Warren Kiamco

Warren Kiamco
birthday	May 2nd 1970
Nickname	The warrior
Greatest successes
8-ball World Cup	Quarter Finals ( 2008 )
9-ball World Cup	Round of 16 (1998, 2015 )
10-ball world championship	Quarterfinals ( 2009 , 2015 )
14/1 World Cup	Semi-finals ( 2015 )
Pool world rankings
Current WRL location	121 (as of July 2, 2020)

Warren Kiamco (born May 2, 1970 ) is a Filipino pool player .

Career

In September 1998, Kiamco finished fifth at the US Open . At the 9-ball world championship he was eliminated in the round of 16 in 1998. In June 2000, he finished fifth in the $ 50,000 International Invitational Billiards Challenge . At the 9-Ball World Cup in 2000 he came in 33rd place, in 2001 on 65th place. At the 2001 Tokyo 9-Ball Event, Kiamco finished third. In 2002 he finished 33rd at the 9-ball World Cup , won the silver medal in the 9-ball singles at the Asian Games in the final against Yang Ching-shun and was fifth on the IBC tour. At the 9-Ball World Championships in 2003 and 2004 , Kiamco was eliminated again in the round of 64. On the Asian 9-Ball Tour in 2003 and 2004 he came second three times and third once.

At the 9-Ball World Cup in 2005 , Kiamco was eliminated in the sixteenth finals. In 2006 he finished fifth in the UPA Pro Tour Championship and the Reno Open in June. At the International Pool Tour in 2006 he finished 121st and 63rd respectively. In March 2007, Kiamco won the US Bar Table Championship in 8-Ball and 9-Ball, as well as a tournament on the Blaze 9-Ball Tour. In May, he finished fifth in the Predator International Championship . At the 14/1 endless World Cup 2007 he was eliminated in the quarterfinals against Huidji See . In October 2007, Kiamco finished 13th at the US Open and ninth at the All Japan Open .

At the 8-Ball World Championship in 2008 , Kiamco reached the quarter-finals, but lost to his compatriot Dennis Orcollo . He finished ninth at the Qatar World Open in 2008, third at the US Open and second at the Quezon City Invasion. In 2009, Kiamco finished third in the Predator International Championship and second in the World Classic 10-Ball Event. At the 10-Ball World Cup in 2009 , he was eliminated in the quarter-finals against his compatriot Antonio Lining 8: 9. In October 2010 he reached the final in the 9-ball singles at the Asian Games and lost to Dennis Orcollo. At the Predator International Championship 2010, Kiamco was fifth, at the US Open he was fourth. In January 2011, Kiamco finished fifth in 9-ball at the Derby City Classic . He won the US Bar Table Championship in 2011 in 9-ball and came second in 8-ball. At the US Open 2011 he was seventh.

At the Derby City Classic 2012, Kiamco finished 14th in 9-ball. He won the Houston 9-Ball Open and the Johnny Archer Classic in 2012. He also won a tournament on the Predator Pro Am Tour and finished second once. In January 2013, Kiamco finished fourth in the bank pool at the Derby City Classic. In February he won a tournament on the Midwest Tour. At the US Open in 8-Ball he was fifth, at the World 14.1 Tournament he was eliminated in the round of 16 against Stephan Cohen . Kiamco won the Texas Open in September 2013 and the Bar Table Championship in November.

At the US Bar Box Championship 2014, Kiamco finished second in the final against Shane van Boening . At the 9-ball World Cup , he was eliminated in the round of 64 against Wang Can . In August 2014 Kiamco won the Steinway Classic, retired in the second round of the World 14.1 Tournament against Mike Dechaine and was third in the Smokin Aces Bar Box 9-Ball Open. At the US Open 2014 , Kiamco finished fifth. In January 2015 he won the 9-ball competition of the Derby City Classic in the final against Alex Pagulayan . In February 2015, he reached the quarter-finals of the 10-Ball World Cup , where he was eliminated from Ko Ping-chung from Taiwan . In July 2015 he won the gold medal in 9-ball doubles at the Southeast Asian Games together with Carlo Biado . At the World 14.1 Tournament 2015 he made it to the semifinals, in which he was defeated by defending champion Darren Appleton . In September 2015 Kiamco made it to the second round of the 9-ball World Cup for the second time after 1998 , in which he lost to eventual world champion Ko Pin-yi .

At the team world championship 2010 , Kiamco was runner-up with the Philippine team.

Web links

• Player profile on azbilliards.com
• Player profile on kozoom.com
• Player profile on the Euro-Tour website
• Player profile on the website of the European Pocket Billiard Federation