The second staging of the Chinese Taipei Open, presented by Taiwanese promoters Fullcan Sports, will take place from January 10-12 at the Hulk Billiards hall in Taipei City.

Following the inaugural edition which was held in November as Ko Ping-Chung defeated Jeffrey Ignacio in the final, the World Nineball Tour returns to Taiwan.

World number one and world champion Francisco Sanchez Ruiz will headline the 96-player field, participating alongside fellow top 16 stars in US Open champion Ko Ping-Chung, Ko Pin-Yi and Aloysius Yapp.

Carlo Biado leads a strong Filipino contingent, which also includes World Cup of Pool champions Johann Chua and James Aranas, European Open runner-up Anton Raga, Michael Feliciano and Marvin Asis.

Filipino youngsters Kyle Amoroto, Bernie Regalario and AJ Manas will also be in attendance, with the latter becoming the youngest ranking event runner-up last month at the age of 16.

In addition, Naoyuki Oi, Robbie Capito, Duong Quoc Hoang are amongst the other international players, while Wu Kun-Lin and Chang Yu-Lung will compete in their home country.

Reigning women’s world champion Chou Chieh-Yu and two-time women’s world champion Liu Hsin-Mei, meanwhile, headline the female eight participants.

It will be double elimination until 32 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.

2024 CHINESE TAIPEI OPEN

Draw Bracket
Double Elimination
Click here for the full draw bracket via the Digital Pool website

Single Elimination
Last 32
🇪🇸 Francisco Sanchez Ruiz 9-1 Jundel Mazon 🇵🇭
🇵🇭 Johann Chua 8-9 Duong Quoc Hoang 🇻🇳
🇻🇳 Bui Truong An 3-9 Carlo Biado 🇵🇭
🇹🇼 Chou Chieh-Yu 4-9 Liu Yun-Cheng 🇹🇼
🇹🇼 Kazuo Furuta 9-7 Yi Chang 🇹🇼
🇹🇼 Liu Ri-Teng 8-9 Hsieh Chia-Chen 🇹🇼
🇻🇳 Dang Thanh Kien 3-9 Chang Yu-Lung 🇹🇼
🇹🇼 Ko Pin-Yi 9-6 Nguyen Anh Tuan 🇻🇳
🇸🇬 Aloysius Yapp 9-8 Fu Che-Wei 🇹🇼
🇵🇭 AJ Manas 9-6 Lin Tsung-Han 🇹🇼
🇵🇭 Marvin Asis 9-3 Naoyuki Oi 🇯🇵
🇹🇼 Wu Kun-Lin 9-3 Jeffrey Ignacio 🇵🇭
🇵🇭 Michael Feliciano 9-7 Wang Guo-Pin 🇹🇼
🇺🇸 Justin Martin 6-9 Lu Hui-Chan 🇹🇼
🇵🇭 Bernie Regalario 9-1 Kuo Wei-Hsuan 🇹🇼
🇹🇼 Tang Ching-Ting 9-4 Chen Kuan-Yu 🇹🇼

Last 16
🇪🇸 Francisco Sanchez Ruiz 10-5 Duong Quoc Hoang 🇻🇳
🇵🇭 Carlo Biado 10-0 Liu Yun-Cheng
🇹🇼 Kazuo Furuta 7-10 Hsieh Chia-Chen 🇹🇼
🇹🇼 Ko Pin-Yi 1-10 Chang Yu-Lung 🇹🇼
🇸🇬 Aloysius Yapp 10-9 AJ Manas 🇵🇭
🇵🇭 Marvin Asis 9-10 Wu Kun-Lin 🇹🇼
🇵🇭 Michael Feliciano 10-5 Lu Hui-Chan 🇹🇼
🇵🇭 Bernie Regalario 10-5 Tang Ching-Ting 🇹🇼

Quarter-Finals
🇪🇸 Francisco Sanchez Ruiz 5-10 Carlo Biado 🇵🇭
🇹🇼 Hsieh Chia-Chen 1-10 Chang Yu-Lung 🇹🇼
🇸🇬 Aloysius Yapp 10-6 Wu Kun-Lin 🇹🇼
🇵🇭 Michael Feliciano 8-10 Bernie Regalario 🇵🇭

Semi-Finals
🇵🇭 Carlo Biado 11-9 Chang Yu-Lung 🇹🇼
🇸🇬 Aloysius Yapp 10-11 Bernie Regalario 🇵🇭

Final
🇵🇭 Carlo Biado 13-7 Bernie Regalario 🇵🇭

Prize Fund
Champion – $10,000
Runner-up – $5,000
Semi-finalists – $2,500
Quarter-finalists – $1,000
Last 16 – $500
Last 32 – $250
Losers Qualification – $125
Total – $34,000