The Universal Chinese Taipei Open takes place from November 18-20 at the Hulk Pool Room in Taipei City, Taiwan, acting as the latest World Nineball Tour ranking event on the 2023 calendar.
Being the first in a series of ranking tournaments held by Taiwanese promoters Fullcan Sports, the 64-player event will feature some of Asia’s biggest talents.
US Open champion Ko Ping-Chung and World Pool Masters winner Ko Pin-Yi headline the field alongside the in-form Aloysius Yapp and World Cup of Pool champions Johann Chua and James Aranas.
European Open runner-up Anton Raga, Michael Feliciano, Kyle Amoroto and teenage sensation Bernie Regalario are also amongst a strong contingent of players who have travelled from the Philippines.
Other notable Taiwanese players who will compete include Chang Jung-Lin, Chang Yu-Lung, Liu Ri-Teng and two-time World Pool Championship runner-up Kuo Po-Cheng.
The first two days of the event will be double elimination until eight players remain, with the format being race-to-nine and race-to-eight on the one-loss side, before the quarter-finals and semi-finals are race-to-ten and the final is race-to-eleven.
Coverage will be broadcast live via the Matchroom Pool social media platforms, with selected matches throughout the duration as well as the semi-finals and final to be shown on their YouTube channel.
2023 CHINESE TAIPEI OPEN
Draw Bracket
Double Elimination
Click here for the full draw bracket via the Digital Pool website
Single Elimination
Quarter-Finals
🇹🇼 Ko Ping-Chung 10-5 Marvin Asis 🇵🇭
🇵🇭 Michael Feliciano 10-6 Ko Ping-Han 🇹🇼
🇸🇬 Aloysius Yapp 6-10 Jeffrey Ignacio 🇵🇭
🇵🇭 James Aranas 10-5 Lin Da Li 🇹🇼
Semi-Finals
🇹🇼 Ko Ping-Chung 10-4 Michael Feliciano 🇵🇭
🇵🇭 Jeffrey Ignacio 10-9 James Aranas 🇵🇭
Final
🇹🇼 Ko Ping-Chung 11-2 Jeffrey Ignacio 🇵🇭
Prize Fund
Champion – $5,000
Runner-up – $2,500
Semi-finalists – $1,000
Quarter-finalists – $500
9th-12th – $350
13th-16th – $200
17th-24th – $100
25th-32nd – $60
33rd-48th – $30
Total – $15,460
