2025 PBA Shark Championship Finals

S. Samek

The Shark Championship is in the books at the 2025 PBA World Series of Bowling. How did the finals round go? Who won the title? Let’s dive into a recap.

The day started with the round of 16. Tim Foy Jr, Jason Belmonte, Landin Jordan, EJ Tackett, Packy Hanrahan, Justin Knowles, Jesper Svensson and Tom Smallwood all won their matches to advance to the round of eight.

Tackett then defeated Jordan to earn the top seed for the stepladder finals. Hanrahan would secure the number two seed with a win over Knowles. Foy Jr earned the three seed while Smallwood took the fourth seed. The fifth and final spot went to high qualifier to lose in the round of eight Svensson, who was seeded as number four heading into the elimination bracket. He fell to Smallwood in the round of eight.

However, the two would matchup again in the first match of the stepladder finals. Once again Smallwood would win 247-192.

Match two was a bit closer, but Smallwood emerged victorious 189-182 to move on to the semifinal match. There he also went on to defeat Hanrahan 222-212 to advance to the finals against Tackett.

Tackett then proceeded to crush Smallwood with a 265-206 victory to take home the title.

The title marks Tackett’s 26th of his career, which ties him with Don Johnson for 10th overall in titles won. He also now successfully defended his Shark championship title from last year.

The World Series of Bowling now moves on to its final event. The PBA World Championship. Who will take home this major title as best in the world? Stay tuned and find out.