The Chinese Taipei Open will return for its third edition from December 16-18 at the Songshan Cultural and Creative Park in Taipei City, Taiwan, with 128 playing competing for $82,000 in prize money.
Following Johann Chua’s triumph at the inaugural Marboys Open in the Philippines on Saturday, the World Nineball Tour remains in Asia for the second event of a treble-header, with more ranking points towards next year’s Reyes Cup up for grabs.
Five of the top ten players on the world nineball rankings have entered the Taiwanese tournament, namely former world number one Francisco Sanchez Ruiz, David Alcaide, Ko Ping-Chung, Johann Chua and International Open champion Aloysius Yapp.
Wiktor Zielinski, Moritz Neuhausen and Jonas Souto Comino have travelled from Europe, while defending champion Carlo Biado, Vietnam’s Duong Quoc Hoang, Ko Pin-Yi and Robbie Capito are also amongst a strong field.
Other notable entrants include former runner-up Bernie Regalario, Jeffrey Ignacio, Jefrey Roda, Lee Van Corteza, Michael Feliciano, Kuo Po-Cheng, Edward Koyongian, Masato Yoshioka, James Aranas and Harry Vergara.
It will be double elimination until 64 players remain, with the format being race-to-nine and race-to-eight on the one-loss side. It will then be race-to-ten racks from the last 64 onwards, before the quarter-finals and semi-finals are race-to-11 and the final is an extended race-to-13.
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. It will also be shown on DAZN Taiwan.
CHINESE TAIPEI OPEN 2024
Draw Bracket
Click here for the full Group A draw bracket via the Digital Pool website
Click here for the full Group B draw bracket via the Digital Pool website
Last 32
🇪🇸 Francisco Sanchez Ruiz 10-7 Bernie Regalario 🇵🇭
🇹🇼 Kuo Po-Cheng 10-5 Tsai Cheng-Ta 🇹🇼
🇹🇼 Lin Ta-Li 3-10 Michael Baoanan 🇵🇭
🇪🇸 David Alcaide 10-7 Harry Vergara 🇵🇭
🇵🇭 Carlo Biado 6-10 Wang Hung-Hsiang 🇹🇼
🇵🇭 Jefrey Roda 10-9 Edward Koyongian 🇮🇩
🇹🇼 Chang Yu-Lung 10-7 Ko Ping-Han 🇹🇼
🇵🇭 Johann Chua 10-1 Chen Kuan-Yu 🇹🇼
🇹🇼 Ko Ping-Chung 10-5 Liu Ri-Teng 🇹🇼
🇵🇭 Patric Gonzales 10-9 Kunihiko Takahashi 🇯🇵
🇻🇳 Duong Quoc Hoang 5-10 Marvin Asis 🇵🇭
🇵🇱 Wiktor Zielinski 6-10 Jonas Souto Comino 🇪🇸
🇹🇼 Ko Pin-Yi 10-9 Tang Ching-Ting 🇹🇼
🇹🇼 Kuo Hsuan-Wei 8-10 James Aranas 🇵🇭
🇹🇼 Chen Hsin-Ting 10-4 Luong Duc Thien 🇻🇳
🇸🇬 Aloysius Yapp 10-3 Albert Manas 🇵🇭
Last 16
🇪🇸 Francisco Sanchez Ruiz 10-2 Kuo Po-Cheng 🇹🇼
🇪🇸 David Alcaide 10-9 Michael Baoanan 🇵🇭
🇵🇭 Jefrey Roda 10-4 Wang Hung-Hsiang 🇹🇼
🇵🇭 Johann Chua 10-7 Chang Yu-Lung 🇹🇼
🇹🇼 Ko Ping-Chung 10-7 Patric Gonzales 🇵🇭
🇵🇭 Marvin Asis 10-8 Jonas Souto Comino 🇪🇸
🇹🇼 Ko Pin-Yi 10-7 James Aranas 🇵🇭
🇸🇬 Aloysius Yapp 10-7 Chen Hsin-Ting 🇹🇼
Quarter-Finals
🇪🇸 Francisco Sanchez Ruiz 11-7 David Alcaide 🇪🇸
🇵🇭 Jefrey Roda 11-3 Johann Chua 🇵🇭
🇹🇼 Ko Ping-Chung 11-8 Marvin Asis 🇵🇭
🇹🇼 Ko Pin-Yi 11-10 Aloysius Yapp 🇸🇬
Semi-Finals
🇪🇸 Francisco Sanchez Ruiz 2-11 Jefrey Roda 🇵🇭
🇹🇼 Ko Ping-Chung 5-11 Ko Pin-Yi 🇹🇼
Final
🇵🇭 Jefrey Roda 13-11 Ko Pin-Yi 🇹🇼
Prize Fund
Champion – $20,000
Runner-up – $10,000
Semi-finalists – $5,000
Quarter-finalists – $2,500
Last 16 – $1,200
Last 32 – $600
Last 64 – $400
Total – $82,000
