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Ko Pin-yi (born 31 May 1989) is a Taiwanese professional pool player. He became multiple World Champion in the disciplines of Nine-ball and Ten-ball in 2015. [2] [3]
Ko Ping-chung (also Ko Pin-chung, born 18 September 1995) [2] is a Taiwanese professional pool player. Ko is the younger brother of Ko Pin-yi . [ 3 ] In 2023, Ko defeated Fedor Gorst 13–6 to win the U.S. Open Nine-ball Championship .
The most successful players, with a tie at four wins each, are Ko Pin-yi (July and November 2011, November 2013, and November 2016), [1] and Efren Reyes (November 1990, November 1999, November 2003, and March 2005) [2] Akimi Kajitani has won the women's tournament the most times, twice (2000 and 2013).
Taiwan's Ko Pin-yi won the World Cup by beating Filipino Carlo Biado 11–9 in the final. [1] In the semi-final, Ko defeated his younger brother Ko Ping-chung , whereas Biado won against Spaniard David Alcaide .
A later event was reimagined by boxer Manny Pacquiao in 2015, with the event being won by Taipei's Ko Pin-yi. On July 30, 2018, the WPA announced the return of the World Ten-ball Championship. [7] The event was set to take place in the Philippines, [7] but was later postponed. Taipei's Ko Ping-chung won the 2019 event, which took place in Las ...
After Ko Pin-yi failed to pot the 8-ball, Chang cleared the table and break and ran the next rack to trail 8–9, before Ko Pin-yi won the next rack to win the match. [28] Joshua Filler defeated Jayson Shaw and Niels Feijen, both of whom had been undefeated in the tournament to that point, to face Ko Pin-yi in the semi-final. [28]
Meanwhile, the Taiwanese brother duo of Ko Pin-yi and Ko Ping-chun and Team Philippines A of Dennis Orcollo and Ronnie Alcano arranged their own quarterfinals matchup, as they beat Italy and Canada in tight matches by the score of 8-7 and 8–6, respectively. [6]
Biado would eventually lose the final to Taiwan's Ko Pin-yi 9–11. [5] In 2017, Biado defeated Jayson Shaw of the UK, 11–7, to win the men's 9-ball event of the 2017 World Games. [6] Also in 2017, Biado defeated countryman Roland Garcia, 13–5, to win the 2017 WPA World Nine-ball Championship. [7]