Ko Ping-chung

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Ko Ping-chung
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nation TaiwanRepublic of China (Taiwan) Taiwan
birthday September 18, 1995
Medal table
9-ball World Cup 0 × gold 0 × silver 1 × bronze
10-ball world championship 1 × gold 0 × silver 1 × bronze
Pool world rankings
Current WRL location 1 (as of July 2, 2020)

Ko Ping-chung (also Ko Pin-chung ; born September 18, 1995 ) is a Taiwanese pool player . He became world champion in the 10-ball discipline in 2019 .

Career

Ko Ping-chung started playing billiards at the age of 10 . In November 2010 he first attracted international attention when he reached the final of the All Japan Open . However, he lost this against the German Thorsten Hohmann . In May 2011 he reached the finals of a men's world championship for the first time at the 10-ball world championship and only narrowly lost 8: 9 to Darren Appleton in the round of 64 . At the 9-Ball World Cup in 2011 , he was eliminated in the preliminary round. In July 2013, Ko came 25th at the US Open in 8-Ball and at the US Open in 10-Ball. In November he succeeded in becoming Junior World Champion by beating Poland's Sebastian Batkowski 8-5 in the final .

At the 9-ball World Cup 2014 Ko Ping-chung was eliminated in the preliminary round. A month later he finished second in the CSI Invitational 10-Ball Championship and won the CSI Invitational 8-Ball Championship in the final against Shane van Boening . At the Manny Pacquiao Cup, he and his older brother Ko Pin-yi took third place in the 10-ball doubles . In February 2015, Ko reached the semi-finals of the 10-Ball World Cup and was eliminated from his brother, who then became world champion. At the 9-Ball World Cup in 2015 , he also reached the semi-finals and lost to Shane van Boening with 1:11. In November 2015 he reached the finals at the Steinway Classic, which he lost to his compatriot Chang Yu-Lung . At the 9-Ball World Championship in 2016 he was eliminated in the quarterfinals at 10:11 against Canadian Alex Pagulayan .

In July 2019, Ko Ping-chung became world champion in 10-ball in Las Vegas , replacing his brother Ko Pin-yi. In the final he prevailed 10: 7 against the German Joshua Filler .

In 2011, Ko Ping-chung and Ko Pin-yi formed the Taiwanese team, which was eliminated in the semifinals of the World Cup of Pool against the Thais Nitiwat Kanjanasri and Kobkit Palajin .

successes

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b Ted Lerner: A four way Showdown for Pool History. (No longer available online.) In: wpa-pool.com. World Pool-Billiard Association , September 17, 2015, archived from the original on September 21, 2015 ; Retrieved September 18, 2015 .
  2. ↑ Ted Lerner: Pinoys Poised To Make Massive Haul. (No longer available online.) In: wpa-pool.com. World Pool-Billiard Association, February 16, 2015, archived from the original on February 16, 2015 ; accessed on February 16, 2015 .
  3. ↑ Ted Lerner: It's down to a fantastic four in Doha. (No longer available online.) In: wpa-pool.com. World Pool-Billiard Association, August 3, 2016, archived from the original on August 3, 2016 ; accessed on August 4, 2016 .
  4. ↑ 2019 Predator World 10-Ball Championship - Stage 2. In: ctsondemand.com. Retrieved July 27, 2019 .
Note: This article places the family name before the person's first name. This is the usual order in Chinese. Ko is the family name here, Ping-chung is the first name.
personal data
SURNAME Ko Ping-chung
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Ko pin-chung
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Taiwanese pool player
DATE OF BIRTH September 18, 1995