A 16-year-old middle school student grabbed the championship title for Team China at the eighth World Sudoku Championship on Tuesday in Beijing.

It is a breakthrough for the Chinese team, and China is expected to one day become a major force in sudoku competition, said Chen Cen, chief organizer and referee of the championship.

"The Chinese national sudoku team started competing in the championship in 2007 and has made impressive progress," she said. "The young players are especially promising and we are very confident about the future of sudoku in China."