Announcing the 2025 World Barista Championship Semi-Finalists & WBC Team Winners

Announcements
Written By Specialty Coffee Association

After two days and over 50 remarkable performances, we have our 16 Semi-finalists and the winning WBC Team!

Congratulations to WBC Winning Team, Knockbox:

Jakub Smolka, Czech Republic
Suhas Dwarakanath, India
Jack Simpson, Australia
Jenny Borrego, Mexico (Wildcard)

Our 16 Semi-finalists are:

Jenny Borrego, Mexico
Future Kittipop, Thailand
Patrik Rolf, Sweden
Aga Muhammad, Indonesia
Kay Cheon, United States
Hiroki Ito, Japan
Ian Kissick, Ireland
Will Woodhouse-Banks, United Kingdom
Jason Loo, Malaysia
Simon SunLei, China
Christopher Sahyoun Hoff, Denmark
Jack Simpson, Australia
Ben Put, Canada
Suhas Dwarakanath, India
Michael Harris, Philippines
Dominika Piotrowska, Austria

(competitors listed in no specific order)

Join us onsite or tune in to the official livestream and catch all the action from the 25th edition of the World Barista Championship (WBC), taking place at HostMilano now until October 21, 2025. Tomorrow will see the above competitors take to the stage in the Semi-Finals Round with Finalists announced at the end of the day.

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