Ko Pin-yi (born 31 May 1989) is a

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professional

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player. He became multiple World Champion in the disciplines of

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and

10-ball Ten-ball is a rotation pool game similar to nine-ball, but using ten balls instead of nine, and with the 10 ball instead of the 9 as the "" Although the game has existed for since the early 1960s, its popularity has risen since the early 2000s a ...

in 2015.

Career

Ko defeated

Carlo Biado Carlo Biado (born October 31, 1983) is a Filipino professional pool player. Early life Biado has roots in Rosario, La Union and/or Nueva Ecija. He started playing pool when he was age 13 and worked as a caddie at the Villamor Air Base golf cour ...

in the final of the

2015 WPA World Ten-ball Championship The WPA 10-Ball World Championship 2015 was the fourth edition of the WPA World 10-ball Championship, the world championship for the discipline of 10-ball pool. It took place from February 17 to 21, 2015 at the SM City Activity Center in General ...

. He then defeated

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in the final of the

2015 WPA World Nine-ball Championship The 2015 WPA World Nine-ball Championship was the 24th edition of the 9-Ball pool World Championships. It took place from September 7 to 18, 2015 in the al-Attiya Sports Arena of the Al-Arabi Sports Club in Doha. The Qatari capital was the si ...

. At the junior level, Ko twice won the World Nine-ball Junior Championship in 2007 and 2008.

Personal

Ko is the oldest of three brothers. His younger brothers,

Ko Ping-chung Ko Ping-chung (also Ko Pin-chung , born 18 September 1995) is a Taiwanese 9-ball pool player. Ko is the younger brother of Ko Pin-yi. Career In November 2010, Ko Ping-chung reached his first major final the All Japan Championship. However, he l ...

and Ko Ping Han, are also professional pool players.

Career titles and achievements

* 2023

World Pool Masters The World Pool Masters is an annual international nine-ball tournament. Formerly, it was called the European Pool Masters (until 1995) until players from other parts of the globe were invited. History Throughout much of its history, the tournament ...

* 2022 APF Asian 9-Ball Open * 2022 Predator Bucharest Open * 2018 China Open 9-Ball Championship * 2017 CBSA Pengzhou 9-Ball Open * 2016 All Japan Championship 10-Ball * 2015 Billiards Digest Player of the Year * 2015

WPA World Ten-ball Championship The WPA World Ten-ball Championship is a professional ten-ball pool tournament sanctioned by the World Pool-Billiard Association (WPA). The event was first held in 2008 in the Philippines, followed by playings there in 2009 and 2011. After not bei ...

* 2015

World Cup of Pool The World Cup of Pool is an annual international single-elimination tournament for doubles teams in nine-ball pool competition. The event has been dominated by the Philippines and China, with both nations winning the event on three occasions. His ...

- with ( Chang Yu-lung) * 2015

WPA World Nine-ball Championship The WPA World Nine-ball Championship is an annual professional nine-ball pool tournament contested since 1990. The championship is sanctioned by the World Pool-Billiard Association (WPA) and principally sponsored and organised by Matchroom Sport, ...

* 2014 CSI U.S. Open Ten-ball Championship * 2013 Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games 9-ball Singles * 2013 All Japan Championship 10-Ball * 2012 Golden Break 9-ball Open * 2012 World Team Championship * 2011 All Japan Championship 10-Ball * 2011

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Series of Pool 10-Ball * 2010 Asia vs Europe Challenge Match * 2009 Hokuriku 9-Ball Open * 2008 Hokuriku 9-Ball Open * 2008 Bangkok Brunswick Open * 2008 WPA World Nine-ball Junior championship * 2007 WPA World Nine-ball Junior championship

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Ko, Pin-yi WPA World Ten-ball Champions WPA World Nine-ball Champions Taiwanese pool players 1989 births Living people Asian Games medalists in cue sports Asian Games bronze medalists for Chinese Taipei Medalists at the 2010 Asian Games Cue sports players at the 2010 Asian Games Medalists at the 2017 Summer Universiade