Taiwanese player receives 1.8 billion VND for winning world championship in Vietnam

On the evening of September 28, player Ko Ping Chung (Taiwan) convincingly won 3-1 against Alex Kazakis (Greece) in the final match of the 2025 Men's 10-Ball World Championship, taking place at the Military Zone 7 Gymnasium (HCMC).

Hard to stop Taiwanese player

With his superior class, Ko Ping Chung started the game with an overwhelming advantage to quickly end the first set with a score of 4-0. In the second set, the Taiwanese player continued to maintain his excitement and confidence to increase the score to 2-0 with a 4-2 win.

Kazakis held out hope of turning the tables by winning the third set 4-1. But that was all the Greek could muster. In the fourth set, Ko Ping Chung came back strongly, overcoming some unfavorable moments to win 4-3, thereby winning the final 3-1 and claiming the championship in a worthy manner.

The 2025 Men's 10-Ball World Championship helped Ko Ping Chung win a prize of 70,000 USD (equivalent to 1.8 billion VND). Not stopping there, Ko Ping Chung also became the second player in history to win 2 10-Ball World Championships (2019 and 2025) along with Eklent Kaci (2021 and 2023).

Kazakis received 40,000 USD (about 1 billion VND) for the runner-up position. The two players who stopped in the semi-finals, Shane Van Boening (USA) and Carlo Biado (Philippines), each received 17,500 USD (about 450 million VND) for the third place position.

Ko Ping Chung's victory was a foregone conclusion.

PHOTO: Organizing Committee

Impressive numbers

On September 25, in the Last 32 round of the 2025 Men's 10-Ball World Championship, broadcast live on the Box Billiards channel system, the encounter between Duong Quoc Hoang (Hoang Sao) and Joshua Filler made history, becoming the first billiards match in the world to surpass 200,000 live views at the same time on all platforms.

On September 26, this record was quickly broken when the match between Hoang Sao and Aloysius Yapp continued to create a new miracle by attracting more than 400,000 spectators to watch live on all platforms. These numbers prove that the interest of the audience in Vietnam for billiards pool is very large. In the future, Vietnam will continue to be chosen as the host of prestigious billiards tournaments in the world.

Source: https://thanhnien.vn/co-thu-dai-loan-nhan-18-ti-dong-khi-vo-dich-the-gioi-tren-dat-viet-nam-18525092820535803.htm