The World Nineball Tour season gets underway on Taiwanese shores as the fourth staging of the Chinese Taipei Open takes place from January 8-11.
Jefrey Roda will be defending his title in Taiwan after beating former world champion Ko Pin-Yi in last December’s final, while former winners Ko Ping-Chung and Carlo Biado have also entered.
World number three and US Open champion Aloysius Yapp headlines the 128-player field for the $102,800 tournament, which also involves Mosconi Cup stars Francisco Sanchez Ruiz and David Alcaide as well as the likes of Naoyuki Oi and Robbie Capito.
A strong Filipino contingent of entrants include defending champion Roda, Biado and Johann Chua, as well as Reyes Cup MVP AJ Manas, Bernie Regalario, Jeffrey Ignacio, Michael Baoanan, Alexis Ferrer and Baseth Mocaibat.
Other notable entrants include Vietnamese number one Duong Quoc Hoang, Jonas Souto Comino, Wiktor Zielinski and Philippines Open runner-up Arseni Sevastyanov, as well as Thorsten Hohmann, Mohammad Soufi and Indonesia’s Albert Januarta and Edward Koyongian.
In addition, former women’s world number one Chou Chieh-Yu will be involved, while Women’s Saigon Open winner Wei Tzu-Chien and Silviana Lu are also amongst the female players to have entered.
The most prominent hopes of home success are in the hands of the Ko brothers, although other Taiwanese entrants include Peri Open semi-finalist Wu Kun-Lin, Florida Open semi-finalist Chang Yu-Lung, Kuo Po-Cheng, Fu Che-Wei and Liu Ri-Teng.
It will be double elimination, race-to-nine racks and race-to-eight racks on the one-loss side, until 64 players remain, before increasing to race-to-ten racks from the last 64 onwards. The quarter-finals and semi-finals are race-to-11 and the final is race-to-13.
Coverage will be broadcast live via WNT TV for subscribers, with selected matches throughout the duration as well as the semi-finals and final to be shown. It will also be available on DAZN in Taiwan. Further coverage will be available via the Fullcan Sports YouTube channel.
Chinese Taipei Open 2026
Draw Bracket
Click here for the full draw bracket via the Digital Pool website
Last 64
🇵🇭 Carlo Biado 10-5 Harin Lee 🇰🇷
🇹🇼 Hsu Jui-An 10-7 Fu Huan 🇭🇰
🇨🇭 Julian Serradilla 10-8 Chen Ying-Chieh 🇹🇼
🇹🇼 Wu Kun-Lin 10-7 Liu Ri-Teng 🇹🇼
🇵🇱 Wiktor Zielinski 10-9 Edwin Gamas 🇵🇭
🇸🇾 Mohammad Soufi 6-10 Kuoki Sugiyama 🇯🇵
🇵🇭 Jundel Mazon 8-10 Aivhan Maluto 🇵🇭
🇵🇭 Marvin Asis 6-10 Chen Chen-Wei 🇹🇼
🇻🇳 Dang Thanh Kien 10-9 Nguyen Dang Tuyen 🇻🇳
