Moh Keen Hoo

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Moh Keen Hoo
birthday 29th November 1986 (age 33)
nationality MalaysiaMalaysia Malaysia
professional 2005/06
Prize money -
Highest break 81 ( UK Championship 2005 , Q)
Century Breaks -
Main tour successes
World championships -
Ranking tournament victories -
Minor tournament victories -
World rankings
Highest WRL place 92 (2006)
Best results
Amateur tournaments U21 Asian champions 2005
Malaysian champions 2010
More Achievements
Southeast Asian Games 3 × gold 4 × silver 4 × bronze

Moh Keen Hoo (born November 29, 1986 ) is a Malaysian snooker player . In the 2005/06 season he was a professional on the Snooker Main Tour .

Career

Moh Keen Hoo is the eldest son of Moh Loon Hong (1956-2017), who won two gold medals at the Southeast Asian Games in the English Billiards discipline and in 1987 was Malaysian snooker champion .

As a young player, Moh made a name for himself internationally at the U21 Asian Cup at the age of 17 . He beat Pankaj Advani and Aditya Mehta , among others, and reached the final, which he lost to Pramual Janthat from Thailand. After that, he also took part in the Asian Cup , the U21 World Cup and the 2004 Amateur World Cup . In all tournaments he survived the group stage, but then retired in the first main round. In the second attempt he reached the final again at the U21 Asian Cup in 2005 after defeating Tian Pengfei 5: 4 in the semi-finals. With a 6-3 win over Kobkit Palajin , he then won the title. The qualification for the Snooker Main Tour of the following season was also associated with the title .

In 2005/06 he was allowed to take part in professional tournaments, but his first appearance at the Grand Prix ended 5-0 against Ryan Day . Against Paul Davies at the UK Championship , he was at least able to hold the result, but after a 7: 7 intermediate result he lost 7: 9. In the other four tournaments of the season he only appeared twice and lost again significantly. This ended his trip on the professional tour.

Then he limited his snooker activity to Asia. In 2007 he made his last appearance at the U21 World Cup in India and reached the quarter-finals. At the 2008 Asian Cup he lost in the semi-finals against Jin Long , but then secured third place against Pankaj Advani. Against the same player he lost in the quarter-finals of the 2010 World Cup . At the latest in the quarter-finals, the following international tournaments were over, only at the Asian Championship in Six-Red-Snooker 2016 did he reach a final again. He met Advani again and again the Indian won 7: 5.

Despite being one of the best Malaysian players of his generation alongside Thor Chuan Leong , he only won the Malaysian national championship once in 2010. From 2003 he also represented Malaysia several times at the Southeast Asian Games . There he won gold in singles against Noppadol Sangnil in 2007 and gold in doubles in 2015 and 2019 together with Thor Chuan Leong and Kok Leong Lim respectively . There are also four silver and four bronze medals.

successes

Amateur tournaments:

Southeast Asian Games :

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  1. ↑ Athlete Profile: Moh Keen Hoo. Kuala Lumpur 2017 - 29th SEA Games, 2017, accessed February 5, 2018 .
  2. ^ Profiles - Moh Loon Hong. Malaysian Snooker & Billiards Federation, archived from the original on February 18, 2001 ; accessed on February 4, 2020 (English).
  3. ↑ Press Releases 2001 - Fragile frame, but Moh's a giant with the cue. Malaysian Snooker & Billiards Federation January 8, 2001, archived from the original on February 18, 2001 ; accessed on February 4, 2020 (English).
  4. ↑ Haresh Deol: Legendary billiards star Moh Loon Hong dies. January 26, 2017, accessed February 4, 2020 .
  5. ↑ Double Joy for Moh Keen Hoo winning 24th National Snooker Championship 2010. Malaysian Snooker & Billiards Federation, May 3, 2010, accessed on February 5, 2018 .

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personal data
SURNAME Moh Keen Hoo
BRIEF DESCRIPTION malaysian snooker player
DATE OF BIRTH November 29, 1986