Yang Ching-shun

Yang Ching-shun
birthday	April 3, 1978
Nickname	The Son of Pool
Greatest successes
9-ball World Cup	Semi-finals ( 2002 )
10-ball world championship	Quarter Finals ( 2015 )
Pool world rankings
Current WRL location	50 (as of July 2, 2020)

Yang Ching-shun ( Chinese  楊清順 , Pinyin Yáng Qīngshùn ; born April 3, 1978 ) is a Taiwanese pool player . He won the gold medal in 9-ball at the 2001 World Games .

Career

Yang Ching-shun started playing billiards at the age of 14 and was trained by two-time 9-ball world champion Chao Fong-Pang , among others . In November 1998, Yang finished fifth at the 9-Ball World Cup . A month later he won gold in the 9-ball against Kunihiko Takahashi in the Asian Games final . At the 9-Ball World Championships in 2000 and 2001 , Yang was eliminated in the round of 16. In August 2001, Yang managed to win the gold medal in 9-ball at the World Games by beating the German Ralf Souquet in the final . In November, he finished fifth in the Tokyo 9-Ball event. In July 2002 Yang reached the semi-finals of the 9-Ball World Cup , but lost to Francisco Bustamante from the Philippines . In October he won gold again in 9-ball at the Asian Games in the final against Warren Kiamco , was eliminated from Rico Diks in the last sixteen at the World Pool Masters , and was fifth in the World Pool League .

In March 2003, Yang won the first tournament of the Asian 9-Ball Tour in the final against Warren Kiamco , the record winner of which he is today. At the 9-ball World Cup in 2003 , he was fifth. At the 9-Ball World Championships in 2004 and 2005 , Yang came in 33rd place, and he also won an Asian Tour tournament in each of the two years. At the 9-Ball World Cup 2006 Yang was eliminated in the round of 32 against Ralf Souquet. In December he won bronze in 9-ball at the Asian Games . In April 2007 Yang won the Richest Game of Asia, in November he was eliminated in the round of 64 of the 9-Ball World Cup and finished ninth at the All Japan Open . He also won three Asian Tour tournaments in 2007. In 2008 Yang reached the round of 16 of the 10-Ball World Cup and won the season finale of the Asian Tour and the Quezon City Invasion.

At the World Games 2009 , Yang reached the final in 9-ball, as he did in 2001, and met Ralf Souquet there again. This time he was defeated by the German 4:11. At the 10-ball World Cup that same year, Yang was eliminated in the round of 64. At the 9-Ball World Cup in 2010 he reached the round of 16, but was eliminated from Kuo Po-Cheng . In April 2011, Yang finished ninth at the Beijing Open. In 2012 Yang was eliminated in the sixteenth finals of the 9-Ball World Cup against Antonio Gabica and finished fifth at the China Open and second in the final against Chang Jung-Lin at the All Japan Open. At the All Japan Open 2013, however, Yang was eliminated in the round of 64 against John Morra . In February 2015 he reached the quarter-finals of the 10-Ball World Cup , but lost to the eventual world champion Ko Pin-yi .

Yang has taken part in the World Cup of Pool three times so far . He reached the quarter-finals together with Wang Hung-Hsiang in 2006 , in which they were defeated by the Germans Thomas Engert and Oliver Ortmann . In 2007 with Wu Chia-Ching and in 2009 with Lai Chia-hsiung he was eliminated in the round of 16.

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

Note: This article places the family name before the person's first name. This is the usual order in Chinese. Yang is the family name here, Ching-shun is the first name.