Ko Ping-chung (also Ko Pin-chung , born 18 September 1995) is a Taiwanese

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player. Ko is the younger brother of

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Career

In November 2010, Ko Ping-chung reached his first major final the All Japan Championship. However, he lost in the final against the German

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. In May 2011, he reached the knockout round of a men's world championship for the first time at the 2011 WPA World Ten-ball Championship and lost in the last 64 match against Darren Appleton 8–9. At the 2011 WPA World Nine-ball Championship he would lose in the preliminary round. In November 2013, he managed to win 8–5 in the final against Poland to become Junior World 9-ball Champion. At the 2014 WPA World Nine-ball Championship Ko Ping-chung lost in the preliminary round. One month later he finished second in the CSI U.S. Open 10-Ball Championship and won the CSI U.S Open 8-Ball Championship in the final against

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. In February 2015, Ko reached the semi-finals of the 2015 WPA World Ten-ball Championship, where he played his brother

, who would eventually win the event. At the

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he also reached the semifinals but was defeated by

1–11. In November 2015, he made the final at the ''Steinway Classic'', but he lost to his compatriot Chang Yu-lung. In the 2016 WPA World Nine-ball Championship he lost in the quarterfinals 10–11 against

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. In 2011, Ko teamed with his brother to form the Taiwanese side that lost to and at the

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in the semi-final. In July 2019, Ko won the 2019 WPA World Ten-ball Championship, defeating

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10–7 in the final. Later that year, he reached the semi-finals of the 2019 WPA World Nine-ball Championship, losing to eventual champion

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Titles

* 2019 Asian 9-Ball Championship * 2019

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* 2014 CSI U.S Open 8-Ball Championship * 2013 WPA World Nine-ball Junior championship

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Ko, Ping-chung Taiwanese pool players 1995 births Living people WPA World Ten-ball Champions Medalists at the 2017 Summer Universiade