🇻🇳 Luong Duc Thien 5-10 Jaycee Garcia 🇵🇭
🇻🇳 Duong Quoc Hoang 9-10 Ko Ping-Chung 🇹🇼
🇵🇭 James Aranas 10-7 Nien Rong-Chih 🇹🇼
🇹🇼 Ko Pin-Yi 10-4 Trinh Van Binh 🇻🇳
🇹🇼 Kuo Po-Cheng 10-5 Kenichi Uchigaki 🇯🇵
🇵🇭 Baseth Mocaibat 5-10 Lin Ta-Li 🇹🇼
🇵🇭 Patric Gonzales 5-10 John Vicedo 🇵🇭
🇵🇭 Johann Chua 10-3 Nguyen Ba Minh 🇻🇳
🇵🇭 Alexis Ferrer 10-9 Hsieh Chia-Chen 🇹🇼
🇯🇵 Naoyuki Oi 10-5 Sun Yi-Hsuan 🇹🇼
🇹🇼 Lo Li-Wen 7-10 Raymund Faraon 🇵🇭
🇵🇭 Ronel Nalaunan 10-7 Cheng Shun-Yang 🇹🇼
🇵🇭 AJ Manas 10-4 Jeffrey Prieto 🇵🇭
🇭🇰 Robbie Capito 8-10 Ryan Higaldo 🇵🇭
🇵🇭 Harry Vergara 2-10 Chang Yu-Lung 🇹🇼
🇪🇸 Francisco Sanchez Ruiz 10-0 Toh Lian Han 🇸🇬
🇹🇼 Ko Ping-Han 10-6 Hsieh Shang-Yu 🇹🇼
🇪🇸 David Alcaide 10-6 Nguyen Van Huynh 🇻🇳
🇭🇰 Lo Ho-Sum 10-3 Jeffrey Ignacio 🇵🇭
🇮🇩 Andri Januarta 8-10 Michael Baoanan 🇵🇭
🇹🇼 Fu Che-Wei 10-3 Lee Han Qiang 🇸🇬
🇮🇩 Albert Januarta 10-4 Lai Chia-Hsiung 🇹🇼
🇸🇬 Aloysius Yapp 10-5 Liu Cheng-Hsiung 🇹🇼
Last 32
🇵🇭 Carlo Biado 10-5 Hsu Jui-An 🇹🇼
🇹🇼 Wu Kun-Lin 10-2 Julian Serradilla 🇨🇭
🇵🇱 Wiktor Zielinski 10-7 Kuoki Sugiyama 🇯🇵
🇵🇭 Aivhan Maluto 10-7 Chen Chen-Wei 🇹🇼
🇻🇳 Dang Thanh Kien 10-8 Jaycee Garcia 🇵🇭
🇹🇼 Ko Ping-Chung 10-8 James Aranas 🇵🇭
🇹🇼 Ko Pin-Yi 10-1 Kuo Po-Cheng 🇹🇼
🇹🇼 Lin Ta-Li 10-4 John Vicedo 🇵🇭
🇵🇭 Johann Chua 10-8 Alexis Ferrer 🇵🇭
🇯🇵 Naoyuki Oi 10-2 Raymund Faraon 🇵🇭
🇵🇭 AJ Manas 6-10 Ronel Nalaunan 🇵🇭
🇹🇼 Chang Yu-Lung 2-10 Ryan Higaldo 🇵🇭
🇪🇸 Francisco Sanchez Ruiz 10-8 Ko Ping-Han 🇹🇼
🇪🇸 David Alcaide 10-7 Lo Ho-Sum 🇭🇰
🇵🇭 Michael Baoanan 10-9 Fu Che-Wei 🇹🇼
🇸🇬 Aloysius Yapp 6-10 Albert Januarta 🇮🇩
Last 16
🇵🇭 Carlo Biado 8-10 Wu Kun-Lin 🇹🇼
🇵🇱 Wiktor Zielinski 5-10 Aivhan Maluto 🇵🇭
🇹🇼 Ko Ping-Chung 7-10 Dang Thanh Kien 🇻🇳
🇹🇼 Ko Pin-Yi 10-4 Lin Ta-Li 🇹🇼
🇵🇭 Johann Chua 6-10 Naoyuki Oi 🇯🇵
🇵🇭 Ronel Nalaunan 10-6 Ryan Higaldo 🇵🇭
🇪🇸 Francisco Sanchez Ruiz 10-6 David Alcaide 🇪🇸
🇮🇩 Albert Januarta 9-10 Michael Baoanan 🇵🇭
Quarter-Finals
🇹🇼 Wu Kun-Lin 8-11 Aivhan Maluto 🇵🇭
🇹🇼 Ko Pin-Yi 11-1 Dang Thanh Kien 🇻🇳
🇯🇵 Naoyuki Oi 5-11 Ronel Nalaunan 🇵🇭
🇪🇸 Francisco Sanchez Ruiz 11-4 Michael Baoanan 🇵🇭
Semi-Finals
🇹🇼 Ko Pin-Yi 11-5 Aivhan Maluto 🇵🇭
🇪🇸 Francisco Sanchez Ruiz 10-11 Ronel Nalaunan 🇵🇭
Final
🇹🇼 Ko Pin-Yi 13-11 Ronel Nalaunan 🇵🇭
Prize Fund
Champion – $30,000
Runner-up – $12,000
Semi-finalists – $6,000
Quarter-finalists – $3,000
Last 16 – $1,500
Last 32 – $750
Last 64 – $400
Total – $102,800
Roll of Honour
2023 – Ko Ping-Chung 11-2 Jeffrey Ignacio
2024 – Carlo Biado 13-7 Bernie Regalario
2025 – Jefrey Roda 13-11 Ko Pin-Yi
