frames ahead, is first into the arena.
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Only three non-UK snooker players have ever lifted the World Championship in the game's modern era.
Can Luca Brecel follow Canada's Cliff Thorburn (1980), the Republic of Ireland's Ken Doherty (1997) and Australia's Neil Robertson (2010) into the record books?
We'll find out tonight.
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